Mandatory Credit: Photo by DixNoonanWebb/Bournemouth Ne/REX/Shutterstock (8521110e) Charles Robson Auction of medal belonging to Rorke's Drift defender, London, UK - Mar 2017 *Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t724 A medal awarded to one of the defenders of Rorke's Drift, which was immortalised in the film Zulu, has sold for GBP 132,000 138 years on. Driver Charles Robson was the batman, or personal servant, to Victoria Cross hero Lieutenant John Chard, who was played by Stanley Baker in the classic 1964 movie. The duo formed part of the 140-strong British garrison which defied all odds to successfully defend the Rorke's Drift mission station from 4,000 marauding Zulu warriors in 1879. Robson never left the side of Lt Chard, who was the commanding officer and who organised the epic defences which included piling up mealie bags to form a makeshift wall. For 12 hours the British repelled the spear-carrying tribesmen with accurate shooting and brutal hand-to-hand combat. The Zulus retreated with 350 of their number killed compared to 17 British.