William Allen (VC 1879) (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 22 and 23 January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Corporal Allan and another man (Frederick Hitch) kept communication with the hospital open, despite being severely wounded. Their determined conduct enabled the patients to be withdrawn from the hospital, and when incapacitated by their wounds from fighting, they continued, as soon as their wounds were dressed, to serve out ammunition to their comrades during the night. He later achieved the rank of sergeant for
The Zulu Principle a relatively short period of time she could become one of the leading authorities on that "clearly defined and narrow area of knowledge". The Zulu Principle was republished in 2008 by Harriman House, with a new preface from the author. The Zulu Principle The Zulu Principle: Making Extraordinary Profits from Ordinary Shares is an investment guide written by English accountant and investor Jim Slater, first published by Orion in 1992. Slater named his approach to investment when he observed that after reading a short article on the Zulu people in the "Reader's Digest" his wife was better informed on the