List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients
The
The First World War, also known as the Great War and in the United States as World War I, was a global
On 1 July 1916, the
During the war, Britain called on its dominions and colonies, which provided invaluable military, financial and material support. The armies of the Dominions provided over 2.5 million men as well as many thousands of volunteers from the
The 628 awards of the Victoria Cross given for action during the First World War account for almost half the 1356 Victoria Crosses awarded throughout its history; in comparison the Second World War saw 181 medals awarded. Noel Godfrey Chavasse was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar, for two separate actions in the First World War on the battlefields of Mametz and Passchendaele. He died from wounds received in the second action.[16] Arthur Martin-Leake received a Bar to his Victoria Cross for action in the First World War; he had been awarded his first Victoria Cross for action in the Second Boer War.
Of the 627 recipients 159 (25.36%) were awarded posthumously.
Recipients
- This along with a *, indicates a posthumous award
Name | Unit | Date of action | Place of action |
---|---|---|---|
Harold Ackroyd | Royal Army Medical Corps | 1 August 1917 |
31 July 1917 toYpres, Belgium |
Abraham Acton | Border Regiment | 21 December 1914 | Rouges Bancs, France |
William Addison |
Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 9 April 1916 | Sanaiyal, Mesopotamia |
Tom Adlam |
Bedfordshire Regiment |
28 September 1916 |
27 September 1916Thiepval, France |
Ernest Alexander |
Royal Field Artillery | 24 August 1914 | Elouges , Belgium
|
Wallace Algie | 1st Battalion, CEF |
11 October 1918* | Cambrai, France |
William Allen | Royal Army Medical Corps | 3 September 1916 | Mesnil, France |
William Amey | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
4 November 1918 | Landrecies, France |
William Anderson | Green Howards | 12 March 1915* | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
William Herbert Anderson | Highland Light Infantry | 25 March 1918* | Maricourt, France |
Leslie Andrew | Wellington Infantry Regiment | 31 July 1917 | La Basse Ville, Belgium |
William Angus | Highland Light Infantry | 12 June 1915 | Givenchy, France |
Adam Archibald | Corps of Royal Engineers |
4 November 1918 | Ors, France |
Harold Auten | Royal Naval Reserve | 30 July 1918 | English Channel, England |
Thomas Axford | 16th Battalion, AIF | 4 July 1918 | Hamel Wood , France
|
Albert Ball | No. 56 Squadron RFC |
6 May 1917* |
25 April 1917 toOver France |
Edward Bamford | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Edward Barber | Grenadier Guards | 12 March 1915* | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
William Barker | No. 1 Squadron RFC |
27 October 1918 | Forêt de Mormal, France |
Thomas Barratt | South Staffordshire Regiment | 27 July 1917* | Ypres, Belgium |
John Barrett | Leicestershire Regiment |
24 September 1918 | Pontruet, France |
Colin Barron | 3rd Battalion, CEF |
6 November 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Frederick Barter | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
16 May 1915 | Festubert, France |
Cyril Bassett |
New Zealand Divisional Signal Company | 7 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Arthur Batten-Pooll | Royal Munster Fusiliers | 25 June 1916 | Colonne, France |
Edward Baxter | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
18 April 1916* | Blairville, France |
Daniel Beak |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
8 September 1918[A] |
21 August 1918 toLogeast Wood, France |
Ernest Beal | Green Howards | 21–22 March 1918* | Saint-Léger, France |
Robert Beatham |
8th Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1918* | Rosières-en-Santerre |
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor | No. 84 Squadron RFC |
8 October 1918 |
8 August 1918 toFrance |
William Beesley | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
8 May 1918 | Bucquoy, France |
Douglas Belcher | London Regiment | 13 May 1915 | Saint-Julien Road, Belgium
|
Donald Bell | Green Howards | 5 July 1916 | Somme, France |
Eric Bell | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 1 July 1916* | Thiepval, France |
Richard Bell-Davies |
No. 3 Squadron RNAS | 19 November 1915 | Ferrijik Junction, Bulgaria |
Edward Bellew |
7th Battalion, CEF |
24 April 1915 | Kerselare, Belgium |
Eugene Bennett | Worcestershire Regiment | 5 November 1916 | Le Transloy, France |
Philip Bent | Leicestershire Regiment |
1 October 1917* | Polygon Wood , Belgium
|
Spencer Bent |
East Lancashire Regiment | 1 November 1914 | Le Gheer, Belgium |
Bertram Best-Dunkley | Lancashire Fusiliers | 31 July 1917* | Wieltje , Belgium
|
Edward Bingham | HMS Nestor | 31 May 1916 | Battle of Jutland, Denmark |
Frederick Birks | 6th Battalion, AIF | 21 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Billy Bishop | No. 60 Squadron RAF | 2 June 1917 | Cambrai, France |
William Bissett | Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
25 October 1918 | Maing, France |
Arthur Blackburn |
10th Battalion, AIF | 23 July 1916 | Pozières, France |
William Bloomfield |
2nd South African Mounted Brigade | 24 August 1916 | Tanganyika
|
Charles Bonner | HMS Dunraven | 8 August 1917 | Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean |
Frederick Booth |
British South Africa Police | 12 February 1917 | Tanganyika
|
Albert Borella |
26th Battalion, AIF | 17 July 1918 | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Arthur Borton |
London Regiment | 7 November 1917 | Sheria, Palestine |
Stanley Boughey |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 1 December 1917* | El Burf, Palestine |
William Boulter |
Northamptonshire Regiment | 14 July 1916 | Trones Wood, France |
Rowland Bourke | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
9–10 May 1918 | Ostend, Belgium |
George Boyd-Rochfort |
Scots Guards | 3 August 1915 | Cambrin, France |
Edward Boyle | HMS E14 | 27 April 1915 | Dardanelles, Turkey |
Edward Bradbury | Royal Horse Artillery | 1 September 1914* | Néry, France |
George Bradford |
HMS Iris II | 22–23 April 1918* | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Roland Bradford |
Durham Light Infantry | 1 October 1916 | Eaucourt L'Abbaye , France
|
Alexander Brereton | 8th Battalion, CEF |
9 August 1918 | Amiens, France |
Jean Brillant | 22nd Battalion, CEF |
8–9 August 1918* | Meharicourt , France
|
Walter Brodie | Highland Light Infantry | 11 November 1914 | Becelaere , Belgium
|
Cuthbert Bromley | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
James Brooke | Gordon Highlanders | 29 October 1914* | Gheluvelt , Belgium
|
Edward Brooks | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | 28 April 1917 | Fayet, France |
Oliver Brooks | Coldstream Guards | 8 October 1915 | Loos, France |
Donald Brown | Otago Infantry Regiment |
15 September 1916 | High Wood , France
|
Harry Brown | 10th Battalion, CEF |
16 August 1917* | Hill 70, France |
Walter Brown |
20th Battalion, AIF | 6 July 1918 | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
William Bruce | 59th Scinde Rifles |
19 December 1914* | Givenchy, France |
Thomas Bryan | Northumberland Fusiliers |
9 April 1917 | Arras, France
|
John Buchan | Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
21 March 1918* | Marteville, France |
