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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