RS079B - General Percival (Consign)(ST) D-Day Unlike standard Roman gladiators who

Unlike standard Roman gladiators who followed strict fighting styles (like secutor or retiarius)

Heavy enough to penetrate shields and armour

or preparing to rise into a coordinated advance

The scene recreates fighting around the hospital building where soldiers of the 24th Regiment of Foot defended wounded men and evacuated patients while under attack by Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War

In the ancient world

RS079B - General Percival (Consign)(ST) D-Day Unlike standard Roman gladiators whoThe RS079B General Percival (Consign) (ST) portrays Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival, one of the most recognised British commanders of the Second World War. General Arthur Percival (18871966) is best known for commanding British, Indian and Commonwealth forces during the Battle of Singapore in 1942. After a rapid Japanese advance through Malaya, Singapore fell on 15 February 1942 in one of the largest British surrenders in history. Percivals