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Rorke's drift

johnedward

johnedward

master brummie
A very long shot but my wife finds her great grndfather was a survivor of rorke's drift via a welsh regiment does anyone out there know of any relatives in their family who may have been there

regards

john
 
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Although not a direct reply found this snippet on a website which may explain things to those, like myself, who thought they were all Welshmen![/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Once again, the film 'Zulu' makes a point of suggesting that the 24th Regiment, and in particular 'B' Company, was mainly Welsh. In fact, the Welsh constituted only 11% of the 24th. Regt. at Rorke's Drift. Although the regiment was then based in Brecon in South Wales and called the 24th. Regiment of Foot (later to be the South Wales Borderers), it was formerly the Warwickshire Regiment. Many of the defenders had never been to Brecon. [/FONT]
 
My wife's great grandfather, Joseph Green, born in Well Street, St Georges, Birmingham in 1840. Later lived near Vauxhall Gardens in Duddeston, where the baracks were. Became a Sergent in the South Wales Borderers, who fought at Rorke's Drift. We are not sure whether Joseph fought there. The South Wales Borders were based in Brecon where he finally settled and died. This coloured photograph of him now belongs to the regimental museum in Brecon
 
Doing my family tree at the moment, and there is a John Jobbins mentioned as being at Rorke's Drift. I've yet to see if this is a relation, still working on the London side of the Jobbins clan, but there does seem to be the chance as I've been told that there is a Welsh link to our family. One of the best sites is www.rorkesdriftvc.com which has a list of all defenders of Rorke's drift and much more.
 
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