| Date Started | Topics (page 87 of 106) | Replies |
| 15th July 2002 | Gunner Evans Memorial Fund Latest
Started by Ian Woodason
The fund to restore the vandalised headstone of this defender of Rorke's Drift (see earlier thread) has got off to a good start and details of donors ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th July 2002 | 3 |
| 10th July 2002 | John Chard - a private letter.
Started by John Young
I was trawling through my material in an effort to add something to the Spalding debate. When I checked the 'The Royal Engineer Journal' dated 1st Se... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th June 2005 | 5 |
| 8th July 2002 | New Items for Sale
Started by Peter Critchley
Hi all!
Over the last couple of months, we have been working on ideas for items we could produce and sell to help keep this site online. We've come... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th July 2002 | 12 |
| 3rd July 2002 | the making of "Zulu"
Started by vernon andrews
whilst visiting the regimental museum in brecon, I happened to meet two people who said that they were involved in producing a film/video about the ma... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th July 2002 | 1 |
| 2nd July 2002 | HENRY STANDON
Started by Simon Radcliffe
Has anyone heard of Henry Standon ? Was he a survivor from Roarkes Drift ?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd July 2002 | 1 |
| 30th June 2002 | General service wagon
Started by Jon Poulton
I'm looking for any detailed plans of the general service wagon used during the Zulu campaign. The only ones I have so far are the original sketches t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st July 2002 | 2 |
| 30th June 2002 | Durnfords' Men?
Started by Glenn Wade
Hi Chaps! I'm in the thick of designing a 1/72 scale model of Isandlwana and am not too sure about what sort of men would have been with Durnford when... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd July 2002 | 4 |
| 28th June 2002 | zulu dawn
Started by g sheridan
in the film zulu dawn the quartermaster is seen as refusing to rush the handing out of ammunition due to having to unscrew the ammunition boxes.
this... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th April 2005 | 4 |
| 27th June 2002 | Daily Mail review of Adrian Greaves forthcoming book.
Started by Bernie Drummond.
It is suggested that the long awaited relief companies of the 24th that had left Helpmekaar witnessed the fight at Rorkes Drift from a vantage point, ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th July 2002 | 39 |
| 25th June 2002 | Zulu - New Comic Strip Account!
Started by Colin Mathieson
Peter said it would be okay to mention my new fictional comic book account of the Water Cart Sortie at Rorke's Drift, so here I am !
Part one was s... (click to view) | 0 |
| 21st June 2002 | Did the Zulus salute?
Started by Mike Jones
I may have missed it on this site but did the Zulus actually come back to salute the defenders of Rorke's Drift as shown in the film?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th June 2002 | 3 |
| 21st June 2002 | Zulu Dawn Extras
Started by vernon vidamour
I lived in South Africa for 5 years and have met a few people who were extras in the making of zulu dawn, at the time what the film was about i never ... (click to view) | 0 |
| 21st June 2002 | V.C. Medals
Started by vernon vidamour
Is it fact or fiction regarding what the rd vc medals are made from? I heard that they were made from a canon that was at rd! does anyone know if this... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th July 2002 | 3 |
| 15th June 2002 | Vandalism of Rorke's Drift veteran's headstone
Started by Ian Woodason
I have today heard from the cemetery archivist, Richard Roynon, that the headstone placed on the grave of Gunner Abraham Evans, a defender of Rorke's ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th August 2002 | 13 |
| 14th June 2002 | "Like Lions They Fought"
Started by Diana Blackwell
Yet another film about the Anglo-Zulu war is in production, seemingly from a Zulu viewpoint. The title is "Like Lions They Fought" and a fe... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th June 2002 | 3 |
| 12th June 2002 | GODWIN-AUSTEN
Started by A M BANKS
Not a RD question, but I hope that someone might have an answer:
Lt Col A R GODWIN-AUSTEN OBE MC SWB was OC No.1 Coy RMC Sandhurst 1/9/27 to 31/8/3... (click to view)
Latest Post: 16th June 2002 | 3 |
| 12th June 2002 | 125th Anniversary of Rorke's Drift - 22/23 January 2004
Started by Martin Everett
I have been approached by Mrs Sandra Barker - the granddaughter of Pte Frederick Hitch VC to see whether it is feasible to run a trip from the UK to t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 16th June 2002 | 1 |
| 12th June 2002 | Men of Harlech
Started by Martin Everett
There is regimental pride at stake here ! The famous marching song sung in the movie 'Zulu', now the regimental march of the Royal Regiment of Wales ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th August 2002 | 3 |
| 12th June 2002 | British Infantry Battalion
Started by Matt Ragan
I have been searching rather unsuccessfully for a website that shows the organization of a British battalion circa the battle of Rourke's Drift.
H... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th June 2002 | 4 |
| 12th June 2002 | Was Adendorff definitely at Rorke's Drift ?
Started by Scott Plummer
Like many, I became interested in the Anglo-Zulu Wars through the 1964 film "Zulu" as a child. The most readily available popular history wa... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th June 2002 | 1 |
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