The Victoria Cross and George Cross room houses the Museum's collections of these supreme awards for military and civil gallantry.

The centrepiece of the display is the 13-pounder 'Nery' gun and the three VC's won by its crew during the Battle of Mons. The stories of Boy First Class Jack Cornwell, Lieutenant J D Smyth (later Brigadier the Rt Hon Sir John Smyth), Corporal Charles Garforth, Group Captain Leonard Cheshire and other First and Second World War VC's are told.

Among the George Crosses are those won by resistance hero Wing Commander FF Yeo-Thomas, the 'White Rabbit', and by Lieutenant Robert Davies, who saved St. Paul's Cathedral by defusing a bomb which fell close by during the Blitz.

Related exhibits include a telescope used by Lieutenant Augustus Agar VC and a beret belonging to Colonel 'H' Jones VC.

See the Exhibits and Firearms homepage for more facts and information on the Victoria Cross and George Cross.