Victoria fell in love with her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha when he visited Britain in 1839 ... The Victoria Cross was introduced by Queen Victoria to honour acts of ...

An exceptional posthumous Victoria ... skull and cross-bones flag. Finally having got their man, the Turks swiftly executed Lieutenant-Commander Cowley, who posthumously received Britain's highest ...

Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain's highest military ... During the battle, he recovered numerous soldiers, including a ...

The two decorations are Britain and the ... also displays a smaller collection of Victoria Crosses and George Crosses owned by or loaned to the Imperial War Museum. I not only agreed to loan my ...

As Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill said about the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilots’ heroic performance in winning the Battle of ... to be awarded a Victoria Cross was indeed a ...

Over 80 years on, we remember not just the brave pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain but the vital contribution ... Palace after accepting her George Cross from King George VI on 25 ...

Defence ministers were under fire last night after rejecting calls for legendary SAS commander Paddy Mayne to be posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross ... decision to deny Britain's highest ...

The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for gallantry ... "To be that involved in the battle and to just keep going even though he's wounded is absolutely incredible. And he never spoke ...

The Victoria Cross (VC) or George Cross (GC) are the highest recognitions of bravery that can be given by Britain. The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest military award for bravery in the ...