Medals of Brigadier General Edward Browne, VC (Royal Welsh Regimental Museum, Brecon): The Victoria Cross, Order of the Bath, Queen Victoria Jubilee Medal, South Africa Campaign Medal.
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A largely forgotten hero, Private Samuel Wassall, VC (painting by Jason Askew).
Wassall was awarded the Victoria Cross for saving the life of a drowning comrade during the retreat from Isandlwana, all while under intense enemy fire.
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Major Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford, VC. Previously awarded the Victoria Cross, he nearly wrote himself into the history books a 2nd time during the hunt for King Cetshwayo at the end of the Zulu War. Another British force captured the king just hours before Gifford

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Lieutenant (later Major) Gonville Bromhead, VC. Following the Battle of Rorke's Drift, he was awarded the Victoria Cross.
In the 1964 film, Zulu, he was portrayed by Sir Michael Caine in his first major role.
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We are delighted to welcome Michelle Carr as a new Barnthorn author.

Her biography tells the story of her great-great-great uncle Frederick Barter VC MC, a remarkable yet quiet man.

We look forward to sharing more about her book.

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Ten years later, my Anglo-Zulu War series continues to be my best-sellers on audio. They remain the works I am most passionate and proudest of.
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