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| Keywords: Last Sleep of the Brave.jpg en Prev - 1 of 1 results - Next » 'Last Sleep of the Brave' Isandlwana Zulu War 1879 Oleograph after Alphonse de Neuville 1881 This work depicts a patrol from the 17th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers discovering the bodies of Lieutenant Teignmouth Melvill and Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill 24th 2nd Warwickshire Regiment of Foot who were both killed attempting to save the Queen's Colour of the 1st Battalion at the Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 The depiction of the 17th Lancers is however anachronistic as when the bodies were retrieved the lancers had yet to leave England for South Africa NAM Accession Number NAM 1956-02-284-1 Copyright/Ownership National Army Museum London Location National Army Museum Study Collection Browse related themes Last Stands and Forlorn Hopes Death or Glory 17th/21st Lancers 1879 http //www nam ac uk/online-collection/detail php acc 1956-02-284-1 Alphonse de Neuville PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard British Lancers Regiments Anglo-Zulu War | ||||