Angus Buchanan | South Wales Borderers | 5 April 1916 | Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia |
William Buckingham | Leicestershire Regiment |
12 March 1915 |
10 March 1915Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Alexander Buckley |
54th Battalion, AIF | 1–2 September 1918* | Péronne, France |
Maurice Buckley |
13th Battalion, AIF | 18 September 1918 | Le Verguier, France |
Patrick Bugden |
31st Battalion, AIF |
26–28 September 1917* | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Daniel Burges | South Wales Borderers | 18 September 1918 | Jumeaux, Macedonia |
William Burman |
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Alfred Burt | Hertfordshire Regiment | 27 September 1915 | Cuinchy, France |
Alexander Burton | 7th Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Christopher Bushell | Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment |
23 March 1918 | Tergnier, France |
John Butler | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 17 November 1914 | Cameroons, Nigeria
|
William Butler | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
6 August 1917 | Lempire, France |
Robert Bye |
Welsh Guards | 31 July 1917 | Yser Canal , Belgium
|
John Caffrey | York and Lancaster Regiment | 16 November 1915 | La Brique, France |
Hugh Cairns | 46th Battalion, CEF |
1 November 1918* | Valenciennes, France |
Thomas Caldwell |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 31 October 1918 | Audenarde , Belgium
|
Laurence Calvert | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
12 September 1918 | Havrincourt, France |
Frederick Campbell | 1st Battalion, CEF |
15 June 1915* | Givenchy, France |
Gordon Campbell | HMS Farnborough | 17 February 1917 | Atlantic Ocean |
John Campbell | Coldstream Guards | 15 September 1916 | Ginchy, France |
John Carless | HMS Caledon | 17 November 1917* | Battle of Heligoland , Germany
|
John Carmichael | Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
8 September 1917 | Zwarteleen , Belgium
|
Alfred Carpenter | HMS Vindictive | 22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
John Carroll |
33rd Battalion, AIF | 7–12 June 1917 | St. Yves, Belgium |
Nelson Carter | Royal Sussex Regiment | 30 June 1916* | Richebourg l'Avoue , France
|
Adrian Carton de Wiart | 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards | 2–3 July 1916 | La Boiselle , France
|
George Cartwright |
33rd Battalion, AIF | 31 August 1918 | Bouchavesnes , France
|
Bernard Cassidy | Lancashire Fusiliers | 28 March 1918* | Arras, France |
Claude Castleton |
Australian Machine Gun Corps | 28–29 July 1916* | Pozières, France |
George Cates | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
8 March 1917* | Bouchavesnes , France
|
Geoffrey Cather | Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) |
1 July 1916* | Hamel, France |
Harry Cator | East Surrey Regiment | 9 April 1917 | Arras, France |
George Chafer | East Yorkshire Regiment | 3–4 June 1916 | Meaulte , France
|
Chatta Singh | 9th Bhopal Infantry | 13 January 1916 | Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia
|
Noel Chavasse | Royal Army Medical Corps | 31–2 August 1917[B] |
9 August 1916Wieltje , Belgium
|
Percy Cherry |
26th Battalion, AIF | 26 March 1917* | Lagnicourt , France
|
Harry Christian | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
18 October 1915 | Cuinchy, France |
John Christie | London Regiment | 21–22 December 1917 | Fejja, Palestine
|
William Clamp | Green Howards | 9 October 1917* | Poelcapelle , Belgium
|
George Clare | 5th Royal Irish Lancers | 28–29 November 1917* | Bourlon Wood , France
|
James Clarke | Lancashire Fusiliers | 2 November 1918 | Happegarbes, France |
Leo Clarke | 2nd Battalion, CEF |
9 September 1916 | Pozières, France |
William Clark-Kennedy |
24th Battalion, CEF | 27–28 August 1918 | Fresnes , France
|
Brett Cloutman | Corps of Royal Engineers |
6 November 1918 | Pont-sur-Sambre, France |
Clifford Coffin | Corps of Royal Engineers |
31 July 1917 | Westhoek, Belgium |
Harold Colley | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 August 1918* | Martinpuich, France |
Joseph Collin | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
9 April 1918* | Givenchy, France |
John Collings-Wells | Bedfordshire Regiment |
22–27 March 1918* | Marcoing, France |
John Collins | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
31 October 1917 | Beersheba, Palestine |
William Coltman |
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
3–4 October 1918 | Mannequin Hill, France |
Herbert Columbine | Machine Gun Corps | 22 March 1918* | Hervilly Wood, France |
Hugh Colvin | Cheshire Regiment | 20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Thomas Colyer-Fergusson | Northamptonshire Regiment | 31 July 1917* | Bellewaarde , Belgium
|
Robert Combe | 27th Battalion, CEF |
3 May 1917* | Acheville, France |
Billy Congreve | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
6–20 July 1916 | Longueval, France |
Thomas Cooke |
8th Battalion, AIF | 24–25 July 1916* | Pozières, France |
Edgar Cookson | Comet (1910) | 28 September 1915* | Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
|
Edward Cooper | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 16 August 1917 | Langemark, Belgium |
Frederick Coppins |
8th Battalion, CEF |
9 August 1918 | Hackett Woods, France |
Jack Cornwell | HMS Chester | [C] | 31 May 1916*Battle of Jutland, Denmark |
William Cosgrove | Royal Munster Fusiliers | 26 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
William Cotter | Buffs (East Kent Regiment) |
[C] | 6 March 1916*Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Jack Counter | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
16 April 1918 | Boisieux St. Marc , France
|
Gabriel Coury | Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) |
8 August 1916 | Arrow Head Copse, France |
Charles Coverdale | Manchester Regiment | 4 October 1917 | Poelcapelle , Belgium
|
Charles Cowley |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
24–25 April 1916* | Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
|
Christopher Cox | Bedfordshire Regiment |
13 March 1917 | Achiet-le-Grand, France |
John Craig | Royal Scots Fusiliers | 5 June 1917 | Egypt |
James Crichton |
Auckland Infantry Regiment | 30 September 1918 | Crèvecœur-le-Grand, France |
Thomas Crisp | Royal Naval Reserve | 15 August 1917* | North Sea |
John Croak |
13th Battalion, CEF |
8 August 1918* | Amiens, France |
Arthur Cross | Machine Gun Corps | 25 March 1918 | Ervillers, France |
John Crowe | Worcestershire Regiment | 14 April 1918 | Neuve Eglise, Belgium |
Robert Cruickshank | London Scottish Regiment |
1 May 1918 | Jordan, Palestine |
Victor Crutchley | HMS Vindictive | 9 May 1918 | Ostend, Belgium |
John Cunningham |
East Yorkshire Regiment | 13 November 1916 | Hebuterne Sector, France |
John Cunningham |
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment |
[C] | 12 April 1917*Bois-en-Hache, France |
William Currey | 53rd Battalion, AIF | 1 September 1918 | Péronne, France |
Horace Curtis | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | 18 October 1918 | Le Cateau, France |
Henry Dalziel | 15th Battalion, AIF | 4 July 1918 | Hamel Wood , France
|
Frederick Dancox | Worcestershire Regiment | 9 October 1917 | Boesinghe Sector, Belgium |
Harry Daniels | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
12 March 1915 | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Wilbur Dartnell |
Royal Fusiliers | 3 September 1915* | Maktau, Kenya |
