Hampden Zane Churchill Cockburn was born in Toronto Ontario and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Dragoons during the South African (Boer) War. He won the Victoria Cross on 7 November 1900 during fighting at Leliefontein on the Komati River. He was wounded and all his rear-guard party were killed or wounded but he held his ground, allowing the rest of a British column to escape. Following the battle, three men of the Royal Canadian Dragoons were awarded the Victoria Cross: Cockburn, Turner and Holland.
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