Milton Public Library

Yorkshire VCs

Label
Yorkshire VCs
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Yorkshire VCs
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
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 of these medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850's, 1,357 have been won, and no less than 69 of them have gone to Yorkshiremen. Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes in graphic detail the exploits and the lives of this elite group of heroes
Target audience
adult
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