Darwan Negi | 39th Garhwal Rifles | 23–24 November 1914 | Festubert, France |
Phillip Davey | 10th Battalion, AIF | 28 June 1918 | Merris, France |
James Davies | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
[C] | 31 July 1917*Polygon Wood , Belgium
|
John Davies | Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) |
24 March 1918 | Eppeville, France |
Joseph Davies | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
20 July 1916 | Delville Wood , France
|
James Dawson | Corps of Royal Engineers |
13 October 1915 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Sidney Day | Suffolk Regiment | 26 August 1917 | Hargicourt, France |
John Daykins |
York and Lancaster Regiment | 20 October 1918 | Solesmes, France |
Frank de Pass |
34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse |
24 November 1914* | Festubert, France |
Edmund De Wind | Royal Irish Rifles |
21 March 1918* | Grugies, France |
Donald Dean | Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
24–26 September 1918 | Lens, France |
Percy Dean |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Maurice Dease | Royal Fusiliers | 23 August 1914* | Mons, Belgium |
John Dimmer |
King's Royal Rifle Corps | 12 November 1914 | Klein Zillebeke , Belgium
|
Thomas Dinesen | 42nd Battalion, CEF | 12 August 1918 | Parvillers, France |
Frederick Dobson | Coldstream Guards | 28 September 1914 | Chavanne, France |
George Dorrell | Royal Horse Artillery | 1 September 1914 | Néry, France |
Eric Dougall | Royal Field Artillery | 10 April 1918* | Messines, Belgium |
Charles Doughty-Wylie |
Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
26 April 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Angus Douglas-Hamilton |
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 25–26 September 1915* | Hill 70 , France
|
Robert Downie | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | 23 October 1916 | Lesboeufs , France
|
Martin Doyle | Royal Munster Fusiliers | 2 September 1918 | Reincourt, France |
Job Drain | Royal Field Artillery | 26 August 1914 | Le Cateau, France |
Alfred Drake | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
23 November 1915* | La Brique, Belgium |
Tom Dresser | Green Howards | 12 May 1917 | Roeux , France
|
George Drewry |
Royal Naval Reserve | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Geoffrey Drummond | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
9–10 May 1918 | Ostend, Belgium |
James Duffy | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 27 December 1917 | Kereina Peak, Palestine |
Robert Dunsire | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
26 September 1915 | Hill 70 , France
|
William Dunstan | 7th Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
John Dunville |
1st Royal Dragoons |
[C] | 24–25 June 1917*Épehy, France |
Edward Dwyer | East Surrey Regiment | 20 April 1915 | Hill 60 , Belgium
|
John Dwyer |
Australian Machine Gun Corps | 26 September 1917 | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Alexander Edwards | Seaforth Highlanders | 31 July 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Frederick Edwards | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
26 September 1916 | Thiepval, France |
Wilfred Edwards | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
16 August 1917 | Langemarck , Belgium
|
Ernest Egerton | Sherwood Foresters | 20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Roland Elcock |
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
15 October 1918 | Capelle St. Catherine, France |
Neville Elliott-Cooper | Royal Fusiliers | 30 November 1917 | La Vacquerie, France |
Wilfrith Elstob | Manchester Regiment | 21 March 1918* | Saint-Quentin, France |
James Emerson |
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 6 December 1917* | La Vacquerie, France |
John Erskine | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 22 June 1916 | Givenchy, France |
Arthur Evans | Lincolnshire Regiment |
2 September 1918 | Etaing , France
|
George Evans | Manchester Regiment | 30 July 1916 | Guillemont, France |
Lewis Evans | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
4 October 1917 | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
William Faulds |
1st South African Infantry Brigade |
18 July 1916 | Delville Wood , France
|
Norman Finch |
Royal Marine Artillery |
22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
George Findlay |
Corps of Royal Engineers |
4 November 1918 | Catillon , France
|
David Finlay | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
9 May 1915 | Rue du Bois, France |
Humphrey Firman |
SS Julnar | 24–25 April 1916* | Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
|
Frederick Fisher |
13th Battalion, CEF |
22–23 April 1915* | Saint-Julien , Belgium
|
Alfred Fleming-Sandes |
East Surrey Regiment | 29 September 1915 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Gordon Flowerdew | Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) | 31 March 1918* | Bois de Moreuil, France |
James Forbes-Robertson | Border Regiment | 11–12 April 1918 | Vieux-Berquin, France |
William Forshaw |
Manchester Regiment | 7–9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Samuel Forsyth | New Zealand Engineers |
24 August 1918* | Grévillers, France |
Charles Foss | Bedfordshire Regiment |
12 March 1915 | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Edward Foster | East Surrey Regiment | 24 April 1917 | Villers Plouich , France
|
John Fox-Russell |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 6 November 1917 | Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine
|
Bernard Freyberg | Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment |
13 November 1916 | Beaucourt sur Ancre , France
|
Samuel Frickleton | New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
7 June 1917 | Messines, Belgium |
Cyril Frisby |
Coldstream Guards | 27 September 1918 | Canal du Nord, France |
Wilfred Fuller | Grenadier Guards | 12 March 1915 | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
William Fuller | Welsh Regiment |
14 September 1914 | Chivy-sur-Aisne, France |
James Fynn | South Wales Borderers | 9 April 1916 | Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
|
Alfred Gaby |
28th Battalion, AIF | 8 August 1918* | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Charles Garforth | 15th The King's Hussars | 23 August 1914 | Harmingnies , Belgium
|
Benjamin Geary | East Surrey Regiment | 20–21 April 1915 | Hill 60 , Belgium
|
Robert Gee | Royal Fusiliers | 30 November 1917 | Masnieres , France
|
Albert Gill | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 27 July 1916* | Delville Wood , France
|
Gobar Negi |
39th Garhwal Rifles | 10 March 1915* | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Gobind Singh | 28th Light Cavalry |
1 December 1917 |
30 November 1917 toPezières, France[17]
|
Sidney Godley |
Royal Fusiliers | 23 August 1914 | Mons, Belgium |
Herman Good | 13th Battalion, CEF | 8 August 1918 | Hangard Wood, France |
Bernard Gordon |
41st Battalion, AIF | 26–27 August 1918 | Bray, France |
Robert Gorle | Royal Field Artillery | 1 October 1918 | Ledegem, Belgium |
William Gosling (VC) | Royal Field Artillery | 5 April 1917 | Arras, France |
Cyril Gourley | Royal Field Artillery | 30 November 1917 | Épehy, France |
Reginald Graham |
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
22 April 1917 | Istabulat, Mesopotamia |
John Grant | Wellington Infantry Regiment | 1 September 1918 | Bancourt, France |
