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Low cost Rorkes Drift , Zulu war prints. The Defence of Rorke's
Drift, one of the
most famous battles during the Zulu Wars, shown in military art prints. by Jason
askew, Mark Churms, Alphonce de Neuville, lady Elizabeth Butler and Brian
Palmer.
Historical prints published by Cranston
Fine Arts.
Defence of Rorkes Drift. After the
British Defeat and the Zulu victory at isandhlwana. Zulu Chief Cetawayo entered
northern Natal that night. On a tributary of the Tugela River stood the British
garrison of 140 troops under the command of Lt Chard at Rorkes Drift. the Zulu
force of 4,000 attacked the garrison repeatedly, using their assagais, (also
with Rifles form the hillside, taken form the dead British troops at
isandhlwana.) The attacks lasted all night through 22nd into the 23rd. in the
morning the Zulu withdrew, but only having lost 400 dead in the fighting. The British
suffered 25 casualties. for this achievement of holding rorkes drift a total of
11 Victoria Crosses were received.
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Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes Drift) by Chris Collingwood.
During the battle for Rorkes Drift, 24th Warwickshires man the improvised ramparts of the inner barricade as the Zulu attack reaches its height.
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This Heroic Little Garrison, defence of Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
Men of the 24th of foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the conclusion of the battle, hundreds of Zulus lay dead. According to official figures the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded.
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Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Elizabeth Butler.
On January 22nd 1879, during the Zulu War, the small British field hospital and supply depot at Rorkes Drift in Natal was the site of one of the most heroic military defences of all time. Manned by 140 troops of the 24th Regiment, led by Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, the camp was attacke by a well-trained and well-equipped Zulu army of 4000 men, heartened by the great Zulu victory over the British forces at Isandhlwana earlier on the same day. The battle began in mid afternoon, when British remnants of the defeat at Isandhlwana struggled into the camp. Anticipating trouble, Chard set his small force to guard the perimeter fence but, when the Zulu attack began, the Zulus came faster than the British could shoot and the camp was soon overcome. The thatched roof of the hospital was fired by Zulu spears wrapped in burning grass and even some of the sick and the dying were dragged from their beds and pressed into the desperate hand-to-hand fighting. Eventually, Chard gave the order to withdraw from the perimeter and to take position in a smaller compound, protected by a hastily assembled barricade of boxes and it was from behind this barricade that the garrison fought for their lives throughout the night. After twelve hours of battle, the camp was destroyed, the hospital had burned to the ground, seventeen British lay dead and ten were wounded. However, the Zulus had been repulsed and over 400 of their men killed. The Battle of Rorkes Drift is one of the greatest examples of bravery and heroism in British military history. Nine men were awarded Distinguished Conduct Medals, and eleven, the most ever given for a single battle, received the highest military honour of all, the Victoria Cross.
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The Defense of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse De Neuville.
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
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Small number of giclee canvas prints available. Size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £600.00
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Defence of Rorkes Drift by Brian Palmer
Men of the 24th Foot defend Rorkes Drift against an overwhelming number of Zulus near the barricades, and the hand to hand fighting. Surgeon Reynolds can be seen attending a wounded soldier.
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Defence of Rokes Drift, 1879 by Henry Dupray.
Antique print c.1898 mounted on thick card at the time. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) some marks around edges of border and images.. Price £75.00
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Defence of Rorkes Drift by Alphonse De Neuville.
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
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Open edition print of coloured engraving. Image size 14 inches x 10 inches (36cm x 25cm). Price £14.00
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Rorkes Drift January 22nd, 1879 by Stuart Liptrot
Defending the barracades, men of the 24th of Foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the end of the battle, hundreds of the Zulu warriors of the uThulwans, iNdlondo and uDloko regiments lay dead. According to official figures the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded for the defence of Rorkes Drift.
