Rorke's Drift Diary

An account of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift, Zululand, 22nd January 1879, by Capt.
Penn Symons, 2nd 24th Regt. 


The account details the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift from a first hand perspective
and subsequently from the few remaining survivors of both battles who are included in the list
of survivors of 1/24th Regt; Pte. Williams, groom to Col. Glynn, Pte. Bickley, band member,
Pte. Wilson, band member, Pte. Trainer, rocket battery, Pte. Johnson, rocket battery, Pte. Grant,
mounted infantry and officers who escaped to include; Capt. Essex 75 Regt., Capt. Gardener,
14th Hussars, Lieut. Cachrane 32 Regt. Lieut. Smith Dorrien, 95th Regt and Lieut. Curling R.A. 



This unique book has been created in association with the Victoria Cross Trust from a leatherbound
original, digitised and carefully updated from hand-written annotations contained in the
typed manuscript for ease of reading.