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
Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (actor, born 1985) Jack Hawkins (born 6 October 1985) is a British actor. He was born in Ipswich and was educated at the Ipswich School between 1996 and 2004, where he was Head Boy. He read Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 2007 to 2009. Hawkins has performed acting roles in film, on television and on the stage. In 2017 he joined the cast of the BBC television show "Call the Midwife" as Christopher Dockerill. He plays the recurring character Alex Lambert in the BBC medical drama