They called him the Bravest man in England. His life was straight from the pages of a swashbuckling novel…Some even say he was the inspiration for Harry Flashman.

Do you know who it is?

Well, it's Colonel Frederick Gustavus Burnaby of the Royal Horse Guards.

His life was an amazing story and he was tragically killed at the Battle of Abu Klea in Sudan in 1885.

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