For Valour: Canadians and the Victoria Cross in the Great War

by Peter G. Cooksley, Peter F. Batchelor, Christopher Matson

Book Overview

The collected stories of the Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration.

As Canada came into its own as a nation during the First World War, proving itself capable of standing alongside Britain on the world stage, scores of Canadians were awarded the Commonwealth's highest award for pre-eminent acts of valour, self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, the Victoria Cross. For Valour details every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459728483
• ISBN13: 9781459728486
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"