| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | THE ORIGIN OF THE VICTORIA CROSS AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION | 1 |
| II. | THE CRIMEA.—THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA | 9 |
| III. | THE CRIMEA.—IN THE BALACLAVA CHARGES | 16 |
| IV. | THE CRIMEA.—THE HEROES OF INKERMAN | 27 |
| V. | THE CRIMEA.—WITH THE SAPPERS AND MINERS.—IN TRENCH AND RIFLE-PIT | 34 |
| VI. | THE CRIMEAN CROSSES OF THE NAVY | 45 |
| VII. | PERSIA.—HOW THE SQUARE WAS BROKEN | 57 |
| VIII. | INDIA.—THE GALLANT NINE AT DELHI | 61 |
| IX. | INDIA.—WITH SABRE AND GUN AGAINST SEPOY | 69 |
| X. | INDIA.—THE BLOWING UP OF THE CASHMERE GATE | 78 |
| XI. | INDIA.—THE STORY OF KOLAPORE KERR | 84 |
| XII. | INDIA.—THE DEFENCE OF THE DHOOLIES | 92 |
| XIII. | INDIA.—THREE BRAVE CIVILIANS: MANGLES, McDONELL, AND “LUCKNOW” KAVANAGH | 102 |
| XIV. | INDIA.—SOME OTHER CROSSES OF THE MUTINY | 112 |
| XV. | IN THE SIXTIES.—CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, WEST AFRICA, AND CANADA | 124 |
| XVI. | NEW ZEALAND.—FIGHTING THE MAORIS | 133 |
| XVII. | IN ASHANTI BUSH AND MALAY JUNGLE | 142 |
| XVIII. | HOW SOME AFGHAN CROSSES WERE WON | 150 |
| XIX. | MAIWAND.—A GUNNER’S STORY | 161 |
| XX. | ZULULAND.—THE DASH WITH THE COLOURS FROM ISANDHLANA | 168 |
| XXI. | ZULULAND.—HOW THEY HELD THE POST AT RORKE’S DRIFT | 178 |
| XXII. | SOME OTHER ZULU AND SOME OTHER BASUTO CROSSES | 189 |
| XXIII. | SOUTH AFRICA.—AGAINST BOERS AND MATABELE | 198 |
| XXIV. | IN EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN | 207 |
| XXV. | V.C. HEROES OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER | 216 |
| XXVI. | HOW SURGEON-CAPTAIN WHITCHURCH WON FAME | 223 |
| XXVII. | WHEN THE AFRIDIS WERE UP | 229 |
| XXVIII. | SOUTH AFRICA.—THE V.C.’S OF THE SECOND BOER WAR | 239 |
| XXIX. | SOMALILAND—NIGERIA—TIBET | 253 |
| APPENDICES | 263-294 |
| APPENDIX A. ROYAL WARRANTS | 263 |
| ” B. THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE V.C. | 269 |
| ” C. WARS AND CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH THE V.C. HAS BEEN WON, FROM 1854 TO 1904 | 272 |
| ” D. COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE V.C. | 274 |
