The daughter of Violet Szabo received the medals on her behalf after her mother was captured, tortured and executed by the Nazis in 1945 A collection of war medals, including the George Cross ...

A George Cross awarded to an Anglo-French World War ... and spent her childhood between the two countries. At the outbreak of WW2 she was working on a perfume counter of a London department ...

Fortunately Lieutenant Gidden rendered the mine safe and was awarded a prestigious George Cross for his 'great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty'. The brave hero had previously received ...

Sub. Lieutenant Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton was buried alive when an enemy parachute mine exploded in London's East End during the Blitz in October 1940. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT ...

Naik Gian Singh, from Punjab, India, was awarded Britain's most prestigious honour by King George VI for ... of just 182 Victoria Cross medals were handed out during WW2, and just 15 have been ...

The George Cross, which was presented to the NHS in Wales last year, has gone on display for the public to see at the St Fagans National Museum of History. The cross which is the UK's highest ...

The daughter of Violet Szabo received the medals on her behalf after her mother was captured, tortured and executed by the Nazis in 1945 A collection of war medals, including the George Cross ...