Anglo-Burmese War, being used to pacify the north of the region. The battalion was subsequently posted to Allahabad, India, where Bromhead died of typhoid fever on 9 February 1891. Legacy Bromhead was buried in the New Cantonment Cemetery in Allahabad. His Victoria Cross medal is owned by his family, and is displayed at the Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh in Brecon in Wales. Michael Caine, in his first major film role, portrayed Bromhead in the 1964 film Zulu, which was based on the battle of Rorke's Drift. In the film Caine depicts him as a foppish aristocrat who fought well when the battle began. Bromhead is a main character in Peter Ho Davies's story "Relief", which appeared first in The Paris Review and was later published in Davies's 1997 collection The Ugliest House in the World. References Notes Footnotes Bibliography External links Lt. Gonville Bromhead (biography, photos, memorial details) 1845 births 1891 deaths People from Versailles People from North Kesteven District Deaths from typhoid fever British recipients of the Victoria Cross South Wales Borderers officers Deaf military personnel Anglo-Zulu War recipients of the Victoria Cross Infectious disease deaths in India British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Burmese War British Army personnel of the Anglo-Zulu War British Army recipients of the Victoria Cross English deaf people Younger sons of baronets