Tuesday 3 July 2018

Rorkes Drift Defenders Graves= Private John Williams (Fielding) VC

One of the defenders of the hospital and only 21 at the time ,he was born Fielding but enlisted under the name Williams .After holding out for an hour Williams and his co defenders ran out of ammo as the zulus burst in he managed to burst through the wall  into the next room where he found Henry Hook ,together they dug through the walls whilst taking it in turns to fight the zulu with bayonets  helping the wounded to escape . Johns Grave is very easy to find  In St Michaels church in Llantarnum , just go through the gate and its on the right and is well looked after .


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