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A medal in the shape of a cross hanging from a crimson red ribbon.
The Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. Within the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. It was established in 1856 and since then has been awarded 1,356 times, including three service personnel who were awarded the VC twice.[1]

The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. The traditional explanation of the source of the gunmetal from which the medals are struck is that it derives from Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol. Recent research has thrown doubt on this story, suggesting a variety of origins.[2] The original Royal Warrant did not contain a specific clause regarding posthumous awards, although official policy was to not award the VC posthumously. Between 1897 and 1901, several notices were issued in the London Gazette regarding soldiers who would have been awarded the VC had they survived. In a partial reversal of policy in 1902, six of the soldiers mentioned were granted the VC, but not "officially" awarded the medal. In 1907, the posthumous policy was completely reversed and medals were sent to the next of kin of the six officers and men.[3] The Victoria Cross warrant was not officially amended to explicitly allow posthumous awards until 1920 but one quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous.[4][5]

Due to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has fetched over £400,000 at auction.[6] A number of public and private collections are devoted to the Victoria Cross. The private collection of Lord Ashcroft, amassed since 1986, contains over one-tenth of all VCs awarded. Following a 2008 donation to the Imperial War Museum, the Ashcroft collection went on public display alongside the museum's Victoria and George Cross collection in November 2010.[7] Since 1990, three Commonwealth countries that retain the Queen as head of state have instituted their own versions of the VC. As a result, the original Victoria Cross is sometimes referred to as the "Commonwealth Victoria Cross" or the "Imperial Victoria Cross", to distinguish it from the newer awards.[8][9]

British Army recipients

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Name Regiment/Corps Year Conflict Location
Adam Archibald Royal Engineers  1918  First World War Sambre–Oise Canal[10]
Fenton Aylmer Royal Engineers 1891 Hunza-Nagar Campaign Nilt[11]
Mark Bell Royal Engineers 1874 Third Anglo-Ashanti War Ordashu[12]
John Chard Royal Engineers 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift[13]
Brett Cloutman Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Pont-sur-Sambre[14]
Clifford Coffin Royal Engineers 1917 First World War Westhoek[15]
James Colvin Royal Engineers 1897 First Mohmand Campaign Mohmand Valley[16]
James Dawson Royal Engineers 1915 First World War Hohenzollern Redoubt[17]
Robert Digby-Jones Royal Engineers 1900 Second Boer War Ladysmith[18]
Thomas Durrant Royal Engineers 1942 Second World War St Nazaire[19][nb 1]
Howard Elphinstone Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[20]
George Findlay Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Sambre–Oise Canal[21]
Gerald Graham Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[22]
William Hackett Royal Engineers 1916 First World War Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée[23]
Reginald Hart Royal Engineers 1879 Second Anglo-Afghan War Bazar Valley[24]
Lanoe Hawker Royal Engineers 1915 First World War Passendale[25][nb 2]
Charles Jarvis Royal Engineers 1914 First World War Jemappes[26]
Frederick Johnson Royal Engineers 1915 First World War Hill 70[27]
William Johnston Royal Engineers 1914 First World War Missy-sur-Aisne[28]
Frank Kirby Royal Engineers 1900 Second Boer War Delagoa Bay[29]
Cecil Knox Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Tugny[30]
Edward Leach Royal Engineers 1879 Second Anglo-Afghan War Maidanah[31]
Peter Leitch Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[20]
William Lendrim Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[22]
Wilbraham Lennox Royal Engineers 1854 Crimean War Sevastopol[22]
Henry MacDonald Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[20]
Edward Mannock Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Western Front[32][nb 3]
Cyril Martin Royal Engineers 1915 First World War Spanbroek Molen[33]
James McPhie Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Sensée Canal[34]
Philip Neame Royal Engineers 1914 First World War Neuve-Chapelle[35]
John Perie Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[22]
Claud Raymond Royal Engineers 1945 Second World War Talaku[36]
John Ross Royal Engineers 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol[22]
Michael Sleavon Royal Engineers 1858 Indian Mutiny Jhansi[37]
Thomas Watson Royal Engineers 1897 First Mohmand Campaign Mohmand Valley[16]
Arnold Waters Royal Engineers 1918 First World War Sambre–Oise Canal[38]
Theodore Wright Royal Engineers 1914 First World War Jemappes[39]
Wilbur Dartnell Royal Fusiliers 1915 First World War Maktau
Adrian De Wiart 4th Dragoon Guards 1916 First World War La Boiselle
Samuel Hodge West India Regiment 1866 Gambia Campaign Tubabecelong
Philip Bent Leicestershire Regiment 1917 First World War Polygon Wood
Robert Cruickshank London Regiment 1918 First World War Jordan
Edmund De Wind Royal Irish Rifles 1918 First World War Groagie
Charles Hoey Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1944 Second World War Ngakyedauk Pass
William Nickerson Royal Army Medical Corps 1900 Second Boer War Wakkerstroom
Michael O'Leary Irish Guards 1915 First World War Cuinchy
Herbert Reade 61st Foot 1857 Indian Mutiny Delhi
Thomas Wilkinson Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1916 First World War La Boiselle
Herbert Le Patourel Hampshire Regiment 1942 Second World War Tebourba
Allastair McReady-Diarmid Middlesex Regiment 1917 First World War Moeuvres
George Nurse Royal Artillery 1899 Second Boer War Colenso
Euston Sartorious 59th Foot 1859 Second Afghan War Shahjui
Percy Hansen Lincolnshire Regiment 1915 First World War Gallipoli
Anders Lassen Special Boat Squadron 1945 Second World War Comacchio
Charles Wooden 17th Lancers 1854 Crimean War Balaklava
Johnson Beharry Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 2004 Iraq War Amarah
Alfred Smith Royal Artillery 1885 Mahdist War Abu Klea
William Gordon West India Regiment 1892 Second Gambian Campaign Toniataba
Robert Cain South Staffordshire Regiment 1944 Second World War Arnhem
Reginald Hayward Wiltshire Regiment 1918 First World War Fremicourt
Oswald Reid King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1917 First World War Dialah River
Clement Robertson Queen's Royal Regiment 1917 First World War Zonnebeke
John Sherwood-Kelly Norfolk Regiment 1917 First World War Marcoing
Basil Horsfall East Lancashire Regiment 1918 First World War Ablainzevelle
Frederick Barter Royal Welch Fusiliers 1915 First World War Festubert
Robert Bye Welsh Guards 1917 First World War Yser-Canal
Edward Chapman Monmouthshire Regiment 1945 Second World War Dortmund-Ems Canal
James Davies Royal Welch Fusiliers 1917 First World War Polygon Wood
Lewis Evans Black Watch 1917 First World War Zonnebeke
John Fox-Russell Royal Army Medical Corps 1917 First World War Tel-el-Khuweilfeh
William Fuller Welch Regiment 1914 First World War Chivy-sur-Aisne
Robert Jones 24th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift
Hubert Lewis Welch Regiment 1916 First World War Macukovo
Charles Lumley 97th Foot 1855 Crimean War Sebastopol
Thomas Monaghan 2nd Dragoon Guards 1858 Indian Mutiny Jamo
Ivor Rees South Wales Borderers 1917 First World War Pilkem
Hugh Rowlands 41st Foot 1854 Crimean War Inkerman
Robert Shields 23rd Foot 1855 Crimean War Sebastopol
Richard Wain Tank Corps 1917 First World War Cambrai
William Waring Royal Welc Fusiliers 1918 First World War Ronssoy
Tasker Watkins Welch Regiment 1944 Second World War Barfour
Henry Weale Royal Welch Fusiliers 1918 First World War Bazentin-le-Grand
Jack Williams South Wales Borderers 1918 First World War Villers Outreaux
John Williams 24th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift

