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Title

The Queen's heroes : Victoria & New Zealand Crosses / Murray Moorhead.

Author

Moorhead, Murray.

Publication

New Plymouth, N.Z. : Zenith Pub., c2005.

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Details

Description

xi, 233 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Although they fought together, died together, shared the dangers of battle together; for kiwi colonial soldiers fighting alongside their British equivalents the yardstick used to judge bravery was firmly tilted to one side. No matter how devoted or outstandingly brave, the coveted Victoria Cross by its very charter could only sit on a heart that pumped English blood through its veins. It was a time of supreme inequality. When the Victoria Cross was awarded to Captain Charles Heaphy it rocked the hallowed halls of England. He was a mere colonial - the shock waves also resonated across New Zealand; this jealously guarded honour surely belonged to an elite circle. A rosette, chevrons and a few pounds were suggested as suitable reward for the colonial bravest of the brave. Real recognition for the most gallant Kiwi soldiers only came with Governor George Bowen's instigation of New Zealand's own military award. March 11 1869 was a day of great progress, a milestone in colonial military history was cemented in place. The New Zealand Cross; a reward for the local hero. Or so it seemed. But this is just the beginning of the story. A story of controversy, a story of heroes, so many unsung, a gripping tale of the bravest of men.

Subject

• Geschichte
• Military decorations > New Zealand
• Military decorations > Commonwealth countries
• Victoria Cross
• New Zealand > Armed Forces > Biography
• New Zealand > History, Military

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Map of major engagements in the New Zealand Wars -- The winter of discontent -- Going it alone -- Descent to disaster -- What's good for the goose -- The Queen was not amused -- pt. 2. William Odgers -- John Lucas -- Edward McKenna -- John Ryan -- Thomas McDonnell -- Dudley Stagpoole -- John Thornton Down -- Antonio Rodriguez De Sardinha -- Arthur Frederick Pickard -- William Temple -- Charles Heaphy -- John Carstairs M'Neill -- Samuel Mitchell -- William George Nicholas Manley -- Frederick Augustus Smith -- John Murray -- Hugh Shaw -- Francis Joseph Mace -- Samuel Austin -- Isaac Earl Featherston -- Henry William Northcroft -- Harry Charles Wrigg -- Te Ahururu Henare Kepa -- John McIntosh Roberts -- Kepa Rangihiwinui -- William Lingard -- Rapata Wahawaha -- George Augustus Preece -- Solomon Black -- Benjamin Biddle -- Christopher Louis Maling -- Samuel Walker -- Richard Shepherd -- George Rowley Hill -- Thomas Adamson -- Angus Smith -- Gilbert Mair -- Arthur William Carkeek.

ISBN

1877365238 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005472579

OCLC

• 63108183
• SCSB-11846981

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library