Frank Allewell

Frank lives with his family on the peninsula in Cape Town. He served in the British Army for five years in the 11th Hussars (P.A.O.). On a weekend's leave from his regiment he drove north to see his parents and picked up two hitch hikers. One of whom he later married and moved to her home town in South Africa. They are shortly to celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary with their three children and six grandchildren.

He and Carol are both avid travellers within South Africa and spend as much time as they can in the ‘Bush’ game watching.

After being given a copy of Washing of the Spears, a Donald Morris book on the Zulu wars, he became hooked and spends his retirement researching and writing on the battles of Rorke’s Drift and iSandlwana.

He is the author of an interactive map of iSandlwana and has collaborated on a number of publications for a variety of authors.

From Helpmekaar to iSandlwana

This volume of photographs, old, new and antique, traces the route followed by Lord Chelmsford during his abortive attempt to invade Zululand and destroy the army of King Cetshwayo kaMpande.

On his 14-day excursion from Helpmekaar he searched and attempted, without success, to locate the Zulus, they eventually found him; and found him wanting.

With the aid of 15 highly detailed original maps, 340 photographs and 44,000 words of text, the invasion story for the first time is laid out in stunning visual detail.

This is his second solo book and is intended to be the first in a tetralogy covering the three initial invading columns and the final second invasion.