24th Regiment of Foot, Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead VC (1845–1891)

Bromhead  was a British Army officer who received the Victoria Cross for his role in the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, in 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War. Historical accounts suggest Bromhead was reserved and may have suffered from significant hearing loss.. Much has been written about the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, but less about after the battle.  Bromhead and the other uninjured survivors remained at Rorke’s Drift for several weeks after the battle. Wary of another Zulu attack, the garrison constructed crude stone walls around the perimeter and named the fortification “Fort Bromhead”. Major Gonville Bromhead died of enteric fever at Camp Dabhaura in Allahabad, India, in 1891, aged 46, he was buried in McPherson’s Cemetery in Allahabad.  The inscription on his grave memorial states: ‘This stone was erected by his brother officers of both Battalions in token of their esteem.’

Model: TG-SFA061