The Great War Victoria Cross exhibition will tour libraries and public events across the county.
The launch of the exhibition will follow a special ceremony for Armed Forces Day, featuring veterans and members of the Army Cadet Force, Sea Cadets and Air Training Corps, culminating in the raising of the Armed Forces Day Flag over County Hall. The event will also include the unveiling of the design of a new Great War memorial, which will bear the names of the 14,000 men and women from Nottinghamshire who gave their lives for their country in World War I.
Private Samuel Harvey (Bulwell) - download imageĭescendants of Sergeant Johnson, Sapper Hackett and Captain Ball will be at County Hall for the launch of the exhibition on Monday 25 June, as Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council jointly mark Armed Forces Day. Lance Corporal Wilfrid Dolby Fuller (Kirkby-in-Ashfield / Mansfield) - download image. Captain Albert Ball (Lenton) - download image. 
Colonel Sir Charles Geoffrey Vickers (Nottingham) - download image. Sapper William Hackett (Sneinton) - download image. Sergeant William Henry Johnson (Worksop) - download image. The six Nottinghamshire men who received the Victoria Cross for their actions during the Great War were: The Victoria Cross is the highest military honour and is only awarded in the most exceptional circumstances, for "…most conspicuous bravery, or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy." Those featured include Sapper William Hackett, who gave up his own life to stay with a stricken comrade as they tunnelled under no man's land, fighter-ace Captain Albert Ball, who was regarded as one of the great British pilots of the First World War and Sergeant William Johnson, who single-handedly charged at and captured two machine gun emplacements, despite being severely wounded The exhibition, which will tour venues across Nottinghamshire from next month, honors the six Nottinghamshire men who were awarded the Victoria Cross for their outstanding bravery during World War I (1914-1918). Descendants of three Great War heroes from Nottinghamshire will help launch a new exhibition about their ancestors and their awe-inspiring acts of bravery as part of Armed Forces Day events to salute British military personnel, past and present.
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