For valour
Subtitle: the story of the Victoria Cross
By: Illustrated by J.T.Kenney
Publisher: Ward
Published: 1960
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Description: The Victoria Cross was the award created in 1856 by Queen Victoria. It is the highest military award for bravery in the Commonwealth. This book relates some of the very many deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice which have won the V.C. They span a hundred years of British history, giving life and meaning to the wars and campaigns as we read them today.