Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives Drift by Jason Askew. (GL) SHN428 He later served in the

He later served in the 1st Volunteers Battalion Royal Fusiliers

General (with the most honourable Order of the Bath) at the time of the Battle of Vimiero 21st August 1808

2 Para succeeded in reaching their objective and giving the British Task Force its first much needed land victory

Friar Tuck

Private Samuel Wassall of the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) at Fugitives Drift by Jason Askew. (GL) SHN428 He later served in theDHM1528GL. 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