The Post of Honour

About this eBook

Author

Wilson, Richard, 1870?-1951

Title

The post of honour : stories of daring deeds done by men of the British Empire in the Great War

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries ( link.library.utoronto.ca/booksonline/).)

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Anecdotes

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48169

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48169

Release Date

February 5, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE POST OF HONOUR
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.AUTHOR’S NOTE
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.THE VICTORIA CROSS
6. 6.CAPTAIN GRENFELL AND THE CHARGE OF THE LANCERS
7. 7.BRITISH SAILORS WHO KNEW HOW TO DIE
8. 8.SOME OF THE FIRST V.C.’S
9. 9.THE SPIRIT OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY
10. 10.THE MESSENGERS
11. 11.THE STORY OF CORPORAL HOLMES
12. 12.THE MEN OF THE FIRST LINE
13. 13.LIEUTENANT LEACH AND SERGEANT HOGAN
14. 14.WILSON, O’LEARY, AND MARTIN-LEAKE
15. 15.THE CANADIAN SCOTTISH
16. 16.THE CANADIAN SPIRIT
17. 17.THE ADVENTURES OF THE KENT
18. 18.THE LANCASHIRE LANDING
19. 19.COMMANDER UNWIN AND THE TWO MIDSHIPMEN
20. 20.ANZAC
21. 21.SUBMARINES IN THE DARDANELLES
22. 22.WARNEFORD AND THE ZEPPELIN
23. 23.SMITH AND FORSHAW: TWO HEROES OF GALLIPOLI
24. 24.THE STORY OF EDITH CAVELL
25. 25.JACK CORNWELL, THE BOY WHO “CARRIED ON”
26. 26.HEROES OF LOOS
27. 27.HOW MOORHOUSE BROUGHT IN HIS REPORT
28. 28.LORAINE’S FIGHT IN THE AIR
29. 29.“A GLORIOUS BAND”
30. 30.THE WORK OF THE MINE-SWEEPERS
31. 31.“THE PADRE”
32. 32.LIEUTENANT ROBINSON AND THE ZEPPELIN
33. 33.THE CANADIANS AT VIMY RIDGE
34. 34.HEROES OF A HOSPITAL SHIP
35. 35.ALONG THE “V.C. WALK”
36. 36.MIDSHIPMAN GYLES AND THE GERMAN BOARDERS
37. 37.HOW MAN MADE AN EARTHQUAKE
38. 38.“WHEN CAN THEIR GLORY FADE?”
39. 39.“THE HEART OF A LION”
40. 40.IN MEMORIAM
41. 41.Transcriber’s Notes

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