Battle of Rorke's Drift close to defeating the much smaller garrison, but were ultimately repelled. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded to the defenders, along with a number of other decorations and honours. Rorke's Drift, known as "kwaJimu" ("Jim's Land") in the Zulu language, was a mission station and the former trading post of James Rorke, an Irish merchant. It was located near a drift, or ford, on the Buffalo (Mzinyathi) River, which at the time formed the border between the British colony of Natal and the Zulu Kingdom. On 9 January 1879, the British No. 3 (Centre) Column, under Lord Chelmsford, arrived and encamped
Hayden Rorke roles in films. In 1957, Rorke played Steve, the film agent, in the CBS television series "Mr. Adams and Eve", starring Howard Duff and Ida Lupino (then married in real life) as a fictitious acting couple residing in Beverly Hills, California. He played several guest roles on television, winning the role of Colonel Farnsworth in the short-lived 1964 ABC sitcom "No Time for Sergeants", based on the Andy Griffith film of the same name, but starring Sammy Jackson. He also guest-starred on three episodes of CBS's "Perry Mason" between 1960 and 1963. In his first role, he played the title