[ London Gazette, 2 May 1879 ], Rorke's Drift, Zululand, 22-23 January 1879, Private John Williams, 2nd Bn, 24th ( Warwickshire ) Regiment

Private John Williams was posted with Private Joseph Williams and Private William Horrigan, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment, in a distant room af the hospital, which they held for more than an hour, so long as they had a round of ammunition left; as communication was for the time cut off, the Zulus were enabled to advance and burst open the door; they dragged out Private Joseph Williams and two of the patients, and assegaied them.

Whilst the Zulus were occupied with the slaughter of these men a lull took place, during which Private John Williams, who, with two patients, were the only men left alive in this ward, succeeded in knocking a hole in the partition, and in taking the two patients into the next ward, where he found Private Hook.

John Williams ( Fielding ) was invested with his Victoria Cross by CinC Gibraltar, Lord Napier, Gibraltar, on 1st March 1880.

John Fielding died at his daughter's home at Tycoch, Monmouthshire, on the 25th November 1932, aged 75, and was buried in St Michael's Churchyard, Llantarnam.