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| Author | : Peter Duckers |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2013-09-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473829836 |
Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
| Author | : Peter Duckers |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2011-10-20 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 074781175X |
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000. This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century.
| Author | : Peter Warrington |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 652 |
| Release | : 2014-08-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781783311385 |
Instituted in March 1916 as an award for NCOs and men of the Army for acts of bravery. Later extended to women who showed bravery under fire. There was also a provision for the award of a bar for each further act of bravery. All MMs issued to British personnel are named, usually in impressed capitals, During the First World War some 115,000 awards were made, with 5,800 first bars and 180 second bars. There was one award of the MM and three bars. All issued MMs have a notification in the London Gazette. It is rare to find a citation for the Military Medal in the Gazettes It is possible that the reasons for the award will be found in the war diary of the man's unit. (available @ http: //www.nmarchive.com/ and on CD-ROM ). Also some details can appear in Regimental Histories and very rarely an original Divisional citation document that was given to the recipient will have survived. This register does NOT include Imperial troops, and Navy personnel.
| Author | : Nick Metcalfe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 860 |
| Release | : 2014-01-14 |
| Genre | : Heroes |
| ISBN | : 9780957269514 |
In 1974 the Queen's Gallantry Medal was instituted to replace awards for gallantry in the Order of the British Empire for actions not quite meriting the award of the George Medal. Since then it has been awarded on 1,044 occasions, which includes 38 posthumous awards and 19 second awards.
| Author | : Peter Duckers |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2011-10-20 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 0747811717 |
Britain has issued medals rewarding war service since at least the early nineteenth century, and increasingly through the period of its imperial expansion prior to 1914, but examples of many of the early types are now scarce. However, few families escaped some involvement with “the Great War” of 1914 18, and many still treasure the medals awarded to their ancestors for wartime service. Today, with a growing interest in British military history and particularly in family history and genealogy, more and more people want to trace their ancestors' past. This book looks in detail at the origin, types and varieties of the British medals awarded for general war service between 1914 and '18, and gives advice on researching the awards and their recipients.
| Author | : John Horsley Mayo |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 1897 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Scott Addington |
| Publisher | : Troubador Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 190523743X |
Offers a military history and a comprehensive reference on winners of the Military Cross and Bar during The Great War. Concentrating on winners of Two Bars and Three Bars to the Military Cross, this book examines each officer's war career, and includes citations for the MC+Bar, along with excerpts of Battalion diaries.
| Author | : Kevin Brazier |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2015-09-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473872065 |
This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are commemorated here. The first VCs awarded for the Crimean War and in the nineteenth-century colonial wars are described, as are the VCs awarded in the world wars of the twentieth century and the most recent VCs awarded during present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The extraordinary exploits recounted in this fascinating book make unforgettable reading.
| Author | : R. W. Walker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2010-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781845748623 |
Lists the recipients of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (and second and third award bars) in the Great War. Detail shown is, Number; Rank; Surname; Initials; Regiment or branch of service; and the London Gazette date; Both British and Empire winners are shown.
| Author | : Matthew J. Lord |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2023-01-09 |
| Genre | : Decorations of honor |
| ISBN | : 9780367769710 |
This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the transitions of the supposed Sixties 'cultural revolution'. It will interest researchers of heroism, the Sixties revolution and British honours, decorations and medals.
