Shanghai Patrol deep cut đ”
Up the wild Shangani and down the other side, up the wild Shangani where Allan Wilson died.
Track from John Edmond's Rhodesian Classics album.
Major Allan Wilson (1856-1893) was a Scottish-born British Army officer who led the Shangani Patrol during the First Matabele War. Special ops mission hunting an enemy warlord during the British South Africa Company's expansion.
Died fighting impossible odds. Became a legend in Britain and Rhodesia. His story still gets sung in pubs.
History hits different when you know the context.
Up the wild Shangani and down the other side, up the wild Shangani where Allan Wilson died.
Track from John Edmond's Rhodesian Classics album.
Major Allan Wilson (1856-1893) was a Scottish-born British Army officer who led the Shangani Patrol during the First Matabele War. Special ops mission hunting an enemy warlord during the British South Africa Company's expansion.
Died fighting impossible odds. Became a legend in Britain and Rhodesia. His story still gets sung in pubs.
History hits different when you know the context.