Fred Greaves | Sherwood Foresters | 4 October 1917 | Poelcapelle , Belgium
|
John Green | Royal Army Medical Corps | 1 July 1916* | Foncquevillers, France |
Harry Greenwood | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
23–24 October 1918 | Ovillers , France
|
Milton Gregg | Royal Canadian Regiment | 1 October 1918 |
27 September 1918 toCambrai, France |
William Gregg | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
6 May 1918 | Bucquoy, France |
Francis Grenfell | 9th Lancers |
24 August 1914 | Audregnies, Belgium |
Julian Gribble | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 23 March 1918 | Beaumetz, France |
Robert Grieve |
37th Battalion, AIF | 7 June 1917 | Messines, Belgium |
William Grimbaldeston | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 16 August 1917 | Wijdendrift, Belgium |
John Grimshaw |
Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
George Grogan | Worcestershire Regiment | 27 May 1918 | River Aisne , France
|
William Hackett | Corps of Royal Engineers |
22–23 June 1916* | Givenchy, France |
Reginald Haine | Honourable Artillery Company | 28–29 April 1917 | Gavrelle, France |
Arthur Hall |
54th Battalion, AIF | 1 September 1918 | Péronne, France |
Frederick Hall | 8th Battalion, CEF |
23–24 April 1915* | Ypres, Belgium |
Joel Halliwell | Lancashire Fusiliers | 27 May 1918 | Muscourt, France |
Rupert Hallowes | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
25–30 September 1915* | Hooge, Belgium |
Albert Halton | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
12 October 1917 | Poelcapelle , Belgium
|
John Brown Hamilton | Highland Light Infantry | 25–26 September 1917 | Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium |
John Patrick Hamilton | 3rd Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Robert Hanna | 29th Battalion, CEF |
21 August 1917 | Hill 70 , France
|
Percy Hansen | Lincolnshire Regiment |
9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Theodore Hardy | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 7 July 1918 | Bucquoy, France |
Thomas Harris | Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
9 August 1918* | Morlancourt, France |
Arthur Harrison | HMS Vindictive | 22–23 April 1918* | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
John Harrison |
East Yorkshire Regiment | 3 May 1917* | Oppy, France |
Francis Harvey | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
31 May 1916* | Battle of Jutland, Denmark |
Frederick Harvey | Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) | 27 March 1917 | Guyencourt, France |
Jack Harvey | London Regiment | 2 September 1918 | Péronne, France |
Norman Harvey | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 25 October 1918 | Ingoyghem, Belgium |
Samuel Harvey | York and Lancaster Regiment | 29 September 1915 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Lanoe Hawker | No. 6 Squadron RFC |
25 July 1915 | France |
Reginald Hayward |
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
21–22 March 1918 | Frémicourt, France |
Michael Heaviside | Durham Light Infantry | 6 May 1917 | Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France |
Frederick Hedges | Bedfordshire Regiment |
24 October 1918 | Boursies, France |
Arthur Henderson | Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
23 April 1917* | Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France |
Edward Henderson | Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
25 January 1917* | River Hai, Mesopotamia |
Alfred Herring | Royal Army Service Corps | 23–24 March 1918 | Montagne Bridge, France |
James Hewitson | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
26 April 1918 | Givenchy, France |
Dennis Hewitt | Hampshire Regiment |
31 July 1917* | Ypres, Belgium |
William Hewitt | 2nd South African Light Infantry | 20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Albert Hill | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
20 July 1916 | Delville Wood , France
|
David Hirsch | Green Howards | 23 April 1917* | Wancourt, France |
Frederick Hobson | 20th Battalion, CEF |
18 August 1917* | Lens, France |
John Hogan | Manchester Regiment | 29 October 1914 | Festubert, France |
Norman Holbrook | HMS B11 | 13 December 1914 | Dardanelles, Turkey |
John Holland | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment |
3 September 1916 | Guillemont, France |
Frederick Holmes | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
26 August 1914 | Le Cateau, France |
Thomas Holmes | 2nd Battalion, CEF |
26 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
William Holmes | Grenadier Guards | 9 October 1918* | Cattenieres , France
|
Samuel Honey | 78th Battalion, CEF |
30 September 1918* |
27 September toBourlon Wood , France
|
Ernest Horlock | Royal Field Artillery | 15 September 1914 | Vendresse, France |
Basil Horsfall |
East Lancashire Regiment | 21 March 1918* | Moyenneville, France |
George Howell |
1st Battalion, AIF | 6 May 1917 | Bullecourt, France |
Charles Hudson | Sherwood Foresters | 15 June 1918 | Asiago, Italy |
James Huffam |
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
31 August 1918 | St. Servin's Farm, France |
Thomas Hughes | Connaught Rangers | 3 September 1916 | Guillemont, France |
Charles Hull | 21st Lancers | 5 September 1915 | Hafiz Kor, India |
David Hunter | Highland Light Infantry | 16–17 September 1918 | Moeuvres , France
|
Bellenden Hutcheson |
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | 2 September 1918 | Drocourt-Quéant , France
|
James Hutchinson | Lancashire Fusiliers | 28 June 1916 | Ficheux, France |
Arthur Hutt | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 4 October 1917 | Poelcapelle , Belgium
|
George Ingram |
24th Battalion, AIF | 4 October 1918 | Montbrehain, France |
Gilbert Insall |
No. 11 Squadron RFC |
7 November 1915 | Achiet, France |
Reginald Inwood |
10th Battalion, AIF | 19–22 September 1917 | Polygon Wood , Belgium
|
Albert Jacka | 14th Battalion, AIF | 19–20 May 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Harold Jackson | East Yorkshire Regiment | 22 March 1918 | Hermies, France |
Thomas Jackson | Coldstream Guards | 27 September 1918* | Canal du Nord, France |
William Jackson |
17th Battalion, AIF | 25 June 1916 | Armentières, France |
Herbert James | Worcestershire Regiment | 28 June 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Manley James |
Gloucestershire Regiment | 21–23 March 1918 | Velu Wood, France |
George Jarratt | Royal Fusiliers | 3 May 1917* | Pelves, France |
Charles Jarvis |
Corps of Royal Engineers |
23 August 1914 | Jemappes, Belgium |
Clarence Jeffries |
34th Battalion, AIF | 12 October 1917* | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Jørgen Jensen |
50th Battalion, AIF | 2 April 1917 | Noreuil, France |
Alan Jerrard | No. 66 Squadron RFC |
30 March 1918 | Mansue , Italy
|
Dudley Johnson | Royal Sussex Regiment | 4 November 1918 | Sambre-Oise Canal , France
|
Frederick Johnson | Corps of Royal Engineers |
25 September 1915 | Hill 70 , France
|
James Johnson | Northumberland Fusiliers |
14 October 1918 | Wez Macquart, France |
William Johnson | Sherwood Foresters | 3 October 1918 | Ramicourt, France |
William Johnston | Corps of Royal Engineers |
14 September 1914 | Missy, France |
David Jones | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
3 September 1916 | Guillemont, France |
Loftus Jones |
HMS Shark | 31 May 1916* | Battle of Jutland, Denmark |
