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The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 37, September 14, 2008, Article 23

ROYALS PAY TRIBUTE TO VICTORIA CROSS AND GEORGE CROSS HEROES

The Victoria Cross and George Cross are Britain's highest honors, and the medals are highly collected. Twice a year the royal family honors a group of recipients. The latest event was held this week at St. James Palace. -Editor
The heroics of the 26 holders of Britain's highest medals for gallantry, the Victoria Cross and George Cross make them part of an elite club . and this week its members were honoured by the association's president, the Prince of Wales, along with his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Among those invited to a royal reception at St James's Palace in London were Lance-Corporal Johnson Beharry, decorated for twice saving members of his unit from ambushes in Iraq four years ago, and Margaret Purves, who rescued a boy scout and his leader from the sea aged 14 in 1949.

Also among the day's heroes were Henry Flintoff, who at the age of 13 rescued a farmer from a bull in 1944, and Dr Dick Butson, honoured for a 1947 Antarctic rescue operation.

Despite their courage some of Prince Charles' guests apparently find being in the spotlight at the biennial event a little nervewracking, though.

Victoria Cross holders group photo


To read the complete article, see: Royals pay tribute to Victoria Cross and George Cross heroes (http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2008/09/10/charles-war-veterans/)

St Martins in the Fields Church, London
Prior to the event at St. James Palace, there was a service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square in central London. The first church built on the site was erected in the 13th century. The present church building, erected 1721-26, predates Trafalgar Square by a hundred years. The church was still undergoing an extensive renovation during my time in London last summer. I was unable to enter or tour it; the Cafi-in-the-Crypt was closed. But I'm glad to see it's open again. -Editor


To read the complete article, see: Royals attend gallantry service (http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5glvwVMdlH8o7P1NrSau8pOGmzNJQ)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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