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E-grāmata: Victoria Cross in 100 Objects: The Story of the Britain's Highest Award For Valour

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  • ISBN-13: 9781526730770

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It was the events of the Crimean War that changed everything. Until that time, those serving in Britain’s army or navy had been expected to do their duty without thought of recognition or reward, particularly the men in the lower ranks.Fuelled by reports from the first ever war correspondents, which were read by an increasingly literate public, the mumblings of discontent over how the gallantry and valor of the ordinary man was recognized rapidly grew into a national outcry. Questions were asked in Parliament, answers were demanded by the press – why were the heroes of the Alma, Inkerman and the Charge of the Light Brigade not being officially acknowledged? Something had to be done.That something was the introduction of an award that would be of such prestige it would be sought by all men from the most junior private to a Field Marshal. It would be the highest possible award for valor in the face of the enemy and it bore the name of the Queen for whom the men fought – The Victoria Cross.Since the VC was instituted in January 1856, it has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Those men were thrown into wars and campaigns around the globe, from the seas and skies around the UK to the deserts of Africa and the sweltering jungles of the Far East. The two world wars saw the most VCs awarded – 628 in the First and 182 in the Second. Only fifteen medals, eleven to members of the British Army, and four to the Australian Army, have been awarded since the Second World War.In this highly-illustrated work, the renowned Victoria Cross historian and author Brian Best examines the introduction and evolution of the VC, along with some of the fascinating individuals and remarkable acts of valor associated with it, through an intriguing collection of 100 objects.

