Minnestavlor & hedersrullor

The Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 72,000 men who have no known grave; all went missing in the Somme sector during the three years of conflict that finally ended on 20 March …

The Honoris Crux (Cross of Honour) was South Africa's premier gallantry decoration awarded to members of the SA Defence Force between 1952 and 2003. The stories behind over 300 of …

This illustrated WWI battlefield guide explores the heroic acts honored with Victoria Crossesand the sites where they took placein 1918 France. Historian and battlefield tour …

The Distinguished Service Medal was the main gallantry medal given to naval ratings during the First World War, with over 4,000 medals being awarded. The citations for these awards …

An examination of the Royal Navy's Victualling Board, the body responsible for supplying the fleet.During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the Royal Navy increased its …

This updated edition of the 1992 reference work ("exhaustive…fascinating"--Library Journal) contains comprehensive information about United States military cemeteries, including …

This is one of the most remarkable untold stories of the Second World war. At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the world’s most powerful atomic bomb on the …

The story of the Royal Navy in the Second World War is an epic, consisting both of dramatic battles such as the River Plate and Matapan, and drawn-out campaigns such as the escort …

This updated edition of the 1992 reference work ("e;exhaustive...fascinating"e;--Library Journal) contains comprehensive information about United States military …

Honorific rewards are all about status and illustrate status processes in a way that few other social phenomena do. Why do we have so many honorific awards and prizes? Although …