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Alfred Henry "Harry" Hook VC (6 August 1850 – 12 March 1905) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift.
Henry Hook was one of 11 defenders at the mission station at Rorke's Drift (battle of Rorke's Drift, Anglo Zulu War 1879) who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Controversially, his character was...
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Alfred Henry "Harry" Hook VC (6 de agosto de 1850 - 12 de marzo de 1905) fue un inglés que recibió la Cruz Victoria, el premio más alto y prestigioso al valor frente al enemigo que se puede otorgar a las fuerzas británicas y de la Commonwealth, por su Acciones en la Batalla de Rorke's Drift.
© 2024 Google LLC. Private Hook VC was the bad tempered malingerer in the classic film Zulu - but was this portrayal fair? In this video you will find out and learn the true st...
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Henry Flynn recounts the story of Alfred Henry Hook VC, a private in B Company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot who served at the battle of Rorke'...
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Henry Hook VC has been called the most famous private soldier in British military history. Does the name ring a bell? I’m sure it does - he was the bad lad in the film Zulu. We’ve spoken about him before on the show but today we are going deep, learning more about his life and about the actions tha…
14 de mar. de 2019 · Gloucestershire Echo. Zulu hero very different from screen portrayal. 2019-03-14 - ONE of the biggest British box office blockbusters of the 1960s silver screen was Zulu. And central to the story was the reallife character of Henry Hook VC, who died on March 12, 1905.
