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14th March 2005Value of Snider Mk III
Started by Neil Raaff
Hi All, Could any of you firearm buffs on the forum please give me an estimate on the value of a deactivated Snider MKIII carbine? It is date sta... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd March 2005
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14th March 2005Isandhlwana drummer print
Started by spencer lawrence
Hi, cna anyone help me? I am trying to locate a print for my Father's birthday. It is of a drummer (boy?) just as the Zulus are attacking the British... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th March 2005
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14th March 2005place-name changes in SA
Started by Julian Whybra
I noted with horror that the ANC is about to change the place-names of South Africa for political reasons - Durban, Newcastle, Dundee, Pretoria, etc. ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 18th March 2005
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13th March 2005Is the SA80 a good replacement for the British Army ?.
Started by Coll
I know this is dealing with more modern firearms, but I wondered what the view was about this particular firearm, advantages and disadvantages, or if ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 26th March 2005
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13th March 2005wagons......
Started by kieran
did the men at rorkes drift realy push the wagons over as an added defence did they realy do this?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th March 2005
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11th March 20051877-79 Clasp
Started by Neil Raaff
Hi all, Does anybody know where one can obtain a copy 1877-79 clasp for an SAGS? The reason I ask is a friend requires one for a medal of his... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th March 2005
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11th March 2005Ammunition Questions again!
Started by Simon Copley
I have been reading the marathon 183 posting thread about ammo in my lunch hour because I really felt I needed to come to a view on this. I only got h... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th March 2005
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10th March 2005Medal and trip
Started by David Thomas
I have had in my possesion for a number of years a Zulu War medal with bar 1877-8-9 and inscribed to 1737 B Finch 1st Battalion 24th Foot. Can anybody... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th March 2005
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10th March 2005Isandhlwana not the worst?
Started by Simon Copley
The opening title of Zulu Dawn speaks of this battle as one that changed Colonial history. I don't even think it changed the course of the Zulu War, d... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th March 2005
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10th March 2005Glengarry Caps and badges
Started by Carl Daeche
Can anyone help with the details of the checkered bands for the Scottish based regiments present in the AZW. The 21st 91st and 99th. I have details ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th March 2005
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9th March 2005RETIRING WITH THE WAGONS AND OTHER POINTS
Started by stephen mann
I have enjoyed this site a lot since discovering it lat week- well done. It has led me back to the books which have raised some further points: (i)... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th March 2005
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9th March 2005Bobs brothers
Started by Phil Pearce
Due to a request from a potential relativein Ohio i have been delving into family records, census reports, Church records etc. Out of all of Robert jo... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th March 2005
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8th March 2005WOLFE?
Started by s p mann
one final question: in ZUU DAWN a group of infantrymen are shown being surprised in a donga and wiped out during Isandhlwana. Anyone know what this is... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th March 2005
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8th March 2005ROCKET BATTERY
Started by S P mann
The various accounts I have read of the death of Russell and his men are all along the lines of the ZULU DAWN version; if indeed they were set upon by... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th March 2005
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7th March 2005TELEGRAM OF CONDOLENCES
Started by s p mann
Did the British army look after its dead privates in the 1870's? Would the families of those killed in ZUluland get some sort of official leter? If so... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th March 2005
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7th March 2005Major White?
Started by s p mann
This is another officer killed at Isandhlwana who I klnow nothing about. I think he may have been the major for laundry or something. PS - When I wor... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th March 2005
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7th March 2005GRIFFITH? LLEWELLYN?
Started by s p mann
In the Knight book "Zulu War- Then & Now" are photos of dead officers from Isandhl. A second lieutenant from 2/24 whose name is one or... (click to view)
Latest Post: 2nd April 2005
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6th March 2005Dummy/Inert .45/.577 Boxer-Henry Cartridges
Started by George hulmes
Hiya I've recently come into the ownership of a fully-working Martini Henry Mk.II, and I was wondering if any of you chaps knew of anywhere which w... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th March 2005
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5th March 2005Honours - medals and such
Started by Paul Cubbin
Freshly back from my Canadian adventure (I'm not a natural skier btw) I have wasted no time in sharing a discussion I had with an old Army buddy of mi... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th March 2005
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5th March 2005coghill & melville
Started by w a holland
in the book rorkes drift by adrian greaves he states bthat they bothh crossed blood river but when i visited fugitives drift the guide took me to se t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th March 2005
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