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Name Regiment/Corps Year Conflict Location
Alfred Ablett Grenadier Guards 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol
Harold Ackroyd Royal Army Medical Corps 1917 First World War Passchendaele
Abraham Acton Border Regiment 1914 First World War Rouges Bancs
Henry Addison 43rd Foot 1858 Indian Mutiny Kurrereah
William Addison Army Chaplin's Department 1916 First World War Sanna-i-Yat
Tom Adlam Bedfordshire Regiment 1916 First World War Thiepval
William Allen Royal Army Medical Corps 1916 First World War Mesnil
William Allen 24th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift
Ernest Alexander Royal Artillery 1914 First World War Elouges
William Amey Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1918 First World War Landrecies
Charles Anderson 2nd Dragoon Guards 1858 Indian Mutiny Sundeela
Eric Anderson East Yorkshire Regiment 1943 Second World War Wadi Akarit
John Anderson Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1943 Second World War Longstop Hill
Richard Annand Durham Light Infantry 1940 Second World War River Dyle
Thomas Arthur Royal Artillery 1855 Crimean War Sevastopol
Thomas Ashford Royal Fusiliers 1880 Second Anglo-Afghan War Kandahar
Alfred Atkinson Green Howards 1900 Second Boer War Paardeberg
William Bankes 7th Hussars 1858 Indian Mutiny Lucknow
Edward Barber Grenadier Guards 1915 First World War Neuve Chapelle
Thomas Barratt South Staffordshire Regiment 1917 First World War Ypres
John Barrett Leicestershire Regiment 1918 First World War Pontruet
John Baskeyfield South Staffordshire Regiment 1944 Second World War Arnhem
Sidney Bates Royal Norfolk Regiment 1944 Second World War Sourdeval
Arthur Batten-Pooll Royal Munster Fusiliers 1916 First World War Colonne
Edward Baxter King's Regiment (Liverpool) 1916 First World War Blairville
Ernest Beal Green Howards 1918 First World War Saint-Léger
John Beeley King's Royal Rifle Corps 1941 Second World War Sidi Rezegh
William Bees Derbyshire Regiment 1901 Second Boer War Moedwil
William Beesley Rifle Brigade 1918 First World War Bucquoy
Harry Beet Derbyshire Regiment 1900 Second Boer War Wakkerstroom
Douglas Belcher London Regiment 1915 First World War Wieltje
Donald Bell Green Howards 1916 First World War Somme
Eugene Bennett Worcestershire Regiment 1916 First World War Le Transloy
Spencer Bent East Lancashire Regiment 1914 First World War Le Gheer
John Berryman 17th Lancers 1854 Crimean War Balaclava
Bertram Best-Dunkley Lancashire Fusiliers 1917 First World War Wieltje
Anthony Booth 80th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Intombe River
Arthur Borton London Regiment 1917 First World War Palestine
William Boulter Northamptonshire Regiment 1916 First World War Trones Wood
Claud Bourchier Rifle Brigade 1854 Crimean War Sebastopol
Edward Bradbury Royal Artillery 1914 First World War Néry
Roland Bradford Durham Light Infantry 1916 First World War Eaucourt L'Abbaye
Frederick Bradley Royal Artillery 1901 Second Boer War Itala
Joseph Brennan Royal Artillery 1858 Indian Mutiny Jhansi
Gonville Bromhead 24th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Rorke's Drift
Cuthbert Bromley Lancashire Fusiliers 1915 First World War Gallipoli
Edward Brooks Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1917 First World War Fayet
Oliver Brooks Coldstream Guards 1915 First World War Loos
Edward Browne 24th Foot 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Hlobane
John Brunt Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1945 Second World War Faenza
Thomas Bryan Northumberland Fusiliers 1917 First World War Arras
Angus Buchanan South Wales Borderers 1916 First World War Falauyah
William Buckingham Leicestershire Regiment 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
Redvers Buller King's Royal Rifle Corps 1879 Anglo-Zulu War Hlobane
Daniel Burges South Wales Borderers 1918 First World War Doiran
William Burman Rifle Brigade 1917 First World War Passchendaele
Alfred Burt Hertfordshire Regiment 1915 First World War Loos
Richard Burton Duke of Wellington's Regiment 1944 Second World War Monte Ceco
Nathaniel Burslem 67th Foot 1860 Second Opium War Taku Forts
Christopher Bushell Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1918 First World War St Quentin Canal
John Butler King's Royal Rifle Corps 1914 First World War Ekam River
William Butler West Yorkshire Regiment 1917 First World War Lempire
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References

