About

This site, and any accompanying errors, were created by Dr James Prendergast. However several people helped in collecting and providing content. The records officer at the National Army Museum, Penny Hutchins, has been very helpful in answering freedom of information requests, and Danielle Sellers at the Royal Engineers Museum has been extremely helpful in coordinating access to the Medal. A special thanks is owed to Lt Col Andrew Marriott for generously sharing his XRF results of several VCs, sharing his expertise and collaborating on the analysis of the data.

However the majority of the background research into the Medal presented on this site is the result of the diligent investigation of Kay Gladstone (General Sir Harry’s great-grandson).