La acción de un solo día por la que se ha concedido un mayor número de "Cruces Victoria" (11) fue la defensa de Rorke's Drift.
Stand firm the 24th - Rorkes Drift 22 January 1879 - Chris Collingwood.Estos son los galardonados:
Lieutenant John Rouse Merriott Chard, 5th Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Corporal William Wilson Allen; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Private Frederick Hitch; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Private Alfred Henry Hook; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Private Robert Jones; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Private William Jones; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Private John Williams; B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot.
Surgeon James Henry Reynolds; Army Medical Department.
Acting Assistant Commissary James Langley Dalton; Commissariat and Transport Department.
Corporal Christian Ferdinand Schiess; 2nd/3rd Natal Native Contingent.
Pudo haber un 12º recipendiario,
Private Joseph Williams, B Coy, 2nd/24th Foot, muerto en el combate para la defensa del hospital y citado como distinguido en los partes, pero en aquella época no se otorgaba la VC a título póstumo.
Sin título - Rorkes Drift 22 January 1879 - Chris Collingwood.