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British Character set.

Four piece boxed set.

 £34.00p

Acting Commissariat Officer James Dalton, a retired sergeant major was caught up in the attack on Rorke's drift. The reverent George Smith had been caring for the spiritual needs of the sick. 

Contemporary accounts recorded on Lady Butlers painting of the event, tell how he filled a borrowed haversack with bullets and went from post to post encouraging the men.

Not eligible for a  V.C. he was made honorary Chaplain to the Army for life as an acknowledgement of his courage and energy