A01=John Glanfield
Author_John Glanfield
award for gallantry
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gallantry award
institution of the victoria cross
military award
military medal
The Story of the Victoria Cross
VC
VCs
Product details
- ISBN 9780750936958
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 127 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The year 2006 marked the 150th anniversary of the institution of the Victoria Cross, the pre-eminent British award for gallantry. The author concentrates on the story behind the VC's origins and relates the often extraordinary record of official interference in the award of this decoration throughout its history.
JOHN GLANFIELD spent forty years in the exhibition industry and was associated with Earls Court and Olympia for fifteen of them, latterly as halls director. He is the author of The Devil's Chariots (Sutton, 2001) an acclaimed history of the early tanks, and Earls Court and Olympia: From Buffalo Bill to the 'Brits' (Sutton, 2003). He lives in Guildford.
