Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won
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Excerpt from Medals of the British Navy and How They Were Won: With a List of Those Officers Who for Their Gallant Conduct Were Granted Honorary Swords and Plate by the Committee of the Patriotic Fund To the bravery and skill of the Navy, England owes her commanding position among the nations, and almost her existence; and never more than at the present time did her chief and most effective safeguard consist in the strength and efficiency of her fleets. The following pages aim at giving a simple and concise, but comprehensive record, of the deeds of heroism and bravery performed by British seamen, for which honours and rewards were bestowed by their rulers and countrymen. The coloured plates and woodcuts illustrating the work have been executed from the Medals themselves, and the narratives of how they were won, have been gathered from sources too numerous to be enumerated, many of the anecdotes of individual gallantry being token from publications now almost forgotten, and related as fur as possible in the words of the actors themselves. The notices of the earlier Medals, and of some of those to whom they were given, it is believed will be found more full and accurate than in any previous work; and a list of all Officers who received Honorary Swords and Plato from the Committee of the Patriotic Fund, with brief accounts of the deeds for which they were granted, has been included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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