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William Jones VC (1839 – 15 April 1913) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross for his action at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Not only was it a strategic river crossing but a quarter of a mile south of the Buffalo river the mission station of the Rev Otto Witt had been converted into a small military hospital, accommodating just under forty patients.
Private Robert Jones VC (c. 1857 – 1898) was 21 when he fought alongside William Jones in the hospital at the battle of Rorke’s Drift. Together they were responsible for helping six of the seven patients in the hospital to safety.
Defending the post hospital to the last, he and Robert Jones managed to remove six men to safety, the seventh being killed. He was 39 at the time of the defence. Read his account of the battle here
Oct 23, 2014 · Pte William JONES VC was seen towards the end of his life wandering the streets of Manchester with his granddaughter in his arms to protect her from the Zulu, quite obviously suffering from the pangs of that terrible day.
Jan 1, 2019 · Private William Jones VC He was discharged from the Army after contracting chronic rheumatism, and on his return to the UK he took any job that was going. This included acting in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, where he took part in a recreation of the defence of Rorke's Drift.
Apr 20, 2021 · Private William Jones VC. During the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke’s Drift, which was an engagement during the Anglo-Zulu War which took place on 22 to 23 January 1879, William Jones was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in rescuing patients from a burning hospital which had also been overrun ...
