TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harper, Glyn,
AU  - Richardson, Colin
AU  - Harper,Glyn
TI  - Best and bravest
SN  - 9781775540861
AV  - U54 .N45H371 2016
U1  - 355.1342 23
PY  - 2016///.
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand : 
PB  - HarperCollins Publishers, 
KW  - Victoria Cross
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Biography
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Military history
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -