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Major Gonville Bromhead VC (29 August 1845 – 9 February 1891) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British armed forces. He received the medal for his part in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, in which a small British garrison of 139 soldiers successfully repulsed an assault by some 4,000 Zulu warriors. Bromhead was portrayed by Michael Caine in the film Zulu, which depicted the battle.

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  • Gonville Bromhead (en)
  • Gonville Bromhead (de)
  • Gonville Bromhead (nl)
  • Бромхед, Гонвиль (ru)
  • Gonville Bromhead (sv)
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  • Gonville Bromhead VC (* 29. August 1845 in Versailles; † 9. Februar 1892 in Allahabad) war ein britischer Offizier und Träger des Victoria-Kreuzes. Er kommandierte die britischen Truppen bei Rorke’s Drift im Zulukrieg. (de)
  • Gonville Bromhead (Versailles, Frankrijk, 29 augustus 1845 - Allahabad, Brits-Indië, 9 februari 1892) was een Britse militair. Hij had als laatste officierstitel de rang van majoor, en kreeg de hoogste onderscheiding, het Victoria Cross (VC) voor dapperheid in het zicht van de vijand, die kan worden toegekend aan de Britse- en Commonwealth (Gemenebest) legers. (nl)
  • Major Gonville Bromhead VC (29 August 1845 – 9 February 1891) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British armed forces. He received the medal for his part in the defence of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, in which a small British garrison of 139 soldiers successfully repulsed an assault by some 4,000 Zulu warriors. Bromhead was portrayed by Michael Caine in the film Zulu, which depicted the battle. (en)
  • Gonville Bromhead, född 29 augusti 1845, död 9 februari 1892, var en brittisk major som tilldelades Viktoriakorset för sin roll i slaget vid Rorke's Drift 1879. Bromhead var helt döv vilket hade hindrat hans möjligheter till befordran. Eftersom Bromhead erhöll sin befordran till löjtnant tre år senare (1871) än John Chard blev han fråntagen befälet av Rorke's Drift till denne. Detta var på order från major Spalding som dagar innan slaget fastställt denna order. Det beror alltså inte på Bromheads dåliga hörsel som många tidigare trott. Gonville Bromhead var ett omtyckt befäl hos 24:e infanteriregementet och hade även förtjänat sig ett smeknamn som "Gunny". Bromhead härstammade från en släkt av högt uppsatta militärer. Hans farfar slogs till exempel vid slaget vid Waterloo 1815. Direkt efter (sv)
  • Гонвиль Бромхед (англ. Gonville Bromhead, 29 августа 1845 — 9 февраля 1891) — офицер британской армии, обладатель Креста Виктории, высшей награды британской армии. Медаль была получена за участие в обороне миссии Роркс-Дрифт, где рота Бромхеда, 139 человек, отбила атаки 4 тысяч зулусов. Майкл Кейн сыграл роль Бромхеда в фильме «Зулусы». (ru)
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  • Gonville Bromhead VC (en)
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  • Gonville Bromhead VC (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lady_butler_defense_rorkes_drift.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke's_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VCGonvilleBromhead.jpg
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  • Allahabad, British India (en)
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  • Versailles, France (en)
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