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The History Chap Podcast
252: What Happened to Private Hitch VC After Rorke's Drift?
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Chris Green
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In the classic war film "Zulu", Private Fred Hitch is called a "slovenly soldier".
He nevertheless goes on to be awarded the Victoria Cross at the battle of Rorke's Drift.
But the story about what happened to him afterwards, as an invalid veteran in Victorian Britain that is every bit as fascinating, working for the world's oldest security company, losing his VC, accused of theft and becoming a London cabbie.
A story of what happened to Victorian soldiers when then entered civvy street.
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