Best and bravest / Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson.

Originally published : 2006.

Children's version of "In the face of the enemy."

Introduction -- British Military Honours -- The Imperial Wars -- The New Zealand Wars -- Captain Charles Heaphy -- The African Wars -- Captain Cecil D'Arcy -- Farrier Sergeant Major William Hardham -- The First World War -- Gallipoli -- Corporal Cyril Bassett -- Captain Alfred Should -- The Western Front -- Sergeant Donald Brown -- Private Thomas Cooke -- Captain Bernard Freyberg -- Lance Corporal Samuel Frickleton -- Corporal Leslie Andrew -- Private Henry Nicholas -- Sergeant Richard Travis -- Sergeant Samual Forsyth -- Sergeant Reginald Judson -- Sergeant John Grant -- Sergeant Harry Laurent -- Private James Chrichton -- Lieutenant Percy Storkey -- Corporal Lawrence Weathers -- Second Lieutenant William Rhodes-Moorhouse --The War at Sea -- Lieutenant William Sanders -- The Second World War -- Greece -- Sergeant Jack Hinton -- Crete -- Sergeant Clive Hulme -- Second Lieutenant Charles Upham -- North Africa -- Captain Charles Upham -- Sergeant Keith Elliott -- Second Lieutenant Te Moananui-A-Kiwa Ngarimu -- The War in the Air -- Sergeant James (Jimmy) Ward, RNZAF -- Squadron Leader Leonard Trent, RAF -- Flying Officer Lloyd Trigg, RAF -- The War on Terror -- Afghanistan -- Lance Corporal Willie Apiata -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Victoria Cross Recipients -- Useful Army Information -- Useful Air Force Information

Stories of 26 men who won the VC in the First World War and the Second World War, our Kiwi fighting heroes. Including Jimmy Ward, who crawled across a burning bomber wing to put out a fire while flying over the English Channel, Clive Hulme's daring raids behind enemy lines, Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu's defence against huge odds and Charles Upham's awe-inspiring courage under fire. Suggested level: intermediate, secondary.