Rorke's Drift (Men of Harlech)

Rorke's Drift (Men of Harlech)
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At Rorke's Drift, eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded. Seven to the 2nd Battalion, 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot, one to the Army Medical Department, one to the Royal Engineers, one to the Commissariat and Transport Department and one to the Natal Native Contingent.

This action occurred from Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 January, 1879, when some 150 soldiers defended a supply station against some 4000 Zulus, aided by the Martini-Henry rifle 'with some guts behind it'.


From the 1964 movie "Zulu"





"Men of Harlech" sung by 13 year old Charlotte Church (1998)

That Charlotte Church sure has a beautiful voice!

great movie, I have the dvd

Of more interest are the anachronisms

Zulus with wristwatches
Some Brits have bolt action
Michael Caine has a Webley .455
Men of Harlech wasn't the regimental song, Warwickshire Lad was.

still one of the best

I seriously doubt any modern film maker could do better than this.

Its said that when the Harlech defenders were finally overcome the King ordered they be hanged as rebels. His own commander replied that if he wanted men that brave to be hanged he must do it himself and hang him right next to them.

The English lyrics for the film were credited to Cy Endfield and Ivor Emmanuel. Some years afterwards Endfield contacted Emmanuel and asked him to sign a paper saying Endfield had written the lyrics "and like a fool I said yes, never thinking there might be a bit of money in it".
The words also bear a suspiciously strong resemblance to 'Soldier, Rouse Thee, War Is Raging', a Salvation Army hymn attributed to George Scott Railfield, also set to Men of Harlech

Good movie. Watching the DVD now.

I recently picked up a British released copy of ZULU on Blu-ray and the picture quality is awsome. Zulu is not region specific so it will play on North American DVD players.

Always enjoy seeing that movie.

I have seen the movie at least three times and this particular scene so many times I have lost count. It is something else. I also have Men of Harlech on my IPOD twice by different groups.

Men of Harlech: Regimental March, HM Welsh Guards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jXFebAjVco

"Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (Welsh: Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech) is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the seven year long siege of Harlech Castle, Wales, between 1461 and 1468."