You are a great presenter and all your work is enthusiastically presented with a constant high level of accuracy. I anoint you the brightest spark on UA-cam! I myself am a student of the Zulu war, having visited and traversed every major battlefield since my childhood, from 1958. Indeed, I was present at the 80th anniversary of Isandlwana on 22 January 1959! My late father was a thorough expert on the Zulu War, and this video prompted me to make mention of him.
A wonderful exhibition and I really enjoyed seeing the artifacts from the battle especially the handwritten letter from right after the battle. I also love the fact that you had one of the Zulus descendants as part of the show, it gave it a genuine feel for both sides of the conflict. Well done, amigo y buena suerte!
Thanks for taking the time to comment and I am pleased you enjoyed it. Linizwe is such a nice bloke and it is very interesting listening to his take on the battles from a Zulu perspective.
@TheHistoryChap I would love to talk with him about the Zulu perspective of battles with Europeans not just the English but also the Germans and the Dutch. I'm sure there would be a side revealed which we were never aware of before, that is how understanding and bridges are built between cultures.
@StevenKeery Now that might be a project worth pursuing, the Zulu wars from the Zulu perspective. Interviews with the descendants of the battles, genuine artifacts and the aftermath and impact of the wars on the Zulu culture 👌
Chris well done for visiting and publicising this fantastic exhibition. I went last Wednesday and felt privileged to meet Ian Knight. Likewise I couldn't recommend it too highly. The catalogue is also excellent value with an additional book thrown in. Many of the artefacts are amazing as well as a couple of fine displays by the Hornchurch Wargaming Society.
Something just occurred to me concerning Rourke's drift. I am currently ill with fever. You showed how some died from illness after surviving Zulu attack. Which is worse death by being stabbed during the battle or dying from dysentery later. I just cannot fathom being so sick in hospital you think you just want to die and then being attacked by Zulu!
Fantastic Chris thanks for sharing this one with us, and what a terrific exhibition and guys there to explain and expand this fascinating period in history .. defo one to visit
HI Chris Don't know if I can make it to the Exhibition , a few years ago I went to Isledwana and Rourkes Drift , Very quiet , and you could get a feel about the Battles that took place , A very touching expearience. Cheers
Weirdest thing I’ve seen about Zulus is that in the movie Gladiator in the opening battle with the Barbarians . The Barbarians are yelling Zulu Chants. Apparently the Director really liked the Zulu Movie and the chants
My uncle had a martini henry rifle as a collector,as every boy loved the film Zulu,l knew its significance in the Zulu wars,it was also used here in Victoria, Australia in the hunt for the Ned Kelly's bushranging gang in 1879-80,by police and Ned Kelly
Thank you so much for this documentary,. As I am 75 and wife slightly disabled there is no way we can visit this wonderfull exebition from the Netherlands. This way you are helping the "old Guard" to at least get a taste! Regards from Paul Le Coultre.
Very different from what you usually do, you where like a kid in a sweet shop with all those artefacts, looks a really good exhibition thank you for sharing it 👍🏻
@@TheHistoryChap I would prefer to see it in London, but I will take what I can get. When I was 14 I took my first tour of the imperial War Museum. I look at the diorama of Rorkes Drift for at least an hour. I stood in the exact same position a few more times since 1976. I saw Tut in Cairo and I like to experience history at or close to the source.
Hello Chris, having watched your video on cs bourne, small in stature but clearly a giant personality and inspiration to his men, didn't receive the vc. Ian says he was just there! What extra heroic deeds did the two officers do other than their duty and just being there?
I got your heads up for this on the day you were going, and have secured my entrance 👍 for that.. this is a great bonus thanks Chris Top man Cheers. 💯🇬🇧👁️☠️👁️🧐💪✌️
Always fantastically produced content 👌 I hope you will consider making a video about the Battle of Mirbat, a mini Roukes Drift with the SAS. And the shameful treatment of how Talaiasi Labalaba only got a Mention in Dispatches instead of a well deserved VC what everyone says he should have had.
