This tells the true action-packed stories behind over 50 awards of the Victoria Cross spanning from its creation in the Crimean War to the Second World War.
This tells the true action-packed stories behind over 50 awards of the Victoria Cross spanning from its creation in the Crimean War to the Second World War.
Michael Ashcroft: Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, author and philanthropist. He was deputy chairman of the Conservative Party and founder and chairman of the board of trustees of Crimestoppers. He is a trustee of Imperial War Museums, chairman of the trustees of Ashcroft Technology Academy and Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.
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Acknowledgements ix Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC xiii Author's Royalties xvii Lord Ashcroft and Bravery xix Preface xxi Chapter 1: A Passion for the VC 1 Chapter 2: The Crimean War 21 Chapter 3: The Indian Mutiny and Beyond 57 Chapter 4: The Second Anglo-Boer War and Beyond 107 Chapter 5: The First World War and Beyond: Army VCs 133 Chapter 6: The First World War: Naval and Air VCs 255 Chapter 7: The Second World War 305 Select Bibliography 359 Picture Credits 365 Index 367
Acknowledgements ix Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC xiii Author's Royalties xvii Lord Ashcroft and Bravery xix Preface xxi Chapter 1: A Passion for the VC 1 Chapter 2: The Crimean War 21 Chapter 3: The Indian Mutiny and Beyond 57 Chapter 4: The Second Anglo-Boer War and Beyond 107 Chapter 5: The First World War and Beyond: Army VCs 133 Chapter 6: The First World War: Naval and Air VCs 255 Chapter 7: The Second World War 305 Select Bibliography 359 Picture Credits 365 Index 367
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