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The Zulu Wars


Chris Collingwood Zulu Wars

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Military art prints and Original Zulu war pencil Drawings by Chris Collingwood Military art prints of Rorkes Drift during the Zulu Wars. Defence of Rorke's Drift historical prints published by Cranston Fine Arts.  

Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes Drift) by Chris Collingwood.


Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes Drift) by Chris Collingwood.
6 of 7 editions available.
£2.20 - £600.00

Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)


Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
One edition.
£480.00

Cape Mounted Rifles against Shakas Zulu Impis c.1827 by Chris Collingwood.


Cape Mounted Rifles against Shakas Zulu Impis c.1827 by Chris Collingwood.
7 editions.
£2.20 - £10000.00


This Heroic Little Garrison, Defence of Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.


This Heroic Little Garrison, Defence of Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
5 of 6 editions available.
£2.20 - £600.00

Helping Hand, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.


Helping Hand, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
3 editions.
£37.00 - £450.00

Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.


Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
3 editions.
£34.00 - £500.00


Zulu Warrior at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)


Zulu Warrior at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
One edition.
£340.00

To the Meallie Bags, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)


To the Meallie Bags, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
One edition.
£350.00

Tending the Wounded at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)


Tending the Wounded at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
One edition.
£560.00


Soldier, 24th of Foot at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)


Soldier, 24th of Foot at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
One edition.
£380.00

Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.


Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
2 of 3 editions available.
£40.00 - £50.00

Sergeant at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

Sergeant at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
This single edition is sold out.



Text for the above items :

Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes Drift) by Chris Collingwood.

During the battle for Rorkes Drift, 24th Warwickshires man the improvised ramparts of the inner barricade as the Zulu attack reaches its height.


Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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Cape Mounted Rifles against Shakas Zulu Impis c.1827 by Chris Collingwood.

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This Heroic Little Garrison, Defence of Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.

Men of the 24th of foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the conclusion of the battle, hundreds of Zulus lay dead. According to official figures the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded.


Helping Hand, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.

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Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.

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Zulu Warrior at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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To the Meallie Bags, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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Tending the Wounded at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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Soldier, 24th of Foot at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.

Pencil detail of men of the 24th of Foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) standing in preparation to repel the massed Zulus attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the conclusion of the battle, hundreds of Zulus lay dead. According to official figures the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded.


Sergeant at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)

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The Defence of Rorke's Drift :

By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night. Text supplied by Zulu War Author Ian Knight.

The VC Winners: Lieutenant J.R.M. Chard, R.E.; Lieutenant G. Bromhead, 2/24th; Surgeon J.H. Reynolds, A.M.D.; Acting Assistant Commissary J.L. Dalton, C. & T.D.; Corporal Allen, 2/24th; Corporal C.F. Schiess, N.N.C.; Privates F. Hitch, A.H. Hook, R. Jones, W. Jones, J. Williams, 2/24th.

The DCM Winners: Col. Sgt. F.E. Bourne2/24th; 2nd Corp. F. Attwood, A.S.C.; 2nd Corp. M. McMahon, A.H.C.;Wheeler J. Cantwell, R.A.; Pte W. Roy, 1/24th.

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