George Cross Encyclopaedia
Author : Marion Hebblethwaite
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2021
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ISBN : 9781999705725
Author : Marion Hebblethwaite
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2021
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ISBN : 9781999705725
Author : Kevin Brazier
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,19 MB
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1781599882
The George Cross, the highest civilian decoration, is awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger, and all the recipients of this exceptional honor are recorded here. As a complete chronological record of George Crosses awarded in Britain and around the world, this book is an essential work of reference for anyone who is interested in the history of the medal and in the acts of bravery and self-sacrifice it commemorates.
Author : This England Books
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 1988-12-01
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ISBN : 9780906324066
Author : Smyth (Brig. Rt. Hon. Sir John George)
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 25,56 MB
Release : 1968
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Author : Sir John George Smyth (bart.)
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Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 1968
Category : History
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Author : Marion Hebblethwaite
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Decorations of honor
ISBN : 9780955519109
Author : Great Britain. Sovereign (1952- : Elizabeth II)
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Page : 4 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 1997
Category : George Cross
ISBN : 9780101352529
Author : Michael Ashcroft
Publisher : Headline
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2011-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755360840
In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield. From Thomas Alderson, the first recipient of the medal, who heroically rescued several people from trapped houses during one terrible Blitz night, to Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, who threw himself onto a live grenade in the Helmand province to save the lives of his comrades (and somehow survived), to Barbara Harrison, an air stewardess who died in 1968 after helping many passengers escape from an onboard fire, this book tells the amazing stories of everyone of the George Cross's 159 direct recipients. GEORGE CROSS HEROES pays tribute to the extraordinary courage displayed by so many of the commonwealth's men and women in so many incredible situations over the last 70 years.
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Page : 151 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 1985
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Page : pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
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ISBN : 9780413777522