- David Jones
David Jones (10 January 1891 - 7 October 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 25 years old, and a Sergeant in the 12th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 3 September 1916 at Guillemont, France, … - John Cunningham
John Cunningham VC (June 28, 1897 - February 21, 1941) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 19 years old, and a private in the 12th (Service) Battalion, (the "Hull Sportsmen's" Pals battalion), The East Yorkshire Regiment, 31st Division during the First World War, at the Battle of the Somme, … - Bernard Freyberg 1st Baron Freyberg
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO and three Bars (March 21, 1889 — July 4, 1963), arguably New Zealand's most famous soldier and military commander, also served as Governor-General of New Zealand. He became an officer in the British Army in World War I, during which he won the Victoria Cross. During the Second World War, he commanded the New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force in the Battle of Crete, … - Martin O'Meara
Martin O'Meara VC (31 December 1882-20 December 1935) was both an Irish recipient by birth and by naturalisation an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. O'Meara was born at Sharragh, Lorrha, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1882. - George Sanders
George Sanders VC MC (8 July 1894 - 4 April 1950; born in Leeds, England, to Thomas and Amy Sanders) was a soldier and English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 21 years old, and a corporal in the 1/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own), … - Thomas Cooke
Thomas Cooke VC (July 5, 1881 – July 25, 1916) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Kaikoura, New Zealand, he was 35 years old, and a private in the 8th Battalion (Victoria), Australian Imperial Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - Claude Charles Castleton
Claude Charles Castleton VC (April 12, 1893 - July 29, 1916) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Claud Castleton was born in Kirkey, Lowestoft. Educated at a council school he won a scholarship to the grammar school. In 1912 he set off on a long adventure, stopping first at Melbourne, Australia. - John Vaughan Campbell
John Vaughan Campbell VC CMG DSO (October 31,1876 - May 21, 1944) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 39 years old, and a T/Lieutenant Colonel in the 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, British Army, Commander during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - James Cleland Richardson
James (Jimmy) Cleland Richardson (25 November 1895 - 8 or 9 October 1916) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 20 years old, and a Piper in the 16th (Canadian Scottish) Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - William Henry Short
William Henry Short (4 February 1884-6 August 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 29 years old, and a private in the 8th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own), (Green Howards) British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - Donald Simpson Bell
Donald Simpson Bell VC (3 December 1890-July 10 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Before the war, he had been a footballer, and had played as an amateur with Crystal Palace and Newcastle United. In 1912 he turned professional and moved to Bradford (Park Avenue). When World War I broke out in 1914, … - William Barnsley Allen
William Barnsley Allen (VC, DSO, MC & Bar) (8 June 1892 - 27 August 1933) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Allen attended Worksop College, a pubic school in North Nottinghamshire. He was 24 years old, and a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to 246th (W. Riding) Bde., … - James Miller
James Miller (4 May 1890-31 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 26 years old, and a private in the 7th Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30/31 July 1916 at Bazentin-le-Petit, France, … - George Evans
George Evans VC (16 February 1876 - 28 September 1937) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. His was the last VC to be gazetted for the First World War. He was 40 years old, and a Company Sergeant-Major in the 18th Battalion (3rd Manchester Pals), … - Tom Edwin Adlam
Tom Edwin Adlam VC, Italian Silver Medal for Military Valeur (21 October, 1893—28 May, 1975) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was twenty two years old, and a temporary second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment, … - Thomas Hughes
Thomas Hughes (30 May 1885 - 8 January 1942) was born in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 31 years old, and a private in the 6th Battalion, The Connaught Rangers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - Adrian Carton de Wiart
Adrian Carton De Wiart was born into an aristocratic family in Brussels, Belgium on 5 May, 1880, eldest son of Leon Constant Ghislain Carton de Wiart (1854 - 1915). He spent his early days in Belgium and in England. The death of his Irish mother when he was six prompted his father to uproot the family and move to Cairo, Egypt to practice international law. His father was a court magistrate, well connected in Egyptian governmental circles, … - Thomas Alfred Jones
Thomas Alfred Jones VC DCM (25 December 1880 - 30 January 1956) of Runcorn, Cheshire, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 35 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - John Leslie Green
John Leslie Green VC (4 December 1888 - 1 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 27 years old, and a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army, attached to 1/5th Battalion, … - Albert Gill
