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Author | : Roderick Bailey |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2010-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1409004805 |
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'It wasn't until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he'd actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out ... Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet' Squadron Leader RP Widdowson on Sergeant James Ward, who earned his VC in 1941 The Victoria Cross, awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed. In Forgotten Voices: Victoria Cross, first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describe the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century. Captivating and often humbling, these stories depict exceptional acts of bravery in unimaginable situations, of men who would say they were just doing their duty. Introduction by General Sir Richard Dannatt.
Author | : Max Arthur |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 35 |
Release | : 2009-04-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0007324286 |
Download Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 1901–1910 in Their Own Words Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular ‘Forgotten Voices’ series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.
Author | : RUPERT. STEWART |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781033482636 |
Download BOOK OF THE VICTORIA CROSS Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Alan Whitworth |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2015-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473848229 |
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Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite band of heroes. Within this group of Northern VC recipients are a number of outstanding names, including Richard Annand who gained the first VC of the Second World War and Roland Bradford who was one of only four sets of brothers to have secured the VC. He also had the distinction of becoming the youngest general in the British army. But among the roll of the brave whose gallantry and self-sacrifice are celebrated in these pages the reader will find the names and extraordinary deeds of many other men who were either born or bred or lived and died in the North. They will also find the story of the youngest Victoria Cross recipient who won his award aged just nineteen. The stories of these ordinary individuals who have 'performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country' will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in military history in general and in the long military tradition of the North of England.
Author | : Joshua Levine |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Britain, Battle of, 1940 |
ISBN | : 0091910048 |
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Drawing material from the Imperial War Museum's extensive aural archive, Joshua Levine brings together voices from both sides of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain to give us a unique, complete and compelling picture of this turbulent time. We hear from the soldiers, airmen, fire-fighters, air-raid wardens and civilians, people in the air and on the ground, on both sides of the battle, giving us a thrilling account of Britain under siege. With first-hand testimonies from those involved in Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Black Saturday on 7th September 1940 when the Luftwaffe began the Blitz, to its climax on the 10th May 1941, this is the definitive oral history of a period when Britain came closer to being overwhelmed by the enemy than at any other time in modern history.
Author | : Malcolm McKay |
Publisher | : Oberon Books |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 2007-08-02 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
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Based on the spoken testimony of veterans of the First World War, collected by the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum in 1970, this book contains memories of the war.
Author | : Max Arthur |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 45 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0091888875 |
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A fascinating history of World War I in the words of the men who were there -- "an extraordinary and immensely moving book." --Stephen Fry In 1960, the Imperial War Museum began a momentous and important task. A team of academics, archivists and volunteers set about tracing WWI veterans and interviewing them at length in order to record the experiences of ordinary individuals in war. The IWM aural archive has become the most important archive of its kind in the world. Authors have occasionally been granted access to the vaults, but digesting the thousands of hours of footage is a monumental task. Now, forty years on, the Imperial War Museum has at last given author Max Arthur and his team of researchers unlimited access to the complete WWI tapes. These are the forgotten voices of an entire generation of survivors of the Great War. The resulting book is an important, unique and compelling history of WWI in the words of those who experienced it. This is a classic for years to come.
Author | : T. E. Toomey |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2017-10-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781527636392 |
Download Heroes of the Victoria Cross (Classic Reprint) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Excerpt from Heroes of the Victoria Cross The institution of the Naval and Military Decoration known as the victoria cross dates back to the termination of the Crimean (or Russian) war, forty years ago. 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.
Author | : Max Arthur |
Publisher | : HarperPerennial |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : 9780007216147 |
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Max Arthur, bestselling author of the hugely popular Forgotten Voices series, recaptures the day-to-day lives of working people in the Edwardian era.
Author | : Rupert Stewart |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2017-10-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780265714980 |
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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.