It was the events of the Crimean War that changed everything. Until that time, those serving in Britain’s army or navy had been expected to do their duty without thought of recognition or reward, particularly the men in the lower ranks.
1 The Idea for a Democratic Award
7(2)
2 Design of the Victoria Cross
9(2)
3 The VC Cannon
11(2)
4 The Warrant
13(3)
5 The London Gazette
16(2)
6 Cecil Buckley -- The First Gazetted VC
18(2)
7 The First VC
20(2)
8 The First Investiture
22(2)
9 The Reaction to the New Award
24(2)
10 The Netley Hospital VC
26(2)
11 The Only Officer VC of the Light Brigade
28(2)
12 The Blockade Runner VCs
30(2)
13 The One-Armed VC
32(1)
14 Howard Elphinstone -- Queen Victoria's Trusted Confidant
33(2)
15 Sir Henry Clifford VC and Crimea War Artist
35(2)
16 William Peel -- The Premature End of A Naval Hero
37(2)
17 Louis Desanges -- VC Artist
39(2)
18 Thomas Kavanagh's Disguise
41(2)
19 Thomas Butler's Colt Revolver
43(2)
20 The Bizarre Death of George William Drummond Stewart VC
45(2)
21 The First Soldier into the Secundrabagh
47(2)
22 The Enigma of Rifleman Same Shaw VC
49(2)
23 Sir Samuel Browne -- Inventor of a Famous Belt
51(2)
24 Photographs of Two VC Recipients in Death
53(2)
25 Sir Deighton Probyn VC -- Honorary Sikh
55(2)
26 Edmund Lenon and Pawned VC
57(2)
27 George Fosbery -- Firearms Inventor
59(2)
28 Duncan Boyes -- The Fallen Hero
61(2)
29 The Mystery of Timothy O'hea VC
63(2)
30 Married to Two VCS
65(2)
31 The Only Female `VC'
67(2)
32 Donald Macintyre and the Rescue of Mary Winchester
69(2)
33 Reginald Sartorius' Jungle Ride
71(2)
34 George Channer -- Hero of Perak
73(2)
35 Teignmouth Melvill and Nevill Coghill -- The First Post-Dated Posthumous VCs
75(2)
36 John Chard -- Lord Chelmsford's VC Nominee
77(2)
37 James Reynolds -- Surgeon and Dog-Lover at Rorke's Drift
79(2)
38 Henry Lysons & Edmund Fowler -- Questionable VCs
81(2)
39 Anthony Booth -- The Hero of Intombi Drift
83(2)
40 Walter Hamilton and the Defence of the Kabul Residency
85(2)
41 James Collis -- Disgraced Hero
87(2)
42 Israel Harding VC -- Quick Thinking Saved the Alexandra
89(2)
43 Arthur Wilson -- Torpedo Pioneer
91(2)
44 Charles Grant -- A Tiger in a Fight
93(2)
45 Randolph Nesbitt's Armoured Wagon
95(2)
46 Henry Pennell -- First Victim of the Cresta Run
97(2)
47 Freddy Roberts -- The First Posthumous VC
99(2)
48 Two VC Suicides Buried in Same Cemetery
101(3)
49 Matthew Meiklejohn -- One-Armed Hero
104(2)
50 Arthur Richardson -- Stolen Identity
106(2)
51 Thomas Crean -- VC and International Rugby Player
108(2)
52 Ernest Towse -- Blinded, He Helped His Fellow Sufferers
110(3)
53 The VC Recruitment Poster
113(2)
54 Norman Holbrook -- The First Submariner VC
115(2)
55 Sidney Godley -- The Rearguard At Nimy Bridge
117(3)
56 Edward Bradbury and the Destruction of L Battery
120(2)
57 Philip Neame -- Only VC to Win An Olympic Gold Medal
122(2)
58 William Mariner's Atonement
124(2)
59 William Rhodes-Moorhouse -- The First Air VC
126(2)
60 Eric Robinson -- Possible Winner of a Double VC
128(2)
61 Herbert James -- A Lonely and Tragic Death
130(2)
62 William Williams -- Hero of V Beach
132(2)
63 Charles Doughty-Wylie -- The Middle-Aged Romantic
134(2)
64 Frederick Potts -- The Shovel VC
136(2)
65 George Peachment -- The Under-Aged VC
138(2)
66 Richard Bell-Davies -- Return and Rescue VC
140(2)
67 William McFadzean -- An Outstanding Example of Self-Sacrifice
142(2)
68 Donald Bell -- The Only Professional VC Footballer
144(2)
69 Lionel Rees -- A Full and Adventurous Life
146(2)
70 Thomas Jones -- The VC Who Captured 102 Germans
148(2)
71 Joseph Watt and His' David and Goliath Action
150(2)
72 Edward Mott -- The First VC of 1917
152(2)
73 Albert Ball -- Lone Wolf of the Skies
154(4)
74 Charles Bonner-Q-Ship Hero
158(3)
75 Alfred Kinght -- Extraordinary Heroism at Passchendaele
161(2)
76 Frederick Greaves -- The Miner Hero
163(2)
77 Cecil Kinross -- The Man Who Opened to Door to Victory
165(2)
78 Stanley Boughey -- Blackpool's First VC
167(2)
79 Charles Train -- The London Scottish VC
169(2)
80 Alan Jerrard -- The First RAF VC Recipient
171(2)
81 Harry Cross -- And David Niven
173(2)
82 Richard Sandford -- VC Hero of Zeebrugge Raid
175(2)
83 Edward Mannock -- The One-Eyed ACE
177(2)
84 Cecil Sewell -- Early Tank VC
179(2)
85 Henry Tandey -- Did He Spare Adolf Hitler?
181(2)
86 Wilfred Wood -- The Piave Front VC
183(1)
87 William Coltman -- The Most Gallantry Awards to An NCO
184(2)
88 Augustus Agar -- The `Secret VC'
186(2)
89 Bernard Warburton-Lee -- Hero of Narvik
188(2)
90 James Nicolson -- Fighter Command's Only VC
190(2)
91 John Beeley -- VC of the Battle of Sidi Rezegh
192(2)
92 William Savage -- ST Nazaire VC
194(2)
93 Charles Newman-The Raid's Commando Leader
196(2)
94 Adam Wakenshaw -- His Self-Sacrifice Saved Others
198(2)
95 Frank Blaker -- Chindit VC
200(2)
96 Donald Cameron and Godfrey Place -- The Tirpitz Raid
202(2)
97 John Harman -- Kohima VC
204(2)
98 John Brunt -- Italian VC & MC
206(2)
99 William Speakman -- Korean War VC
208(2)
100 Johnson Beharry -- A Twice-Earned VC in Iraq
210
BRIAN BEST has an Honours Degree in South African History and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was the founder of the Victoria Cross Society in 2002 and edits its Journal. He also lectures about the Victoria Cross and war art.