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Author : P. E. Abbott,J. M. A. Tamplin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:462218674
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473829831
Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780747811756
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000. This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century.
Author : Matthew J. Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000382402
This book examines the relationship between concepts of heroic "gallantry," as projected by the British honours system, and the sociocultural, political, military and international transitions of the supposed Sixties "cultural revolution." In so doing, it considers how a conservative, hierarchical and state-orientated concept both evolved and endured during a period of immense change in which traditional assumptions of deference to elites were increasingly challenged. Covering the period often defined as "The Long Sixties," from 1955–79, this study concentrates on four distinct transitions undergone by both state and non-state gallantry awards, including developments within the welfare state, class and gender discrimination, counterinsurgency and decolonisation. It ultimately sheds fresh light upon the importance of postwar decades to the continued evolution of concepts of gallantry and heroism in British culture using a range of underexplored government and media archives. It will be of interest to scholars, students and general researchers of heroism in modern Britain, the Sixties revolution, postwar military history and both the social and political evolution of British honours, decorations and medals.
Author : John D. Clarke
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814516
This book is acknowledged as the only work dealing exclusively with the identification and description of international gallantry awards, past and present. The multitude of illustrations allows the reader to readily identify those awards most likely to be encountered. The work embraces forty-three countries and describes 270 decorations together with their various classes. A ten page ribbon chart shows 216 different world gallantry ribbons all in full colour.
Author : P.E. Abbott,J.M.A. Tamplin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1981-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0903754258
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Spink Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1912667029
Over the ages and in all societies, gallantry in battle has been highly regarded, with the bravery of individuals and fighting forces being officially rewarded and publically recognised in a wide variety of ways, such as gifts of jewels or money, grants of land, promotions in rank or status etc. In Britain, it has been the practice since at least the mid-19C to award decorations - medals specifically conferred to reward bravery in action. With the growth of the British Empire in the late 19C, the waging of two World Wars, the campaigns that mark the end of Empire and a continuing UN and NATO role, Britain has produced a wide range of medals to reflect the gallantry of its own and Imperial fighting forces. Such rewards have been conferred upon men and women, in all theatres of war and amongst the whole range of its forces on the ground, in and under the sea, in the air and even "at home". This new Spink book offers an introductory guide to British and Imperial medals for gallantry which have appeared since 1854 and which continue to be awarded to this day, illustrating the type of action which has led to the award of the various medals over nearly 200 years.
Author : Toby Carrington-Woods
Publisher : Shahid Khan
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-11
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781465875860
Military Buffs, History Students, Historical Trivia Lovers and Even Students of Politics...You Must Have This eBook For Your Collection!Nowhere else in just one edition will you find such complete information!British Army Medals and Awards - The Complete List.Military buffs and collectors will appreciate this complete book of medal and award descriptions from the earliest days up to the present. This book really rounds out your library of military knowledge!Gaze at the medals and awards – understand the history and significance of each – even compare it to medals your family members may have been awarded!
Author : John Horsley Mayo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : NYPL:33433006862787
Author : Kevin Brazier
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473872066
This fully revised paperback edition of the complete chronological record of VC holders is an essential work of reference for every student of military history. All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honour for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are commemorated here. The first VCs awarded for the Crimean War and in the nineteenth-century colonial wars are described, as are the VCs awarded in the world wars of the twentieth century and the most recent VCs awarded during present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The extraordinary exploits recounted in this fascinating book make unforgettable reading.
Author : Doug V. P. Hearns
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1845749642
This substantial and comprehensive book - the definitive authority on its subject - lists the many honours and decorations awarded to the United States Army by Britain's King George VI and later his daughter Queen Elizabeth II to American officers and men serving in the Second World War and the Korean War.Such Honorary Awards to Britain's greatest ally were made on the recommendation of British Commander in the field and cover all grades of awards - with the sole exception of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry, which is reserved for British or Commonwealth personnel.The author has combed the British National Archives at Kew to find a complete list of awards made by the Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force. The listing of each award comes complete with the original citation.The first awards made to US soldiers were to those attached to the British Army, Corporal Koons and Second Lieutenant Loustalot of the 1st Ranger Battalion, US Army, who were awarded the Military Medal and a Posthumous Mention in Despatches respectively for their actions in the Dieppe raid in August 1942, just eight months after the US entered the war.With the D-day Normandy invasions of June 1944 the number of recommendations for awards shot upwards, and many soldiers were honoured for their role in the liberation of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and finally Germany itself. Adding the Pacific campaign to the total, the result was over 1,500 awards - all of which are listed in this book.Finally, the list includes Honorary awards made to US War correspondents who reported the Second World war for the folks back home in the USA - including such famous names as 'new York Times' reporter Drew Middleton, and CBS broadcaster Ed Murrow - who both got Honorary OBEs.
Author : Nick Metcalfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Heroes
ISBN : 095726951X
In 1974 the Queen's Gallantry Medal was instituted to replace awards for gallantry in the Order of the British Empire for actions not quite meriting the award of the George Medal. Since then it has been awarded on 1,044 occasions, which includes 38 posthumous awards and 19 second awards.
Author : Scott Addington
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9781905237432
Offers a military history and a comprehensive reference on winners of the Military Cross and Bar during The Great War. Concentrating on winners of Two Bars and Three Bars to the Military Cross, this book examines each officer's war career, and includes citations for the MC+Bar, along with excerpts of Battalion diaries.
Author : Peter Duckers
Publisher : Pen & Sword Military
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526791919
This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Author : Narindar Singh Dhesi
Publisher : Naval & Military Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 178331463X
Comprehensive list of all gallantry awards made to members of the Pakistan Armed Forces.