The Victoria Cross is the UK's highest military award. A total of 1,357 VCs have been awarded since 1856 to 1,354 men. Among them are these.
1. Andrew Fitzgibbon - youngest recipient (15)
2. William Raynor - oldest recipient (61)
3. Noel Chavasse - twice awarded
4. Arthur Martin-Leake - twice awared
5. Charles Upham - twice awarded (only non-doctor)
6. Charles Davis Lucas - first recipient
7. John Gough - only recipient whose father and uncle were also recipients
8. William Congreve - one of only three recipients whose father was also a recipient
9. Frederick Roberts - the other son whose father was a recipient
10. Lloyd Trigg - the only recipient to be vouched for by the enemy
James Ashworth (2013) is the most recent recipient at the present time.
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Showing posts with label war stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war stories. Show all posts
Diary of a man in despair
I currently seem to be drawn to books about the world wars. Diary of a man in despair came out in English translation in 1974. I became aware if it reading Richard Evans trilogy on the whole Nazi movement. It's taking me a little while to get round to reading it. Friedrich Malleczewen was a very cultured writer who the Nazis eventually caught up with and killed even though he was a minor character in every sense and no agitator. He kept a secret diary through the year wars and before which is a fascinating and well written read. Not sensationalist in any way it gives a good idea of the horror of those years. Malleczewen's Catholic faith peeks through at certain times. It is difficult to see how anyone can look at those years with any degree of composure without a theistic worldview. Always the remarkable thing for many of us is that it happened here in Europe and not so very long ago. How sobering.
Victor Valiant
Alan's set me off now. When I used to go to my nana's as a boy there would always be copies of The Victor and The Valiant around - waiting for my uncle (old enough to know better) to pick up. Tupper of the track, Captain Hurricane, Billy Bunter, etc. The Victor also had true stories from the war.
For more see here and here. As often said before t'internet is the place for nostalgia.
For more see here and here. As often said before t'internet is the place for nostalgia.
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