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3rd June 2004KZN battlefields
Started by Robert Jones
Amafa/Heritage KZN has just reminded individual tour operators and guides who take parties to KwaZulu-Natal battlefields that each person in the group... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th June 2004
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2nd June 2004pulleines body found by 17th lancers?
Started by steve
here is a quote from letters home on the samh site, "i enclose you a card,a four of diamonds, which lay close to the colonel of the 24th. they ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th June 2004
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2nd June 2004Northern Command Tattoo Rorkes Drift Survivors
Started by MELANIE TRINDER
I have a picture of rorkes drift survivors at the northern command tottoo with the organizer of the pageant.There are six men five of them are EX-SG... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th June 2004
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1st June 2004Look a Zulu Spear!
Started by Pickasso
X======> Thats a spear. or maybe an arrow ======0 Thats a knobkerry! Totally cool huh? ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th June 2004
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30th May 2004Zulu chants
Started by Dave Kenyon
does anyone know what the Zulu chants were called in the film Zulu? ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd June 2004
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30th May 2004Ignorance or Isurrection?
Started by Rob Gerrard
Every now and then I read something that makes my hackles rise and whilst those near at hand say - 'relax, the guy's a lunatic, go with the flow' - ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th June 2004
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27th May 2004There is in fact a new Zulu in the offing(Yay!) But....
Started by Michael Boyle
....It's not "our" Zulu (Boo! or Thank God! depending on your position).Shaka Zulu 2 is "in development" by an American studio acc... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th June 2004
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26th May 2004John Hodgson
Started by Stephen Coan
I am trying to verify details of the life of John Hodgson who died in 1935. He claimed to have been a British officer, to have fought at the battle of... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st June 2004
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25th May 2004Zulu Battle Formations
Started by Steve Oster
I've searched mightily for a description of Zulu fighting formations during the AZW, to no avail thus far. All books and online content describe the ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 27th May 2004
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24th May 2004"HOMOEROTICISM IN ZULU"
Started by Videokiller
Some friends and I recently watched "Zulu" and agreed the film has a strong homoerotic vibe. It begins when Michael Caine first arrives in t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th June 2004
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24th May 2004John Chard
Started by W.R. Dowling
Did John Chard have a relative who served as as an officer with the British Forces in North Africa during WWII? I noticed where an officer by the las... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th May 2004
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23rd May 2004items of interest on ebay
Started by steve
seen this weekend, ist edition smith dorrien book memories of 48 years service. ------------------------------------- two letters,signed by evely... (click to view)
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23rd May 2004Windsor Castle
Started by jim
Hi there I'm due to visit Windsor Castle soon and I wondered who recived their V.Cs form the Zulu War here and if there are any artefacts from th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th May 2004
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22nd May 2004Group photo - South Wales Borderers
Started by Frank Muscal
Maybe this came up before but I'm looking at a group photo with VC winners: Hook, RJones, WJones, Hitch, WIlliams, Bell and Browne. Ref: Nothing Remai... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd December 2004
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22nd May 2004Thank you
Started by A. Ashwill
I am a freshman high school student from America. I would like to thank you for all the wonderful information on your site. About a month back I was g... (click to view)
Latest Post: 2nd June 2004
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22nd May 2004martini henry bayonet marks and cost
Started by steve
can anyone please advise on the marks a bayonet for a martini henry should have? also if genuine what is a fair price for a fair condition item t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th May 2004
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22nd May 2004Harts Amy List
Started by Edward T. Garcia
A little off topic but can anyone do a lookup for me in an 1899 copy of Harts Army List? Thanks for any help.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd May 2004
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21st May 2004Last known survivor - Rorke's Drift
Started by W.R.Dowling
Does anyone know when the last surviving defender of Rorke's Drift died?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 23rd May 2004
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21st May 2004Hook of Rorke's Drift
Started by Andy Lee
Wonder what other viewers think of the recently published book 'Hook of Rorke's Drift' by Barry Johnson - Really worth a read, well researched work. ... (click to view)
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21st May 2004"A Tiger in Africa?"
Started by John Young
Yes I know it is a line from 'The Meaning of Life', but how about this from 'The Pictorial World' of 13th October, 1883; 'All Usibepu's men wore a pi... (click to view)
Latest Post: 21st May 2004
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