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COMMANDER // 1847–1897

John Chard

colonelUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1847 – 1897

18501860187018801890Anglo-Zulu War · 1879Battle of Rorke's Drift — January 22, 1879 · United Kingdom · Anglo-Zulu War

Active service 1879 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 32.

Profile

Colonel John Rouse Merriott Chard was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross for his role in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879 where he assumed command of the outpost, with a small garrison of 139 soldiers, and successfully repulsed an assault by some 3,000 to 4,000 Zulu warriors.

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Battles (1)

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