Zulu War VC Recipients

23 VC’s were awarded for actions during the “Zulu War” of 1879, mainly for the actions at Rorke’s Drift as well as Isandlwana, two of these were awarded Posthumously (Melvill and Coghill). Links open in a new page at Victoriacrossonline. 

William Wilson Allen	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
Gonville Bromhead	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
John Rouse Merriott Chard	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
James Dalton	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
Frederick Hitch	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
Alfred Hook	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
Robert Jones	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
William Jones	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
James Reynolds	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
Christian Schiess	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift
John Williams (Born Fielding)	22-23/01/1879	Rorke’s Drift

Rorke’s Drift Graves
William Wilson Allen VC 1843 – 12/03/1890 Monmouth Cemetery, Wales.	John Rouse Merriott Chard 21/12/1847 – 01/11/1897 St John the Baptist Churchyard, Hatch Beauchamp
James Langley Dalton VC. 1833 – 07/01/1887 Russell Road RC Cemetery. Photo Courtesy of Glenn Olsen	Alfred Henry Hook. VC 06/08/1850 – 12/03/1905 Churcham, Gloucestershire
Robert Jones VC 19/08/1857 –  06/09/1898 Peterchurch Churchyard, Herefordshire	James Reynolds VC 03/02/1844 – 04/03/1932 St Mary’s RC Cem, London
Frederick Hitch VC 27/11/1856 – 06/01/1913 St Nicholas Churchyard, Chiswick.

 

William Beresford	03/07/1879	White Umfolozi River
Henry D’Arcy	03/07/1879	White Umfolozi River
Edmund O’Toole	03/07/1879	White Umfolozi River
Anthony Booth	12/03/1879	Intombe
Edward Browne	28/03/1879	Khambula
Redvers Henry Buller	18/03/1879	Hlobane
Edmund John Fowler	28/03/1879	Hlobane
William Knox-Leet	28/03/1879	Hlobane
Henry Lysons	28/03/1879	Hlobane
Nevill Coghill	22/01/1879	Isandlwana
Samuel Wassall	22/01/1879	Isandlwana
Teignmouth Melvill	22/01/1879	Isandlwana

DRW © 2015 – 2019. Created 29/11/2015. based on a page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zulu_War_Victoria_Cross_recipients, re-ordered list and added in links to relevant pages 28/01/2017