British Army major and recipient of the Victoria Cross
For Sir Gonville Bromhead, Baronet, see Bromhead baronets.
Gonville Bromhead
VC
Gonville Bromhead c.1872
Born
(1845-08-29)29 August 1845 Versailles, France
Died
9 February 1891(1891-02-09) (aged 45) Allahabad, India, British Empire
Allegiance
United Kingdom / British Empire
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1867–1891
Rank
Major
Unit
24th Regiment of Foot
Battles/wars
Ninth Cape Frontier War Anglo-Zulu War
Battle of Rorke's Drift
Third Anglo-Burmese War
Awards
Victoria Cross
Major Gonville Bromhead[note 1] VC (29 August 1845 – 9 February 1891) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British armed forces. He received the medal for his part in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, in which a small British garrison of 139 soldiers successfully repulsed an assault by some 4,000 Zulu warriors. Bromhead was portrayed by Michael Caine in the film Zulu, which depicted the battle.
Born into a notable military family, Bromhead was brought up in Thurlby, Lincolnshire. He entered the 24th Regiment of Foot as an ensign in 1867 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1871. Bromhead's battalion was deployed to southern Africa in 1878 and subsequently served in the Ninth Cape Frontier War and the Anglo-Zulu War. He spent most of the remainder of his career in south Asia, where he was promoted to major in 1883 and saw service in the Third Anglo-Burmese War. He died in 1891 in Allahabad, India, at the age of 45.
^Knight, Ian (2010). "Zulu Rising: The Epic Story of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift" (PDF) (End notes). Macmillan. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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