Richard Jones | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
21 May 1916* | Vimy, France |
Thomas Jones | Cheshire Regiment | 25 September 1916 | Morval, France |
Eustace Jotham | 51st Sikhs |
7 January 1915* | Spina Khaisora, India |
William Joynt |
8th Battalion, AIF | 23 August 1918 | Herleville Wood, France |
Reginald Judson |
New Zealand and Australian Division | 26 August 1918 | Bapaume, France |
Joseph Kaeble | 22nd Battalion, CEF |
8 June 1918 | Neuville-Vitasse, France |
Karanbahadur Rana | 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles |
10 April 1918 | El Kefr, Egypt |
Henry Kelly | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
4 October 1916 | Le Sars, France |
William Kenealy | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Henry Kenny | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
25 September 1915 | Loos, France |
Thomas Kenny | Durham Light Infantry | 4 November 1915 | La Houssoie, France |
Thomas Bede Kenny | 2nd Battalion, AIF | 9 April 1917 | Hermies, France |
William Kenny | Gordon Highlanders | 23 October 1914 | Ypres, Belgium |
Allan Ker |
Gordon Highlanders | 21 March 1918 | Saint-Quentin, France |
George Kerr | 3rd Battalion, CEF |
27 September 1918 | Bourlon Wood , France
|
John Kerr | 4th Battalion, CEF |
16 September 1916 | Courcelette, France |
Leonard Keysor | 1st Battalion, AIF | 7 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Leonard Keyworth | London Regiment | 25–26 May 1915 | Givenchy, France |
Khudadad Khan | 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis | 31 October 1914 | Hollebeke, Belgium |
Arthur Kilby | South Staffordshire Regiment | 25 September 1915* | Cuinchy, France |
Cecil Kinross | 49th Battalion, CEF |
30 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
James Kirk | Manchester Regiment | 4 November 1918* | Ors, France |
Alfred Knight | Post Office Rifles | 20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Arthur Knight | 10th Battalion, CEF |
2 September 1918* | Villers-les-Cagnicourt , France
|
Cecil Knox | Corps of Royal Engineers |
22 March 1918 | Tugny, France |
Filip Konowal | 47th Battalion, CEF |
22–24 August 1917 | Lens, France |
Kulbir Thapa | 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles |
25 September 1915 | Fauquissart , France
|
Alexander Lafone |
1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) | 27 October 1917* | El Buggar Ridge, Palestine
|
Daniel Laidlaw | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 25 September 1915 | Loos, France |
Lala | 41st Dogras | 21 January 1916 | El Orah, Mesopotamia |
Arthur Lascelles | Durham Light Infantry | 3 December 1917 | Masnières, France |
David Lauder |
Royal Scots Fusiliers | 13 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Harry Laurent |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
12 September 1918 | Gouzeaucourt Wood, France |
James Leach | Manchester Regiment | 29 October 1914 | Festubert, France |
John Leak | 9th Battalion, AIF | 23 July 1916 | Pozières, France |
Okill Learmonth | 2nd Battalion, CEF |
18 August 1917* | Loos, France |
Frank Lester | Lancashire Fusiliers | 12 October 1918 | Neuvilly, France |
Hubert Lewis | Welsh Regiment |
22–23 October 1916* | Macukovo , Greece
|
Leonard Lewis |
Northamptonshire Regiment | 18–21 September 1918* | Rossnoy, France |
John Liddell |
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
[C] | 31 July 1915*Ostend, Belgium |
Joseph Lister | Lancashire Fusiliers | 9 October 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Arnold Loosemore | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
11 August 1917 | Langemarck , Belgium
|
Stewart Loudoun-Shand |
Green Howards | 1 July 1916* | Fricourt, France |
Albert Lowerson |
21st Battalion, AIF | 1 September 1918 | Mont St. Quentin , France
|
Frederick Luke | Royal Field Artillery | 26 August 1914 | Le Cateau, France |
Frederick Lumsden |
Royal Marine Artillery |
3–4 April 1917 | Francilly, France |
Graham Lyall | 102nd Battalion, CEF | 27 September 1918 | Cambrai, France |
John Lynn | Lancashire Fusiliers | 2 May 1915 | Ypres, Belgium |
Thain MacDowell | 38th Battalion, CEF |
9 April 1917 | Vimy Ridge , France
|
John MacGregor | 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles | 3 October 1918 |
29 September 1918 toCambrai, France |
David MacIntyre | Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
27 August 1918 |
24 August 1918Hénin-sur-Cojeul, France |
James MacKenzie | Scots Guards | 19 December 1914* | Rouges Bancs, France |
Donald MacKintosh | Seaforth Highlanders | 11 April 1917* | Fampoux, France |
Robert MacTier | 23rd Battalion, AIF | 1 September 1918* | Mont St. Quentin , France
|
George Maling | Royal Army Medical Corps | 25 September 1915 | Fauquissart , France
|
Wilfred Malleson |
HMS River Clyde | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Edward Mannock |
No. 85 Squadron RFC |
26 July 1918* |
17 June 1918 toOver France |
William Mariner | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 22 May 1915 | Cambrin, France |
James Marshall | Irish Guards | 4 November 1918* | Sambre-Oise Canal , France
|
Cyril Martin | Corps of Royal Engineers |
12 March 1915 | Spanbroek Molen, Belgium |
Richard Masters | Royal Army Service Corps | 9 April 1918 | Béthune, France |
Thomas Maufe | Royal Garrison Artillery | 4 June 1917 | Feuchy, France |
Joseph Maxwell | 18th Battalion, AIF | 3 October 1918 | Beaurevoir, France |
Henry May | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 22 October 1914 | La Boutillerie, France |
Tom Mayson | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
31 July 1917 | Wieltje , Belgium
|
John McAulay | Scots Guards | 27 November 1917 | Fontaine Notre Dame, France |
Robert McBeath | Seaforth Highlanders | 20 November 1917 | Cambrai, France |
Lawrence McCarthy |
16th Battalion, AIF | 23 August 1918 | Madam Wood, France |
James McCudden | No. 56 Squadron RFC |
March 1918 |
August 1917 toFrance |
Stanley McDougall |
47th Battalion, AIF | 28 March 1918 | Dernancourt, France |
William McFadzean |
Royal Irish Rifles |
1 July 1916* | Thiepval Wood, France |
Lewis McGee | 40th Battalion, AIF | 4 October 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
David McGregor | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
22 October 1918 | Hoogemolen, Belgium |
Louis McGuffie | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 28 September 1918* | Wytschaete , Belgium
|
George McIntosh |
Gordon Highlanders | 31 July 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Hugh McIver | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
23 August 1918 | Courcelles-le-Comte, France |
George McKean | 14th Battalion, CEF |
27–28 April 1918 | Gavrelle Sector, France |
Albert McKenzie | HMS Vindictive | 22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Hugh McKenzie | Canadian Machine Gun Corps | 30 October 1917* | Meetscheele Spur, Belgium |
Alan McLeod | No. 2 Squadron RFC |
27 March 1918 | Albert, France |
Eric McNair | Royal Sussex Regiment | 14 February 1916 | Hooge, Belgium |
William McNally | Green Howards | 27 October 1918 | Piave River , Italy
|
Frank McNamara |
No. 1 Squadron AFC |
20 March 1917 | Egypt |
John McNamara | East Surrey Regiment | 3 September 1918 | Lens, France |
Frederick McNess |
Scots Guards | 15 September 1916 | Ginchy, France |
James McPhie | Corps of Royal Engineers |
14 October 1918* | Aubencheul-au-Bac, France |
Allastair McReady-Diarmid |
