CONTENTS
Richard Wilson
PAGE
Introduction
9
The Victoria Cross
12
Captain Grenfell and the Charge of the Lancers
16
British Sailors who knew how to Die
19
Some of the First V.C.’s
21
The Spirit of Sir Philip Sidney
28
The Messengers
30
The Story of Corporal Holmes
33
The Men of the First Line
36
Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan
42
Wilson, O’Leary, and Martin-Leake
45
The Canadian Scottish
48
The Canadian Spirit
52
The Adventures of the “Kent”
57
The Lancashire Landing
62
Commander Unwin and the Two Midshipmen
67
Anzac
73
Submarines in the Dardanelles
78
Warneford and the Zeppelin
83
Smith and Forshaw: Two Heroes of Gallipoli
87
The Story of Edith Cavell
90
Jack Cornwell, the Boy who “Carried On”
97
Heroes of Loos
100
How Moorhouse brought in His Report
104
Loraine’s Fight in the Air
105
“
A Glorious Band
”
108
The Work of the Mine-Sweepers
115
“
The Padre
”
121
Lieutenant Robinson and the Zeppelin
124
The Canadians at Vimy Ridge
129
Heroes of a Hospital Ship
133
Along the “V.C. Walk”
137
Midshipman Gyles and the German Boarders
146
How Man made an Earthquake
149
“
When can their Glory Fade?
”
155
“
The Heart of a Lion
”
157
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