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Victoria Cross Recipients
Victoria Cross Recipients
British & Commonwealth recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy"
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Born 1884
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
More about Noel Godfrey Chavasse -
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Born 1897
Died 1915
British Army R11941 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion
More about George Peachment -
Born 1892
Died 1979
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2075467 Private Quebec Regiment (Royal Highlanders of Canada) 42 Battalion
More about Thomas Dinesen -
Born 1891
Died 1952
British Army Second Lieutenant Ghurka Rifles
British Army Captain Ghurka Rifles
British Army 3902 Company Serjeant Major Royal Welsh Fusiliers
More about Frederick Barter -
Born 1891
Died 1977
British Army 34506 Private West Riding Regiment
British Army 60226 Private West Riding Regiment
British Army 9545 Private Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Bn.
More about Henry Tandey -
Born 1893
Died 1958
Canadian Expeditionary Force 404017 Corporal 3rd (Toronto) Battalion
More about Colin Fraser Barron -
Born 1884
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment
British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment 1 Battalion
More about Anketell Moutray Read -
Born 1889
Died 1918
British Army 20695 Private York and Lancaster Regiment
British Army 20695 Private Yorks & Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army 26526 Private 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment
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More about Frederick Charles Riggs -
Born 1893
Died 1980
British Army 2609 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army 2609 Corporal The Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion
Indian Army Lieutenant 105th Mahrattas
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More about John Elisha Grimshaw -
Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifles
British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancers
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More about Francis Octavius Grenfell -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
British Army Captain 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers att 109 Light T M B
More about Eric Norman Frankland Bell -
Born 1893
Died 1975
British Army 1842 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion
British Army Territorial Force
British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment 7th Battalion
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More about Tom Edwin Adlam -
Born 1880
Died 1939
British Army 9720 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion
British Army 11796 Private Royal Army Medical Coprs
More about Michael Wilson Heaviside -
Born 1877
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Harold Ackroyd -
Born 1880
Died 1918
British Army 17 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry
British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry
More about Arthur Moore Lascelles -
Born 1886
Died 1918
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion
British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion
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More about Thomas Tannatt Pryce -
Born 1891
Died 1977
British Army 8581 Company Serjeant Major East Lancashire Regiment
British Army Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army 8581 Acting Sergeant East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion
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More about Spencer John Bent -
Born 1887
Died 1915
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve / Royal Flying Corps 2nd Squadron
British Army Second Lieutenant Special Reserve / Royal Flying Corps
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More about William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse -
Born 1881
Died 1937
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Army Medical Service, Royal Montreal Regiment 14th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Major Army Medical Corps
Canadian Expeditionary Force Acting Lieutenant Colonel Army Medical Corps
More about Francis Alexander Caron Scrimger