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
1 December 1917* |
30 November 1917 toMoeuvres , France
|
Arthur Martin-Leake[D] | Royal Army Medical Corps | 8 November 1914 |
29 October 1914Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Samuel Meekosha | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
19 November 1915 | Yser, France |
John Meikle | Seaforth Highlanders | 20 July 1918 | Marfaux, France |
Edward Mellish | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 27–29 March 1916 | St. Eloi , Belgium
|
Charles Melvin | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
21 April 1917 | Istabulat, Mesopotamia |
William Merrifield | 4th Battalion, CEF |
1 October 1918 | Abancourt, France |
William Metcalf | 16th Battalion, CEF |
2 September 1918 | Arras, France |
Francis Miles | Gloucestershire Regiment | 23 October 1918 | Bois de L'Eveque , France
|
James Miller | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
30–31 July 1916* | Bazentin-le-Petit, France |
Walter Mills | Manchester Regiment | 10–11 December 1917* | Givenchy, France |
William Milne | 16th Battalion, CEF |
9 April 1917* | Thelus , France
|
Harry Miner |
58th Battalion, CEF | 8 August 1918* | Demuin , France
|
Mir Dast | 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) | 26 April 1915 | Wieltje , Belgium
|
Coulson Mitchell | 4th Canadian Engineers |
8–9 October 1918 | Canal de L'Escaut , France
|
Martin Moffat | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment |
14 October 1918 | Ledegem, Belgium |
John Molyneux | Royal Fusiliers | 9 October 1917 | Langemarck , Belgium
|
Rupert Moon |
58th Battalion, AIF | 12 May 1917 | Bullecourt, France |
George Moor |
Hampshire Regiment |
5 June 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Montague Moore | Hampshire Regiment |
20 September 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Robert Morrow | Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) |
12 April 1915 | Messines, Belgium |
Edward Mott | Border Regiment | 27 January 1917 | Le Transloy, France |
Thomas Mottershead | No. 20 Squadron RFC |
7 January 1917* | Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium |
Albert Mountain | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
26 March 1918 | Hamelincourt, France |
John Moyney | Irish Guards | 12–13 September 1917 | Broembeek, Belgium |
Harold Mugford | Machine Gun Corps | 11 April 1917 | Monchy-le-Preux, France |
George Mullin | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | 30 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Harry Murray | 13th Battalion, AIF | 4–5 February 1917 | Gueudecourt, France |
Edgar Myles |
Welsh Regiment |
9 April 1916 | Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
|
Martin Nasmith | HMS E11 | 8 June 1915 |
20 May 1915 toDardanelles, Turkey |
Philip Neame | Corps of Royal Engineers |
19 December 1914 | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Samuel Needham | Bedfordshire Regiment |
10–11 September 1918 | Kefr Kasim, Palestine
|
Thomas Neely | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
27 September 1918* | Flesquières, France |
David Nelson | Royal Horse Artillery | 1 September 1914 | Néry, France |
James Newland | 12th Battalion, AIF | [A] | 7–14 April 1917Bapaume, France |
Henry Nicholas | Canterbury Regiment |
3 December 1917 | Polderhoek, Belgium |
Cecil Noble |
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
12 March 1915 | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Claude Nunney |
38th Battalion, CEF |
1–2 September 1918 | Drocourt-Quéant Line , France
|
James Ockendon | Royal Dublin Fusiliers | 4 October 1917 | Langemark, Belgium |
Christopher O'Kelly | 52nd Battalion, CEF |
26 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Michael O'Leary | Irish Guards | 1 February 1915 | Cuinchy, France |
Martin O'Meara | 16th Battalion, AIF |
9–12 August 1916 | Pozières, France |
John O'Neill | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment |
14 October 1918 | Moorsele , Belgium
|
George Onions | Devonshire Regiment | 22 August 1918 | Achiet-le-Petit, France |
John Ormsby | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
14 April 1917 | Favet, France |
Michael O'Rourke | 7th Battalion, CEF |
15–17 August 1917 | Hill 60 , France
|
Gerald O'Sullivan | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 1–2 July 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Frederick Palmer | Royal Fusiliers | 16–17 February 1917 | Courcelette, France |
Walter Parker | Royal Marine Light Infantry |
1 May 1915 |
30 April 1915 toGallipoli, Turkey |
Frederick Parslow | Royal Naval Reserve | 4 July 1915* | Atlantic Ocean |
Hardy Parsons | Gloucestershire Regiment | 20–21 August 1917 | Épehy, France |
George Paton | Grenadier Guards | 1 December 1917* | Gonnelieu, France |
John Pattison | 50th Battalion, CEF |
10 April 1917 | Vimy Ridge , France
|
George Peachment |
King's Royal Rifle Corps | 25 September 1915* | Hulluch, France |
George Pearkes | 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles |
30–31 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Cyrus Peck | 16th Battalion, CEF |
2 September 1918 | Cagnicourt, France |
Walter Peeler | 3rd Battalion, AIF | 4 October 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
Robert Phillips | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 25 January 1917 | Kut, Mesopotamia |
Ernest Pitcher | HMS Dunraven | 8 August 1917 | Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean |
Alfred Pollard | Honourable Artillery Company | 29 April 1917 | Gavrelle, France |
James Pollock | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 27 September 1915 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Charles Pope | 11th Battalion, AIF | 15 April 1917* | Louveral, France |
Frederick Potts |
Berkshire Yeomanry | 21 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Arthur Poulter | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
10 April 1918 | Erquinghem, France |
Arthur Procter | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
4 June 1916 | Ficheux, France |
George Prowse | Royal Naval Division |
2 September 1918 | Pronville , France
|
Thomas Pryce |
Grenadier Guards | 11–12 April 1918* | Vieux-Berquin, France |
Robert Quigg | Royal Irish Rifles |
1 July 1916 | Hamel, France |
Harry Ranken |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 19–20 September 1914* | Haute-Avesnes, France |
William Ratcliffe | Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) |
14 June 1917 | Messines, Belgium |
Walter Rayfield | 7th Battalion, CEF |
2–4 September 1918 | Arras, France |
John Raynes | Royal Field Artillery | 11 October 1915 | Béthune, France |
Anketell Read | Northamptonshire Regiment | 25 September 1915* | Hulluch, France |
John Readitt | Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) |
25 February 1917 | Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia |
Ivor Rees | South Wales Borderers | 31 July 1917 | Pilkem , Belgium
|
Lionel Rees | No. 32 Squadron RFC |
1 July 1916 | Double Crassieurs, France |
Oswald Reid |
King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
8–10 March 1917 | Dialah River, Mesopotamia
|
Thomas Rendle | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | 20 November 1914 | Wulverghem, Belgium |
Douglas Reynolds | Royal Field Artillery | 9 September 1914 |
26 August 1914Le Cateau, France |
Henry Reynolds |
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
20 September 1917 | Frezenberg, Belgium |
