 George Smith (chaplain)

'Padre' George Smith (8 January 1845 – 26/27 November 1918), an army chaplain, was a defender of Rorke's Drift during the Zulu War of 1879, an action which saw the winning of eleven Victoria Crosses.Born in Docking in Norfolk in 1845, 'Padre' George Smith served as a missionary in South Africa from 1870.