BTW gents, of course, my comments are not my conclusions. My info comes from a few reviews of the compiled historical research, and interestingly, archaeological investigations. I have always been very interested in these events b/c my family comes from Abergavenny, Wales and the surrounding area, ie/ where the South Wales Borderers, who fought at Rorke's Drift, were recruited from.
Sadly, although I can boast that I've set foot on every continent (except Antarctica), I have only briefly visited northern Africa. I would love to visit these places we're discussing...
Correction!:
The unit which fought at Rorke's Drift was a Company of the 2nd Bn, 24th of Foot, The Warwickshires.That, of course, was in 1879.
The South Wales Borderers were not formed until after the Cardwell Reforms of 1881.