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Alfred Henry "Harry" Hook VC (6 August 1850 – 12 March 1905) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift.
Alfred Henry Hook (Churcham, 6 agosto 1850 – Gloucester, 12 marzo 1905) è stato un militare britannico, premiato con la Victoria Cross
There were about 130 British troops at the Drift, of whom 98 were B Company, 2nd Battalion 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment commanded by Lieutenant G Bromhead. The senior officer present was Lieutenant J R M Chard of the Royal Engineers, who was supervising the river crossing.
Alfred Henry "Harry" Hook (VC), (Churcham, Gloucestershire, 6 agosto 1850 - Gloucester, 12 marzo 1905), era un britannico decorato con esso Victoria Cross, il premio più alto e prestigioso per il coraggio di fronte al nemico da assegnare agli inglesi e al Commenwealth (repubblicaeserciti.
Private Alfred Henry Hook VC Harry Hook was probably the most colourful character at Rorke's Drift. He was intelligent and articulate, and wrote a very readable account of the siege which was published in The Royal Magazine.
Henry Flynn recounts the story of Alfred Henry Hook VC, a private in B Company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot who served at the battle of Rorke'...
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Private Hook, played by James Booth in the 1964 film, was awarded the VC after he saved the lives of eight patients stranded at an Army hospital at Rorke's Drift during the Zulu war in 1879.
