Victoria Cross

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• Stolen medal surfaces in Britain, widow hopes to get it back

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Shimla, Nov 26 (IANS) An octogenarian widow’s hopes to get back her husband’s posthumously-awarded bravery medal, stolen from her house seven years ago, have risen after news that it had landed up in an auction house in Britain.The state police has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take up the ...
  5 days ago

• Lord Ashcroft pays record price for ultimate Victoria Cross

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  The "ultimate" gallantry medal - the only double Victoria Cross from the Great War - has been bought by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft for a world record price of nearly £1.5 million.
  1 week ago

• Signs That Your Team Might Be Deterring Investors

  
  Get Venture: Venture Made Transparent — Authority: 461
  Image Provided by Shutterstock VCs pass on investment opportunities for a whole host of reasons having to do with the business , personal experiences or the makeup of the existing portfolio . The reason that VCs are least likely to cite, however, is likely to be one of the most common reasons for deciding not ...
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• Victoria Cross: G. S. White

  
  The Old Coot — Authority: 117
  GEORGE STEWART WHITE, CB Major, 92nd Highlanders Born: 4 July 1835, Rock Castle Portstewart, County Antrim, Ireland Died: 24 June 1912, Royal Hospital Chelsea, London Citation: For conspicuous bravery during the engagement at Charasiah on the 6th October, 1879, when, finding that the artillery and rifle fire ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Queen of Australia holds private audience with Trooper Mark Donaldson, VC

  
  THE MONARCHIST — Authority: 470
  The Queen receives Trooper Mark Donaldson at Windsor Castle, 10 November 2009. The Australian soldier received the Victoria Cross, the militarys highest honour, in January after displaying extraordinary gallantry under fire in the southern Afghan province of Oruzgan in September 2008. Photo © Press Association ...
  2 weeks ago

• Col. Cy Peck, VC

  
  THE MONARCHIST — Authority: 470
  A Canadian original : Of United Empire Loyalists stock, Peck commanded the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion in the First World War (a regiment that boasted four VC winners), and led his unit from the front in 10 major battles of the Great War with his personal piper at his side. When the 16th Battalion left ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ramming War Propaganda Down Your Throat

  
  Apartheid New Zealand — Authority: 427
  sent by a reader in the UK [Edited by TEAA]The war mechanics have it in for you!Ramming the War Dildo Down Your Throat and Up Your TushiWhether they are selling you war with boobs on tanks gimmicks, the ANZAC Day way, or the Armistice nostalgia crap, the war mechanics have you hooked by your private [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Victoria Cross: Namdeo Jadhao

  
  The Old Coot — Authority: 117
  NAMDEO JADHAO Sepoy, 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Born: 10 November 1921, Nimai Village, Bombay, India Died: 2 August 1964, Pune, Maharashtra, India Citation: In Italy, on the evening of the 9th April, 1945, a Company of the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry assaulted the east floodbank of the Senio river, north of S. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Remembrance Sunday: real story emerges behind most noble Victoria Cross hero

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Of all the acts of heroism that have been rewarded with a Victoria Cross it is perhaps the most noble.
  3 weeks ago

• Victoria Cross: N. R. Howse

  
  The Old Coot — Authority: 117
  NEVILLE REGINALD HOWSE (or HOUSE) Captain, New South Wales Medical Staff Corps, Australian Forces Born: 26 October 1863, Stogursey, Somerset Died: 19 September 1930, London Citation: During the action at Vredefort [South Africa] on the 24th July, 1900, Captain House went out under a heavy cross fire and picked ...
  4 weeks ago

• Id Have Gotten Away With It 2

  
  It Is What It Is — Authority: 129
  Prince Edward is one scary dude. He has said in some newses that part of the appeal of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, which he chairs nowadays - basically adventure holidays for young folk which carry his dads branding, and they get some sort of award at the end - I dont know if its a certificate or a badge or ...
  4 weeks ago

• Victoria Cross: G. Meynell

  
  The Old Coot — Authority: 117
  GODFREY MEYNELL, MC Captain, 5th Battalion (Queen Victorias Own Corps of Guides), 12th Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army Born: 30 May 1904, Meynell Langley, Derbyshire Died: 29 September 1935, Mohmand, North West Frontier, India (now Pakistan) Citation: For most conspicuous gallantry and extreme devotion to ...
  5 weeks ago

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