When 25-year old Private Johnson Beharry won the Victoria Cross in
2005 for bravery under fire in Iraq, he was the first person to win
Britain's highest military honour since the Falklands war in 1982
and the first living recipient since 1969, when two Australians
were given the award for action in Vietnam. Born out of the squalor
of the Crimean War in 1856 and the fragility of the monarchy at
that time, the VC's prestige is such that it takes precedence over
all other orders and medals in Britain. But while many books have
been written about specific aspects of the VC and its recipients,
none have asked why so many brave men who deserved the medal were
denied it, and why no women have ever been awarded the VC, even
though they are entitled. Military historian Gary Mead's vivid and
balanced account of the VC's life and times exposes the hypocrisy
behind one of the UK's last sacred cows, and explores its role as a
barometer for the shifting sands of political and social change
during the last 150 years.
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