Albert Gill (8 September 1879 - 27 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 36 years old, and a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 27 July 1916 at Delville Wood, France, … - William Frederick McFadzean
William Frederick McFadzean (born October 9, 1895 - died July 1 1916) was born in Lurgan, County Armagh and hence was a Northern Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson
Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson, (June 29, 1894, Bridgnorth, England - July 5, 1916), was a Canadian posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Wilkinson was born and raised in his early years in Bridgenorth, Shropshire, England and attended Wellington College where showed both academic and athletic prowess. - John Leak
John Leak VC (1892 - October 20, 1972) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in Portsmouth, England, he was approximately twenty four years old, and a private in the 9th Battalion (Queensland), Australian Imperial Force during World War I when, on July 23, 1916, at the battle of Pozières, France, … - John Vincent Holland
John Vincent Holland (19 July 1889- 27 February 1975) born in Athy, County Kildare, Holland was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, British Army, … - Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather
Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather VC (born October 11 1890 - died July 2 1916) was born in the Streatham Hill area of south-west London. He was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 25 years old, and a lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, … - John Chipman Kerr
John Chipman Kerr (January 11, 1887, Fox River, Nova Scotia - February 19, 1963), was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In 1912, after working as a lumberjack near Kootenay, B.C. he bought a homestead in Spirit River, Alberta, where he and his brother farmed until war broke out. - James Youll Turnbull
James Youll Turnbull (December 24, 1883 - July 1, 1916) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 32 years old, and a sergeant in the 17th Battalion (Glasgow Commercials), The Highland Light Infantry, British Army during the Battle of the Somme in First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - Robert Downie
Robert Downie VC, MM (12 January 1894- 18 April 1968) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 22 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Dublin Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 23 October 1916 east of Lesboeufs, France, … - Henry Kelly
Henry Kelly VC, MC & Bar (born Rochdale Road, Manchester, 10 July 1887—18 July 1960) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Roland Boys Bradford
Roland Boys Bradford (VC, MC) (22 February 1892-30 November 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 24 years old, and a Temporary Lieutenant Colonel in the 9th Bn., The Durham Light Infantry, British Army, Commander during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. - Frederick Jeremiah Edwards
Frederick Jeremiah Edwards (3 October, 1894- 9 March, 1964) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Edwards was born in what was then called Queenstown, (now named Cobh), County Cork. He was 21 years old, and a private in the 12th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), … - Donald Forrester Brown
Donald Forrester Brown was a New Zealander recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 26 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 15 September 1916 south-east of High Wood, France, … - Frederick McNess
Frederick McNess (22 January 1892 - 4 May 1956) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 24 years old, and a Lance-Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 15 September 1916 near Ginchy, France, … - Gabriel Coury
Gabriel George Coury VC (born 13 June, 1896), was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Gabriel Coury was educated at Stonyhurst College from 1907-1913, before volunteering to join Kitchener's New Army in 1914. He was 20 years old, and a Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, … - Arthur Seaforth Blackburn
Arthur Seaforth Blackburn VC CMG CBE (25 November, 1892 - 24 November, 1960) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was born on 25 November 1892 at Woodville, South Australia. - Robert Quigg
Robert Quigg VC (February 28, 1885 - 14 May, 1955) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross for his bravery in the Battle of the Somme in the First World War. - Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand
Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand (8 October 1879-1 July 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was educated at Dulwich College between 1891 and 1897. He was 36 years old, and a Temporary Major in the 10th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own), … - Albert Hill
Albert Hill VC (1895-1971) was a British soldier who won the Victoria Cross, the highest British military decoration. He was also a holder of the French Croix de Guerre, the Russian Cross of St. George, and three campaign medals. Born in Hulme, Manchester, one of ten children, he was a weak and frail child who after his schooling started work in a mill, before becoming an apprentice planker at Wilson Hat Manufacturers, in Wilton Street, Denton (Manchester). - Eric Norman Frankland Bell
Eric Norman Frankland Bell VC (28 August, 1895 - 1 July 1916) was born Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland and was by birth an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 20 years old, and a Temporary Captain in the 9th Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army, attached to Light Trench Mortar Bty. - Leo Clarke
Leo Clarke, VC (December 1, 1892 - October 19, 1916) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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