CONTENTS

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Introduction[9]
The Victoria Cross[12]
Captain Grenfell and the Charge of the Lancers[16]
British Sailors who knew how to Die[19]
Some of the First V.C.’s[21]
The Spirit of Sir Philip Sidney[28]
The Messengers[30]
The Story of Corporal Holmes[33]
The Men of the First Line[36]
Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan[42]
Wilson, O’Leary, and Martin-Leake[45]
The Canadian Scottish[48]
The Canadian Spirit[52]
The Adventures of the “Kent”[57]
The Lancashire Landing[62]
Commander Unwin and the Two Midshipmen[67]
Anzac[73]
Submarines in the Dardanelles[78]
Warneford and the Zeppelin[83]
Smith and Forshaw: Two Heroes of Gallipoli[87]
The Story of Edith Cavell[90]
Jack Cornwell, the Boy who “Carried On”[97]
Heroes of Loos[100]
How Moorhouse brought in His Report[104]
Loraine’s Fight in the Air[105]
“A Glorious Band”[108]
The Work of the Mine-Sweepers[115]
“The Padre”[121]
Lieutenant Robinson and the Zeppelin[124]
The Canadians at Vimy Ridge[129]
Heroes of a Hospital Ship[133]
Along the “V.C. Walk”[137]
Midshipman Gyles and the German Boarders[146]
How Man made an Earthquake[149]
“When can their Glory Fade?”[155]
“The Heart of a Lion”[157]