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Private William Jones, VC by Stuart Liptrot
Private William Jones VC is shown in the art print standing in fornt of the doorway in the hospital as the Zulu warriors break into the hospital and rush the entrance. Private Robert Jones. Decorated for conspicuous bravery and devotion to the wounded at Rorkes drift. Private Robert and William Jones, posted in a room of the Hospital facing the hill, kept up a steady fire against enormous odds, and while one worked to cut a hole through the partition into the next room, the other shot Zulu after Zulu through the loophooled walls, using his own and his comrades rifle alternatively when the barrels became to hot to hold owing to the incessant firing. By their united heroic efforts six out of the seven patients were saved by being carried through the broken partition. the seventh, sergeant Maxwell being delirious, refused to be helped, and on Robert Jones returning to take him by force he found him being stabbed by the Zulus in his bed, Robert Jones died in 1898 in Peterchurch Herefordshire. Both men were awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Hospital by Jason Askew
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
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Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the Store House by Jason Askew
By about 6pm the Zulu attacks had extended all around the front of the post, and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall. Lieutenant Chard himself took up a position on the barricade, firing over the mealie-bags with a Martini-Henry, whilst Lieutenant Bromhead directed any spare men to plug the gaps in the line. The men in the yard and on the front wall were dangerously exposed to the fire of Zulu marksmen posted in the rocky terraces on Shiyane (Oskarsberg) hill behind the post. Several men were hit, including Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton, and Corporal Allen of the 14th. Surgeon Reynolds treated the wounded as best he could despite the fire. Once the veranda at the front of the hospital had been abandoned, the Zulus had mounted a determined attack on the building itself, setting fire to the thatched roof with spears tied with burning grass. The defenders were forced to evacuate the patients room by room, eventually passing them out through a small window into the open yard. Shortly after 6pm Chard decided that the Zulu pressure was too great, and ordered a withdrawal to a barricade of biscuit boxes which had been hastily erected across the yard, from the corner of the store-house to the front mealie-bag wall. In this small compound the garrison would fight for their lives throughout most of the coming night.
Signed open edition. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm). Price £51.00
Open edition. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm). Price £43.00
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00
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Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
Signed limited edition of 75 prints. Paper size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £43.00
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Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm). Price £400.00
ITEM CODE CCP0057
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Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
Signed limited edition of 75 prints. Paper size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £43.00
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £55.00
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm). Price £400.00
ITEM CODE CCP0056
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Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 20 inches x 14 inches (51cm x 36cm). Price £400.00
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Tending the Wounded at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 18 inches x 24 inches. (46cm x 61cm). Price £380.00
ITEM CODE CCP0037
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To the Meallie Bags, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood. (P)
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 18 inches x 24 inches. (46cm x 61cm). Price £380.00
ITEM CODE CCP0036
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Helping Hand, Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
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Sergeant at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper Paper size 24 inches x 18 inches. (61cm x 46cm). Price £400.00
ITEM CODE CCP0004
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Soldier, 24th of Foot at Rorkes Drift by Chris Collingwood.
Original pencil drawing produced on high quality art paper. Paper size 18 inches x 24 inches (46cm x 61cm). Price £400.00
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Wounded by Mark Churms.
Corporal Allen and Corporal Lyons, B. Company 2nd Battalion 24th Foot Rorkes Drift Back Wall, 6pm January 22nd 1879. After the initial Zulu assault on the back wall of the post failed at about 4.30pm, a fire-fight broke out between Zulu snipers posted on the terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill and the defenders posted behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags. This section of the wall as commanded by Sergeant Henry Gallagher, of B Company. At about 6 pm, Corporal Lyons was leaning over the barricade to aim when he was hit in the neck by a bullet which paralysed him, as his friend, Corporal Allen, bent to help him, Allen too was shot through the arm. In the foreground Corporal Attwood of the Army Service Corps distributes ammunition. The wall was abandoned shortly after and the British retired to the small are in front of the storehouse. Allen was later awarded the VC, and Attwood the DCM. He was born at Churcham, Gloucestershire, and served for five years in the Monmouthshire Militia before joining the 24th Regiment. He served through the Kaffir War 1877-8 before his bravery at Rorkes Drift for which he was presented with the Victoria Cross by Lord Wolseley on August 3rd 1879. He later served in the 1st Volunteers Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
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Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms.
Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers.At about 3.30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879, Lieutenant John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers, was supervising repairs on the military pont on the Mzinyathi river, at the border crossing at Rorkes Drift, when survivors brought news that the advanced British camp at Isandhlwana had been over-run by the Zulus, and that a wing of the Zulu army was on its way to attack Rorkes Drift. Chard ordered Driver Robson to pack up the wagon and return to the mission station, where a stockpile of supplies was under the guard of B Company, 2/24th Regiment. Chard, in consultation with his fellow officers, made the historic decision to make a stand at Rorkes Drift.
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Pot That Fellow by Mark Churms.
