THE EMPIRE centres upon the VCs of the 19th Century, from its hugely popular instigation by Victoria in 1856 after the Crimean war to the war that ended her era, the Boer war at the turn of the ...

Victoria Cross Heroes is a three-part television docudrama recipients first broadcast by Five in 2006 that tells the stories of some of the recipients of the Victoria Cross.

The former Newtownards solicitor's exploits leading the SAS against the Nazis in WWII are the stuff of legend - resulting in his character being the central focus of the two series. He retired from ...