Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Queen Victoria instituted the Victoria Cross in 1856, five American-born men have received Britain’s highest military award ...

The first Victoria Cross awarded to a civilian, an Irishman from Co Westmeath, has been bought at auction for a world record-breaking €1 million. The medal, Britain's greatest military honor, sold at ...

In recent history, there has been no shortage of valour in the Canadian military. And yet, both the federal government and Canadian Armed Forces are apparently unwilling to fully recognize that valour ...