List of Victoria Cross recipients (G–M)
The Victoria Cross is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" to members of the British armed forces. It may be awarded posthumously. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command although no civilian has received the award since 1879. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two thirds of all awards have been personally presented by the British monarch. These investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace.
The first citations of the VC, particularly those in the initial gazette of 24 February 1857, varied in the details of each action; some specify date ranges while some specify a single date. The original Royal Warrant did not contain a specific clause regarding posthumous awards, although official policy was not to 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 soldiers. 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. Three people have been awarded the VC and Bar, which is a medal for two actions; Noel Chavasse, Arthur Martin-Leake and Charles Upham. Chavasse received both medals for actions in the First World War, while Martin-Leake was awarded his first VC for actions in the Second Boer War, and his second for actions during the First World War. Charles Upham received both VCs for actions during the Second World War.
The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the First World War, for which 628 medals were awarded to 627 recipients. The largest number awarded for actions on a single day was 24 on 16 November 1857, at the Second Relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny. The largest number awarded for a single action was 18, for the assault on Sikandar Bagh, during the Second Relief of Lucknow. The largest number awarded to one unit during a single action was seven, to the 2nd/24th Foot, for the defence of Rorke's Drift, during the Zulu War. Since 1991, Australia, Canada and New Zealand have created their own separate Victoria Crosses: the Victoria Cross for Australia, the Victoria Cross for Canada, and the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. Only three of these separate medals have been awarded, all for actions in the War in Afghanistan; Willie Apiata received the Victoria Cross for New Zealand on 26 July 2007; Mark Donaldson received the Victoria Cross for Australia on 16 January 2009; and Ben Roberts-Smith was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia on 23 January 2011. As these are separate medals, they are not included in this list.
The youngest recipient of the VC was Andrew Fitzgibbon who was fifteen at the time of the action that earned him the VC. By comparison, the oldest recipient was William Raynor at 61 at the time of his action in 1857. There have been several VCs awarded to close relatives. Four pairs of brothers and three fathers and sons have been awarded the VC. In his book Victoria Cross Heroes, Lord Ashcroft notes the story of the Gough family as possibly the "bravest family." Major Charles Gough was awarded the VC in 1857 for saving his brother, Lieutenant Hugh Gough who then went on to win a VC himself in the same year, after he charged enemy guns. Charles' son, John Gough, then went on to win the family's third VC in 1903.
Recipients (G–M)
By default this list sorts alphabetically. Indian and Nepalese convention is for the family name first and the given name second; this is reflected in this list. The rank column sorts by the rank of the recipient at the time of the action. This column sorts by the comparative rank of the recipient within the British Armed Forces command structure. Within the British Armed Forces the Navy is the Senior Service, followed by the Army and then the Royal Air Force.Name | Rank | Unit | Campaign | Date of action |
Lieutenant | AIF | 28th Battalion,First World War | 8 August 1918* | |
Gaje Ghale | Havildar | 5th Gurkha Rifles | Second World War | 24 May 1943 |
Ganju Lama | Rifleman | 7th Gurkha Rifles | Second World War | 12 June 1944 |
Sergeant | Regiment of Foot | 57thCrimean War | 22 March 1855 | |
Captain | Royal Tank Regiment | 4thSecond World War | 23 November 1941 | |
Colour Sergeant | 42nd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 5 May 1858 | |
Corporal | 15th The King's Hussars | First World War | 23 August 1914 | |
Flying Officer | No. 12 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 12 May 1940* | |
Colour Sergeant | 60th Rifles | Indian Mutiny | 23 June 1857 | |
Second Lieutenant | East Surrey Regiment | First World War | 20–21 April 1915 | |
Temp. Captain | Royal Fusiliers | First World War | 30 November 1917 | |
Gian Singh | Naik | 15th Punjab Regiment | Second World War | 2 March 1945 |
Commander | WingNo. 617 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 16 May 1943 | |
Lieutenant | 24th Regiment of Foot | First Ashanti Expedition | 1873–1874 | |
Sergeant | King's Royal Rifle Corps | First World War | 27 July 1916* | |
Sergeant Major | Loodiana Regiment | Indian Mutiny | 4 June 1857 | |
Driver | Royal Horse Artillery | Second Boer War | 31 March 1900 | |
Lance Corporal | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Indian Mutiny | 6 March 1858 | |
Gabar Singh Negi | Rifleman | 39th Garhwal Rifles | First World War | 10 March 1915* |
Gobind Singh | Lance Daffadar | 28th Light Cavalry | First World War | 1 December 1917 | 30 November 1917 to
Private | Royal Fusiliers | First World War | 23 August 1914 | |
Corporal | 13th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 8 August 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Bombay Engineers | Indian Mutiny | 6 October 1859 | |
Brevet Major | Coldstream Guards | Crimean War | 28 October 1854 | |
Lance Corporal | 41st Battalion, AIF | First World War | 26–27 August 1918 | |
Private | 2/31st Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 10 July 1941 | |
Captain | Gordon Highlanders | Second Boer War | 11 July 1900 | |
Corporal | West India Regiment | The Gambia | 13 March 1892 | |
Captain | 32nd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 21 August 1857 | |
Temp. Lieutenant | Royal Field Artillery | First World War | 1 October 1918 | |
Seaman | Naval Brigade | Crimean War | 5 November 1854 | |
Sergeant | Royal Field Artillery | First World War | 5 April 1917 | |
Major | 5th Bengal European Cavalry | Indian Mutiny | 18 August 1857, 27 January 1858, 3 February 1858 | 15 August 1857,|
Lieutenant | 1st Bengal European Light Cavalry | Indian Mutiny | 25 February 1858 | 12 November 1857,|
