The Redcoat History Podcast

Alexander Burnes - soldier, explorer, shagger - One of the most interesting men in British colonial history. In today's episode, learn the story of this complex man who is a character in the computer game Assassin's creed and is also in the novel Flashman. 

Below are the links to the books I used for my research. Some are Amazon links, if you purchase via these then Amazon throw me a few cents in change.

Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game - https://amzn.to/3jHWIE3

John Kaye, Lives of Indian officers - free download - https://archive.org/details/livesindianoffi01kayegoog

Karl Meyer, Tournament of Shadows - https://amzn.to/3X58neA

Patrick McCrory, Signal Catastrophe - https://amzn.to/3ZbHabX

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This is the second installment of a short series about Moorosi's rebellion of 1879.

In today's episode, I am joined once more by Cam Simpson to hear all about the three men who won Victoria Crosses while fighting against Chief Moorosi's BaPhuti clan in modern day Lesotho. It was a complicated, drawn out conflict being fought at the same time as the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. 

To find out more about Cam and his books, you can visit his Amazon author page here. 

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Did you know that while the British army was battling the Zulus, another force of Cape soldiers was fighting in a nearby region against the BaPhuti people of southern Lesotho? It was a complicated, drawn out conflict against a skilled and dedicated opponent. 

In today's episode, I am joined once more by Cam Simpson to learn all about this little-known war in a remote part of southern Africa. 

To find out more about Cam and his books, you can visit his Amazon author page here. 

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Court Martialled after his first battle, Eyre Coote went on to be Commander-in-Chief of all British and EIC forces in India. In this role, he defeated the French threat, opening up the way for British dominance on the sub-continent.

His amazing career included the battles of Plassey, Wandiwash and Porto Novo.

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Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Rorke's Drift and it seemed like the perfect day to look at the life of one of the battle's most intriguing characters - Frank Bourne OBE, DCM.

During the battle, he was a Colour Sergeant but he was to have a stellar career and be one of the few defenders who achieved his full potential.

Listen to this episode to learn about his life and how realistic Nigel Green's portrayal was in the movie 'Zulu'. To find out more about the battle you can listen to my podcast here - https://youtu.be/ACLauwRYpIE And you can walk the battlefield with me here - https://youtu.be/SlFyzpLnLXM

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In the latest episode of this short series we examine the life of "Gonny" Bromhead VC. Michael Caine played the commander of B company 2/24th in the film Zulu. His is an interesting story.

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Links: 

 

My Rorke's Drift Podcast

 

Exploring the Rorke's Drift battlefield

Who was the man who commanded the small British detachment at Rorke's Drift? 

This episode is a brief introduction to the life of John Chard. 

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Today is the final instalment of my series examining the life of General Sir Hugh Gough. One of the pre-eminent Generals of Victorian military history.

Once again, Historian Chris Brice joins me on the show and explains Gough’s performance as Commander-in-Chief during the Anglo-Sikh wars of the late 1840s.

Chris's book on Gough can be purchased via helion.co.uk and you can save a whopping 20% by putting in the discount code LION2020 at checkout (limited time only).

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Today is the third instalment of my series examining the life of General Sir Hugh Gough. One of the pre-eminent men of British military history.

 

Historian Chris Brice joins me on the show again and explains Gough’s performance during the 1st Opium war in China - an interesting war that, full-disclosure, I currently know absolutely nothing about. 

 

Chris does though as he has written a book on Gough - called Brave as a Lion which can be purchased from Helion.co.uk - listeners of this show will also receive a 20 percent discount by putting in the code LION2020 at checkout. 

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This is the second of my short season about the life of Sir Hugh Gough, the Irish officer who was possibly the best British commander of the Peninsular war.

In today's episode, I am joined once more by Dr Chris Brice to talk about Gough's command during the Rockite rebellion of 1821-24 in Ireland.

This is not a deep dive into the politics - simply a look at Gough and his performance.

Chris has written a book on the life of Gough that can be purchased via helion.co.uk - put in the code LION2020 at checkout for a 20% discount (limited time only).

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