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Heart of a Dragon: The VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments (1914-1982)
W Alister Williams
Heart of a Dragon, the VCs of Wales and the Welsh Regiments is an in-depth examination of the details of a number of individual VC actions and other significant events in the lives of the men concerned. The forty-four men who appear in this volume (covering the period 1914-82) are not all Welshmen, but they were either born in Wales, died in Wales, had Welsh parents or gained the Victoria Cross for action whilst serving with a regiment that is today associated with Wales. Each entry contains full biographical details of the recipient and an analysis of his VC action. In addition, biographical details of a further five men who have a more tenuous link with the principality are included in the appendices.
Amongst the men included here are: the award to the first man to serve in a designated fighter squadron (Lionel Rees); the most highly-decorated naval rating of all time (William Williams); the second award to the tanks (Richard Wain); the most decorated Welsh NCO of all time (Jack Williams, VC, DCM, MM and Bar); the first man to be awarded the VC during the Second World War (Bernard Warburton-Lee); an award for service over an extended period of time in submarines (John Linton); the only award to RAF Transport Command (David Lord). There are also three awards to Australian servicemen, including the most decorated Australian of the Second World War (Hughie Edwards). This volume is illustrated with nearly 1,000 photographs, prints, drawings and documents, showing as many facets of each man’s life as possible. Many of these illustrations have never previously been published. Heart of a Dragon is possibly the most comprehensive study of a group of Victoria Cross recipients ever published. AUTHOR SIGNED COPIES
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