Brevet Major | Rifle Brigade | Third Somaliland Expedition | 22 April 1903 | |
Petty Officer | HMS Thrasher | Second World War | 16 February 1942 | |
Sergeant | Royal Field Artillery | First World War | 30 November 1917 | |
Private | 4th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 18 October 1854 | |
Lieutenant | Corps of Royal Engineers | Crimean War | 18 June 1855 | |
Private | 90th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 17 November 1857 | |
Lieutenant | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | First World War | 22 April 1917 | |
Lieutenant | Indian Staff Corps | Anglo-Manipur War | 9 April 1891 | 21 March 1891 to|
Lieutenant | 8th Gurkha Rifles | Armed Mission to Tibet | 6 July 1904 | |
Sergeant | Wellington Infantry Regiment | First World War | 1 September 1918 | |
Private | 93rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Sergeant | 5th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 24 September 1857 | |
Private | 2/48th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 25–26 October 1942* | |
Temp. Lieutenant | Second World War | 9 August 1945* | ||
Sergeant | No. 12 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 12 May 1940* | |
Lieutenant | Parachute Regiment | Second World War | 17–20 September 1944* | |
Acting Corporal | Sherwood Foresters | First World War | 4 October 1917 | |
Captain | Royal Army Medical Corps | First World War | 1 July 1916* | |
Private | 75th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 11 September 1857 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | King's Own | First World War | 23–24 October 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Canadian Regiment | First World War | 1 October 1918 | 27 September 1918 to|
Sergeant | Prince Consort's Own | First World War | 6 May 1918 | |
Captain | 9th Lancers | First World War | 24 August 1914 | |
Temp. Captain | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | First World War | 23 March 1918 | |
Sergeant Major | Royal Scots Greys | Crimean War | 25 October 1854 | |
Captain | 37th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 7 June 1917 | |
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 7 May 1867 | |
Company Quartermaster Sergeant | ActingKing's Own Scottish Borderers | First World War | 16 August 1917 | |
Corporal | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 25 April 1915 | |
Company Sergeant Major | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Second World War | 21 May 1940* | |
Temp. Brigadier General | Worcestershire Regiment | First World War | 27 May 1918 | |
Major | 90th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Second Lieutenant | 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Second World War | 21 November 1941* | |
Private | 2/48th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 22 July 1942* | |
Midshipman | Naval Brigade | Boxer Rising | 13 July 1900 | |
Lieutenant | 23rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 18 November 1857 | |
Sapper | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 22–23 June 1916* | |
Second Lieutenant | Honourable Artillery Company | First World War | 28–29 April 1917 | |
Assistant surgeon | 7th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 8 September 1855 | |
Corporal | 54th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 1 September 1918 | |
Company Sergeant Major | 8th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 23–24 April 1915* | |
Able Seaman | HMS Shannon | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Captain | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Boxer Rising | 24 June 1900 | |
Lance Corporal | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 27 May 1918 | |
Temp. Second Lieutenant | Duke of Cambridge's Own | First World War | 25–30 September 1915* | |
Private | King's Own | First World War | 12 October 1917 | |
Acting Lance Corporal | Highland Light Infantry | First World War | 25–26 September 1917 | |
Private | 3rd Battalion, AIF | First World War | 9 August 1915 | |
Captain | 68th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 11 May 1855 | |
Lieutenant | Corps of Guides | Second Afghan War | 2 April 1879* | |
Captain | Corps of Guides | Second Afghan War | 14 December 1879 | |
Sergeant | King's Regiment | Second Boer War | 21 August 1900 | |
Private | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Indian Mutiny | 19 June 1857 | |
Company Sergeant Major | 29th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 21 August 1917 | |
Sergeant | No. 83 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 15 September 1940 | |
Captain | Lincolnshire Regiment | First World War | 9 August 1915 | |
Lance Corporal | Royal Army Medical Corps | Second World War | 23 January 1945 | |
Farrier Sergeant Major | 4th New Zealand Contingent | Second Boer War | 28 January 1901 | |
Gunner | HMS Alexandra | Occupation of Egypt | 11 July 1882 | |
Chaplain | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | First World War | 7 July 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Bengal Horse Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 14–22 November 1857 | |
Lance Corporal | Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment | Second World War | 8–9 April 1944* | |
Corporal | York and Lancaster Regiment | Second World War | 29 September 1944* | |
Sergeant | Queen's Own | First World War | 9 August 1918* | |
Lieutenant Commander | HMS Vindictive | First World War | 22–23 April 1918* | |
Leading Seaman | Naval Brigade | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Second Lieutenant | East Yorkshire Regiment | First World War | 3 May 1917* | |
Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | Second Afghan War | 31 January 1879 | |
Pensioned Sergeant | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Indian Mutiny | 10 October 1857 | 8 June 1857,|
Surgeon Major | Cape Mounted Riflemen | Basuto War | 5 June 1879 | |
Major | Royal Marine Light Infantry | First World War | 31 May 1916* | |
Lieutenant | Lord Strathcona's Horse | First World War | 27 March 1917 | |
Private | London Regiment | First World War | 2 September 1918 | |
Private | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | First World War | 25 October 1918 | |
Private | York and Lancaster Regiment | First World War | 29 September 1915 | |
Lieutenant | 10th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 July 1857 | |
Captain | No. 6 Squadron RFC | First World War | 25 July 1915 | |
Private | