Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives Drift by Jason Askew. (GS) AIT46 Major Edward Mannock by Ivan

Major Edward Mannock by Ivan Berryman

the outnumbered Highlanders fighting tenaciously

West was the first pilot of the newly formed Royal Air Force to be awarded the Victoria Cross

and guns were fired to herald his arrival

1796 (First uniform worn by the regiment)

Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives Drift by Jason Askew. (GS) AIT46 Major Edward Mannock by IvanDHM1528GS. Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives drift. by Jason Askew. Private Wassall, whilst escaping the debacle of Isandhlwana, was being pursued by Zulu warriors as he made his way down the Buffalo River, the border between Zululand and Natal. Wassall rode his Basuto pony into the river, but upon hearing a cry for help and seeing a man from his own regiment drowning, he turned and made his