Victoria Cross awarded for heroic defensive feat 'ranking alongside Rorke's Drift' comes for sale
A unique Victoria Cross group of medals for “a feat that probably ranks alongside Rorke’s Drift in the history of famous defences against overwhelming odds” is estimated at £300,000-400,000 at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb on June 23.
They were awarded to 30-year-old Scotsman Lieutenant, later Colonel, Charles Grant of the 12th Regim…