Post by anthony on Aug 24, 2010 3:00:46 GMT
If anyone has read Kevin Brazier’s “The complete Victoria Cross: a full chronological record of all holders of Britain's highest award for gallantry”, Pen & Sword Military, ISBN: 978 1 8488 4150 5 published this year I am interested in collecting any errors which readers note.
For instance on page 223 Brazier states that Canadian Leo Clarke who died of wounds in 1916 was the first Commonwealth recipient VC to be presented with his award in his own country (his father receiving it on his behalf).
Not only were three of the four Canadian recipients from the Boer War invested in Canada, the first Commonwealth recipient to be presented with the VC in his own country occurred nearly 50 years earlier when New Zealander Charles Heaphy was presented with his award at Auckland, New Zealand in 1867.
For instance on page 223 Brazier states that Canadian Leo Clarke who died of wounds in 1916 was the first Commonwealth recipient VC to be presented with his award in his own country (his father receiving it on his behalf).
Not only were three of the four Canadian recipients from the Boer War invested in Canada, the first Commonwealth recipient to be presented with the VC in his own country occurred nearly 50 years earlier when New Zealander Charles Heaphy was presented with his award at Auckland, New Zealand in 1867.