Valour Beyond Measure - Captain Richard William Leslie Wain V.C. - The Tank Corps at Cambrai, 1917 — Captain Richard William Leslie Wain V.C. - The Tank Corps at Cambrai, 1917

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Cofiant Richard Wain, Penarth, sir Forgannwg, a enillodd Groes Fictoria am ei wrhydri ym Mrwydr Cambrai yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf, pan nad oedd ond 20 oed. Olrheinir yn fanwl hefyd hanes Corfflu'r Tanciau Arfog, a'i gyfraniad tuag at ennill y rhyfel, gan edrych ar hyfforddiant y llu dynol a'r datblygiadau ym maes tanciau.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Biography of Richard Wain from Penarth, Glamorgan, who won the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions at the Battle of Cambrai in the First World War, aged only 20. Also traces in detail the history of the Tank Corps and its contribution to the winning of the war, looking at personnel training and the development of tanks.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. THE WAIN FAMILY 2. THE JUNIOR OFFICER 3. THE SOMME 1916 4. MESSINES 1917 5. THIRD YPRES - PASSCHENDAELE 1917 6. THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 1917 7. THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE 8. THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARD 9. THE OTHER TANK CORPS VC WINNERS 10 THE CREW OF ABOU-BEN-ADAM II 11. THE OTHER OFFICERS OF “A” BATTALION 12. THE AFTERMATH 13. THE MEMORIALS EPILOGUE BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Acclaimed military historian Jonathan Hicks won the Victorian Military Society's top award for his work on the Anglo-Zulu War and in 2010 was awarded the Western Front Association Shield for his work on Barry and the Great War. He has written novels about the First World War including 'The Dead of Mametz' and 'Demons Walk Among Us' and also volumes of military history, including 'The Welsh at Mametz Wood' (2016), 'The Welsh at Passchendaele 1917' (2017) and 'Wales and the First Air War' (2017).