Fact of the Day: Zulu
In real life, both Chard and Bromhead were considered less than remarkable officers by their superiors and were overage (Chard was 32 and Bromhead 33) for their rather junior rank of Lieutenant. The defense of Rorke's Drift galvanized their careers with Chard ending as a Colonel at the time of his death (of cancer at 49) and Bromhead reaching Major before succumbing to typhoid at 46.
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