Samuel Wassall

Samuel Wassall VC (28 July 1856 – 31 January 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details Wassall was 22 years old, and a private in the 80th Regiment of Foot (later The South Staffordshire Regiment), British Army during the Anglo-Zulu War when the following deed took place on 22 January 1879 at the Battle of Isandlwana, Zululand, South Africa, for which he was awarded the VC: .

The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Museum of the Staffordshire Regiment in Whittington, Staffordshire.

Legacy A street in Lichfield was named "Wassall Lane" as a tribute to Samuel Wassall in 2007.