Heroes Of The Victoria Cross
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Heroes Of The Victoria Cross
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Author : T. E. Toomey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Heroes Of The Victoria Cross written by T. E. Toomey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Decorations of honor categories.
Victoria Cross Heroes Volume Ii
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Author : Michael Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2016-11-08
Victoria Cross Heroes Volume Ii written by Michael Ashcroft and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-08 with History categories.
Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC THE VICTORIA CROSS is Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far the largest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft's VC collection - those decorations purchased in the last decade. With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.
Heroes Of The Victoria Cross
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Author : T E Toomey
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-19
Heroes Of The Victoria Cross written by T E Toomey and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with categories.
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Victoria Cross Heroes
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Author : Michael Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-11-09
Victoria Cross Heroes written by Michael Ashcroft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-09 with categories.
The Victoria Cross is Britainand the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the faceof the enemy. It has been bestowed upon 1,355 heroic individuals from all walksof life since its creation during the Crimean War. Lord Ashcroft, who has beenfascinated with bravery since he was a young boy, now owns 200 VCs, by far thelargest collection of its kind in the world. Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes, first publishedin 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award, Victoria Cross Heroes: Volume II gives extraordinary accounts ofthe bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft's VC collection -those decorations purchased in the last decade. With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers, sailors and airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 and the First and Second World Wars, this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit and a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross. Their inspirational deeds of valour and self-sacrifice should be championed and never forgotten.
Victoria Cross Heroes Of World War One
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Author : Robert Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Victoria Cross Heroes Of World War One written by Robert Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Great Britain categories.
The Victoria Cross had been in existence over 60 years when Archduke Franz Ferdinand fell to an assassins bullet, the event that triggered a Europe-wide call to arms in August 1914. It was an award that democratised military honours, for it was open to all ranks, the sole qualification being a display of conspicuous bravery in the field. The sovereign whose name it bore was personally responsible for the Crosss simple legend: For Valour. Forged, it is said, from cannons captured during the Crimean War, the medals were rather too plain for some tastes. The Times derided the VC as a dull, heavy, tasteless prize when the first investiture ceremony took place in Hyde Park on 26 June 1857. But its virtue, quite deliberately, lay in its very simplicity. It was the action for which the medal was given that should dazzle, not the decoration itself. The Victoria Cross became pre-eminent: first in line when pinned to a uniform or appended to a recipients name. Over 500 VCs had been awarded by the outbreak of the First World War. That figure more than doubled during the four-year-long conflict. Trench warfare, when the rival camps might be dug in less than 100 yards apart, afforded endless opportunities to show courage and mettle in the face of the enemy. Many were honoured for attacking feats, often taking the fight to the foe when the odds were stacked against survival. But hurling oneself into the fray was but one of valours many faces. Stretcher-bearers, medical staff, pipers and chaplains also showed the same strength in adversity, the same disregard for personal safety, the same willingness to exceed the call of duty. And, in over 180 instances, a readiness to make the ultimate sacrifice for King and Country. The call to act could come at any moment. In William McFadzeans case it came when the safety pins slipped from two grenades in a crowded trench just before the Somme battle. He flung himself onto the bombs, saving his comrades at the cost of his own life. For Rex Warneford it came in the skies over Ghent on 7 June 1915, when he became the first man to down a German airship in flight. He was thrown from his plane during a flight ten days later. For Jack Cornwell it came during the Battle of Jutland, when, mortally wounded, he stuck doggedly to his post awaiting orders. He was 16 years old. This book chronicles the inspiring, thrilling, humbling and deeply moving stories behind the 628 Victoria Crosses awarded during the course of the Great War. Without inscription, those 628 medals, like all the others cast by London jewelers, Hancocks over the past century and a half, would have no intrinsic worth. Once earned, inscribed and conferred, they assume inestimable value.
Extraordinary Heroes
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Author : The Imperial War Museum
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2010-11-23
Extraordinary Heroes written by The Imperial War Museum and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with History categories.
The Victoria and George Crosses are the highest military and civil decorations of the United Kingdom, awarded for gallantry. The Victoria Cross, introduced in 1856, is awarded to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries for valour in the face of the enemy, while the George Cross was introduced during World War II so that civilians could also be awarded for acts of heroism, or conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger. There have been 1,356 Victoria Crosses awarded, and there have been 404 recipients of the George Cross since 1940. The Imperial War Museum is opening the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in November 2010 to showcase not only their large collection of Victoria and George crosses, but also Lord Ashcroft's collection, which he has loaned to the Museum for 10 years. The gallery will therefore contain the largest collection of VCs and GCs in the world. The museum envisages around 150,000 visitors a year. This fully illustrated book contains the stories of over 80 recipients: a mixture of individuals - including men, women and children from different countries - who performed their acts of heroism across the last century and a half.
George Cross Heroes
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Author : Michael Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-10-25
George Cross Heroes written by Michael Ashcroft and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-25 with History categories.
This ebook edition contains the full text version as per the book; but doesn't include original photographic and illustrated material. In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield. From Thomas Alderson, the first recipient of the medal, who heroically rescued several people from trapped houses during one terrible Blitz night, to Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, who threw himself onto a live grenade in the Helmand province to save the lives of his comrades (and somehow survived), to Barbara Harrison, an air stewardess who died in 1968 after helping many passengers escape from an onboard fire, this book tells the amazing stories of everyone of the George Cross's 159 direct recipients. GEORGE CROSS HEROES pays tribute to the extraordinary courage displayed by so many of the commonwealth's men and women in so many incredible situations over the last 70 years.
Glory And Dishonour
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Author : Brian Izzard
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2018-02-15
Glory And Dishonour written by Brian Izzard and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with History categories.
The flawed characters of 27 men who were awarded the world’s most prestigious bravery award, some of whom ended up in prison or were shunned by officialdom and a once adoring public.
For Valour
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Author : Ian S. Uys
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987-01-01
For Valour written by Ian S. Uys and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with categories.
For Valour
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Author : Nicolas Brasch
language : en
Publisher: Black Dog Books
Release Date : 2013-01-01
For Valour written by Nicolas Brasch and has been published by Black Dog Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-01 with Australia categories.
Extraordinary courage and unbelievable nerve that's what it takes to be awarded a Victoria Cross. More than one and a half million Australians have fought in a war, yet only ninety-eight have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest military honour for bravery. Here are some of their remarkable stories. Ages 8+.