An account of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, Zululand, 22nd January 1879, by Capt. Penn Symons, 2nd 24th Regt. The account details the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift from a first hand perspective and subsequently from the few remaining survivors of both battles who are included in the list of survivors of 1/24th Regt; Pte. Williams, groom to Col. Glynn, Pte. Bickley, band member, Pte. Wilson, band member, Pte. Trainer, rocket battery, Pte. Johnson, rocket battery, Pte. Grant, mounted infantry and officers who escaped to include; Capt. Essex 75 Regt., Capt. Gardener, 14th Hussars, Lieut. Cachrane 32 Regt. Lieut. Smith Dorrien, 95th Regt and Lieut. Curling R.A. This unique book has been created in association with the Victoria Cross Trust from a leatherbound original, digitised and carefully updated from hand-written annotations contained in the typed manuscript for ease of reading.
| ISBN: | 9781911604242 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2018 |
| Author: | William Penn Symons |
| Publisher: | Uniform Press an imprint of Unicorn Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Genres: |
Specific wars and campaigns Diaries, letters and journals Battles and campaigns |