Rorkes Drift (Zulu Wars)?

[Bert0483]

Can anyone confirm that it was an English Regiment that was at Rorkes Drift and not a Welsh Regiment. Someone told me that Stanley Baker gave the film Zulu a Welsh theme purely cuz he was a Taff himself,

[Lil O'lady]

Seems that the regiment was a Borders regiment, so it's reasonable to assume Welsh people coould be represented. In addition, regiments recruited from all over, not solely from the area of their geographical HQ.

See http://www.victoriacross.co.uk/Rorke's%20Detai ls.html

[kempie]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/History/Questio n444717.html

[merlin1485]

The reiment was the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 24th reiment of foot the South Wales Borderers

[pauln90]

This article has some good references to the composition of the regiment at Rorkes Drift.

http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/myths/myths.htm