A city's three Victoria Cross recipients are to be honoured as part its centenary year Remembrance ceremonies. Tributes will be paid to the extraordinary courage of L/Sgt John Baskeyfield, L/Sgt John ...
Following extraordinary acts of bravery at the Battle of Pozières in WWI, Sgt. Martin O'Meara was awarded a Victoria Cross. Eighty years after his death, the cross will be the first to leave Australia ...
The Victoria Cross awarded to a war hero who took on 100 Germans armed with machine guns has sold for nearly £320,000. Captain Reginald Haine led six assaults in a clash on the front line during the ...
THE Geelong connection to Australia’s greatest war heroes will be on display through an exhibition being held this week. The week-long exhibition, hosted by Geelong RSL, highlights the nation’s 100 ...
The first Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian, an Irishman from Co Westmeath, has been bought at auction for a world record-breaking €1 million. The medal, Britain's greatest military honor, sold at ...
A statue of L/Sgt John Baskeyfield, known as Jack, is situated at Festival Park in Hanley [Stoke-on-Trent City Council] A city's three Victoria Cross recipients are to be honoured as part its ...