TO MY SON
ARTHUR CECIL HILLYARD

(“MAC”)

CONTENTS.

CHAP.PAGE
I.THE ORIGIN OF THE VICTORIA CROSS AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION[1]
II.THE CRIMEA.—THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA[9]
III.THE CRIMEA.—IN THE BALACLAVA CHARGES[16]
IV.THE CRIMEA.—THE HEROES OF INKERMAN[27]
V.THE CRIMEA.—WITH THE SAPPERS AND MINERS.—IN TRENCH AND RIFLE-PIT[34]
VI.THE CRIMEAN CROSSES OF THE NAVY[45]
VII.PERSIA.—HOW THE SQUARE WAS BROKEN[57]
VIII.INDIA.—THE GALLANT NINE AT DELHI[61]
IX.INDIA.—WITH SABRE AND GUN AGAINST SEPOY[69]
X.INDIA.—THE BLOWING UP OF THE CASHMERE GATE[78]
XI.INDIA.—THE STORY OF KOLAPORE KERR[84]
XII.INDIA.—THE DEFENCE OF THE DHOOLIES[92]
XIII.INDIA.—THREE BRAVE CIVILIANS: MANGLES, McDONELL, AND “LUCKNOW” KAVANAGH[102]
XIV.INDIA.—SOME OTHER CROSSES OF THE MUTINY[112]
XV.IN THE SIXTIES.—CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, WEST AFRICA, AND CANADA[124]
XVI.NEW ZEALAND.—FIGHTING THE MAORIS[133]
XVII.IN ASHANTI BUSH AND MALAY JUNGLE[142]
XVIII.HOW SOME AFGHAN CROSSES WERE WON[150]
XIX.MAIWAND.—A GUNNER’S STORY[161]
XX.ZULULAND.—THE DASH WITH THE COLOURS FROM ISANDHLANA[168]
XXI.ZULULAND.—HOW THEY HELD THE POST AT RORKE’S DRIFT[178]
XXII.SOME OTHER ZULU AND SOME OTHER BASUTO CROSSES[189]
XXIII.SOUTH AFRICA.—AGAINST BOERS AND MATABELE[198]
XXIV.IN EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN[207]
XXV.V.C. HEROES OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER[216]
XXVI.HOW SURGEON-CAPTAIN WHITCHURCH WON FAME[223]
XXVII.WHEN THE AFRIDIS WERE UP[229]
XXVIII.SOUTH AFRICA.—THE V.C.’S OF THE SECOND BOER WAR[239]
XXIX.SOMALILAND—NIGERIA—TIBET[253]
APPENDICES[263-294]
APPENDIX A. ROYAL WARRANTS[263]
” B. THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE V.C.[269]
” C. WARS AND CAMPAIGNS IN WHICH THE V.C. HAS BEEN WON, FROM 1854 TO 1904[272]
” D. COMPLETE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF RECIPIENTS OF THE V.C.[274]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.