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30th June 2003Ringtone
Started by Adrian Whiting
Should you find yourself with a moment or two, and should you have grown tired of your mobile phone's selection of ringtones, try keying this one in v... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th July 2003
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7th July 2003Pvte. W. Clifton
Started by Joseph
Does anyone have information about Pvte 2122 W. Clifton and his service in the 1/24th during the Zulu Wars? Thanks, Joseph... (click to view)
Latest Post: 7th July 2003
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6th July 2003Original Isandhlwana assegai?
Started by Nathan
I was recently musing over some antigue militaria in an obscure market and was quite excited by a Zulu assegai I came across. Apparently it derived fr... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th July 2003
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4th July 2003Cpl W W Allen VC - Living TV - July 8
Started by Martin Everett
ATV programme - entitled The Antiques Ghost Show - to be broadcast on Living TV (Sky 112) at 9 pm BST on Tuesday July 9 is to contain research into th... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th July 2003
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3rd July 2003zulu war in fiction
Started by Mark Nichipor
After spending too many nights reading "serious" works on the war, I was curious what is out there for "light" reading. Anyon... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th July 2003
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23rd June 2003boks
Started by samuel smithington
what books r good to read about zulu war? thanks sammy... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th July 2003
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18th June 2003The Guns
Started by Neil Aspinshaw
like many of the participants of this site, I attentended the Zulu lectures at the R.A.M Chelsea. (Feb 2003) held by messrs Knight and Pollard. The su... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th July 2003
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18th July 2002TO&E of a British Line Company, 1879?
Started by Doug Bonforte
Can someone advise what the composition and organization was of B Co, 2/24th.? The movie "Zulu" makes reference to "sections", &q... (click to view)
Latest Post: 5th July 2003
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4th July 2003Lest We Forget. Ulundi, July 4th 1879.
Started by Glenn Wade
A salute to all the brave men who perished at the battle of Ulundi on July 4th 1879, both Zulu and white.... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th July 2003
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22nd June 2003The Death of John Radburn
Started by John Young
It is my sad duty to notify the contributors to this forum of one of our number - John Radburn. John died last night in the intensive care unit of ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 4th July 2003
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29th June 2003Another piece of critical trivia
Started by A. Maniac
Hitch informs that he was engaged at a 9 meter stretch of the north wall where the barricading was incomplete and most of the casualties (outside of t... (click to view)
Latest Post: 2nd July 2003
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1st July 2003Booth's Cigarette Card
Started by Jonathan Hicks
Does anyone have any information regarding the depiction of Booth's retreat from the Ntombe River on a 'Heroic Deeds' cigarette card e.g manufacturer,... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st July 2003
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30th June 2003How red was the redcoat ?
Started by Chris N
I know that in the early part of the 19th century the vegetable dyes used for the red British infantry uniforms would fade to a brick colour. However... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st July 2003
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30th June 2003Khambula
Started by Simon Copley
Reading about this battle (which was actually the crucial battle of the 1879 war) I can't help but be impressed bt Evelyn Wood's tactical awareness. W... (click to view)
Latest Post: 1st July 2003
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30th June 2003Name that Drift!!!
Started by Samuel Smithington, not Smithingtone like I accidentaly put, on last topic!
Like tons of things, Rorkes Drift is spelled 2 ways: Rourke's Drift Rorke's Drift I am assuming most people use RORKE because that was rorkes las... (click to view)
Latest Post: 30th June 2003
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29th June 2003Emshwati
Started by Peter Ewart
Hoping someone on the forum can help me here! Whichever map of KZN I use (ancient or modern!) I can't seem to locate a place known as Emshwati (eMs... (click to view)
Latest Post: 30th June 2003
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28th June 2003VIDEOS or TV SHOWS
Started by samuel smithington
are their any videos or telivision specials about the ZULU WaR? i know of that IAN KNIGHT special that aired a while back, but is there any more. I wo... (click to view)
Latest Post: 30th June 2003
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25th June 2003Younghusband's first name
Started by Andrew
Does anyone know the first name of Captain Younghusband I know it is a name beginning with the letter "R"?, Thanks... (click to view)
Latest Post: 30th June 2003
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31st December 2002NEW ZULU GOOF!!!!!!!!
Started by Glenn Wade
I've just been watching 'Zulu' with friends at my New Years Eve party and we've spotted a really great Goof! If you look very carefully at the scene w... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th June 2003
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26th June 2003Thoughts on Spalding
Started by A.Maniac
I have been wondering about Major Spalding�s predicament and frankly I do not envy him. I see that the subject was dealt with very thoroughly a year o... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th June 2003
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