- 1Dedication — Preface
- 2Chapter I — The Origin of the Victoria Cross and the First Presenta…
- 3Chapter II — The Crimea — The Battle of the Alma
- 4Chapter III — The Crimea — In the Balaclava Charges
- 5Chapter IV — The Crimea — The Heroes of Inkerman
- 6Chapter V — The Crimea — With the Sappers and Miners — In Trench an…
- 7Chapter VI — The Crimean Crosses of the Navy
- 8Chapter VII — Persia — How the Square Was Broken
- 9Chapter VIII — India — The Gallant Nine at Delhi
- 10Chapter IX — India — With Sabre and Gun Against Sepoy
- 11Chapter X — India — The Blowing Up of the Cashmere Gate
- 12Chapter XI — India — The Story of Kolapore Kerr
- 13Chapter XII — India — The Defence of the Dhoolies
- 14Chapter XIII — India — Three Brave Civilians: Mangles, McDonell, an…
- 15Chapter XIV — India — Some Other Crosses of the Mutiny
- 16Chapter XV — In the Sixties — China, Japan, India, West Africa, and…
- 17Chapter XVI — New Zealand — Fighting the Maoris
- 18Chapter XVII — In Ashanti Bush and Malay Jungle
- 19Chapter XVIII — How Some Afghan Crosses Were Won
- 20Chapter XIX — Maiwand — A Gunner’s Story
- 21Chapter XX — Zululand — The Dash With the Colours From Isandhlana
- 22Chapter XXI — Zululand — How They Held the Post at Rorke’s Drift
- 23Chapter XXII — Some Other Zulu and Some Basuto Crosses
- 24Chapter XXIII — South Africa — Against Boers and Matabele
- 25Chapter XXIV — In Egypt and the Soudan
- 26Chapter XXV — V.C. Heroes of the Indian Frontier
- 27Chapter XXVI — How Surgeon-Captain Whitchurch Won Fame
- 28Chapter XXVII — When the Afridis Were Up
- 29Chapter XXVIII — South Africa — The V.c.’s of the Second Boer War
- 30Chapter XXIX — Somaliland — Nigeria — Tibet
- 31Appendices
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