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22nd April 2003Take cover under those mealie bags
Started by Miguel
Watching ZULU I realized of yet another unaccuracy. The actual mealie bags were said to be 'very heavy affairs' weighting 200 pounds (100 kg.) eac... (click to view)
Latest Post: 23rd April 2003
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21st April 2003ZULU'S ON!
Started by Glenn Wade
Just a quick note for anyone who doesn't have Zulu on tape but it's about 1.45 and Zulu has just started on HTV(channel 3) Glenn... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd April 2003
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19th April 2003What was in a melee bag?
Started by J. W.
Was it sand or rice? Im not sure. It could have been feathers for all I know!!!! Soz for all the questions now! I will have more though! So much to le... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd April 2003
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19th April 2003how much did a private get paid?
Started by joe W.
exactly as the title- how much did a private get paid? I J. Walters... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd April 2003
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19th April 2003What did a royal engineer do exactly?
Started by Joe Walters
I never heard of one building any thing except for CHARD who was building an bridge Did royal engineers do anything else? I J. Walters... (click to view)
Latest Post: 26th April 2003
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19th April 2003Why were they red coats?
Started by J. Walters
Im curious? Why did the British have red coats? The flag you Brits have is mostly blue. Is it because us americans stole the blue color first. But our... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th January 2005
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18th April 2003Hi everyone!
Started by Joe Walters
Hi chaps! Im new to this site. I see lots of interesting questions being asked here. I will post some soon, but there is so many of them! They might ... (click to view)
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18th April 2003Isandlwana Ammunition Controversy
Started by Sally
I know this had been discussed before, but some claim there was no shortage of ammo at Isandlwana, others, that part of the reason for the disaster wa... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th April 2003
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17th April 2003question about being related
Started by stephanie hussien
i live in britian and would like to know if there were any victorian people nameed with the last name HUSSIEN. this question is for MARTIN who knows a... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th April 2003
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17th April 2003D.A.Chard
Started by W.R. Dowling
During the Defence of Outpost "Snipe" in North Africa during WW II, there was a rifleman by the name of D.A. Chard who was awarded the DCM.... (click to view)
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17th April 2003J.CHARD
Started by P.HARMAN
On the 22nd January,1879. J.Chard went to the camp at Isandhlwana to have his orders clarified.In the book ZULU VICTORY it states that J.Chard had bee... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd April 2003
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15th April 2003who where the soldiers?
Started by Jmacrae
Is there a list of all the soldiers of the battle? Looking for Samuel Pitt... (click to view)
Latest Post: 20th April 2003
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15th April 2003'Maori' Browne's father
Started by Dave Nolan
Further to the correspondence on the forum about George Hamilton Browne's father between John Young, Steve Moore, Keith Smith and others - (began 27th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th May 2003
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15th April 2003Zulu II
Started by Mark Hobson
It seems odd to me how so many people (see below) are aghast at the thought of a new film about Rorke's Drift. Several people I've spoken to over the ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 26th April 2003
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14th April 2003Private William Samuel
Started by Sally
Question which Martin will probably answer ! Family of Samuel curently at Isandlwana and claim he was at Rorke's Drift at time of battle. Please c... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th April 2003
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12th April 20032nd Lt EH Dyson
Started by Peter Ewart
Does anyone have an Army List (or any other source) of the right date to help me with career details etc., please, of: 1. Col John Daniel Dyson, s... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th April 2003
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12th April 2003Union Jack at Isandlwana
Started by Sally
Rumour has it that a Union Jack was raised in the camp site at Isandlwana pre-battle. This being the case, (which needs to be substantiated), I won... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st May 2003
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12th April 2003political reading
Started by darren
i am working on a project and i like someone to tell me some reading materiel to back up or discredit the relism of the film zulu, also the politics o... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th April 2003
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12th April 2003Spam
Started by Keith Smith
This is for Peter but others may have experienced the same problem: Since making my first reply and entry to this forum, I have been on the receivi... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th April 2003
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11th April 2003HOOKY IS FINE!!!
Started by christy bluewell
If anyone has any tapes of things about the zulu war, can you email them to me? THANKS I will give you all a personal thanks if you can tell me if yo... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th April 2003
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