Acting Assistant Commissary J.L. Dalton commissariat and transport department and colour sergeant F. Bourne, during the battle at the front wall about 6pm at Rorkes Drift. Frank Bourne was born on the 27th April 1854 in Balcombe Sussex, when Bourne was 18 he joined the 24th Regiment in 1872, being promoted to Corporal in 1875 and Sergeant in 1878. Sergeant Bourne was promoted to Colour Sergeant soon after the rgeiment arrived in Natal. Colour Sgt bourne was part of B company whose job was to guard the hospital at Rorkes Drift. Colour Sgt Bourne played a major role in keeping the defending troops effective. Colour Sgt Bourne was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his role in the defence, and it is surprising that he was not awarded a Victoria Cross as 11 were awarded for the defence. Col Sgt Bourne retired form the army in 1907, but joined again for WW1, serving in Dublin. He was the last survivor of Rorkes Drift, passing away at the age of 91 on the 8th May 1945 by coincidence being VE day.
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Original painting by Mark Churms. Was £7200! Image size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £5000.00
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Pinned Like Rats in a Hole by Mark Churms.
Depicting Private Hook and Private Williams, B Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot inside the burning hospital at Rorkes Drift, 7pm January 1879. At about 6 pm the Zulus first forced their way into the hospital building where some thirty patients were defended by a handful of able-bodied men. A running fight ensued as the patients were evacuated from room to room, a desperate struggle made all the more terrible when the Zulus set fire to the thatched roof. Here Private Alfred Henry Hook holds Zulus of the uThulwana regiment at bay whilst Private John Williams helps a patient escape, Hook received a head wound when a spear struck off his helmet.
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Plugging the Gap by Mark Churms.
Lt Gonville Bromhead stands over Private Hitch, B Co. 2/24th. Rorkes Drift, front barricade
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Last Man Out by Mark Churms.
Private Robert Jones. Decorated for conspicuous bravery and devotion to the wounded at Rorkes drift. Private Robert and William Jones, posted in a room of the Hospital facing the hill, kept up a steady fire against enormous odds, and while one worked to cut a hole through the partition into the next room, the other shot Zulu after Zulu through the loophooled walls, using his own and his comrades rifle alternatively when the barrels became to hot to hold owing to the incessant firing. By their united heroic efforts six out of the seven patients were saved by being carried through the broken partition. the seventh, sergeant Maxwell being delirious, refused to be helped, and on Robert Jones returning to take him by force he found him being stabbed by the Zulus in his bed, Robert Jones died in 1898 in Peterchurch Herefordshire . Both men were awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne DCM by Stuart Liptrot
Colour-Sergeant Frank Bourne of the 24th Regiment at the Defence of Rorkes Drift during the Zulu attack on Rorkes Drift. Colour Sergeant Frank Bourne, 2nd battalion South Wales Borderers. Frank Bourne was born on the 27th April 1854 in Balcombe Sussex. When Bourne was 18 he joined the 24th Regiment in 1872, being promoted to Corporal in 1875 and Sergeant in 1878. Sergeant Bourne was promoted to Colour Sergeant soon after the rgeiment arrived in Natal. Colour Sgt bourne was part of B company whose job was to guard the hospital at Rorkes Drift. Colour Sgt Bourne played a major role in keeping the defending troops effective. Colour Sgt Bourne was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his role in the defence and it is surprising that he was not awarded a Victoria Cross as 11 were awarded for the defence. Col Sgt Bourne retired form the army in 1907 but joined again for WW1, serving in Dublin. He was the last survivor of Rorkes Drift passing away at the age of 91 on the 8th May 1945 by coincidence being VE day.
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Private Alfred Henry Hook VC by Stuart Liptrot.
Private Alfred Henry Hook VC won his Victoria Cross while defending Rorkes Drift with his company (B Company) 2nd Battalion, 24th Foot and for heroic actions while inside the burning hospital at Rorkes Drift, 7pm January 1879. During the desperate struggle which took place in the hospital at about 6 pm the Zulus first forced their way into the hospital building where some thirty patients were defended by a handful of able-bodied men. A running fight ensued as the patients were evacuated from room to room, a desperate struggle made all the more terrible when the Zulus set fire to the thatched roof. Private Alfred Henry Hook held many Zulus of the uThulwana regiment at bay whilst Private John Williams and other able bodied soldiers help the less able wounded to escape. Hook received a head wound when a spear struck off his helmet.
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| This Heroic Little Garrison, Defence of Rorke's Drift. By Chris
Collingwood.
Men of the 24th of foot, or 2nd Warwickshire regiment (later
in 1881 to become the South Wales Borderers) repel the massed Zulus
attempting to smash through the mealie bag entrenchment. At the conclusion
of the battle, hundreds of Zulus lay dead. According to official figures
the British lost 25 men, 11 Victoria crosses were awarded.
