What a load of bollocks

[wendigo100]

There was a joke about a slap happy jappy with a crap happy pappy, but I can only remember the punchline.

[zathras]

What do you mean? The welsh won!

Well it started with the English getting a good kicking (at the Battle of Isalwanda) and then the Welsh gave 'em a good kicking back!

[EternalOptimist]

Well it started with the English getting a good kicking (at the Battle of Isalwanda) and then the Welsh gave 'em a good kicking back!

Ah yes, another myth. The defenders at Rorkes drift were 2nd battalion the Warwickshires. They were not rebadged as the South Welsh Borderers untill many years later.
There were more scousers at Rorkes drift than there were welshmen. The film 'Zulu' had a stirring moment when the garrison replied to the Zulu chants by singing 'Men of Harlech', it is much more likely to have been an English marching song.

[Troll]

Well it started with the English getting a good kicking (at the Battle of Isalwanda) and then the Welsh gave 'em a good kicking back!

Aint history grand....

In fact, the county designation of the 24th Regiment in 1879 was the 2nd Warwickshires; they didn't change their title to the South Wales Borderers until 1st July 1881 - almost exactly two years after the war had ended. True, the Regimental Depot had been established at Brecon, in South Wales, in 1873, and from that point there was a small but significant increase in Welsh recruits in the ranks. In fact, however, recruits for the regiment - like every other battalion in the British army - were signed on at recruiting depots across the country, and the 24th consisted of men from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. The most that can be said is that the Welsh connection had, by 1879, led to a rather higher proportion of Welshman in the ranks than was common elsewhere. Nevertheless, even the most optimistic search of the regimental roll can find only 19 men of B Company, 2/24th, with any sort of Welsh connection - out of a total strength of more than 80. Of course, there were detachments of numerous other units - including Colonial Volunteers - present at the battle, making a total garrison of about 145. So the Welsh contingent comprised no more than 15% of the total.

And no-one, I'm sorry to say, sang Men of Harlech; the regimental march in 1879 was The Warwickshire Lads."

HTH

[wendigo100]

The film 'Zulu' had a stirring moment when the garrison replied to the Zulu chants by singing 'Men of Harlech', it is much more likely to have been an English marching song.

Typical English, like "You're Gonna Get Your Feckin 'Eds Kicked In"

[Troll]

Typical English, like "You're Gonna Get Your Feckin 'Eds Kicked In"

or 'ere we go 'ere we go na na naar na

[EternalOptimist]

Typical English, like "You're Gonna Get Your Feckin 'Eds Kicked In"

uncanny, i removed that from my post before submitting it

you are a medium and a mind reader

[wendigo100]

or 'ere we go 'ere we go na na naar na

Yes, that would do it just as well. What about that tune Man Utd pilfered:

Come on you reds, Come on you reds...