Vcs of the North: Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland

by Alan Whitworth

Today the Victoria Cross remains the supreme British award for bravery. It takes precedence over all other awards and decorations. During its 160-year history, since the first medals were given for gallantry during the Crimean War in the 1850s, 1,357 of these medals have been won, and almost fifty of them have gone to the soldiers of Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland . Alan Whitworth, in this carefully researched and revealing account, describes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473848229
• ISBN13: 9781473848221
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"