Stand Firm the 24th (Rorkes
Drift) by Chris Collingwood. During the battle for Rorkes Drift, 24th Warwickshires man the
improvised ramparts of the inner barricade as the Zulu attack reaches
its height.
Defence of Rorkes Drift by Lady Butler.
The Defense of Rorke's Drift by Alphonse De Neuville.
Defence of Rorke's Drift by Brian Palmer
Men of the 24th Foot defend Rorkes Drift against an overwhelming
number of Zulus near the barricades, and the hand to hand fighting. Surgeon
Reynolds can be seen attending a wounded soldier.
Defence of Rorkes Drift, 1879 by Henry Dupray
Victoria Cross Winners at the Defence of Rorke's Drift,
January 22nd-23rd 1879 by S Liptrot
Individuals shown: Lieutenant G. Bromhead, Lieutenant
J.R.M.
Chard, Private F. Hitch, Corporal W.W. Allen, Private W. Jones, Private
J. Williams, Private R. Jones, Surgeon J.H. Reynolds, J.L Dalton and
Private A. Hook.
Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the
Hospital by Jason Askew
Rorkes Drift 22nd January 1879 - Defending the
Store House by Jason Askew
Into The Fire by Mark Churms
Crouching low behind their shields, the warriors of the
uThulwans, iNdlondo and uDloko regiments advance around the foot of Shiyane
hill. Led by their commander, Prince Dabulamnzi kaMpnade, the main Zulu force
attacks the British outpost at Rorke's Drift, 4.50pm, 2nd January 1879.
Corporal Allen and Corporal Lyons, B. Company 2nd Battalion
24th Foot Rorke's Drift Back Wall, 6pm January 22nd 1879.After the initial Zulu assault on the back wall of the post failed at
about 4.30pm, a fire-fight broke out between Zulu snipers posted on the
terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill and the defenders posted
behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags. This section of the wall
as commanded by Sergeant Henry Gallagher, of B Company. At about 6 pm,
Corporal Lyons was leaning over the barricade to aim when he was hit in
the neck by a bullet which paralysed him; as his friend, Corporal Allen,
bent to help him, Allen too was shot through the arm. In the foreground
Corporal Attwood of the Army Service Corps distributes ammunition. The
wall was abandoned shortly after and the British retired to the small
are in front of the storehouse. Allen was later awarded the VC, and
Attwood the DCM.
Eve of Distinction by Mark Churms
Lt. John Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers.At about 3.30 on the afternoon of 22nd January 1879, Lieutenant John
Rouse Merriot Chard, Royal Engineers, was supervising repairs on the
military pont on the Mzinyathi river, at the border crossing at Rorke's
Drift, when survivors brought news that the advanced British camp
at Isandhlwana had been over-run by the Zulus, and that a wing of the
Zulu army was on its way to attack Rorke's Drift. Chard ordered Driver
Robson to pack up the wagon and return to the mission station, where a
stockpile of supplies was under the guard of B Company, 2/24th Regiment.
Chard, in consultation with his fellow officers, made the historic
decision to make a stand at Rorke's Drift.
Pinned Like Rats In a Hole by Mark Churms
Depicting Private Hook and Private Williams, B Company, 2nd
Battalion, 24th Foot inside the burning hospital at Rorke's Drift, 7pm January
1879.At about 6 pm the Zulus first forced their way into the hospital
building where some thirty patients were defended by a handful of
able-bodied men. A running fight ensued as the patients were evacuated
from room to room, a desperate struggle made all the more terrible when
the Zulus set fire to the thatched roof. Here Private Alfred Henry Hook
holds Zulus of the uThulwana regiment at bay whilst Private John
Williams helps a patient escape; Hook received a head wound when a spear
struck off his helmet.
Last Man Out by Mark Churms
Robert Jones and William Jones evacuate the last of the patients
from the burning hospital, Rorke's Drift 7pm 2nd January 1879.
 | Robert Jones & William Jones
 | Decorated for conspicuous bravery and devotion to the wounded
at Rorke's Drift on January 22nd 1879. Privates Robert and
William Jones, posted in a room of the Hospital facing the hill,
kept up a steady fire against enormous odds, and while one
worked to cut a hole through the partition to the other room,
the other shot Zulu after Zulu through the loopholed walls,
using his own and his comrades rifle alternately when the
barrels became to hold owing to the incessant firing. By their
united heroic efforts six out of seven patients were saved by
being carried through the broken partition. The seventh,
Sergeant Maxwell, being delirious, refused to be helped, and on
Robert Jones returning to take him by force he found him being
stabbed by the Zulus on his bed. |
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