We would like to thank a number of agencies for their considerable help in the preparation of this website  including:-

THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION, who allowed us to use information in the 2 World War sections

NAVAL HISTORICAL BRANCH MOD

MOD PERSONNEL SERVICES 4 (ARMY)

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM for their kind permission to reproduce the pictures shown depicting scenes from the various battles & campaigns. Please note that the Imperial War Museum owns the copyright on these pictures & their permission must be obtained to reproduce them.

NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM for their kind permission to reproduce the pictures shown of WILLIAM FRASER  McDONELL VC & WILLIAM GEORGE WALKER VC. Please note that the National Army Museum owns the copyright on these pictures & their permission must be obtained to reproduce them.

Also our thanks to  the publishers, TOKEN PRESS Ltd., Honiton Devon for their kind permission to allow us to show illustrations of the ribbons taken from their "Medal Year Book 2003". Also  to Ms Birch for permission to use her pictures of the medals.  Please note that they own the copyright on these pictures & their permission must be obtained to reproduce them.

We are indebted to the Royal Engineers Library for their kind permission to publish the picture of Clifford Coffin VC, CB, DSO & Bar. The copyright is retained by them.

We are indebted to the Royal Highland Fusiliers for their kind permission to publish the picture of A. G. Hore Ruthven VC, . The copyright is retained by them.

We are indebted to the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) Museum in York for their kind permission to publish the picture of Conwyn Mansel Jones VC, . The copyright is retained by them.

The picture of HUGH HENRY GOUGH VC is taken from a book called "Celebrities of the Army" edited by Commander Chas. N. Robinson, R.N. (of "The Navy and Army Illustrated")
Published by George Newness, Limited, 7-12 Southampton Street, W.C. in 1900. Kindly provided by Roger Hebblethwaite.

The picture of Edward Douglas Brown (later Browne-Synge-Hutchinson) VC, CB has kindly been provided by Lancashire County Museum Service.

We are indebted to the families of :-

ARTHUR THOMAS MOORE VC

CLEMENT ROBERTSON VC

The Family of HUGH GOUGH VC , in particular to his great- Grandson David Gough,

for kindly providing pictures of their relatives for use on this website.

Back ground information has also been derived both from the internet & the following books:-

"MEMORIAL OF OLD HAILEYBURY COLLEGE"  1894   F. C. Danvers, Sir M Monier -Williams, et Al.

"HAILEYBURY 1806 - 1987" Imogen Thomas

"HAILEYBURY IN TWO WORLD WARS" Andrew Hambling

"HAILEYBURY REGISTER 1862- 1994" 2 volumes

"THE VICTORIA CROSSES AND GEORGE CROSSES OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY & INDIAN ARMY 1856 - 1945"

"THE VC & DSO BOOK- THE VICTORIA CROSS 1856 - 1920" This was the source of many of the pictures of the early VCs.

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"SOLDIER SAHIBS" Charles Allen

"QUEEN VICTORIA'S LITTLE WARS" Byron Farewell

Pictures of Begbie, Buchanan-Riddell & Robbins from the Black & White Budget Magazine

"War on the Nile  : Britain, Egypt and the Sudan 1882 - 1895" By M. Barbour for some information on those campaigns.

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"THE GREAT WAR" 13 volumes published just after WW1 authors & publisher not listed

"THE GREAT WAR"  John Terraine

"THE SOMME - THE DAY-BY-DAY ACCOUNT" C. McCarthy

"THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME" M. M. Evans

"GALLIPOLI"    Alan Moorehead

"FOURTEEN EIGHTEEN"  John Masters

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"THE ROYAL NAVY" Anthony J. Watts

"HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE 20^TH CENTURY" Antony Preston

"BADGES & BATTLE HONOURS OF HM SHIPS" Lt. Cdr K. V. Burns DSM, RN

"BATTLE OF THE EAST COAST (1939 -1945)" J. P. Foynes

"THE ROYAL MARINES" P. C. Smith & D. Oakley

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"END OF EMPIRE" Brian Lapping

"A FIGHTING RETREAT -THE BRITISH EMPIRE 1947 -97" Robin Neillands

"WAR IN PEACE" Sir R. Thompson & J. Keegan

"SIX CAMPAIGNS - NATIONAL SERVICEMEN AT WAR 1948 -1960" Adrian Walker

"THE BEST YEARS OF THEIR LIVES - THE NATIONAL SERVICE EXPERIENCE 1945 -63" Trevor Royle

"THE WAR OF THE RUNNING DOGS -MALAYA 1948 -1960" Noel Barber

"THE SAVAGE WARS OF PEACE" Charles Allen

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"BATTLE OF BRITAIN" J. Lake

"THE LOST BATTLE - CRETE 1941"  Callum MacDonald

"73 NORTH - THE BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA 1942" Dudley Pope

"THE BATTLE OF FRANCE 1940"  Philip Warner

"THE WAR AT SEA - The Royal Navy in the Second World War"   Julian Thompson

"CHINDIT" Richard Rhodes James ( a master at Haileybury)