Author Simon Fower discusses tens of thousands of men and women who performed heroic acts on the Home Front during the Second ...

The George Cross, originally as an Edward Medal, was awarded to Charles Smith after the dramatic rescue of a trapped miner at Askern Main Colliery in 1940. Now, after the bronze medal came to ...

Ockendon’s was presented with the VC by King George V at Buckingham Palace on ... First World War soldier's Victoria Cross Medal up for sale "Gallant" Portsmouth head of SAS and "towering ...

and the War Medal. It added that a decree from King George VI made in 1950, states acts performed more than five years prior would not be considered for nomination, nullifying the potential for ...

The timing of the speech, at 9pm, echoes King George VI’s address to ... first three recipients of the Dickin medal, which was the animal VC (Victoria Cross), for its heroic efforts that day.” ...

Later, she was in the crowd outside Buckingham Palace, screaming for King George VI to come out ... and a so-called “Mother’s Cross”, a medal awarded to German women for bearing a ...

A rare 1957 George Cross medal that was found at an East Yorkshire car boot sale for just £20 is set to go under the hammer - and could fetch an eye-watering sum. The honour was posthumously ...

A rare 1957 George Cross medal that was found at an East Yorkshire car boot sale for just £20 is set to go under the hammer - and could fetch an eye-watering sum. The honour was posthumously awarded ...

A rare 1957 George Cross medal, discovered at a car boot sale for just £20, is set to go under the hammer - and it could fetch up to £2m. The prestigious award was given to Second Lieutenant ...

A rare 1957 George Cross medal, discovered for a mere £20 at a car boot sale, is set to go under the hammer and could fetch up to £2m. The prestigious award was bestowed upon Second Lieutenant ...