For Valour. The History of Southern Africa's Victoria Cross Heroes

For Valour is the story and history of Southern Africa's heroes whose deeds of gallantry awarded them the Victoria Cross.
Uys, Ian
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Title: For Valour
Subtitle: The History of Southern Africa's Victoria Cross Heroes
Author: Ian Uys
Publisher: Ian Uys
1st edition. Heidelberg, South Africa 1973
ISBN 0620008229 / ISBN 0-620-00822-9
Original hardcover and dustcover, 15x22 cm, 398 pages, many b/w photos

Condition:

Good. Few traces of usage. Clean and fresh inside. Book was signed by Ian Uys in 1985.

Description:

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 the author has collected the biographic details of all the Southern African Victoria Cross 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 Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, to the heroic self-sacrifice 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.

Content: For Valour. The History of Southern Africa's Victoria Cross Heroes

FOREWORD
PROLOGUE
LIST OF MAPS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE HISTORY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
INDIAN MUTINY 1857

Lieutenant J 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
Captain H C D'Arcy and Sergeant E O'Toole
BASUTO WAR 1880-1881
Surgeon J F McCrea
TRANSVAAL WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1880-1881
Trooper J Danaher
MATABELE REBELLION 1896
Trooper H S Henderson
Trooper F W Baxter
MASHONALAND UPRISING 1896-1897
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 1914-1918
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 CMG, DSO
Captain AM M Lascelles
Lieutenant R F J Hayward MC (Bar)
Lieutenant R V Gorle
Lieutenant A W Beauchamp-Proctor DSO, MC(Bar), DFC
Major H Greenwood DSO (Bar), MC
Captain R A West DSO (Bar), MC
SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45
Acting Squadron-Leader J D Nettleton
Sergeant Q G M Smythe
Lieutenant GR Norton MM
Captain E Swales DFC
APPENDICES
I Victoria Cross awards 1856-1972 (Including three Bars)
II South African and Rhodesian recipients of the Victoria Cross
III South African and Rhodesian units in which recipients were serving at the time they won the Victoria Cross awards
IV South Africans (by birth or domicile) who were awarded the VC while serving in other Commonwealth forces
V South African and Rhodesian VCs - Summary of interesting features
VI Campaigns in which these men participated
VII List of decorations awarded to these men (excluding campaign medals)
VIII Victoria Cross awards won in South Africa, Rhodesia and Basutoland (Lesotho)
IX Victoria Cross awards won in Rhodesia and Basutoland (Lesotho)
X Alphabetical index to recipients of VCs in South Africa, Rhodesia and Basutoland (Lesotho)
(Numbers correspond to Appendices VIII and IX)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX