Published for the fiftieth anniversary of the Victoria Cross, this book tells the story of the decoration’s founding and its first presentation, then recounts hundreds of the acts that won it: at the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, in the Indian Mutiny, in jungle stockades and colonial wars, and in the South African War.
Stirring stories of individual courage for readers of military history, with the imperial outlook of 1906. Download the free EPUB.