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2nd December 2002Pte Waters Rorkes Drift Action
Started by Clive Dickens
Does anyone know if Pte Waters 24ft was charged for his conduct in the Rorkes Drift Action, he was said to have escaped the Hospital about the same ti... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th December 2002
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1st December 2002Isandhlwana survivor
Started by Julian Whybra
I thought I'd throw this one open to any takers. I have a Natal newspaper article post-Isandhlwana which refers to 'Mr Carlin having turned up safe f... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th December 2002
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30th November 2002"With His Face to the Foe." (I Knight).
Started by Peter Ewart
Will someone put me out of my misery? Either I've missed something obvious or misunderstood something, but no doubt the forum will put me right. Perh... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th December 2002
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19th November 2002Captured Rifles
Started by Melvin Hunt
Does anyone know how many of the rifles captured at Isandlwana were recovered by the British Army, or put it another way, how many must there still be... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th December 2002
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3rd December 2002Zulu Impi withdrawal at Rorkes Drift
Started by Clive Dickens
Could someone please clear a matter up for me. I am at present reading Adrian Greaves book" Rorkes Drift " and in it he states that at sunri... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd December 2002
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1st December 2002Gallant 24th Item query
Started by M.Price
Can anyone help I have just purchased a item marked Gallant 24th. it as a victorian diamond hallmark the date I believe to be. 7th May 1876 I think ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st December 2002
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30th November 2002Natal Carbineers Photo c. 1885
Started by Edward Garcia
I am attempting to identify the person pictured in a cabinet photograph I recently acquired. The photo (taken around 1885-90) shows a member of the Na... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st December 2002
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26th November 2002Unknown officer from Rorke's Drift
Started by James Garland
I read in Chard's report to Queen Victoria that upon hearing the news of Isandhlwana the Rev Witt rode off to be with his family in a lonely house no... (click to view)
Latest Post: 30th November 2002
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27th November 2002Did the NNC wear any uniform?
Started by Miguel
In the film Zulu the NNC men are depicted wearing a tan uniform. But in the accounts of Fugitive's drift I think I did read that the NNC simply took ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th November 2002
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28th November 2002FWD Jackson's book
Started by Peter Ewart
Signed copy rec'd today - numbered 11! Looking forward to devouring the detail tonight - already impressed by the photos alone (both Victorian ones ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th November 2002
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26th November 2002Captain Geoffry BARTON 7th Foot
Started by Martin Everett
Does anyone know where this officer was on 22 January 1879?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th November 2002
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26th November 2002question
Started by mark llewellyn
please has any one any information on where i can obbtain a copy of th documentery black as hell and thick as grass i would be gratful for any reply t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th November 2002
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25th November 2002Aftermath of Rorke's Drift
Started by Rich
I was just wondering if, with all the prestige of the event, people believe Rorke's Drift was a turning point (for good or bad) in the history of Brit... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th November 2002
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18th November 2002Thomas Lane, V.C., 67th Regiment. 22/1/1879.
Started by John Young
Has anyone any first-hand information on the movements of Thomas Lane, V.C., on 22nd January, 1879? Believed to have been then serving in the Natal N... (click to view)
Latest Post: 21st November 2002
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15th November 2002AZWHS article by Prof John Laband
Started by Peter Ewart
The 12th Edition of the AZWHS Journal (Dec 2002) contains a very interesting (& thought-provoking) piece by John Laband on his views of the future... (click to view)
Latest Post: 21st November 2002
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14th November 2002Fugitives Trail Graves
Started by Melvin Hunt
There are many whitewashed cairns along the Fugitives Trail to the Manzinyama river but I also saw several cairn like piles of stones which were not w... (click to view)
Latest Post: 20th November 2002
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18th November 2002Another VC after Isandlwana
Started by David Simon
I'm sure I read somewhere about a mounted soldier fleeing from the Zulus after the battle of Isandlwana but risked his life to save another drowning s... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th November 2002
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11th November 2002Electric Lights
Started by Lee Stevenson
Lt Milne, R.N., made the following note in his official account of the proceedings of the 21-22-23 January 1879;- "...There were signal fires... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th November 2002
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5th November 2002Fave part about the movie ZULU?
Started by Christy Bluewell
WHAT was your fave parts about the movie ZULU? Mine would be the hospital with hook in it. James booth was so fine there. So tell me what yours was fo... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th November 2002
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28th October 2002zulus
Started by steven
do you think the zulus were dumb for attacking rd? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? i guess they thought they were cool for winning islanawana. i also like t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th November 2002
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