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The History of the Victoria Cross : Being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients.
Title:
The History of the Victoria Cross : Being an account of the 520 acts of bravery for which the decoration has been awarded and portraits of 392 recipients.
Author:
Wilkins, Philip A.
ISBN:
9781781516737
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (463 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Half title -- Title page recto -- Title page verso -- Dedication -- Preface -- The Victoria Cross -- Wars, Campaigns, etc., in which the Victoria Cross has been gained -- List of Illustrations -- Poem -- Body matter -- The Crimean War 1854-1855 -- The Persian War 1856-1857 -- The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 -- The New Zealand War 1860-1861 and 1863-1866 -- The China War 1860-1862 -- The Umbeyla Expedition (N.W. India) 1863 -- Japan 1864 -- The Bhootan War (N.E. India) 1864-1865 -- Canada 1866 -- The West African (River Gambia) Expedition 1866 -- Little Andaman Island 1867 -- The Abyssinian War 1867-1868 -- The Looshai (N.E. India) Expedition 1871-1872 -- The Ashantee War 1873-1874 -- Perak 1875-1876 -- Quetta (Beloochistan) 1877 -- The Kaffir War 1877-1878 -- The Afghan War 1878-1880 -- The Zulu War 1879 -- The defence of Rorke's Drift (Zulu War) January 22-23, 1879 -- The Basuto War and operations against Sekukuni 1879 and 1881 -- The Naga Hills (India) Expedition 1879-1880 -- The Boer Revolt 1880-1881 -- The Egyptian War 1882 -- The Soudan War 1884 -- The Nile Expedition 1884-1885 -- Burma 1889 -- The Manipur (N.E. India) Rising 1891 -- The Hunza Nagar (N.W. India) Expedition 1891 -- The West African (River Gambia) Expedition 1892 -- Burma 1893 -- Chitral (Fort) 1895 -- The Matabele Rebellion 1896 -- Punjab Frontier 1897-1898 -- The Khartoum Expedition (Omdurman) 1898 -- The Khartoum Expedition (Gedarif-Kassala) 1898 -- Crete 1898 -- The Boer War 1899-1902 -- Ashantee 1900 -- China 1900 -- Somaliland 1902-1903 -- Nigeria 1903 -- Back matter -- Appendices -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Appendix V -- Appendix VI -- Appendix VII -- The Victoria Cross by branches of the Service -- Index.
Abstract:
An account of how the VC was won by 520 of its recipients. Brief biographical information is provided in respect of commissioned officers. A portrait photograph of the recipient is included in 392 cases; typically the subject is deicted in uniform and wearing the VC and medals. The appendices include transcripts of several official reports which relate to Kavanagh's VC deed, the Rorke's Drift VC action (written by Chad VC and Reynolds VC) and the posthumous VC deeds of Coghill and Melvill. Also included is a list of VCs by service or regiment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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