Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Victoria_Cross> ?p ?o }
- Victoria_Cross abstract "The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour \"in the face of the enemy\" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories. It is first in the order of wear in the United Kingdom honours system, and takes precedence over all other orders, decorations, and medals, including the Order of the Garter. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. The VC is usually presented to the recipient or to their next of kin by the British monarch at an investiture held at Buckingham Palace.The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. Only 15 medals, 11 to members of the British Army, and four to the Australian Army, have been awarded since the Second World War. The traditional explanation of the source of the metal from which the medals are struck is that it derives from Russian cannon captured at the Siege of Sevastopol. Some research suggested a variety of origins for the material actually making up the medals themselves. Research has established that the metal for the medals came from two Chinese cannons that were captured from the Russians in 1855.Owing to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has fetched over £400,000 at auction. A number of public and private collections are devoted to the Victoria Cross. The private collection of Lord Ashcroft, amassed since 1986, contains over one-tenth of all VCs awarded. Following a 2008 donation to the Imperial War Museum, the Ashcroft collection went on public display alongside the museum's Victoria and George Cross collection in November 2010.Beginning with the Centennial of Confederation in 1967, Canada followed in 1975 by Australia and New Zealand developed their own national honours systems, separate and independent of the British or Imperial honours system. As each country's system evolved, operational gallantry awards were developed with the premier award of each system, the VC for Australia, the Canadian VC and the VC for New Zealand being created and named in honour of the Victoria Cross. These are unique awards of each honours system, recommended, assessed, gazetted and presented by each country.".
- Victoria_Cross thumbnail Victoria_Cross_Medal_Ribbon_&_Bar.png?width=300.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink victoriacross.asp.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink Holders_of_the_Victoria_Cross.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink victoriacrosstrust.org.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink nav.002006002.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageExternalLink Holders_of_the_Victoria_Cross.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageID "17491404".
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageLength "73133".
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageOutDegree "268".
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageRevisionID "707578864".
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Aberdeen.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Albert,_Prince_Consort.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_Atkinson.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Alfred_Shout.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Andaman_Islands_Expedition.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Anglo-Zulu_War.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Ardersier.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Army_Medical_Services_Museum.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Bigge,_1st_Baron_Stamfordham.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Martin-Leake.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Army.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Australian_War_Memorial.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Australian_dollar.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Derapet.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Paardeberg.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Rorkes_Drift.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Somme.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Belfast,_Mpumalanga.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Ben_Roberts-Smith.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Black_tie.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Bonhams.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Boxer_Rebellion.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Brecon.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Brevet_(military).
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Buckingham_Palace.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Caernarfon_Castle.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Cameron_Baird.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canada_Day.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Armed_Forces.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_War_Museum.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_dollar.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Canberra.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Cannon.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Cascabel_(artillery).
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Category:Courage_awards.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Category:Decorations_of_the_Merchant_Navy.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Category:Victoria_Cross.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Central_Chancery_of_the_Orders_of_Knighthood.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Darwin.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Heaphy.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Upham.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Chelsea,_London.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Chivalric_order.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Coat_of_arms.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Combat.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Command_hierarchy.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Commonwealth_of_Nations.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Commonwealth_realm.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Courage.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Crimean_War.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Cross_pattée.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Daniel_Keighran.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Darwan_Singh_Negi.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink David_Charles_Harvey.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink David_Younger.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Dickin_Medal.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink East_India_Company.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Edinburgh_Castle.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Edmund_Hartley.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Edward_Kenna.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Edward_VII.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Elizabeth_II.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Falklands_War.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Field_officer.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink File:StormingSikandarBagh.jpg.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Filip_Konowal.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Firepower_–_The_Royal_Artillery_Museum.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Franco-Prussian_War.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gallipoli.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gallows.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink George_Cross.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink George_V.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gerard_Broadmead_Roope.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink German_submarine_U-468.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gillingham,_Kent.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gordon_Highlanders.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Green_Howards_Regimental_Museum.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Greenwich.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gurkha.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Gustavus_Hamilton_Blenkinsopp_Coulson.
- Victoria_Cross wikiPageWikiLink Hancocks_&_Co.