Private Wassall was a hero of the Zulu War and was one of the last bearers of the Victoria Cross from the conflict before his death in 1927 at the age of 70. According to the London Gazette ...

Paul Trewhela writes about a letter not printed in the Sunday Times A war of words has broken out in the press concerning the relation of Jacob Zulu to the murder in exile in Zambia of the Umkhonto ...

About 4,000 people gathered in the eastern town of Isandlwana on Saturday to commemorate the 125th anniversary of one of the Anglo-Zulu War's most brutal battles. About 1,500 British soldiers and ...

The idea is that any Marine, no matter their role, can pick up a rifle and be effective in war. But a growing number of Marines in the future could see their reliance on the rifle as supplementary ...

The gallows creaked as Captain Henry Wirz became a rare figure in American ... His conviction remains one of the Civil War's most controversial conclusions. Local officials provide update on ...

Paul Trewhela writes about a letter not printed in the Sunday Times A war of words has broken out in the press concerning the relation of Jacob Zulu to the murder in exile in Zambia of the Umkhonto ...

The M1 Garand was the rifle that helped the United States win World War II—a weapon so effective that even General Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised." U.S. Bank says ...

Immortalised in the film Zulu, the Martini-Henry rifle was adopted by the British Army in 1871 ... Lord Cardwell, the Secretary of State for War, introduced a number of reforms for the army and it was ...

The British are wheeling out some heavy firepower courtesy of Perry Miniatures as part of their Zulu War range. The range includes a British Gatling gun and crew, a field gun limber (a horse-drawn set ...

Henry Norwest's name is in a different format. The white paint, which has not yet faded like the others, still gleams. Norwest's name was added to the First World War cenotaph at the Legion in ...