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14th October 2003What the real Hook would think of Zulu
Started by Pauline Vanila
I think Hook would think it was funny as in his portrayment in Zulu. What'll you all be thinking that hook would think?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th March 2005
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14th October 2003Forenames
Started by Julian whybra
Can someone save me a trip to the PRO and supply me with the Christian names of the following officers: Lieut. H de C Rawlins 90th Lieut. H W Rowden... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th October 2003
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14th October 2003Enlisting under a false name
Started by Adrian Wright
What, if any, was the punishment for a soldier if it was discovered whilst on campaign that he had enlisted under a false name?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th January 2004
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12th October 2003RDVC threads - frozen screen problems
Started by Peter Ewart
No idea whether anyone can help on this but over the last few days or so I've experienced problems with the site. In some threads I find I get a fr... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th November 2003
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11th October 2003pte William Henry Camp
Started by john fisher
can anyone supply any info about private Camp. Where was he from ? where did he return to after leaving military service ?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th October 2003
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10th October 2003RDVC battlefields tour
Started by Alan Critchley
The Rorke's Drift VC website is organising a trip to the battlefields in April/May 2004. Details on this site - For further details, please copy and p... (click to view)
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9th October 2003Zulu Impi in Royal Navy
Started by Sally
There is a story told about a Zulu Impi about 12 years old who survived the Battle of Gingindhlovu and was captured and adopted by the Naval crew from... (click to view)
Latest Post: 10th October 2003
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9th October 2003Logistics in the Zulu War
Started by David
Having spent some time going through most of the discussion documents on this excellent site, I am still trying to find some more specific information... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th October 2003
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9th October 2003Travel advice
Started by Phil R.
I would very much appreciate some advice on my visit to KwaZulu Natal that I have planned for January 2004. After 30-odd years of thinking about it, I... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th October 2003
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8th October 2003Isandhlwana under water???
Started by Carl Daeche
I have heard yet another recent rumour that the sites of Isandlhwana and indeed Rorkes drift are under threat again from proposed dam building in the ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th October 2003
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7th October 2003Royal Artillery Batteries
Started by Adrian Wright
Could somebody please let me know how many men (including their ranks - wheelers, gunners etc.) made up an Artillery Battery team. Also having read H ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th October 2003
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6th October 2003Books and CD about events of 1879
Started by Mark Elliott
Recently taken more of an interst in the Zulu wars and I was wondering if anyone can advise me of a good suppier for books, Audio book/cds on the subj... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th October 2003
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5th October 2003latin translation
Started by jim
Hi there can anybody tell me the meaning of the latin words are on the helmet plate of the 24th and also, was this unique to this Regiment. thanks... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th October 2003
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5th October 2003RSM of the 1st/24th
Started by paul tocher
Please could any one tell me weither the RSM of the 1st/24th was killed at isandlwana or did he live ? also what was his name and history ?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th October 2003
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4th October 2003Discovery of Zulu Impi
Started by Melvin Hunt
For many years (since the sixties actually) the books that I read all described the scene where The Impi is discovered in the valley north of Isandlwa... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th October 2003
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4th October 2003Sgt Robert Maxfield (d.1879) at Rourkes Drift
Started by Doug Murrie
One of my wifes ancestors was Sgt Maxfield that died at Rourkes Drift. We are trying to accumulate as much information on him, his service and the ba... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th October 2003
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2nd October 2003Warran baker
Started by philip
I would like to know if any one knows a guide by the name of Warran baker as he took me and my family to Isalandwna and RorkesDrift in Jully 2000 it w... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th October 2003
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2nd October 2003Warran baker
Started by philip
I would like to know if any one knows a guide by the name of Warran baker as he took me and my family to Isalandwna and RorkesDrift in Jully 2000 it w... (click to view)
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2nd October 2003New 1/6 scale rorkes drift figure
Started by Dave Chapman
A little off topic i know but for all those model makers and figure collectors out there the new Dragon rorkes drift figure is now is stock at modelle... (click to view)
Latest Post: 10th October 2003
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30th September 2003Hook-Why the bad portrayment?
Started by Pauline Vanila
I know in real life Hook was not a drinker so why did the movie Zulu have that image for the great Hook. Hook was such a dedicated soldier.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd November 2003
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