A Victoria Cross awarded to a World War One soldier who ... in the face when he rushed alone under heavy fire towards the German lines. He then threw several hand grenades into their trench ...

It is believed that he was shot by a German cavalry patrol during ... Noel Godfrey Chavasse: The only WW1 soldier to be awarded Victoria Cross twice Noel Godfrey Chavasse received the Victoria ...

More than 110 years later, the German officer's great, great grandson Philipp Cross has returned it to the soldier's family, who had been unaware of its existence until now. The diary of Alexander ...

whose bravery during the World War One Zeebrugge Raid earned him a Victoria Cross, has been honoured with a statue and 48-gun salute. Albert McKenzie took part in a mission to block German boats ...

The family of a British WW1 soldier who survived being shot in the forehead then went on to be awarded the Victoria Cross has decided ... He single-handedly took out a German machine-gun nest ...

His actions won him the Victoria Cross. McBeath survived the ... clarity people had at the beginning of WW1. People were genuinely shocked at German aggression." One hundred years ago, ordinary ...

The presentation of the Cross to a WWI Soldier is significant ... There, they fought off two German aircraft, but soon met more. It was then that Johnson's aircraft experienced trouble with ...