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 ...

"Smith was one of just 30 miners who had received the Edward Medal in bronze to exchange his medal for the George Cross," said Mr Pepys. "Exchanging the medal makes it a much rarer award, which ...

A MINER’S gallantry medal given for an incredible act of bravery nearly a century ago is returning home to Yorkshire as a district council has stepped in to save it. The George Cross ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Black was posthumously promoted to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with an oak leaf cluster representing a second award of the Air Medal ...

The Australian War Memorial has confirmed it will make further changes to its display commemorating Ben Roberts-Smith's Victoria Cross, first changed when he was found complicit in war crimes on ...

The young man who retrieved it - and the yearlong blessing that is said to come with it - spent Thursday night praying and preparing. George Stamas, 16, of Tarpon Springs, was hoisted on the ...