The Anglo-Zulu war has always been one of my favourite historical topics. London isn't very close to me unfortunately, but with this video I got to see a bit of it, many thanks THC!
Thoroughly enjoyed it, Colour seargeant borne died the day after ww2 in europe ended, and i did think he was the last survivor, so i would be interested to know who may have lived longer.
I'm not going to be able to make it down to London for this, which is a shame. Any chance of you doing another video of the exhibit focusing on the Zulu?
That was a wonderful surprise! I watched Zulu in the '70s, as a teen, so the historical reality always includes a nostalgic element. London is ~135 miles sth, which is in tropical disease territory.😳
Thank you Chris for another great video. Its such a shame that i won't be able to visit the exhibition due to work commitments and geography. Ive always had a fascination with the Zulu Wars. Keep it coming please, theres a good fellow.
Incidentally, I once met a War Gamer who hadn't watched either Zulu or Zulu Dawn !?! 😳. Fortunately we had an emergency break glass DVD copy on standby so equilibrium was quickly restored.
Exciting exhibition. Unfortunately I cannot come to England at present; I hope and think that it should be photographed and accompanied by a lecture so that we unfortunates could experience the exhibition. Always a pleasure to hear from you Chris.👍👍👍
Another fascinating and informative video, thankyou, the zulu campaign has been a favourite subject of mine over the years, and I once read a book on the rorkes drift, which followed up some of the men afterwards. One thing I can remember (I think ?) Colour Sargent Bourn, after his return to the UK, was noted for his style of bayonet fighting and went on to teach this to the British army forces in the lead up to WW1. Can you verify? Do I recall this correctly. Thanks
Very jealous from San Jose, California. Great to meet you in the Zoom call. How Welsh were they? What a softball question? :-) I did toss you some softballs in the Zoom meeting (the Stamford Bridge Viking) and thanks for confirming (or not confirming) my grandmother's Churchill story.
As for the Rorke's Drift survivors and the same case for UK soldiers who fought in the Boer War, more men died from disease than from battle. It goes to show you must never underestimate the danger of nature. I wish good luck to the exhibition!
I have to agree Colour sargeant Borne does kinda fancy Nigel in that last pic. Maybe there wasnt a single incident to cite but im thinking, he probably was involved in most of the fighting there. Like most others he certainly deserved the VC. I was kind pf hoping you would read some of the notes and letters. Very good display and thank you Chris for showing those of us who cannot be there.
Chief Buthelezi prince 🤴 of Zulu Nation passed away at age 95. Today is his state funeral in South Africa 🇿🇦. He starred in great British adventure movie 🎬 Zulu which he played his great grandfather King 🤴 Cetshwayo of Zulus
Tried so hard about 10yrs ago to get a Martini Henry. Spoke God knows how many times to Leeds Armouries, They were so out of my price range it was incredible!!
I got to visit the South Wales Borderers Museum at Crickhowell, Powys and saw first hand the Rorke's Drift collection, it was awe inspiring to say the least. Zulu was a British movie that was released in 1964 and was a smash box office hit and since then has become one of the most popular films of all time. It was a reasonably accurate tale of 140 British soldiers beating off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift 1879. However the movie did not sit well with some, 140 white soldiers defeating 4,000 black!! so Hollywood decided to redress the balance with Zulu Dawn, made with an all star cast in 1987. It told an aggrandizing tale of the Zulu at Isandlwana. But 25,000+ Zulu overwhelming 750 British regulars and 450 Colonial troops guarding a baggage train, didn't have the same impact with the public. The movie failed miserably did not make a profit and never has since. But as a propaganda piece it has inspired books and myths galore.
