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The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallantry and valour “in the face of the enemy”.
The medal was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1856 by Queen Victoria, who had taken an active interest in the reports and despatches received during the battles of the Crimean War; especially the details describing the exceptional bravery and gallantry of soldiers of all ranks whilst under intense conflict.
This book, Stories of the Victoria Cross was one in a series of inspirational texts and ‘heroic writings’ by the Victorian author Frank Mundell and published by The Sunday School Union. The stories presented here relate to actual events that occurred in the field of battle around the turn of the last century and the extraordinary efforts of individuals or groups of soldiers when facing life-threatening situations whilst under fire. (Steve C)
- Text source (only read from this text!): Reader's Own Book
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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BC Admin
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/War & Military/History/Modern (19th C)
Keywords that describe the book: , war, battles, military, war stories, Army, armed conflict, bravery, danger, combat, personal sacrifice, selflessness, valour, medals
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Epigraph to Stories of the Victoria Cross. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Stories of the Victora Cross, by Frank Mundell. [Epigraph]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Chapter [number] of Stories of the Victora Cross by Frank Mundell. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Stories of the Victora Cross, by Frank Mundell. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - Example filename storiesvictoriacross_##_mundell_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. storiesvictoriacross_01_mundell_128kb.mp3)
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