Imagine storming towards a well-armed enemy with just an Axe.
Well that is what Lieutenant Commander Edgar Cookson did as he battled the Turks on the Tigris river during the First World War.

Today's video is a short one responding to news reports that his VC has sold at auction for £220,000.

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