Rorke's Drift soldier gets name on grave

THE unmarked grave of a soldier who fought at Rorke's Drift in the South African Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 has been dedicated in his name at Wellington, Somerset, thanks to the British Legion.

Pte Thomas Dawe, of B Coy 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment, was buried anonymously in 1924.

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