The predictions of the war 'being over by Christmas' turned out to be far from the truth. By January 1915 the British Expeditionary Force found themselves trapp

One of the series VC'S OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, this book details the men who won Victoria Crosses on the Western Front and the actions that led to the awards. S

On the Western Front during the First World War, 490 men won the British Empire's highest award for gallantry, the Victoria Cross. A companion for any visitor t

The research for this book commenced in 1988 while the author was serving in the Army. In the years since, numerous sources have been consulted, but career impe

During visits to the First World War battlefields the author often wondered where various Victoria Cross actions took place; he resolved to find out. Research c