List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 2nd Division

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A painting depicting two soldiers attempting to lash a gun carriage to a horse team, which also includes mounted soldiers.
Saving the guns at Colenso, by Sidney Paget, depicts the event that resulted in the 2nd Division earning four Victoria Cross medals

The

Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service, and to civilians under military command. All those who earn the VC have their names published in The London Gazette.[1]

The

Second World War (1939–1945), which resulted in three more soldiers being awarded the VC. Since the Second World War, the division has not been in battle and was disbanded for the final time in 2012.[11][12]

Recipients

Date of action Rank Name Unit Place of action Country of action Sources

+Recipients

26 October 1854 Brevet-Major John Conolly 49th Regiment of Foot Inkerman, Crimea Russia [13]
26 October 1854
Sergeant Major
 Ambrose Madden
41st Regiment of Foot
 Inkerman, Crimea Russia [14][15][16]
30 October 1854
Corporal
 James Owens 49th Regiment of Foot Crimea Russia [15][17]
5 November 1854 Private Thomas Beach 55th Regiment of Foot Inkerman, Crimea Russia [15][17]
5 November 1854 Private John McDermond 47th Regiment of Foot Inkerman, Crimea Russia [15][17]
5 November 1854 Brevet-Major Hugh Rowlands
41st Regiment of Foot
 Inkerman, Crimea Russia [14][15]
5 November 1854 Brevet-Major
Mark Walker
 		30th Regiment of Foot Inkerman, Crimea Russia [15][18]
5 November 1854
Sergeant
 George Walters 49th Regiment of Foot Inkerman, Crimea Russia [15][17]
8 September 1855 Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Maude 3rd Regiment of Foot Sevastopol, Crimea Russia [19]
8 September 1855 Private John Connors 3rd Regiment of Foot Sevastopol, Crimea Russia [19]
15 December 1899 Major William Babtie Royal Army Medical Corps
Colenso
 Natal [20][21]
15 December 1899 Captain Walter Congreve
Rifle Brigade
Colenso
 Natal [21][22]
15 December 1899
Corporal
George Nurse
 		Royal Field Artillery
Colenso
 Natal [21][22]
15 December 1899 Captain
Hamilton Reed
 		Royal Field Artillery
Colenso
 Natal [21][22]
15 December 1899 Lieutenant
Frederick Roberts
 		King's Royal Rifle Corps
Colenso
 Natal [21][22]
15 December 1899 Captain Harry Schofield Royal Field Artillery
Colenso
 Natal [21][23]
23 February 1900 Private Albert Curtis East Surrey Regiment
Wynne's Hill
 Natal [21][24][25]
27 February 1900 Captain Conwyn Mansel-Jones West Yorkshire Regiment
Tugela
 Natal [21][26]
23 August 1914
Corporal
 Charles Garforth 15th The King's Hussars
Harmingnies
 Belgium [27][28]
25–26 August 1914
Lance Corporal
 George Wyatt Coldstream Guards Landrecies France [28][29]
14 September 1914 Private George Wilson Highland Light Infantry Verneuil France [28][30]
19–20 September 1914 Captain
Harry Ranken
 		Royal Army Medical Corps Haute-Avesnes France [28][27]
28 September 1914
Lance Corporal
 Frederick Dobson Coldstream Guards Near Soupir France [31][32]
29 October–8 November 1914 Lieutenant Arthur Martin-Leake Royal Army Medical Corps Zonnebeke Belgium [28][33]
11 November 1914 Lieutenant Walter Brodie Highland Light Infantry Becelaere Belgium [28][34]
1 February 1915
Lance Corporal
 Michael O'Leary Irish Guards Cuinchy France [28][33]
16 May 1915
Lance Corporal
 Joseph Tombs
King's (Liverpool Regiment)
 Rue du Bois France [28][35]
25 September 1915 Captain Arthur Kilby South Staffordshire Regiment Cuinchy France [36][37]
27 September 1915
Corporal
 Alfred Burt Hertfordshire Regiment Cuinchy France [28][38]
16 November 1915
Second Lieutenant
 Alexander Turner
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
 Vermelles France [28][39]
24 October 1916
Sergeant
 Albert Gill King's Royal Rifle Corps
Delville Wood
 France [40][41]
17 February 1917
Lance Sergeant
 Frederick Palmer Royal Fusiliers Near Miraumont France [42][43]
29 April 1917
Lance Corporal
 James Welch
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
 Oppy France [44][45]
30 November 1917 Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Walter Stone Royal Fusiliers Near
Moeuvres
 France [46][47]
30 November–1 December 1917 Lieutenant (Acting Captain)
Allastair McReady-Diarmid
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
 Near
Moeuvres
 France [48][49]
16 April 1918 Private Jack Counter
