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The Victoria Cross Hunters In Search of Valour Episode 6 - Revealing number 18
Number 18 on our Top 20 list is revealed: Major General Sir Nevill Maskelyne Smyth VC.
Join Ron and Adam as we explore the life of a cavalry officer whose extraordinary career took him from Sudan and South Africa to Gallipoli and the Western Front.
We discuss the rescue at Omdurman that earned him the Victoria Cross, his dramatic escape during the Boer War, his leadership of Australian troops and his habit of borrowing aircraft to inspect enemy positions himself.
Our Top 20 follows remarkable lives beyond the medal, without ranking the value of individual acts of courage.
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