John Rhodes |
Grenadier Guards | 9 October 1917 | Houthulst Forest, Belgium |
William Rhodes-Moorhouse | No. 2 Squadron RFC |
26 April 1915* | Kortrijk, Belgium |
Alfred Richards | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
James Richardson | 16th Battalion, CEF |
8 October 1916* | Somme, France |
Thomas Ricketts | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | 14 October 1918 | Ledeghem , Belgium
|
Frederick Riggs | York and Lancaster Regiment | 1 October 1918* | Epinoy , France
|
John Ripley | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
9 May 1915 | Rue du Bois, France |
Henry Ritchie |
HMS Goliath | 28 November 1914 | Tanganyika
|
Walter Ritchie | Seaforth Highlanders | 1 July 1916 | Beaumont-Hamel, France |
Jacob Rivers | Sherwood Foresters | 12 March 1915* | Neuve Chapelle , France
|
Frank Roberts | Worcestershire Regiment | 2 April 1918 |
22 March 1918 toPargny, France |
Charles Robertson | Royal Fusiliers | 8–9 March 1918 | Polderhoek Chateau, Belgium |
Clement Robertson | Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment |
4 October 1917 | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
James Robertson | 27th Battalion, CEF |
6 November 1917* | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Eric Robinson | HMS Vengeance | 26 February 1915 | Dardanelles, Turkey |
Leefe Robinson | No. 39 Squadron RFC |
2–3 September 1916 | Cuffley, England |
Henry Robson | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
14 December 1914 | Kemmel , Belgium
|
Frederick Room | Royal Irish Regiment | 16 August 1917 | Frezenberg, Belgium |
George Roupell |
East Surrey Regiment | 20 April 1915 | Hill 60 , Belgium
|
Charles Rutherford | 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles |
26 August 1918 | Monchy, France |
William Ruthven |
22nd Battalion, AIF | 19 May 1918 | Ville-sur-Ancre, France |
John Ryan |
55th Battalion, AIF | 30 September 1918 | Hindenburg Defences, France |
Robert Ryder | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
26 September 1916 | Thiepval, France |
Clifford Sadlier |
51st Battalion, AIF |
24–25 April 1918 | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
Thomas Sage | Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) |
4 October 1917 | Ypres, Belgium |
George Samson |
Royal Naval Reserve | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
George Sanders | Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) |
1 July 1916 | Thiepval, France |
William Sanders | HMS Prize |
30 April 1917 | Atlantic |
Richard Sandford |
HMS C3 | 22–23 April 1918 | Zeebrugge, Belgium |
Arthur Saunders | Suffolk Regiment | 26 September 1915 | Loos, France |
John Sayer | Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment |
[C] | 21 March 1918Le Verguier, France |
John Schofield | Lancashire Fusiliers | 9 April 1918* | Givenchy, France |
Francis Scrimger | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | 25 April 1915 | Saint-Julien , Belgium
|
Ernest Seaman | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 29 September 1918* | Terhand, Belgium |
Cecil Sewell |
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) |
29 August 1918* | Fremicourt , France
|
Shahamad Khan | 89th Punjab Regiment |
12–13 April 1916 | Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia |
Robert Shankland | 43rd Battalion, CEF |
26 October 1917 | Passchendaele, Belgium |
Charles Sharpe | Lincolnshire Regiment |
9 May 1915 | Rouges Bancs, France |
Albert Shepherd | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 20 November 1917 | Villers Plouich , France
|
John Sherwood-Kelly | Norfolk Regiment |
20 November 1917 | Marcoing, France |
William Short | Green Howards | 6 August 1916* | Munster Alley, France |
Alfred Shout |
1st Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Ellis Sifton | 18th Battalion, CEF |
9 April 1917* | Neuville-St.-Vaast , France
|
Badlu Singh | 14th Murray's Jat Lancers | 23 September 1918* | River Jordan, Palestine
|
John Sinton | Indian Medical Service | 21 January 1916 | Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia |
John Skinner | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 18 August 1917 | Wijdendrift, Belgium |
Alfred Smith | East Lancashire Regiment | 23 December 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Archibald Smith | Royal Naval Reserve | 10 March 1917* | Atlantic Ocean |
Edward Smith | Lancashire Fusiliers | 21–23 August 1918 | Serre, France |
Issy Smith | Manchester Regiment | 26 April 1915 | Saint-Julien , Belgium
|
James Smith | Border Regiment | 21 December 1914 | Rouges Bancs, France |
John Smyth | 15th Ludhiana Sikhs | 18 May 1915 | Richebourg L'Aouve, France |
James Somers | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | 1–2 July 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Charles Spackman |
Border Regiment | 20 November 1917 | Marcoing, France |
Robert Spall | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | 13 August 1918 | Parvillers, France |
Percy Statton | 40th Battalion, AIF | 10–12 August 1918 | Proyart, France |
Thomas Steele | Seaforth Highlanders | 22 February 1917 | Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
|
Charles Stone | Royal Field Artillery | 21 March 1918 | Caponne Farm, France |
Walter Stone | Royal Fusiliers | 30 November 1917* | Cambrai, France |
Percy Storkey |
19th Battalion, AIF | 7 April 1918 | Hangard Wood, France |
Harcus Strachan | The Fort Garry Horse , CEF |
20 November 1917 | Masnieres , France
|
George Stringer | Manchester Regiment | 8 March 1916 | Es Sinn, Mesopotamia |
Ronald Stuart |
HMS Pargust | 7 June 1917 | Atlantic Ocean |
Frank Stubbs | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Ernest Sykes | Northumberland Fusiliers |
9 April 1917 | Arras, France |
William Symons |
7th Battalion, AIF | 8–9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
James Tait | 78th Battalion, CEF |
11 August 1918* | Amiens, France |
Henry Tandey | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) |
28 September 1918 | Marcoing, France |
John Thomas | Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) |
30 November 1917 | Cambrai, France |
Hugo Throssell |
10th Light Horse Regiment |
29–30 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Arthur Tisdall |
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve |
25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Ross Tollerton | Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders | 14 September 1914 | Battle of the Aisne, France |
Joseph Tombs | King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
16 May 1915 | Rue du Bois, France |
James Towers | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 6 October 1918 | Méricourt, France |
Edgar Towner | Australian Machine Gun Corps | 1 September 1918 | Mont St. Quentin , France
|
Alfred Toye |
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) |
25 March 1918 | Eterpigny Ridge, France |
Charles Train | London Scottish Regiment |
8 December 1917 | Air Karim, Palestine |
Richard Travis | Otago Infantry Regiment |
24 July 1918* | Rossignol Wood , France
|
Frederick Tubb |
7th Battalion, AIF | 9 August 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
James Turnbull | Highland Light Infantry | 1 July 1916* | Authuille, France |
Alexander Turner | Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) |
[C] | 28 September 1915*Vermelles, France |
Thomas Turrall |
Worcestershire Regiment | 3 July 1916 | La Boiselle , France
