*EMBARGOED UNTIL 0001 HRS ZULU THURS. 26 FEBRUARY 2015* Pictured:Lance Corporal Joshua Mark LEAKEY, 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment, Army. BRITISH SOLDIER WHO PREVENTED CONSIDERABLE LOSS OF LIFE ...
Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military award for valor. The first, William Henry Harrison Seeley from Topsham, ...
A city's three Victoria Cross recipients are to be honoured as part its centenary year Remembrance ceremonies. Tributes will be paid to the extraordinary courage of L/Sgt John Baskeyfield, L/Sgt John ...
With it being 80 years now since the end of the Second World War, the loss of any WWII veteran represents a severance to our living links to the memory of the most destructive war in human history.
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian, an Irishman from Co Westmeath, has been bought at auction for a world record-breaking €1 million. The medal, Britain's greatest military honor, sold at ...
The Victoria Cross awarded to a brave First World War hero who continued to battle on despite having his foot blown off is expected to fetch up to £180,000 at auction. Captain Arthur Forbes Gordon ...
BRITAIN’S last surviving World War Two Victoria Cross hero, John Cruickshank, has died aged 105. The RAF flight lieutenant won the medal for destroying a Nazi U-Boat while piloting a flying boat in ...
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Victoria Cross awarded to WWI hero who took on 100 Germans armed with machine guns sells for £320K
The Victoria Cross awarded to a war hero who took on 100 Germans armed with machine guns has sold for nearly £320,000. Captain Reginald Haine led six assaults in a clash on the front line during the ...
The Victoria Cross, Canada’s highest military honour, hasn’t been awarded to a Canadian soldier since the Second World War. Now, a petition before the House of Commons meant to rectify that situation ...
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