Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Inception of the Cross; 2 Honours Awards; 3 Mons to Hill 60; 4 A Chain of Events; 5 1916: The First Half; 6 The Somme; 7 Fire-Eater; 8 Arras/Hindenburg Line; 9 Third Ypres; 10 Above the Trenches; 11 The Final Stretch; 12 Richard Blaker; 13 Returning Heroes; 14 Walter Tull; Appendix: The Original Royal Warrant; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.