Category: Short Stories
PAGE 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 LIEU...
PAGE 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...
2. Part 2One dark night in November, a portion of his regiment was holding a certain position of some importance. The enemy made a fierce attack and the three officers in charge were str...
3. Part 3Before the outbreak of the Great War, George Wilson was selling newspapers in the streets of Edinburgh. He had already served as a private in the Highland Light Infantry, and, b...
4. Part 4The newcomers worked their way through or round the ends of the barbed-wire fence, and Captain Willis then led the charge upon the enemy’s trenches. The Turks fought with great...
5. Part 5Lieutenant Forshaw hailed from the same part of England as the brave young officer of whom we have just read. He belonged to the Manchester Territorials, and he won the Cross in...
6. Part 6There was the brave story of Major Loudoun Shand of a Yorkshire regiment. He led an attack upon an enemy trench and his men were met by such a severe machine-gun fire that at fi...
7. Part 7The Allies wished to clear the Germans from the mining district of Northern France of which Lens is the chief town. But their way was barred by the enemy who held Vimy Ridge. In...
8. Part 8The _Broke_ had now wrenched herself free from the German boat, which was settling down, and turned to ram another of the enemy destroyers. She missed it, but as she swung round...