Beneath the Banner : Being Narratives of Noble Lives and Brave Deeds
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2003
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Table of Contents:
- Only a nurse girl: Alice Ayres
- A slave trade warrior: Sir Samuel Baker
- Two working men heroes: Case and Chew
- The commander of the Thin Red Line: Sir Colin Campbell
- A sailor bold and true: Lord Cochrane
- A rough diamond that was polished: John Cassell
- "A brave, fearless sort of lass": Grace Darling
- A friend of lepers: Father Damien
- A great Arctic explorer: Sir John Franklin
- A saviour of six: Fireman Ford
- A blind helper of the blind: Elizabeth Gilbert
- A great traveller in the air: James Glaisher
- The soldier with the magic wand: General Gordon
- "Valiant and true": Sir Richard Grenville
- One who left all: Bishop Hannington
- A man who conquered disappointments: Sir Henry Havelock
- A friend of prisoners: John Howard
- A hero of the Victoria Cross: Kavanagh
- The man who braved the flood: Captain Lendy
- A temperance leader: Joseph Livesey
- A great missionary explorer: David Livingstone
- From farm lad to merchant prince: George Moore
- A man who asked and received: George Müller
- A labourer in the vineyard: Robert Moffat
- "The lady with the lamp": Florence Nightingale
- For England, home, and duty: The death of Nelson
- A woman who succeeded by failure: Harriet Newell
- A martyr of the south seas: Bishop Patteson
- "K.G. and Coster": Lord Shaftesbury
- A statesman who had no enemies: W.H. Smith
- Greater than an archbishop: The Rev. C. Simeon
- A soldier missionary: Hedley Vicars
- A lass that loved the sailors: Agnes Weston
- A great commander on a famous battlefield: The Duke of Wellington
- A prince of preachers: John Wesley
- Some children of the Kingdom
- A boy hero: John Clinton
- Postscript.