On January 22nd and 23rd, 1879, fewer than 150 British soldiers defended the mission station at Rorke's Drift against a much ...

Last week saw the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift. It was a battle that saw around 150 British and colonial troops successfully defend a small British mission station against a ...

Moth members and troops from the Royal Welsh Regiment at the parade commemorating the battle of Rorke's Drift. Photo: Terry Worley “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for ...

A soldier who fought at the battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu war but was left off the roll of honour is to be added to the historical record. Private David Jenkins's great-grandson Geoff ...

Medals won by a survivor of the battle immortalised in the iconic film Zulu are tipped to fetch up to £20,000 at auction. Alfred Saxty was among 150 British and colonial troops who fought off 4,000 ...

The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879, the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War, witnessed the worst single day's loss of British troops between the battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the ...