At just 20 years of age Alfred Saxty was one of 150 British and colonial troops who defended the station of Rorke s Drift in South Africa against 4,000 Zulu warriors.
Alfred Saxty s shocked ancestors had no idea the medals - a campaign clasp marked South Africa 1877-8-9, and an India General Service 1854-95 clasp - were still in existence until reading the Daily Express last week.