George Hamilton-Browne

George Hamilton-Browne (22 December 1844 – 21 January 1916) was a British irregular soldier, adventurer, writer and impostor.

[3] He was the son of George Browne (Capt 44th Regiment) and Susanna Mary Hilton, who were married in Manchester 7 March 1844.

[5][6] Each battalion of the NNC had 10 infantry companies of 110 soldiers (9 Europeans and 101 Africans) each, but only 20 men per company had rifles (3 European officers and 6 NCOs with modern Martini-Henrys, and 1 African officer and 10 NCOs with old muzzleloading Enfields), while other 90 had only spears and shields.

His unit was the first to return to the camp in the afternoon of 22 January, and it came four miles from Isandlwana during the final stage of the battle.

[7] He was portrayed sympathetically in Zulu Dawn (1979), played by British actor Nigel Davenport.