Richard Wilson

CONTENTS

AUTHOR'S NOTE

INTRODUCTION

THE VICTORIA CROSS

CAPTAIN GRENFELL AND THE CHARGE OF THE LANCERS

BRITISH SAILORS WHO KNEW HOW TO DIE

SOME OF THE FIRST V.C.'S

THE SPIRIT OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY

THE MESSENGERS

THE STORY OF CORPORAL HOLMES

THE MEN OF THE FIRST LINE

LIEUTENANT LEACH AND SERGEANT HOGAN

WILSON, O'LEARY, AND MARTIN-LEAKE

THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH

THE CANADIAN SPIRIT

THE ADVENTURES OF THE KENT

THE LANCASHIRE LANDING

COMMANDER UNWIN AND THE TWO MIDSHIPMEN

ANZAC

SUBMARINES IN THE DARDANELLES

WARNEFORD AND THE ZEPPELIN

SMITH AND FORSHAW: TWO HEROES OF GALLIPOLI

THE STORY OF EDITH CAVELL

JACK CORNWELL, THE BOY WHO "CARRIED ON"

HEROES OF LOOS

HOW MOORHOUSE BROUGHT IN HIS REPORT

LORAINE'S FIGHT IN THE AIR

"A GLORIOUS BAND"

THE WORK OF THE MINE-SWEEPERS

"THE PADRE"

LIEUTENANT ROBINSON AND THE ZEPPELIN

THE CANADIANS AT VIMY RIDGE

HEROES OF A HOSPITAL SHIP

ALONG THE "V.C. WALK"

MIDSHIPMAN GYLES AND THE GERMAN BOARDERS

HOW MAN MADE AN EARTHQUAKE

"WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?"

"THE HEART OF A LION"

IN MEMORIAM

Transcriber's Notes

NURSE CAVELL WITH HER FAVOURITE DOGS.

THE
POST OF HONOUR

STORIES OF DARING DEEDS
DONE BY MEN OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR

TOLD BY
RICHARD WILSON

1917
LONDON & TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.