Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

Roderick Bailey, The Imperial War Museum

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English

Ebury Press
01 December 2011

History; Military history; Memorials & rolls of honour

Extraordinary accounts of heroism and the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross

'It wasn't until after he was safely back in the aircraft again that I heard that he'd actually been out on the wing to try to put the fire out ... Remember that we were flying at about 90 miles an hour at a height of 13,000 feet' Squadron Leader RP Widdowson on Sergeant James Ward, who earned his VC in 1941

The Victoria Cross, awarded to the most courageous and determined servicemen, is the highest military decoration that can be bestowed.

In Forgotten Voices- Victoria Cross, first-hand accounts of soldiers, sailors and airmen describe the incredible events that earned these extraordinary men the VC in the last century.

Captivating and often humbling, these stories depict exceptional acts of bravery in unimaginable situations, of men who would say they were just doing their duty.

Introduction by General Sir Richard Dannatt.

By: Roderick Bailey, The Imperial War Museum
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9780091938178
ISBN 10: 0091938171
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 December 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A graduate of Cambridge and Edinburgh Universities and a former Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, Roderick Bailey is a historian attached to the Imperial War Museum. He is the author of Forgotten Voices of D-Day, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War, which was a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller, and the acclaimed The Wildest Province: SOE in the Land of the Eagle.

Reviews for Forgotten Voices of the Victoria Cross

Here is a testament to what is good about humankind against the backdrop of what can be the worst. The abiding thought with which the reader is left is one of hope; that adversity can indeed bring out the best in us. These 'Forgotten Voices' are eloquent in proclaiming this enduring truth. <br>-- General Sir Richard Dannatt, from the Introduction<br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.