267: The Man Who Saved Rorke's Drift

Send me a messageChris Green is The History Chap; telling stories that brings the past to life.The film Zulu made the Battle of Rorke's Drift legendary, but it turned its most important defender into a footnote.In the 1964 classic, James Langley Dalton appears as a quiet, effete commissariat clerk who hands out ammunition and fires not a shot, and somehow ended up with a Victoria Cross.The real story, however, is far different, and far more exciting. Get my Free weekly newsletterSupport My Work - Make A Donation - Buy Me A CoffeeSupport the show