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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Register of the Victoria Cross
Author: The Victoria Crosses that Saved an Empire
Author: Brian BestPublisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1473857074
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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The Indian Mutiny struck at the very heart of the British Empire. If India was lost the whole edifice of British domination across its colonies was in jeopardy. Everything was at stake, Britains leading role in the word, its international commerce and the reputation of its armed forces. Across the globe Britain ruled only through the compliance of the subordinate nations but if India could throw off the imperialist yolk others might also rebel. The very fate of the Empire hung in the balance.The situation was considered to be so serious that the British authorities extended the warrant of the newly-created Victoria Cross to include anyone, even civil servants, who performed prodigious acts of valour to save India, and save the Empire.A total 182 VCs were awarded during the Mutiny, the same number as in the whole of the Second World War, climaxing in one day at Lucknow when twenty-four men displayed extraordinary valour to raise the siege the most VCs ever won in a single day.This is the story of those few months between May 1857 and June 1858 when the world turned its gaze upon the jewel in Victorias crown and 182 men soldier, sailor and civilian wrote their names into the history books.
The Victoria Cross; an Official Chronicle of the Deeds of Personal Valour Achieved in Presence of the Enemy During the Crimean and Baltic Campaigns, the Indian Mutinies, and the Persia, China, and New Zealand Wars
Author: Victoria crossPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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The Book of the Victoria Cross (Classic Reprint)
Author: Rupert StewartPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265714980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Excerpt from The Book of the Victoria Cross This volume purports to satisfy the want of a handy book of reference of the deeds that have won the Victoria Cross from the date of its institution in 1856 up to the present time, arranged in order of regiments or corps. The account of each act of bravery is an extract from the London Gazette of the time, and I have to thank the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office for his courtesy in allowing me to republish these extracts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The History of the Victoria Cross
Author: Philip Aveling WilkinsPublisher:
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Category : Commonwealth countries
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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How I Won the Victoria Cross
Author: Thomas Henry KavanaghPublisher:
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Category : Delhi (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Victoria Cross at Sea
Author: John WintonPublisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 1473876141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Naval VCs have been won in places as far apart in time and distance as the Baltic in 1854 and Japan in 1945, in the trenches from the Crimea to the Western Front, in harbours from Dar es Salaam to Zeebrugge, from the Barents to the Java Sea, from New Zealand to the North Atlantic, and from China to the Channel. They have been won in battleships and trawlers, in submarines below the water and aircraft above it, on horseback and on foot.Age and rank meant nothing. Boy Cornwall was not seventeen at Jutland, and Frederick Parslow was in his sixtieth year when he earned his VC on board a horse transport ship. William Hall was the son of a freed slave; Charles Lucas, awarded the Royal Navys first VC, became a Rear Admiral. Neither were all the recipients of Britains highest gallantry decoration British, and men from Canada, Australia and New Zealand were included in those whose actions were recognised by the awarding of the VC. Yet every one of them had one thing in common uncommon valour.
The Register of the Victoria Cross
Author: This England BooksPublisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Our soldiers and the Victoria cross. A general account of the regiments and men of the British army: and stories of the brave deeds which won the prize 'For valour'. Ed. by S.O. Beeton
Author: Victoria crossPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The History of the Victoria Cross
Author: Philip Aveling WilkinsPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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