THE POST OF HONOUR

NURSE CAVELL WITH HER FAVOURITE DOGS.

THE
POST OF HONOUR

STORIES OF DARING DEEDS
DONE BY MEN OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR

TOLD BY
RICHARD WILSON

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1917
LONDON & TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.


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CONTENTS

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Introduction9
The Victoria Cross12
Captain Grenfell and the Charge of the Lancers16
British Sailors who knew how to Die19
Some of the First V.C.’s21
The Spirit of Sir Philip Sidney28
The Messengers30
The Story of Corporal Holmes33
The Men of the First Line36
Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan42
Wilson, O’Leary, and Martin-Leake45
The Canadian Scottish48
The Canadian Spirit52
The Adventures of the “Kent”57
The Lancashire Landing62
Commander Unwin and the Two Midshipmen67
Anzac...

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