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14th June 2005looking for zulu props
Started by welshred
please could anyone tell me if there is a site to buy promo pics of the film zulu thanks ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th June 2005
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14th June 2005Bugle boys
Started by John heffernan
Is there any record of one or two bugle boys being at Rorkes Drift or evacuated beforehand?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th June 2005
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14th June 20052nd Bn(The Buffs) 1876 Cape shipwreck Beer & No Rum
Started by Sean Sweeney
I don't know if anyone is aware, but prior to the Zulu War, the 2nd Bn/3rd Rgt 'The Buffs' were shipwrecked onboard the troopship SS St Lawrence on 7t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th July 2005
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13th June 2005Zulu Dancers - Birmingham Evening Mail
Started by Andy Lee
I realise a little if theme, so apologies, but thought it might be of some interest, in the Birmingham Evening Mail (Saturday) it featured a Zululand ... (click to view)
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12th June 2005Canned Beer
Started by Geoff
I see your Pot Pourri mentions that canned beer was introduced in circa 1879 by a Welsh Brewery. My father had some cans which cannot have been much ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th June 2005
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12th June 2005Sunday afternoon TV - if you're quick!
Started by Mike Snook
Just spotted it - on National Geographic +1 hr A double bill starting at 1500 - Ian Knight's documentary followed at 1600 by Zulu Dawn the movie. ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th June 2005
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11th June 2005Chards medals?
Started by Trevor
I understand Chards medals dissapeared on the day of his Burial. Including his VC.! What i've read indicates stolen!!! But it makes sense to me that... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th June 2005
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10th June 2005The Removal and Reburial of Col. Durnford's body
Started by Coll
Col. Durnford was initially buried on the Isandlwana battlefield, but later exhumed and reburied in Pietermaritzburg cemetery. Are there any accoun... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th July 2005
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10th June 2005Pte Devonport.
Started by Graham Mason
GENTS , Once again i have come across this mans name as a defender at Rorkes drift . I have never seen his name on any roll but this is... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd June 2005
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9th June 2005Allan Lloyd's The Zulu War
Started by Andrew Garton
Lloyd wrote his work on the Zulu War in the early 70's I believe and I wanted to know what others here think of it.I've just picked up a copy and th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd June 2005
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8th June 2005Lord Chelmsford
Started by pdg317
Question...Why did he divide his command? General Custer attempted that at the "Little Bighorn". And He was annihilated. And that was thr... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th June 2005
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7th June 2005What WAS Included in the First Communiques?
Started by Michael Boyle
Perusing the first accounts in the London Graphic about Isandhlwana I can't help wonder what information they used for their initial reports (when the... (click to view)
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4th June 2005Did The Colonial Mounted Men Make Another Stand ?
Started by Coll
While many of the Colonial mounted men died in Durnford's stand at the front of the camp, I was wondering if some of them had also made a stand at the... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th June 2005
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3rd June 2005"Sky pilot"--Victorian military slang?
Started by Diana Blackwell
Can anybody confirm whether the term "sky pilot" might plausibly have been used by a British soldier in 1879 to refer to a member of the cl... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th June 2005
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2nd June 2005Apache Drums
Started by Sheldon Hall
Devotees of ZULU with access to UK terrestrial TV broadcasts would be well advised to tune in to Channel 5 on Sunday afternoon (1.15pm, 5 June) for th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th June 2005
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2nd June 2005Cetshwayo statue
Started by Stephen Coan
KWAZULU-NATAL Premier S'bu Ndebele recently announced plans to erect a statue of King Cetshwayo kaMpande next to Queen Victoria outside the legislatur... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th June 2005
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2nd June 2005Crossing the Buffalo
Started by Robert Jones
Having just received my copy of Dr Greaves latest book I was very impressed by the cover painting of the battle of Isandlwana---it is one that I haven... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th June 2005
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2nd June 2005Severe Corporal Punishment in 1879
Started by Michael Boyle
I've just finished reading A.R. Skelley's "The Victorian Army at Home" where he compiled flogging statisitcs from government sources that sh... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th June 2005
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1st June 2005SIKUKHUNI'S STRONGHOLD
Started by Ron Lock
Escaping from the fury of battle with Julian W. for a few days, I am shortly going to the Norther Transvaal with the purpose of visiting the site od S... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th June 2005
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31st May 2005Brecon Weekend Also
Started by Neil Aspinshaw
Just a quick note to Martin, Celia, Bill and all the staff at Brecon for a fantastic weekend. Ah Martini Henrys', Zulus, curry & beer what a week... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th June 2005
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