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For Valour - The history of Southern Africa's Victoria Cross Heroes(1973)
This is the story of the men whose deeds of gallantry will
live forever in the annals of Southern Africa's history -
men such as the surgeon who, having been shot through the chest,
plugged the hole with gauze and continued ministering to the needs of others.
After
15 years of research(1973) the author has collected the biographic details
of all the Southern African V.C. heroes, not only those serving in
South African or Rhodesian units, but also those South Africans who served
in other Commonwealth forces and who received the supreme award for gallantry.
From the massacre which spurred a South African on to win the V.C. during the Indian Mutiny of 1857,
to the heroic selfsacrifice of South Africa's "Pathfinder" pilot over Germany in 1945,
the story surrounding every Victoria Cross award is told.
In addition the campaigns in which the awards
were won are described and the later lives of the recipients detailed.
ISBN 0 620 00822 9
Contents
ALPHABETIC LISTING OF RECIPIENTS OF VICTORIA CROSS AWARDS
FOREWORD
PROLOGUE
LIST OF MAPS
THE HISTORY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
Part 1
- CRIMEA 1854
- Lieut C. C. Teesdale
- INDIAN MUTINY 1857
- LieutenantJ. P. H. Crowe
- FRONTIER WAR 1877
- Major H. G. Moore
- ZULU WAR 1879
- Corporal C. F. Schiess and Acting Assistant Commissary J. L. Dalton
- MOIROSI WAR 1879
- Trooper P. Brown and Sergeant R. G. Scott
- Surgeon Major E. B. Hartley
- ZULU WAR 1879
- CaptainH. C. D' Arcy and Sergeant E. O'Toole
- BASUTO WAR 1880-1
- SurgeonJ.F.McCrea
- TRANSVAAL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1880-1
- Trooper J. Danaher
- MATABELE REBELLION 1896
- Trooper H. S. Henderson
- Trooper F. W. Baxter
- MASHONALAND UPRISING 1896-7
- Captain R. C. Nesbitt
- SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902
- Captain C. H. Mullins and Captain R. Johnston
- Sergeant H. R. Martineau and Trooper H. E. Ramsden
- Trooper H. Albrecht
- Corporal J. J. Clements
- Sergeant J. Rogers
- Lieutenant W. J. English
- Sergeant-Major A. Young
- Surgeon Captain T. J. Crean.
- Surgeon Captain A. Martin-Leake
- FIRST WORLD WAR 1914-18
- Bandsman T. E. Rendle
- Captain P. H. Hansen
- Temporary Lieutenant W. Dartnell
- Private W. F. Faulds
- Captain W. A. Bloomfield
- Sergeant F. C. Booth
- Captain O. A. Reid
- Lance-Corporal W. H. Hewitt
- Major J. Sherwood-Kelly C.M.G., D.S.O
- Captain AM. M. Lascelles
- Lieutenant R. F. J. Hayward M.C. (Bar)
- Lieutenant R. V. Gorle
- Lieutenant A. W. Beauchamp-Proctor D.S.O., M.C.(Bar), D.F.C
- Major H. Greenwood D.S.O. (Bar), M.C
- Captain R. A. West D.S.O. (Bar), M.C
- SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45
- Acting Squadron-Leader J. D. Nettleton
- Sergeant Q. G. M. Smythe
- Lieutenant G.R. Norton M.M.
- Captain E. Swales D.F.C.
Part 2
Additional South African related VC recipients
- CRIMEA 1854
- Malone,Sergeant Joseph
- Rowlands, Bt/Major Hugh
- Craig, Colour-Sergeant James
- INDIAN MUTINY
- Roberts,Lieut Frederick Sleigh
- Wood, Lieut Henry Evelyn
- ANDAMAN ISLANDS
- Griffiths, Private William
- AFGHANISTAN
- White, Major George Stuart
- Cunyngham, Lieut William Henry Dick
- BELGIUM 1917
- Robertson, Captain Clement
- BELGIUM 1940
- Gristock, Sergeant-Major George
- MALAYA 1942
- Anderson,Lieut-Col. Charles G W
- APPENDICES
- Victoria Cross awards 1856-1972 (Including three Bars).
- South African and Rhodesian recipients of the Victoria Cross
- South African and Rhodesian units in which recipients were serving at the time they won the Victoria Cross awards ..
- South Africans (by birth or domicile) who were awarded the V.C. while serving in other Commonwealth forces ...
- South African and Rhodesian V.C.s - Summary of interesting features ....
- Campaigns in which these men participated
- List of decorations awarded to these men (excluding campaign medals)
- Victoria Cross awards won in South Africa,Rhodesia and Basutoland (Lesotho)
- Victoria Cross awards won in Rhodesia and Basutoland (Lesotho)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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About the author
The Author
Ian is a descendant of Knysna's first settler of 1770. He attended Muir College in Uitenhage and then served in the Air Force Gymnasium.
He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B Comm and also captained its boxing team. He was Selected as South Africa's first Commerce
exchange student where he worked and studied in the USA then returned to qualify as a chartered accountant.
He lives with his family in Knysna.
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