|
Edward Unwin | HMS River Clyde | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
James Upton | Sherwood Foresters | 9 May 1915 | Rouges Bancs, France |
John Vallentin |
South Staffordshire Regiment | 7 November 1914* | Zillebeke, Belgium |
Bernard Vann | Sherwood Foresters | 29 September 1918 | Bellenglise, France |
Theodore Veale |
Devonshire Regiment | 20 July 1916 | High Wood , France
|
John Vereker | Grenadier Guards | 27 September 1918 | Canal du Nord, France |
Arthur Vickers | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 25 September 1915 | Hulloch, France |
Geoffrey Vickers | Sherwood Foresters | 14 October 1915 | Hohenzollern Redoubt, France |
Richard Wain | Tank Corps | 20 November 1917* | Marcoing, France |
Garth Walford |
Royal Artillery | 26 April 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Samuel Wallace |
Royal Field Artillery | 20 November 1917 | Gonnelieu, France |
Horace Waller | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
10 April 1917* | Heninel , France
|
Sidney Ware | Seaforth Highlanders | 6 April 1916 | Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
|
William Waring | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
18 September 1918* | Ronssoy, France |
Blair Wark |
32nd Battalion, AIF | 1 October 1918 |
29 September 1918 toBellicourt, France |
Reginald Warneford |
No. 1 Squadron RNAS | 7 June 1915 | Ghent, Belgium |
Edward Warner | Bedfordshire Regiment |
1 May 1915* | Ypres, Belgium |
Arnold Waters |
Corps of Royal Engineers |
4 November 1918 | Ors, France |
Oliver Watson | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
28 March 1918* | Rossignol Wood , France
|
Joseph Watt | Royal Naval Reserve | 15 May 1917 | Straits of Otranto , Italy
|
Henry Weale | Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
26 August 1918 | Bazentin-le-Grand , France
|
Frank Wearne | Essex Regiment | 28 June 1917* | Loos, France |
Lawrence Weathers |
43rd Battalion, AIF | 2 September 1918 | Péronne, France |
James Welch | Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) |
29 April 1917 | Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, France |
Harry Wells |
Royal Sussex Regiment | 25 September 1915* | Le Rutoire, France |
Ferdinand West |
No. 8 Squadron RFC |
12 August 1918 | Over France |
Richard West | North Irish Horse | 2 September 1918* |
21 August 1918Courcelles-le-Comte, France |
George Wheeler | 9th Gurkha Rifles |
23 February 1917 | Shumran, Mesopotamia |
George Wheeler | 7th Hariana Lancers | 12–13 April 1915* | Shaiba, Mesopotamia
|
Albert White | South Wales Borderers | 19 May 1917* | Monchy-le-Preux, France |
Archie White | Green Howards | 1 October 1916 |
21 September 1916 toStuff Redoubt, France |
Geoffrey White | HMS E14 | 28 January 1918* | Dardanelles, Turkey |
Jack White | King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) |
7 March 1917 | Dialah River, Mesopotamia
|
William White | Machine Gun Corps | 18 September 1918 | Gouzeaucourt, France |
Harold Whitfield | King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) |
10 March 1918 | Burj El Lisaneh, Egypt |
Thomas Whitham | Coldstream Guards | 31 July 1917 | Pilkem , Belgium
|
John Whittle | 12th Battalion, AIF | 9–10 April 1917 | Boursies, France |
Alfred Wilcox | Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | 12 September 1918 | Laventie, France |
Alfred Wilkinson | Manchester Regiment | 20 October 1918 | Marou, France |
Thomas Wilkinson | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
5 July 1916 | La Boiselle , France
|
Jack Williams | South Wales Borderers | 7–8 October 1918 | Villers Outreaux , France
|
William Williams | Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pargust | 7 June 1917 | Atlantic |
William Williams | HMS River Clyde | 25 April 1915* | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Richard Willis | Lancashire Fusiliers | 25 April 1915 | Gallipoli, Turkey |
George Wilson | Highland Light Infantry | 14 September 1914 | Verneuill, France |
Harry Wood | Scots Guards | 13 October 1918 | St. Python, France |
Wilfred Wood | Northumberland Fusiliers |
28 October 1918 | Casa Vana, Italy |
Joseph Woodall | Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
11 April 1918 | La Pannerie, France |
Thomas Woodcock | Irish Guards | 12–13 September 1917 | Broenbeek, Belgium |
Sidney Woodroffe |
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) |
30 July 1915* | Hooge, Belgium |
James Woods | 48th Battalion, AIF | 18 September 1918 | Le Verguier, France |
Geoffrey Woolley |
Queen Victoria's Rifles | 20–21 April 1915 | Hill 60 , Belgium
|
Theodore Wright | Corps of Royal Engineers |
14 September 1914* |
23 August 1914Mons, Belgium |
George Wyatt | Coldstream Guards | 25–26 August 1914 | Landrecies, France |
Charles Yate | King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) |
26 August 1914 | Le Cateau, France |
Frederick Youens | Durham Light Infantry | 7 July 1917* | Hill 60 , Belgium
|
Jack Youll | Northumberland Fusiliers |
15 June 1918 | Asiago, Italy |
Frank Young | Hertfordshire Regiment | 18 September 1918* | Havrincourt, France |
John Young | 87th Battalion, CEF |
2 September 1918 | Dury-Arras Sector, France |
Thomas Young | Durham Light Infantry | 25–31 March 1918 | Bucquoy, France |
William Young | East Lancashire Regiment | 22 December 1915 | Fonquevillers , France
|
Raphael Zengel |
5th Battalion, CEF |
9 August 1918 | Warvillers, France |
Footnotes
References
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael; preface; XI–XIII
- ^ The Gazette publishing the original Royal Warrant
"No. 21846". The London Gazette. 5 February 1856. pp. 410–411. - ^ Ashcroft, Michael; pp.7–10
- ^ Ashcroft, Michael; Preface to Victoria Cross Heroes
- ^ Willmott, H.P.; p.10
- ^ Willmott, H.P.; p.15
- ^ Keegan, John; p.8
- ^ Willmott, H.P.; p.307
- ^ Arthur, Max; p.244
- ^ Arthur, Max; pp.241–242
- ^ Willmott, H.P.; p.6
- ^ Kitchen, Martin; p.22
- ^ Marshall, pp.78–79
- ^ "1st Australian Imperial Force". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "Soldiers of the First World War – CEF". Library and archives Canada. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2009.
- ^ "A lesson of history". Oxford Times. 15 June 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ^ "SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO The London Gazette Of TUESDAY, the 8th of JANUARY, 1918". The London Gazette (30471): 725. 11 January 1918.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-330-49133-4.
- ISBN 0-7553-1632-0.
- Crook, M. J. (1975). The Evolution of the Victoria Cross. Midas Books. ISBN 0-85936-041-5.
- ISBN 0-09-180178-8.
- Kitchen, Martin (2000) [1980]. Europe Between the Wars. New York: Longman. ISBN 0-582-41869-0.
- Lloyd, Trevor Owen (1996). The British Empire 1558–1995. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-873134-5.
- "No. 31259". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 March 1919. pp. 4153–4163. Index of First World War VCs, also indicates original Gazette in which citation appeared, and some corrections to the original entries.
- Marshall, P. J. (1996). The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00254-0.
- "Victoria Cross Registers". The National Archives. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- Willmott, H.P. (2003). World War I. New York: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 0-7894-9627-5.
- First World War Victoria Cross Winners Dictionary of Canadian Biography