Rare Rorke’s Drift casualty honour comes up at auction

In May 2019 Spink (20% buyer’s premium) medal specialist Marcus Budgen was entrusted to catalogue the medals of Gunner A Howard, ‘N’ Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery, one of just four members of the RA present at the defence of Rorke’s Drift in the Zulu War.

He said: “While researching his remarkable story I was drawn to the fact that he shared a room in …

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