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    LEADERS & COMMANDERS

    Jan 24, 2019 3 minutes
    Chard is the moustached officer pointing in the centre of the painting

    JOHN ROUSE MERRIOTT CHARD

    THE HERO OF RORKE’S DRIFT 1847–1897

    Officers of the Royal Engineers are not usually expected to take on combat duties, but Lieutenant John Chard had no choice when his isolated post at Rorke’s Drift came under attack from thousands of warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War. Immortalised in the film Zulu, Chard is probably the most famous Royal Engineer in history, as he led his tiny garrison in a successful defence of the post against

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