The Book
The book was written to be a single volume listing all recipients of the award, together with details of birth, place of deed, town or county connections and other relevant information
The first edition of the Register was published in 1981, a year before the Falklands conflict when two more VCs were awarded. The revised and enlarged second edition, published in 1988, includes brief accounts of the deeds for which the VC was awarded. A third edition was published with amendments and new material in 1997.
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