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9th July 2004Edendale Troop
Started by Jim
Hi there I understand that had the Edendale Troop not dismounted on the Natal bank and fired at the persuing Zulus,there would have been even less su... (click to view)
Latest Post: 17th July 2004
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16th July 2004archaeological excavation at Isandhlwana 2001 ??
Started by david
Hi I was staying at the lodge at Isandhlwana at the end of 2000 and Rob Gerrard from the lodge (Military Guide/Historian) mentioned that an excavatio... (click to view)
Latest Post: 16th July 2004
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13th July 2004British Digital TV programme
Started by Barry Taylor
For those of you with Digital TV in the UK, channel FTN is showing a programme with a dubious Rorke's Drift connection on Monday 19th July: The Ant... (click to view)
Latest Post: 15th July 2004
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12th July 2004maori hamilton browne the later years
Started by steve
i understand that years after the zulu war, while reading a newspaper lord baden powell came across a report of an ex colonel browne who ,infirm,ag... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th July 2004
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11th July 2004Keep up the good work.
Started by Tony Jones
I only found out about 18 months ago that my ancestor is 593 Private William Jones VC.I have made a donation to the site and would like to thank all ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th July 2004
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2nd July 2004Zulu War Chants..Again
Started by Rich
I know this topic has been discussed here so pardon if it's old hat. I know that some here were interested like myself in knowing the chants the Zulu... (click to view)
Latest Post: 14th July 2004
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7th July 2004Death of Chelmsford Haig Ntanze
Started by Peter Ewart
Many contributors to this forum will have met Chelmsford, the friendly Isandlwana "curator", and will be saddened to learn that he died last... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th July 2004
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4th July 2004Sheldon's Book...
Started by Ian Essex
Sheldon, What are you writing...a sequel to War and Peace!? If I was your publisher... ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th July 2004
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30th March 2003Zulu Remake....again
Started by Richard Waters
Joseph Fiennes as Chard Damien Lewis as Bromhead (Clive Dickens good suggestion) Sam Neill as Adendorff Charles Dance as James L Dalton Robson Gre... (click to view)
Latest Post: 13th July 2004
3
28th February 2004Repro 1871 Valise Equipment
Started by Philip Adamson
Does anyone know of a reliable UK supplier of reproduction 1871 equipment?... (click to view)
Latest Post: 12th July 2004
2
25th June 2004A visit to the PRO.........soon, if possible.
Started by Gill Mead
My great grandfather (Thomas Lewis) was one of the brave men at Rorkes Drift. I just found him on the 1891 Census and he is still a member of the RA @... (click to view)
Latest Post: 11th July 2004
2
23rd June 2004Death of S.B. Bourquin
Started by Keith Smith
I'm sorry to have to report the sad death in Durban on Saturday 12th June of Mr Bourquin, known to perhaps some of the people on this site. He was ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 10th July 2004
2
7th July 2004Islandwana
Started by paul neville
Would the Zulu's really have attacked a British Camp with 5,000 armed soldiers complete with cannons, rockets and gatling guns? If Chelmsford had not... (click to view)
Latest Post: 9th July 2004
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17th February 2001teenage fan
Started by Chris Lopez
I am a 14 year old boy from america who loves the movie zulu and Zulu Dawn. I first watched both of them three years ago and liked them and even now i... (click to view)
Latest Post: 8th July 2004
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30th June 2004Trooper Thorne at RD
Started by Ray Thorne
Following a visit to RD in Dec. 2001 where I saw the grave to my namesake in the cemetary there, I posted a query asking if anyone had any biographica... (click to view)
Latest Post: 6th July 2004
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3rd July 2004 The Last Cartridge
Started by marco vergara
Can you give me some information about, A.DE Neuville,pinx... (click to view)
Latest Post: 3rd July 2004
1
16th February 2004Zulu-related TV commercial
Started by Sheldon Hall
Some time last year a commercial ran on British television which, I believe, parodied ZULU and/or ZULU DAWN. I was never able to catch the ad, but wou... (click to view)
Latest Post: 2nd July 2004
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19th June 2004Shako - Overseas Helmet - Looking to Obtain
Started by Nicholas E. Efstathiou
Hello, I'm looking to obtain an overseas helmet such as the type used during the Zulu wars for my son, who is ten, and utterly fanatical over the Brit... (click to view)
Latest Post: 29th June 2004
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27th June 2004F Carrington @ 2nd Batt 24th Regt Foot
Started by Carl Daeche
A while ago I purchased a letter written by a member of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries dated 1909 and signed Carrington. the only details I h... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th June 2004
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30th May 2001GRAVE LOCATIONS - WITTON CEMETERY
Started by andy lee
I would like to visit the un marked graves of Joseph Windridge and Robert Cole at Witton Cemetery, Birmingham does anyone have the grave plot numbers ... (click to view)
Latest Post: 28th June 2004
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