Victoria Cross
BUILDING THE VICTORIA CROSS EXHIBITION
Bringing together the four Victoria Crosses, VC’s, awarded to the Tank Corps during the First World War for exhibition is no easy task. So how was this achieved? Planning for
VICTORIA CROSS: RICHARD ANNESLEY WEST
“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Inscription from Richard Annesley West’s gravestone. Richard Annesley West was a career soldier
RICHARD WAIN AT CAMBRAI
Richard William Leslie Wain was the second of four Tank Corps soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
VICTORIA CROSS: RICHARD WAIN
One of only four Victoria Crosses won by tank crews in the First World War will go on public display for the first time at The Tank Museum, on the
VICTORIA CROSS: CLEMENT ROBERTSON
On the 4th October 1917 the first Victoria Cross to be awarded to a member of the Tank Corps was earned by Clement Robertson, a 26 year old Captain in
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