James Langley Dalton was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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1 Details 2 Further information 3 The medal 4 Reference 5 See also 6 External links

Details

He was approx. 46 years old, and a Acting Assistant Commissary in the Commissariat and Transport Department (later Royal Army Service Corps), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 22 January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Acting Assistant Commissary Dalton actively superintended the work of defence and was amongst the foremost of those who received the first attack at the comer of the hospital, where the deadliness of his fire checked the mad rush of the enemy. He saved the life of a man in the Army Hospital Corps by shooting the Zulu who was attacking him. Although wounded himself this officer continued to give the same example of cool courage throughout the action.

Further information

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Royal Logistic Corps Museum (Camberly, Surrey, England).

Reference

See also

External links

• James Langley Dalton (biography, photos, memorial details)
• Rorke's Drift (information within Frederick Hitch site)

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