The Victoria Cross is Britain & the Commonwealth's most prestigious gallantry medal for courage in the face of the enemy It has been bestowed upon 1355 heroic individuals from all walks of life since its creation during the Crimean War Lord Ashcroft who has been fascinated with bravery since he was a young boy now owns 200 VCs by far the largest collection of its kind in the world Following on from the bestselling Victoria Cross Heroes first published in 2006 to mark the 150th anniversary of the award Victoria Cross Heroes Volume II gives extraordinary accounts of the bravery behind the newest additions to Lord Ashcroft's VC collection
- those decorations purchased in the last decade With nearly sixty action-packed stories of courageous soldiers sailors & airmen from a range of global conflicts including the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58 the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 & the First & Second World Wars this book is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit & a worthy tribute to the servicemen who earned the Victoria Cross Their inspirational deeds of valour & self-sacrifice should be championed & never forgotten