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Victoria Cross awarded to Corporal
Allen at the Defence of Rorke's Drift in Zulu War military art print by
Mark Churms, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
Wounded by Mark Churms Corporal Allen
and Corporal Lyons, B. Company 2nd Battalion 24th Foot Rorke's Drift Back
Wall, 6pm January 22nd 1879. After the initial Zulu assault on
the back wall of the post failed at about 4.30pm, a fire-fight broke out
between Zulu snipers posted on the terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill
and the defenders posted behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags. This
section of the wall as commanded by Sergeant Henry Gallagher, of B Company. At
about 6 pm, Corporal Lyons was leaning over the barricade to aim when he was
hit in the neck by a bullet which paralysed him; as his friend, Corporal
Allen, bent to help him, Allen too was shot through the arm. In the foreground
Corporal Attwood of the Army Service Corps distributes ammunition. The wall
was abandoned shortly after and the British retired to the small are in front
of the storehouse. Allen was later awarded the VC, and Attwood the DCM.
Wounded Oil Study by mark
Churms The original study for Wounded which was not used due to the size of
the figures compared to the rest of the series even though as an oil study
it shows more detail and is probably the best in this series of studies by
Mark Churms.
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| Wounded by Mark Churms. Corporal Allen and Corporal Lyons, B. Company 2nd Battalion 24th Foot Rorkes Drift Back Wall, 6pm January 22nd 1879. After the initial Zulu assault on the back wall of the post failed at about 4.30pm, a fire-fight broke out between Zulu snipers posted on the terraces of the Shiyane (Oskarsberg) Hill and the defenders posted behind the barricade of wagons and mealie-bags. This section of the wall as commanded by Sergeant Henry Gallagher, of B Company. At about 6 pm, Corporal Lyons was leaning over the barricade to aim when he was hit in the neck by a bullet which paralysed him, as his friend, Corporal Allen, bent to help him, Allen too was shot through the arm. In the foreground Corporal Attwood of the Army Service Corps distributes ammunition. The wall was abandoned shortly after and the British retired to the small are in front of the storehouse. Allen was later awarded the VC, and Attwood the DCM. He was born at Churcham, Gloucestershire, and served for five years in the Monmouthshire Militia before joining the 24th Regiment. He served through the Kaffir War 1877-8 before his bravery at Rorkes Drift for which he was presented with the Victoria Cross by Lord Wolseley on August 3rd 1879. He later served in the 1st Volunteers Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 8 inches x 12 inches (20cm x 31cm). Price £25.50  30% Off Selected Zulu War Prints - Was £36
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| Wounded by Mark Churms (P) The original study for Wounded which was not used due to the size of the figures compared to the rest of the series even though as an oil study it shows more detail and is probably the best in this series of studies by Mark Churms. Original oil study by Mark Churms. Normally £480! Image size 8 inches x 10 inches (20cm x 25cm) Oil on Board.. Price £300.00 ITEM CODE MARK0006 |
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January 22nd 1879, during the Zulu War, the small British field hospital
and supply depot at Rorkes Drift in Natal was the site of one of the most
heroic military defences of all time. Manned by 140 troops of the 24th
Regiment, led by Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, the camp
was attacke by a well-trained and well-equipped Zulu army of 4000 men,
heartened by the great Zulu victory over the British forces at Isandhlwana
earlier on the same day. The battle began in mid afternoon, when British
remnants of the defeat at Isandhlwana struggled into the camp.
Anticipating trouble, Chard set his small force to guard the perimeter
fence but, when the Zulu attack began, the Zulus came faster than the
British could shoot and the camp was soon overcome. The thatched roof of
the hospital was fired by Zulu spears wrapped in burning grass and even
some of the sick and the dying were dragged from their beds and pressed
into the desperate hand-to-hand fighting. Eventually, Chard gave the order
to withdraw from the perimeter and to take position in a smaller compound,
protected by a hastily assembled barricade of boxes and it was from behind
this barricade that the garrison fought for their lives throughout the
night. After twelve hours of battle, the camp was destroyed, the hospital
had burned to the ground, seventeen British lay dead and ten were wounded.
However, the Zulus had been repulsed and over 400 of their men killed. The
Battle of Rorkes Drift is one of the greatest examples of bravery and
heroism in British military history. Nine men were awarded Distinguished
Conduct Medals, and eleven, the most ever given for a single battle,
received the highest military honour of all, the Victoria Cross. |
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