How often does this person get a mention these days? Third son of Henry The Second, he fought Saladin in The Holy Land, and won many battles. Hence his name 'The Lionheart'.

St George Crosses are everywhere - small, large on his body - all over the ships that brought him and his army to attack the Moslems.

The crusaders discovered the real history of St George and the Dragon and adopted him and his Cross as their emblem. Surely a figure from history relevant to today's England, Richard deserves a little bit more attention.

As for pictures of the dragon, the ones on today's gold sovereign produced by The Royal Mint seema bit small.

The real dragon was indeed somewhat bigger as this picture taken from the Copernicus satellite indicates, published by the US Navy and by Google Earth.

The head to the west, and his neck heading east to where it was cut right through by St George's great and mighty sword. The dragon's red flared eye is still visible.