King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Boisieux St. Marc
 France [50][51]
15–16 May 1940
Second Lieutenant
 Richard Annand Durham Light Infantry
River Dyle
 Belgium [52][53]
21 May 1940 Company Sergeant-Major George Gristock Royal Norfolk Regiment
River Escaut near Tournai
 Belgium [52][54]
4–6 May 1944 Lieutenant (Temporary Captain)
John Randle
 		Royal Norfolk Regiment Kohima India [54][55]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ashcroft 2006, pp. IX–XIII, 7.
  2. ^ Barthorp 1980, p. 155; Bowden 1991, p. 16; Ponting 2006, p. 7.
  3. ^ Warner 2001, pp. 75–79, 150–152; Ffrench Blake 2006, pp. 86–94, 98–101; Raugh 2004, p. 187; Richards 2006, p. 152.
  4. ^ Ffrench Blake 2006, pp. 143–144, 150–151; Demchak 2011, p. 127.
  5. ^ Dunlop 1938, p. 72.
  6. ^ Conan Doyle 1901, pp. 190–192, 254–255, 267–276, 284–285, 289, 291–294.
  7. ^ Creswicke 1901, pp. 98, 138.
  8. ^ Dunlop 1938, pp. 218–219.
  9. ^ Wyrall 1921a, Contents.
  10. ^ Wyrall 1921b, Contents.
  11. ^ Joslen 2003, p. 40.
  12. ^ Taylor 2011, p. 5.
  13. ^ "No. 21997". The London Gazette. 5 May 1857. p. 1579.
  14. ^ a b "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 659.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g Warner 2001, p. 191; Ffrench Blake 2006, pp. 169–170.
  16. ^ "WO 98/3/63: Victoria Cross details of Madden, Ambrose Rank". The National Archives. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  17. ^ a b c d "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 660.
  18. ^ "No. 22149". The London Gazette. 4 June 1858. p. 2756.
  19. ^ a b "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 658.
  20. ^ "No. 27184". The London Gazette. 20 April 1900. p. 2547.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h Creswicke 1900, pp. 11, 160, 190.
  22. ^ a b c d "No. 27160". The London Gazette. 2 February 1900. p. 689.
  23. ^ "No. 27350". The London Gazette. 30 August 1901. p. 5737.
  24. ^ "No. 27266". The London Gazette. 15 January 1901. p. 308.
  25. ^ Ashcroft 2006, p. 110.
  26. ^ "No. 27214". The London Gazette. 27 July 1901. p. 4653.
  27. ^ a b "No. 28976". The London Gazette. 13 November 1914. p. 9374.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wyrall 1921b, p. 738.
  29. ^ "No. 29371". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1915. p. 11449.
  30. ^ "No. 28998". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 December 1914. p. 10411.
  31. ^ "No. 29001". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1914. p. 10533.
  32. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 96–97.
  33. ^ a b "No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1700.
  34. ^ "No. 29005". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 December 1914. p. 10661.
  35. ^ "No. 29240". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 July 1915. p. 7280.
  36. ^ "No. 29527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 March 1916. p. 3409.
  37. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 222, 227.
  38. ^ "No. 29447". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 January 1916. p. 945.
  39. ^ "No. 29371". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1915. p. 11448.
  40. ^ "No. 29802". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1916. p. 10395.
  41. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 276–279.
  42. ^ "No. 30008". The London Gazette. 3 April 1917. p. 3207.
  43. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 367–370.
  44. ^ "No. 30154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1917. p. 6382.
  45. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 428–431.
  46. ^ "No. 30523". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 February 1918. p. 2004.
  47. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 486–487.
  48. ^ "No. 30578". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 1918. p. 3305.
  49. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 493, 502–503.
  50. ^ "No. 30697". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 May 1918. p. 6059.
  51. ^ Wyrall 1921b, pp. 591–592.
  52. ^ a b "No. 34928". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 August 1940. p. 5137.
  53. ^ Joslen 2003, pp. 40, 240.
  54. ^ a b Joslen 2003, pp. 40, 234.
  55. ^ "No. 36833". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 December 1944. p. 5673.

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