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31st July 2003Colour Sgt Bourne.
Started by STEVE CLOUGH
Can't understand why he could not have been awarded the V.C. as well as getting promoted???... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st August 2003
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29th July 2003ZULU LEFT HORN AT ISANDLWANA
Started by ADRIAN WRIGHT
HAVING READ MANY BOOKS ON THE BATTLE OF ISANDLWANA I'VE NOTICED TWO COMMON POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN AUTHORS ON THE SUBJECT.THOSE POINTS BEING TH... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st August 2003
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11th June 2003Wolseley car connection
Started by ed coan
I'm part way through a biography of Sir Garnet Wolseley, and given the phrase 'All Sir Garnet' which was prevalent at the time, meaning everything was... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st August 2003
2
31st July 2003Cpl. Schiess
Started by John Lewis
Does anyone know where I can view a photo of this gentleman ?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 31st July 2003
3
29th July 2003Lyrics to 'The British Grenadiers' please?
Started by Glenn Wade
Could anyone please tell me what the words to this song are? Thanks Glenn... (click to view)
Latest Post: 31st July 2003
2
28th July 2003Isandlwhana and Rorke's Drift
Started by John Lewis
Please can anyone let me have the actual numbers of defenders at Isandlwhana and Rorke's Drift and the numbers killed and wounded.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th July 2003
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23rd July 2003Zulu War Poem's
Started by Alex Rossiter
Hi All Are there any zulu war poems out there ,preferably about isandlwana. there's a computer game forum thing and there's a topic about "... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th July 2003
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2nd December 2002bayonet markings
Started by glynne
Hi there would anyone know what the three numbers on the frog stud of a Martini bayonet scabbard would indicate. I think the numbers are 279 thanks... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th July 2003
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27th July 2003Rorkes Drift Documentary
Started by Ian Essex
At 5pm today (in about five minutes!!!) In The Line Of Fire about the Defence of Rorkes Drift on the History channel. Doesn't seem that we're check... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th July 2003
2
26th July 2003man of harlech c
Started by chaber23332
what are the words to the above song... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th July 2003
2
2nd July 2003Making of Zulu
Started by Stephen Coan
A feature article on the making of the film Zulu will be published in Pietermaritzburg's daily newspaper, the Natal Witness, tomorrow (July 3). You ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th July 2003
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17th February 2001How can we do things better?
Started by Suggestions please
As you may or may not know, this site gets updated quite a bit, and I was wondering how we can make it better... Is the discussion forum working for y... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th July 2003
9
24th July 2003The man who ran away while the Prince Imperial was being attacked and eventually killed
Started by Daniel
... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th July 2003
2
23rd July 2003Less VCs to buy, more the price?
Started by George M
If you go to the site : http://www2.prestel.co.uk/stewart/aaauctio.htm you find that 2003 has the least sales as compared to the previous year, wh... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th July 2003
7
22nd July 2003What the soldiers ate?
Started by Andrew
Does anyone know what the British soldiers ate in the Zulu war, because I have no idea?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th July 2003
12
17th July 2003hospital
Started by Samuel Smitington
GREETINGS LADS!!!!! In the movie ZULU, all the Soldiers were dirty, the deafenders and the zulus who were supposed to look like they had been killed,... (click to view)
Latest Post: 25th July 2003
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24th July 2003Royal Navy in Zululand
Started by Daniel
What exactly did the navy do in Zululand? And did anyone in the navy receive a VC for their action in the Zulu W... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th July 2003
1
19th July 2003Zulu Royalty in a Film?
Started by Dylan
I recently watched the 1985 film version of "King Solomon's Mines," starring Richard Chamberlain. Not the best version. Anyway, I noticed in... (click to view)
Latest Post: 24th July 2003
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22nd July 2003NNC Book
Started by Keith Smith
Hi Guys I thought you might like to know that a very scarce book has been re-published (privately) in South Africa. It's called "The Natal Nativ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd July 2003
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19th July 2003Tell them or tell them not?
Started by Barry Iacoppi N.Z.
Gentleman. I put to the forum an observation that was put to me by an acquaintance to whom I had just told the basic details about the Rorke, s Drift ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 22nd July 2003
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