The Defence of Rorke's Drift. 22/23rd January 1879 (Revisited)

[spanner570]

Thanks Ian.
I think I'll need something stronger than a glass topped coffee table. Guess what?........

An hour ago whilst messing in my den I knocked the dio. off it's precarious three foot high shelf. (I knew I would eventuallyI) Did he move it earlier? - NO!
So now I have dozens of figures and countless spears and shields etc. to re-glue. Luckily the stores building remained stuck down.

Take a letter Miss Jones. DO IT NOW!

[stona]

A chap called Lee Finnegan posted this picture of a grave marker which he found in Witton cemetery in North Birmingham (sort of between Dudley and Sutton Coldfield).

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I suppose they must be there among the red coats!

Cheers

Steve

[spanner570]

Thanks Steve.
Robert Cole was killed as he tried to escape from the hospital he was defending when it was overrun by the attackers. I can't find anything about Pte. Parry - yet.

Thanks for the input.
Ron

[Guest]

Looks good. Does adding the hospital mean you have to rearrange the figures or add more?

[Mini Me]

More Zulus? I'm in! 570 loves Zulus. 453 get the matches! :tongue-out3::tongue-out::tongue-out2:

[Guest]

Hi Ron this is just.


First rank take a bow.
Second rank round of applause.
Third rank, remove headdress, three cheers for this outstanding work hip hip, hip hip, hip hip,replace headdress.

Pete.

[bazers]

Thanks everyone for your great posts.
I know it's a re-hash, I just thought it might be of interest now the extra figures have been added.

Cheers.
Ron

're - hash it might be but it's just keeps getting better.

[Alun Wells]

Sorry I am late, but this is outstanding, really makes you want to build something different. Cracking job sir.
Cheers
Alun
PS have started the 1:72 corvette.

[rtfoe]

Hi Ron,

I was recently in Sydney and visited the NSW Art Gallery where I came across a painting by Alphonse de Neuville of the defence of Roakes Drift. Couldn't miss it as it was huge and took up one wall facing. While I was mesmerised by the detail and taking in the images I remembered your dio and was thinking...man would you have liked to see this...



I had to borrow my daughters handphone to take the pictures as I had ran out of space on mine.



Apparently it was purchased by the AGNSW in 1882. My pictures aren't as nice as the ones on the AGNSW website which I looked up to get more info. They have some great close ups and remembered the cracks on the painting.

Below is another painting of a cavalry charge by another Parisian or Polish artist.





There were many paintings on the First Great War especially of the demarcation stations and battle fields by well known war artists which I should have photographed but was busy admiring them.

Hope you like the one on Roakes Drift.

Cheers,
Richard