Henry Hook VC has been called the most famous private soldier in British military history. 

Does the name ring a bell? I’m sure it does - he was the bad lad in the film Zulu.

We’ve spoken about him before on the show, but today Neil Thornton and I are going deep, learning more about his life and about the actions that lead to his Victoria Cross at the Defence of Rorke’s Drift.

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