contempt+of+danger
11temerity — temerity, audacity, hardihood, effrontery, nerve, cheek, gall are comparable when they mean conspicuous or flagrant boldness (as in speech, behavior, or action). Temerity usually implies contempt of danger and consequent rashness; often it… …
12Bold — (b[=o]ld), a. [OE. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin to Icel. ballr, OHG. bald, MHG. balt, D. boud, Goth. bal[thorn]ei boldness, It. baldo. In Ger. there remains only bald, adv. soon. Cf. {Bawd}, n.] 1. Forward to meet danger; venturesome;… …
13Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette — Lafayette …
14Leonard Cheshire — Infobox Person name =Leonard Cheshire image size =228px caption =Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire c.1945 birth date =birth date|1917|9|7|df=y birth place =Chester, England known for = VC winner, Charitable organizations death date =death …
15Donald Cameron (VC) — Donald Cameron Donald Cameron Born March 18, 1916(1916 03 18) Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotlan …
16Basil Charles Godfrey Place — Rear Admiral Basil Charles Godfrey Place VC, CB, CVO, DSC (19 July 1921 ndash; 27 December 1994) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to… …
17prowess — I (ability) noun adeptness, adroitness, cleverness, competence, competency, craft, deftness, dexterity, excellence, expertise, expertness, facility, finesse, know how, mastership, mastery, proficiency, skill, skillfulness, virtuosity, wizardry II …
18Constancy — Con stan*cy, n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance. See {Constant}.] 1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God in his nature and attributes. [1913… …
19Arion — was a legendary kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his… …
20John Hampden — (c. 1595 ndash; 1643) was an English politician, the eldest son of William Hampden, of Hampden House, Great Hampden in Buckinghamshire, a descendant of a very ancient family of that county, said to have been established there before the Norman… …
