Meet The First Man To Be Awarded TWO Victoria Crosses: Arthur Martin-Leake VC

The first man to be awarded the Victoria Cross (Britain's highest medal for gallantry) twice: Arthur Martin-Leake

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Since its inception in 1855, the Victoria Cross has been awarded to just 1355 people in the British armed forces.

Only 3 men have ever achieved the honour of being awarded the VC twice.
This is the story of the very first of them: Arthur Martin-Leake.

Not only does he have the unique distinction of being the first man to receive the Victoria Cross twice, but he is also the only one of the three double-VC holders to earn his two medals in two separate wars.

Sources used in researching this video included:
"The Great War" - John Terraine
"The First World War" - John Keegan
The long long trail
Imperial War Museum
War Cemeteries.nl
"Herts memories" - the letters of Arthur Martin-Leake
Westminster School
Wikipedia


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0:00 Introduction
0:49 Early Life
1:16 Boer War
4:44 First VC
6:10 Between Wars
7:20 WW1
10:00 Second VC
11:39 Martin-Leake and Chavasse
14:04 Later Life
15:24 The History Chap


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