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The Victoria Cross : the Empire's roll of valour

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  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    The Victoria Cross : the Empire's roll of valour
  • Primary Maker

    Rupert Stewart (Compiler)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
  • Place
  • Date
    1920?
  • Physical Description

    xviii, 469 pages : colour illustration ; 23 cm

  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

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  • Edition/State/Version
    First edition
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    James Crichton, V.C.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Great Britain - History, Military - 19th century; Great Britain - History, Military - 20th century; Great Britain - Armed Forces - Biography]

    Errata slip tipped in before page v. Originally published with title: The book of the Victoria Cross. London : Hugh Rees, 1916. Includes details of actions in New Zealand for which the decoration was awarded. Includes indexes. AWMM copy inscribed by James Crichton, V.C., Takapuna. AWMM copy includes loose slip: "The Compiler and the two Scottish friends who have helped him have much pleasure in presenting you, as a holder of the V.C., with a copy if The Victoria cross: the Empire's roll of valour. Lieut. Col. Rupert Stewart, 11 Lower Ward, Windsor Castle. Christmas, 1928."

  • Associated Notes

    http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C41335

    Online Cenotaph record of former owner James Crichton

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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