Great job again ! We have the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania and It's great to see the artifacts recovered. They have a rifle there that they cut in half , length wise , to show the 4 or5 balls jammed into the muzzle . Someone kept loading but nothing was coming out , but he kept loading ? Hope he was better with the bayonet ?
You are a great presenter and all your work is enthusiastically presented with a constant high level of accuracy.
I anoint you the brightest spark on UA-cam!
I myself am a student of the Zulu war, having visited and traversed every major battlefield since my childhood, from 1958. Indeed, I was present at the 80th anniversary of Isandlwana on 22 January 1959! My late father was a thorough expert on the Zulu War, and this video prompted me to make mention of him.
It is a long time since I have visited the battlefields. Need to get back there.
A wonderful exhibition and I really enjoyed seeing the artifacts from the battle especially the handwritten letter from right after the battle. I also love the fact that you had one of the Zulus descendants as part of the show, it gave it a genuine feel for both sides of the conflict. Well done, amigo y buena suerte!
Thanks for taking the time to comment and I am pleased you enjoyed it. Linizwe is such a nice bloke and it is very interesting listening to his take on the battles from a Zulu perspective.
@TheHistoryChap I would love to talk with him about the Zulu perspective of battles with Europeans not just the English but also the Germans and the Dutch. I'm sure there would be a side revealed which we were never aware of before, that is how understanding and bridges are built between cultures.
@@TheHistoryChap : A more extended interview with him would be interesting, together with a closer look at some of the Zulu weapons of the battle.
@StevenKeery Now that might be a project worth pursuing, the Zulu wars from the Zulu perspective. Interviews with the descendants of the battles, genuine artifacts and the aftermath and impact of the wars on the Zulu culture 👌
glad you liked it
Thanks for all your time and effort on UA-cam and your brilliant presentations, stay well.
Many thanks for your support.
Excellent. Wish I could go, but work takes me all over the country.
Shame you are missing it.
Chris well done for visiting and publicising this fantastic exhibition. I went last Wednesday and felt privileged to meet Ian Knight. Likewise I couldn't recommend it too highly. The catalogue is also excellent value with an additional book thrown in. Many of the artefacts are amazing as well as a couple of fine displays by the Hornchurch Wargaming Society.
Thanks for taking the time to endorse my sentiments about Clash of Empires. You are right to give a nod to Hornchurch Wargaming Society too.
Thank you, Chris...
My pleasure.
Hi Chris , iam disabled , so carn`t make London . Thank you for bringing this to show us ... Cheers Simon
Simon, it is my pleasure.
Passion & enthusiasm. My compliments Chris.
Thank you.
This looks like a fantastic exhibition, might have to pay a visit.
Definitely worth the train fare from Worcester.
Awesome, to actually hold items from the battles is sending shivers down my spine I can't wait for my visit on the 25th.
I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.
I am happy for you to be able to attend such a great event. It must be very gratifying...
I really was a very impressive exhibition. The organisers have worked so hard.
Something just occurred to me concerning Rourke's drift. I am currently ill with fever. You showed how some died from illness after surviving Zulu attack. Which is worse death by being stabbed during the battle or dying from dysentery later. I just cannot fathom being so sick in hospital you think you just want to die and then being attacked by Zulu!
So interesting. Thank you for posting so we could see relics from the battles
Glad you enjoyed it.
Fantastic Chris thanks for sharing this one with us, and what a terrific exhibition and guys there to explain and expand this fascinating period in history .. defo one to visit
Try to make it if you can. On until the end of July but watch out for train strikes.
Thank you for the show and tell - your channel is why youtube should exist
Very kind of you. Thanks.
HI Chris Don't know if I can make it to the Exhibition , a few years ago I went to Isledwana and Rourkes Drift , Very quiet , and you could get a feel about the Battles that took place , A very touching expearience. Cheers
Thanks for watching my video.
Weirdest thing I’ve seen about Zulus is that in the movie Gladiator in the opening battle with the Barbarians . The Barbarians are yelling Zulu Chants. Apparently the Director really liked the Zulu Movie and the chants
Indeed. He lifted them from "Zulu".
Soon as I saw the film Gladiator - that battle scene - I said it was the Zulu chant. No one believed me 😂
My uncle had a martini henry rifle as a collector,as every boy loved the film Zulu,l knew its significance in the Zulu wars,it was also used here in Victoria, Australia in the hunt for the Ned Kelly's bushranging gang in 1879-80,by police and Ned Kelly
Interesting. Thanks for adding
What a lucky thing to get to take in. They should bring this across Canada out to Saskatchewan.
Alex, the co-curator is from the USA so you never know.
Great video ... thanks for posting.
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for sharing this, its a long walk from Adelaide, South Australia, so this video is very much appreciated.
Tush, you just need some good walking boots :)
@TheHistoryChap I'm hoping that this exhibition makes its way to Australia, it happens from time to time.
Thank you so much for this documentary,. As I am 75 and wife slightly disabled there is no way we can visit this wonderfull exebition from the Netherlands. This way you are helping the "old Guard" to at least get a taste! Regards from Paul Le Coultre.
Hi Paul, I'm glad you got a taste from my video. My best wishes.
You're getting there mate!
Keep striving.
Thank you.
Let’s get watching 👍🏻
A bit different from usual as I join renowned historian, Ian Knight, at the Clash of Empires Exhibition.
Very different from what you usually do, you where like a kid in a sweet shop with all those artefacts, looks a really good exhibition thank you for sharing it 👍🏻
I would love to see that exhibit. The Zulu wars happen to be one of my personal favorites.
I hope they re-run it in the future (or take it to the USA).
@@TheHistoryChap I would prefer to see it in London, but I will take what I can get. When I was 14 I took my first tour of the imperial War Museum. I look at the diorama of Rorkes Drift for at least an hour. I stood in the exact same position a few more times since 1976. I saw Tut in Cairo and I like to experience history at or close to the source.
Such a shame i cant make it to the exhibition! Glad you made the video.
Hope you enjoyed it. A spent three hours there!
@@TheHistoryChap I'm away working but your videos certainly help pass the time! When I get an internet signal!
Fascinating video, thanks
My pleasure.
Hello Chris, having watched your video on cs bourne, small in stature but clearly a giant personality and inspiration to his men, didn't receive the vc. Ian says he was just there! What extra heroic deeds did the two officers do other than their duty and just being there?
Very good question.
Sadly I cannot visit it but I already messaged my brother and hopefully he and his family will find the time to go there.
I hope they enjoy it.
I'm off to the exhibition myself on Saturday...Can;t wait!!
I'll be there at 11:30
Me too. I'll look out for you and say hi.
Excellent video
Must visit
We are where we are because of history.
You are right. We might not like the events but they are part of our story and have brought us to this point in time.
Brilliant video ian knight is the go too expert for the Zulu wars
Very honoured that he gave me so much time.
I got your heads up for this on the day you were going, and have secured my entrance 👍 for that.. this is a great bonus thanks Chris Top man Cheers.
💯🇬🇧👁️☠️👁️🧐💪✌️
I hope you enjoy it. I'm returning this Saturday!
Thanks Chris
My pleasure.
Very, Very interesting (As are all your videos) must visit this exhibition, very interesting.
Yes, please do visit. On until the end of July and free. clashofempires.org
Thanks Chris because of your video I'm visiting tomorrow. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise
Please tell the organisers that you came because of The History Chap. They will be genuinely delighted.
@@TheHistoryChap I went and did just that Chris. Thanks for the video I'd have missed this completely if you hadn't covered it :)
If you are in London you MUST go to this, it is FREE and wonderful. I attended the 4 day symposium on the war this week. Stupendous.
Totally agree. Been twice now!
Awesome....thanks show us...❤
My pleasure.