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  1. ^ "Victoria Cross: The Premier Award for Gallantry". Ministry of Defence (UK). Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  2. ^ Davies, Catronia (28 December 2005). "Author explodes myth of the gunmetal VC". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  3. ^ "No. 27986". The London Gazette. 15 January 1907.
  4. ^ Crook, MJ, Chapter 8 pp.68–90
  5. ^ "No. 31946". The London Gazette. 18 June 1920.
  6. ^ "The Victoria Cross ... awarded to Captain Alfred Shout have been sold at auction". Iain Stewart, Victoria Cross.org. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Press Release: The Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Extraordinary Heroes". Imperial War Museum. 9 November 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Pro Valore: Canada's Victoria Cross" (PDF). National Defence; Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Victoria Cross for Australia" (PDF). Australian Government. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  10. ^ "No. 31108". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 6 January 1919.
  11. ^ "No. 29423". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 1 January 1916.
  12. ^ "No. 27958". The London Gazette. 16 October 1896.
  13. ^ "No. 24717". The London Gazette. 2 May 1879.
  14. ^ "No. 31155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1919.
  15. ^ "No. 30284". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1917.
  16. ^ a b "No. 26968". The London Gazette. 20 May 1898.
  17. ^ "No. 29394". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 7 December 1915.
  18. ^ "No. 27462". The London Gazette. 8 August 1902.
  19. ^ "No. 37134". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 15 June 1945.
  20. ^ a b c "No. 22149". The London Gazette. 4 June 1858.
  21. ^ "No. 31872". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 April 1920.
  22. ^ a b c d e "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857.
  23. ^ "No. 29695". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 August 1916.
  24. ^ "No. 24732". The London Gazette. 10 June 1879.
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  29. ^ "No. 27235". The London Gazette. 5 October 1900.
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  31. ^ "No. 24790". The London Gazette. 9 December 1879.
  32. ^ "No. 31463". The London Gazette. 18 July 1919.
  33. ^ "Grave Locations for the Holders of the Victoria Cross South East London". Victoria Cross. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  34. ^ "No. 31155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1919.
  35. ^ "No. 29074". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 16 February 1916.
  36. ^ "No. 37151". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 26 June 1945.
  37. ^ "No. 22324". The London Gazette. 19 June 1860.
  38. ^ "No. 41503". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 September 1958.
  39. ^ "Theodore Wright". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 21 October 2012.


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