Victoria Cross Heroes Volume Ii
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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.
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.
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
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Author : Michael A. Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Victoria Cross Heroes written by Michael A. Ashcroft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Great Britain categories.
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.
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.
The Victoria Cross Wars
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Author : Brian Best
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-03-30
The Victoria Cross Wars written by Brian Best and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-30 with History categories.
The British Empire at its height stretched around the globe. From Asia to the Americas, scores of countries were conquered or assimilated into the greatest commonwealth of nations in history. Many of these countries were won, and held, at the point of the bayonet, and British soldiers and sailors fought long and hard campaigns in deserts, mountains and jungles to maintain and expand the Empire. Fighting, though, means bloodshed; it also means bravery. Victoria Crosses were awarded in operations against Persia, Abyssinia and China, in New Zealand, Burma and Sudan, in the Perak War, the Andaman Islands Expedition and the Mashona Rebellion to name but a few of the forty-four different campaigns of the colonial era.The Victoria Cross Wars explains Britains involvement in these little-known and forgotten campaigns and details the battles and engagements that resulted in the granting of the most highly regarded award for valor in the face of the enemy. The greater conflicts of the twentieth century receive due treatment as do more recent operations in the troubled parts of the world.A total of 1,358 VCs have been awarded since the cross of valor was first instituted in 1855, the latest of which was announced in February 2015. The stories behind the awarding of these medals have been repeated in countless anthologies but The Victoria Cross Wars explains not just what the men did, but why they were there and what they were fighting for.
Falklands War Heroes
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Author : Michael Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-09
Falklands War Heroes 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 2021-11-09 with History categories.
The Falklands War, which may prove to be the last 'colonial' war that Britain ever fights, took place in 1982. Fought 8,000 miles from home soil, it cost the lives of 255 British military personnel, with many more wounded, some seriously. The war also witnessed many acts of outstanding courage by the UK Armed Forces after a strong Task Force was sent to regain the islands from the Argentine invaders. Soldiers, sailors and airmen risked, and in some cases gave, their lives for the freedom of 1,820 islanders. Lord Ashcroft, who has been fascinated by bravery since he was a young boy, has amassed several medal collections over the past four decades, including the world's largest collection of Victoria Crosses, Britain and the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry award. Falklands War Heroes tells the stories behind his collection of valour and service medals awarded for the Falklands War. The collection, almost certainly the largest of its kind in the world, spans all the major events of the war. This book, which contains nearly forty individual write-ups, has been written to mark the fortieth anniversary of the war. It is Lord Ashcroft's attempt to champion the outstanding bravery of our Armed Forces during an undeclared war that was fought and won over ten weeks in the most challenging conditions.
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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For Valour The History Of Southern Africa S Victoria Cross Heroes
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Author : Ian S. Uys
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988-01-01
For Valour The History Of Southern Africa S Victoria Cross Heroes 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 1988-01-01 with categories.