Always fantastically produced content 👌 I hope you will consider making a video about the Battle of Mirbat, a mini Roukes Drift with the SAS. And the shameful treatment of how Talaiasi Labalaba only got a Mention in Dispatches instead of a well deserved VC what everyone says he should have had.
Mirbat keeps re-surfacing from viewers so I will add it to my list. Thanks for the nudge.
HI bikes02i56 YES now that would be of interest, the MIRBAT Gun was in the Rotunda at Woolwich Arsenal don,t know if it is still there?
@@ramseybarber8312 It was closed down several years ago
Fantastic!
Many thanks!
The Anglo-Zulu war has always been one of my favourite historical topics. London isn't very close to me unfortunately, but with this video I got to see a bit of it, many thanks THC!
Glad you enjoyed it.
This look’s like a very amazing exhibition, I am so sad that I live in Canada and can’t see it
That's a shame. I hope my video was a small compensation.
@@TheHistoryChap great video really looks like a amazing exhibit on a subject and event that is often forgotten today
Thoroughly enjoyed it, Colour seargeant borne died the day after ww2 in europe ended, and i did think he was the last survivor, so i would be interested to know who may have lived longer.
You will need to ask Ian Knight that one!
Brilliant!!!!!!!
Thank you.
I'm not going to be able to make it down to London for this, which is a shame.
Any chance of you doing another video of the exhibit focusing on the Zulu?
Not from where I live.
That was a wonderful surprise! I watched Zulu in the '70s, as a teen, so the historical reality always includes a nostalgic element. London is ~135 miles sth, which is in tropical disease territory.😳
Ha ha. I travelled from Worcester!
Thank you Chris for another great video.
Its such a shame that i won't be able to visit the exhibition due to work commitments and geography.
Ive always had a fascination with the Zulu Wars.
Keep it coming please, theres a good fellow.
Incidentally, I once met a War Gamer who hadn't watched either Zulu or Zulu Dawn !?! 😳.
Fortunately we had an emergency break glass DVD copy on standby so equilibrium was quickly restored.
Thanks for taking the time to watch and to comment as well.
Thanks , Chris,
Nigel Greene looks so much like my Dad,a WWII hero. that friends would ask me if I'd seen 'Sam' in Zulu?
bless
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it.
Exciting exhibition. Unfortunately I cannot come to England at present; I hope and think that it should be photographed and accompanied by a lecture so that we unfortunates could experience the exhibition. Always a pleasure to hear from you Chris.👍👍👍
Thanks for watching.
Would be so cool to see it. Maybe it will come to the Field Museum here in Chicago
The co-curator is from the USA, so you never know.
Another fascinating and informative video, thankyou, the zulu campaign has been a favourite subject of mine over the years, and I once read a book on the rorkes drift, which followed up some of the men afterwards. One thing I can remember (I think ?) Colour Sargent Bourn, after his return to the UK, was noted for his style of bayonet fighting and went on to teach this to the British army forces in the lead up to WW1. Can you verify? Do I recall this correctly.
Thanks
Not sure about that but have you seen my video all about him? ua-cam.com/video/DOQJK5hUo9U/v-deo.html
Very jealous from San Jose, California. Great to meet you in the Zoom call. How Welsh were they? What a softball question? :-) I did toss you some softballs in the Zoom meeting (the Stamford Bridge Viking) and thanks for confirming (or not confirming) my grandmother's Churchill story.
You would have loved the exhibition. Great meeting you too. Here’s to the next time.
You would have loved the exhibition. Great meeting you too. Here’s to the next time.
An excellent vid
Thank you.
One complaint…video was not long enough😂 Very interesting I could have watched that for hours.
Ha ha, that's the sort of complaint that I can live with.
As for the Rorke's Drift survivors and the same case for UK soldiers who fought in the Boer War, more men died from disease than from battle. It goes to show you must never underestimate the danger of nature. I wish good luck to the exhibition!
So good that I am going back today!
