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Rorke's Drift 22nd. January 1879 in Natal, South Africa. Under the command of Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, RE, a company of the 24 th. Regiment of Foot, the Warwickshire Regt., held off a force of some 4,000 Zulu under the command of Prince Dabulamanza, half brother of King Cetshwayo kaMpande. 11 VCs were awarded for the action. They were Lt. John Rouse Merriott Chard, Lt. Gonville Bromhead, Cpl. Christian Ferdnand Schiess, Pte. Frederick Hitch, Pte. Henry (Harry) Hook, Pte. Robert Jones, Pte. William Jones, John Williams (Fielding), James Henry Reynolds, James Langley Dalton, Cpl. William Wilson Allen.

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