Books
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by W. C. Scully published 1913
William Charles Scully writes of emigrating from Ireland to South Africa. William was 12 years old. at the time. He emigrated with his parents and eldest sister in 1867. They also brought with them a young man named Larry O'Toole.
William also writes that he met Edmund O'Toole who was working as a cab driver (horse drawn taxi), in Cape Town.
William suggests that Edmund died some years before the publication of his book in 1913.
What Happened to a V.C. by Patricia D'Arcy
Dundalgan Press (W.Tempest) Ltd (February 1975)
ISBN 0852210256
Shows Edmund joining up alongside Cecil D'Arcy in Kingswilliamstown. Lists Edmund as Irish.
A Scantling of Time: The Story of Salisbury, Rhodesia 1890-1900 by G. H. Tanser
Publisher: Stuart Manning; First Edition edition (1965)
Lists that Edmund was given a plot of land as part of dividing up of the Cape Column. He called his plot "Toole Farm". He later sold it a few years later and moved on. The plot was at Hatfield Hill in the new Salisbury.
The Victoria Cross 1856-1920 by Sir O'Moore Creagh and E.M. Humphris
Publisher: Naval and Military Press; New edition, edition (5th July 2001)
ISBN 1843420910
Sir Charles Domvile and the Management of His Shankill Estate, Co.Dublin, 1857-68
by Rob Goodbody
Published 2003
Four Courts Press
The Washing of the Spears: Rise and Fall of the Great Zulu Nation by Donald R. Morris
Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition (1st August 1998)
ISBN 0306808668
Hardback First Published (1965).
Edmund is mentioned on pages 564 and 589.
Paperback 1st Published (1973) reprinted several times.
Edmund mentioned on pages 563 and 588.
The Zulu War, Isandhlwana to Ulundi by Michael Barthorp
Published 2002 by Jonathan Ball Publishers, Jeppestown
ISBN 0304362700
The National Army Museum Book of the Zulu War by Ian Knight
Published 2004 by Pan Books, London.
ISBN 0330486292
Zulu, The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 by Saul David
Published 2004 by Viking, London.
ISBN 9780141015699
Paperback Published by Penguin (2005)
by Angus McBride
1st Published in (1976) latest Edition (1998).
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (26th March 1992) ISBN 0850452562
Page 39 - Frontier Light Horse. Raised in Kingswilliamstown in 1877 with 200 volunteers. In January 1879 216 volunteers joined the F.L.H. The company was disbanded September 1879 at Pietermaritzburg.
Islands of White: Settler Society and Culture in Kenya and Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1939.
Published by Duke University Press, 1987.
This book says the Edmund O'Toole sold his Pioneering rights to his land "Toole Farm". And that he squatted on the land that he wanted before he received it, for his services to the setting up of the Pioneer Column at Salisbury, South Africa.
Two Hundred Years a'Growing, The Story of Mackey's Seeds Limited 1777 - 1977 By Hazel P. Smyth.
Published by The Old Dublin Society, Dublin Historical Record.
This article list the history of the company "Mackey Seeds" run by James William Mackey, and lists the Toole Family and their company "Toole & Co" and how the two companies started out as the same company.
James W Bancroft Zulu War VCs published April 2018.
Includes Sergeant Edmund O'Toole V.C.
Using information from this website supplied by The Edmund O'Toole V.C. Research Group.