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.

He has written a well received book on aspects of the battle of iSandlwana and his second a pictorial record of the invasion is presently with the publishers.