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18th December 2002Do you know what I like about this Web Site
Started by P.HARMAN
Its The questions other members ask.And the interesting subjects.That makes you Re-read the books one has on this interesting Subject.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th December 2002
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18th December 2002From a zulu Perspective the battle if ISANDHLWANA started at 07:00hrs
Started by PETER HARMAN
Lieutenant Charlie Raw is the person usually credited with the discovery of the Zulu army;in chasing after some herded cattle,he all by canters over t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd December 2002
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18th December 2002Is this true.
Started by Peter Harman
I have been reading a very interesting book. And it appears that the preperations for war were being draw up six months before the ultimatums were is... (click to view)
Latest Post: 21st December 2002
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18th December 2002MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Started by Glenn Wade
Just a quick note to wish everyone at RDVC.COM a very Merry Christmas. Thanks to everyone who has answered questions, asked questions and just been he... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th December 2002
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18th December 2002Victorian Voices
Started by Clive Dickens
Can anyone tell me what has happened to The "Victorian Voices" web site it seems to have disapeared compleatly. Clive... (click to view)
Latest Post: 19th December 2002
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16th December 2002Last Stand at Isandlwana
Started by David Bluestein
Fact OR Fiction: "...at the precise moment the eclipse of the sun took place, Younghusband was permitted time to shake hands with his men, before... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th December 2002
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12th December 2002Seasonal message
Started by Alan Critchley
I would like to extend our best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to every visitor. Just a quick reminder also for those last minute Christmas pr... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th December 2002
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12th December 2002 MASON VC's - MESSAGE TO JOHN YOUNG
Started by Andy Lee
John As promised " Beyond the five Points " Masonic winners of the VC and GC by Phillip R S May GC ISBN 0 9541271 02 (2001) Publishe... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th December 2002
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11th December 2002Does anyone Know.
Started by Peter Harman
I have a figure of a zulu Chief set on a dish like object. It was made by a company called W.H. BOSSONS OF CHESHIRE (Dated 1959) I picked it up some ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th December 2002
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11th December 2002Documentary 2 or 3 months ago
Started by Peter Harman
I have been told there was a documentary introduced by Ian Knight.This involved a team going to the battlefield at Isandhlwana.And discovering the fir... (click to view)
Latest Post: 16th December 2002
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11th December 2002124th Anniversary of the Ultimatum.
Started by John Young
One hundred and twenty-four years ago today, was also a Wednesday, under the shade of a wild fig tree on the Natal bank of the Tugela (Thukela) River,... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th December 2002
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11th December 2002New warship 'Isandlwana'
Started by Martin Everett
You will see a news item this site - click on 'News' - about a new South African Navy corvette which is named 'Isandlwana'. The reporter is suggestin... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th December 2002
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11th December 2002New (to me ) book
Started by Peter Burgess
In the (Canadian) book club which I have just joined there is a book offered which I have never seen mentioned here. "Zulu Victory -The epic of I... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th December 2002
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10th December 2002Jack Hawkins and "Zulu."
Started by Peter Ewart
Diana The piece is taken from "Anything for a Quiet Life" by Jack Hawkins (Elm Tree Books, Hamish Hamilton, London , 1973) and published ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th December 2002
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10th December 2002Michael Caine's Car
Started by John S Radburn
I have just come across the ultimate Christmas present for all the Zulu buffs on this site. On Michael Caine Domain web site there is M. C's Se... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th December 2002
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10th December 2002British Pathe Newsreel
Started by Colin Blackler
Have just visited the web site www.britishpathe.com There is some footage of a VC winners funeral from 1932. Not sure how to download it , havnt got... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th December 2002
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10th December 2002Hill of the Sphinx
Started by David Glynne Fox
I have just received my copy of the above, signed and numbered 18. Excellent piece of work. I thought I ought to mention that the website hosts the pr... (click to view)
Latest Post: 10th December 2002
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9th December 2002Capt Bromhead 24th Regt
Started by Clive Dickens
This is one I hope John or Martin can help me out on. I have a photograph of a Captain Bromhead in Tropical undress uniform he is defiantly not Gonvil... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th December 2002
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8th December 2002Isandlwana Evidence
Started by Keith Smith
In his fine book, The Road to Isandwana, Robin Drooglever gives a list of statements he has used in his synthesis of the battle. I have not been... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th December 2002
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8th December 2002Pulleine's Death
Started by Julian Whybra
Sorry, I've been away for the last five days so...to continue the 2nd December inquiries about the location of Pulleine's last sighting and death, Nou... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th December 2002
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