Lord Ashcroft is an international businessman and philanthropist and a Deputy Chairman of the Conservative party. 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.
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword by Lance-Sergeant Johnson Beharry VC xiii
Author's Royalties xvii
Lord Ashcroft and Bravery xix
Preface xxi
Chapter 1: A Passion for the VC 1
Chapter 2: The Crimean War 21
Chapter 3: The Indian Mutiny and Beyond 57
Chapter 4: The Second Anglo-Boer War and Beyond 107
Chapter 5: The First World War and Beyond: Army VCs 133
Chapter 6: The First World War: Naval and Air VCs 255
Chapter 7: The Second World War 305
Select Bibliography 359
Picture Credits 365
Index 367
