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^The history of the Victoria ‘ Cross-Britain’s highest r in
■ military honour for valour in :, thefaceoftheenemy-was - the subject ofatalkby Tony
. Ormistontomembersof 1 Clitheroe Civic Society.
. Tony, who served for nine years in the Coldstream Guardsandafiirther3oyears with the constabulary, as-
L tounded his audience with his depth of knowledge on the subject.: 'The award itself weighs v only three-and-a-half ounces
■ '- and is made - contrary to pop ular belief - from the metal of Chinese cannon, not Russian;
■ which were captured at Sev astopol during the Crimean War. The medal is dressed on a crimson ribbon and there is now only enough metal left to fashion another 80 to 85 VCs. The value of the Victoria Cross lies in the provenance," not the base metal from which it is formed.' . r Jewellers-Hancocks of
London have made the med-' Queen Victoria herself, with
- als since their inception and : in their vaults at any given ■ time are at least seven awards ready to be bestowed. The rar-
■> ity of the metal means that if it - isevermoveditdoessounder armed guard. The Crimean War was the
first war to ever have reports relayed back to’this country ■ and it was mainly the writings
'of William Russell which in spired Florence Nightingale to take out her nurses to minis ter to the wounded and dying. Russell covered the cour
age and bravery of the com mon soldier and suggested that some means be found to reward their bravery and val our. Officers could already received citations. On January 29th, 1856,.
Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross - it was her Consort, Prince Albert; who named it such - and it was backdated to cover the Crimean War. So it was that on June26thofthesameyear, 62 Crosses were presented by
■ 'Prince Albert saluting each recipient; In her diary that evening she noted that: “It has
. been a most satisfying day.” After this most illuminat
ing history of the Cross itself, Tony quoted dates and in stances from'the long listof 1,350 British and Common wealth recipients of the med als, including men who have been awarded twice, fathers and sons who have each had one bestowed upon them, and the acts which had led to certain of the soldiers, sailors and airmen being nominated, through a chain of command to the monarch themselves, as being worthy of this award. • Tony’s moving presen tation was recognised in the thanks of-chairwoman Pauline Wood, and the audi ence’s applause. -'
■ :< The next talk, on Monday, March 3rd, by Phil Dykes, Lancashire Wildlife Trust Of ficer, is entitled “Wild Flow ers in Salthill and Crosshill Quarries”.
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