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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 1896
Died 1924
British Army 15805 Private West Riding Regiment
British Army 15805 Serjeant West Riding Regiment
More about Arnold Loosemore -
Born 1890
Died 1966
Royal Navy RMA/212151 Royal Marine Artillery
Royal Navy RMA/212151 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery aboard HMS Minotaur
Royal Navy RMA/212151 Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery aboard HMS Vindictive on 23 April 1918
More about Norman Augustus Finch -
Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment
British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment
More about Allastair Malcolm Cluny Mcready-Diarmid -
British Army 240194 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
More about Laurence Calvert -
Born 1891
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Spanbroek Molen, Belgium
More about Cyril Gordon Martin -
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Born 1898
Died 1970
British Army 94081 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1 Battalion
More about Jack Thomas Counter -
Born 1891
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Leicestershire Regiment 9th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 9th Battalion
British Army Lt. Colonel
More about Philip Eric Bent -
Born 1875
Died 1962
British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment
British Army Temporary Brigadier General Worcestershire Regiment
More about George William St George Grogan -
Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 1204 Corporal Royal Engineers Transport
British Army 422047 Corporal Royal Engineers
More about James Mcphie -
British Army 1253 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion
British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment
More about Eugene Paul Bennett -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers Territorial Force
Other Empire Force Postal Clerk British Red Cross Society
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots Fusiliers 4th (Territorial) Battalion
More about Stanley Henry Parry Boughey -
Born 1879
Died 1957
British Army 213078 Sapper Royal Engineers
More about Adam Archibald -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 1021 Private Middlesex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Acting Captain Northamptonshire Regiment
British Army 1021 Captain Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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More about Thomas Riversdale Colyer-Fergusson -
Born 1890
Died 1917
British Army Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached Tank Corps
More about Clement Robertson -
Born 1883
Died 1915
British Army 3026 Private London Regiment
British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment
British Army 1st
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More about Leonard James Keyworth -
Born 1888
Died 1966
British Army Royal Army Service Corps attached Northamptonshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps
British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps
More about Alfred Cecil Herring -
Born 1892
Died 1963
British Army 15883 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment
British Army 15883 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment
More about James Hewitson -
Born 1892
Died 1915
British Army 10694 Private Border Regiment 2 Battalion
More about Abraham Acton -
Born 1892
Died 1941
British Army Captain Canadian Overseas Military Forces
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
Canadian Expeditionary Force 158524 Private Canadian Infantry
More about Graham Thomson Lyall