Gezz mate bit of a trip for me. But if I was able to get there, I would.
Get those walking boots on! :)
@@TheHistoryChap wings from Queensland
Marvelous
Thanks for watching.
I think I be heading down there!! Knew they weren't a full Welsh Regt. (Royal Mons were actually attached to our Sqd (RE)
Well worth the trip. I am going again this Saturday (15th)
I did enjoy it :)
Great. Thanks for watching the video.
I’d like to see this come to America!!
The co-curator is from the USA so you never know.
I have to agree Colour sargeant Borne does kinda fancy Nigel in that last pic. Maybe there wasnt a single incident to cite but im thinking, he probably was involved in most of the fighting there. Like most others he certainly deserved the VC. I was kind pf hoping you would read some of the notes and letters. Very good display and thank you Chris for showing those of us who cannot be there.
Glad you enjoyed it.
How do Bryon Farwell's books on "Queen Victoria's Little Wars", "The Great War in Africa", and the like stand up to other writers?
I have replied to your email on this one.
Chief Buthelezi prince 🤴 of Zulu Nation passed away at age 95. Today is his state funeral in South Africa 🇿🇦. He starred in great British adventure movie 🎬 Zulu which he played his great grandfather King 🤴 Cetshwayo of Zulus
Thank you for sharing
@@TheHistoryChap You are welcome
a recovered rifle of historic importance....... "deactivated" so unfortunate to defile an artifact.
Only on this side of the pond!
That's what i was gonna say.
But don’t you feel safer 😂
Agreed, it is a sacrilege and very silly. How many people are robbing banks with Martini-Henry carbines?
Tried so hard about 10yrs ago to get a Martini Henry. Spoke God knows how many times to Leeds Armouries, They were so out of my price range it was incredible!!
That Ian Knight was an imposter! 😉
Ha ha!
Leiutenant chard is buried at a church near me at hatch beauchamp
I have visited.
I got to visit the South Wales Borderers Museum at Crickhowell, Powys and saw first hand the Rorke's Drift collection, it was awe inspiring to say the least.
Zulu was a British movie that was released in 1964 and was a smash box office hit and since then has become one of the most popular films of all time. It was a reasonably accurate tale of 140 British soldiers beating off a force of 4,000 Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift 1879. However the movie did not sit well with some, 140 white soldiers defeating 4,000 black!! so Hollywood decided to redress the balance with Zulu Dawn, made with an all star cast in 1987. It told an aggrandizing tale of the Zulu at Isandlwana. But 25,000+ Zulu overwhelming 750 British regulars and 450 Colonial troops guarding a baggage train, didn't have the same impact with the public. The movie failed miserably did not make a profit and never has since. But as a propaganda piece it has inspired books and myths galore.
Thank you for taking the time to comment
Hi
Hi to you too! :)
@@TheHistoryChap OMG
Wish I was in London and not in Sydney!
Ah, but you do get better weather!
At em boys and stop ur dreaming!!
Thanks for sharing.
Good vid, but what about the rest of this war. This is mostly forgotten and should be told. Poor old Zulu’s, a hiding for ???
Take a look at all my other videos on the war!
@@TheHistoryChap yes I have, they are all very good. It was your title I thought the exhibition was about the whole war, still very interesting.
🧐🤔☝️💯👌👊👍
Thanks. it is a great exhibition.
Sacrilege they deactivated that martini henry there is no need to have them chopped up as they are on the list of obsolete calibres
I bet it wouldn't have been over in the USA :)
Great job again ! We have the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania and It's great to see the artifacts recovered. They have a rifle there that they cut in half , length wise , to show the 4 or5 balls jammed into the muzzle . Someone kept loading but nothing was coming out , but he kept loading ? Hope he was better with the bayonet ?
Great story. Thanks for sharing
It's awesome to see the side from a Zulu warrior relative.
It was indeed. Lindizwe is a really nice bloke.