The retired master warrant officer is being considered to receive the Canadian Victoria Cross for his service in Afghanistan.
The Military Medal was brought in during World War One and was third in order of rank below the Victoria Cross and ...
A fascinating medal group belonging to a heroic Portsmouth soldier has been pulled from sale after being up for auction. The honours of James Ockendon, the first Portsmouth-born recipient of the ...
Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military award for valor. The first, William Henry Harrison Seeley from Topsham, ...
It might surprise readers to learn that while the UK has a comprehensive military honours system – including the Victoria Cross for ...
The Victoria Cross awarded to a war hero who took on 100 Germans armed with machine guns has sold for nearly £320,000. Captain Reginald Haine led six assaults in a clash on the front line during the ...