Zulu War, 1879

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Zulu War 1879


Causes Chronology Results Forces & Casualties Commanders Battles & Battle Honours	Order of Battle Campaign Medals Societies, Forums, Re-Enactors Museums & Memorials Bibliography External Links

Causes

Chronology (except battles, which see below)

Results

Forces and Casualties

	peak forces	total forces	total dead	KIA	NCD	civilian dead	WIA	PW-MIA
Britain
subtotal
Zululand
TOTAL


British Officers Killed in the Zulu War, by Stephen Lewis.

Commanders


Britain & Colonies:


Zululand:

Battles & Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours

Date

Battles
(Battle Honours are shown in bold face)

Regiments
(regiments awarded Battle Honours are shown in bold face)

Note: battle honours were awarded as noted below.

medal clasps were issued with year-dates: 1877, 1877-8 1877-8-9, 1877-9, 1878, 1878-9, 1879

1879 Jan. 22

Isandhlwana

	Inf: 1/F24 2/F24
	Cav: NNH Inf: NNC

Battle of Isandhlwana (BritishBattles.com)
Battle of Isandhlwana (Talana Museum)
The Great Battle : the story of African Resistance in 1879 (ANC)
Isandhlwana, by Alan Critchley.

1879 Jan. 22-23

Rorke's Drift

Inf: 2/F24(BCoy)

Battle of Rorke's Drift (BritishBattles.com)
Battle of Rorke's Drift (Talana Museum)
The largest number of Victoria Crosses awarded to a regiment for one action (Rorkesdriftvc.com)

1879 Feb. 11-
1879 Apr. 3

Eshowe

	Inf: F91

1879 Mar. 12

Ntombi

Inf: F80(coy)

1879 Mar. 28

Hlobane

1879 Mar. 29

Khambula

	Inf: 1/F13 F90

Battle of Khambula (BritishBattles.com)

1879 Apr. 2

Gingindlovu

	Inf: F91

Battle of Gingindlovu (BritishBattles.com)

1879 July 4

Ulundi

	Cav: L17 Inf: 1/F13 2/F21 F58 F80 F90 F94

Battle of Ulundi (BritishBattles.com)
The Battle of Ulundi, by John Young

campaign honours were awarded to cover all operations in South Africa in 1877-79, including 9th Kaffir War

South Africa 1877-8-9

	Inf: 1/F24 2/F24 F88 F90
	Cav: FAMP

South Africa 1878-9

	Inf: 1/F13 F80
	Inf:

South Africa 1879

British award 1881, dates added 1882; South African award 1900

	Cav: DG1 L17 Inf: 2/F3 2/F4 2/F21 F57 F58 3/F60 F91 F94 F99
	Cav: NC NMR UMR BMR Inf: DLI

Order of Battle (Regiments & Formations)

Introduction to Regiments

Medals

Index of Campaign Medals


Zulu War Medals, by Aldershot Badge & Medal Ltd.

Societies, Forums & Re-Enactors

Museums & Memorials


Anglo Zulu War Historical Society Keynsham Light Horse, dedicated to the location of memorials to those involved in the Anglo-Zulu War. Anglo-Zulu War Memorial at Ulundi, by South Africa Online Travel Guide Homepage. Talana Museum

Bibliography

How to Find Books


	Books:

		Lock, Ron ; Quantrill, Peter. Zulu vanquished : the destruction of the Zulu kingdom. Greenhill, 2005. ISBN:1853676608

	Films:
		Zulu (1964), details by Internet Movie Database. {review by Alan Critchley}
		Zulu Dawn (1979), details by Internet Movie Database. {review by Alan Critchley}

	Links:
		Bibliography of Zulu wars by US Army Military History Institute.
		Ian Knight Publications, by Luke McEwen.

External Links


General History Anglo-Zulu War 1878-79, by Ralph Zuljan (OnWar.Com) The Anglo-Zulu War, by Ian Knight. Anglo-Zulu War 1879, by Stephen Luscombe (The British Empire) The Anglo-Zulu War prints by Talisman Prints. Battlefields Region of KwaZulu-Natal by Battlefields.co.za. Art Prints of the Zulu War, by Cranston Fine Art Prints. RorkesDriftVC.com, by Alan Critchley. Chronology Jahreschronik 1870-1899, by Bernd Marek (Chronologische Kriegsgeschichte) Research Collections and Guides British Army: Campaign Records, 1816-1913 (TNA Research Guides: Military Records Information 25) Web Catalogues