South Wales Borderers
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The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the English and British armies. It was raised in 1689 as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot and was renamed the 24th Regiment of Foot in 175
c. 1896 regimental cap badge for other ranks
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
1777 watercolour of a regimental private
Memorial to Private James Cooper VC who fought gallantly in the Andaman Islands in May 1857
Battle of Rorke's Drift
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the Swedish mission station and British supply depot
South Wales Borderers
…their bravery. The Battle of Isandlwana was dramatized in the 1979 movie Zulu Dawn. After the battle of Isandlwana, some 4,000 to 5,000 Zulus headed for Rorke's Drift, a small missionary post garrisoned by a company of the 2nd Battalion of the 24th Foot, a few native levies, and others under the command of Lieutenant…
The Defense of Rorke's Drift, by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
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Historical picture of Zulu warriors from about the same time as the events at Rorke's Drift
Contemporary drawing of Rorke's Drift Post, from The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers.