Battle of Rorke's Drift
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The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War. The successful British defence of the Swedish mission station and British supply depot
The Defense of Rorke's Drift, by Alphonse de Neuville (1880)
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Historical picture of Zulu warriors from about the same time as the events at Rorke's Drift
Contemporary drawing of Rorke's Drift Post, from The History of the Corps of Royal Engineers.
John Chard
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Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879 where he assumed command of the outpost, with
Battle of Rorke's Drift
…mission station and British supply depot at Rorke's Drift, it was carried out by a vastly outnumbered British force under the command of Lieutenants John Chard of the Royal Engineers and Gonville Bromhead of the 24th Regiment of Foot. It holds the record for the largest number of Victoria Crosses awarded for…
John Chard
The Defence of Rorke's Drift (1880) by Elizabeth Thompson. Chard is shown in the centre directing the defence with Bromhead
Wolseley presenting the Victoria Cross to Chard at Inkwenke Camp