These are the faces of the Glasgow soldiers who were awarded the highest honour for putting their lives on the line during World War I.
A remarkable new book commemorates all of those who earned the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military award for valour, from 1914 to 1918 and many of the 628 recipients were Scottish.
Read more about the gallant deeds of heroes such as Harry Ranken
Many hailed from Glasgow and the surrounding area - and all of their stories bear witness to astonishing bravery and selflessness.
Today, on the eve of Armistice Day, we pay tribute to them all.
Thomas Caldwell, Royal Scots Fusiliers and John Carmichael (Glenmavis), North Staffordshire Regiment
William Young (Glasgow), East Lancashire Regiment and John Graham, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Hugh McIver (Renfrewshire), Royal Scots and John Meikle (Kirkintilloch), Seaforth Highlanders
Walter Ritchie (Glasgow), Seaforth Highlanders and James Richardson (Bellshill), 16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force
William Angus (Carluke), Highland Light Infantry and William Clamp (Motherwell), Yorkshire Regiment
James Turnbull (Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry and William Herbert Anderson (Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry
John O'Neil, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment and John Brown Hamilton (East Kilbride), Highland Light Infantry
John Brown Hamilton (see above) and Henry May (Glasgow), Cameronians
Robert Downie (Glasgow), Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Harry Ranken (Glasgow), Royal Army Medical Corps
William Milne, 16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force; John Skinner (Glasgow), King's Own Scottish Borderers; George Findlay, Corps of Royal Engineers
Victoria Cross Heroes of World War One: 628 Extraordinary Stories of Valour, by Robert Hamilton; Atlantic Publishing, £40
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