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 ...

A George Cross awarded to a miner for his gallantry in rescuing a man trapped underground at a colliery has been bought by a council at auction. Charles Smith was honoured for helping save Charles ...

Honours typically celebrate the contribution of well-known personalities, government employees and ordinary people who have ...

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

June 4 was declared "Senator Elizabeth Dole Day" and a section of I-85 in Salisbury will be dedicated to Dole.

Together with Willard S. Boyle, he invented an imaging device that is an essential part of nearly every telescope, ...

The George Cross is bestowed on those who have displayed ... about some of the incredibly brave deeds of these gallantry medal recipients from Britain and the Commonwealth." The gallery was ...

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 ...