Now in paperback, this well-documented and lavishly illustrated history profiles the 46 men who were awarded the Victoria Cross in 1914.This uplifting and often poignant text is supplemented with 200 rare photographs of the soldiers and their personal memorabilia to put faces and histories to the men who won Britain's highest award for heroism during the first few months of World War I when 46 members of the British Army were awarded the Victoria Cross. In piecing together their lives before and after the war, he discovers wildly differing backgrounds (from coal miners to Home Counties professionals), and equally dissimilar fates.

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Gerald Gliddon is a notable historian and author, who is also a bookseller specializing in military history. He has written a number of books about the First World War and has co-ordinated the VCs series. Among his many titles is Somme 1916: A Battlefield Guide.

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