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George Cross Heroes
Michael Ashcroft
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Description for George Cross Heroes
Paperback. The latest in Lord Ashcroft's bestselling 'heroes' series tells the stories of all 159 recipients of the George Cross since 1940. Num Pages: 480 pages, 8pp b/w and 8pp colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBW; JWTY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 328.
In a broadcast to the nation in September 1940 King George VI announced the institution of the George Cross - a civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross awarded to recognize the many acts of supreme gallantry being performed outside of the battlefield.
From Thomas Alderson, the first recipient of the medal, who heroically rescued several people from trapped houses during one terrible Blitz night, to Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, who threw himself onto a live grenade in the Helmand province to save the lives of his comrades (and somehow survived), to Barbara Harrison, an air stewardess who died in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
328 g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755360840
SKU
V9780755360840
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michael Ashcroft
Lord Ashcroft is an international businessman and philanthropist. He is also the founder and Chairman of Trustees of Crimestoppers - the UK crime fighting charity, www.crimestoppers-uk.org and Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.
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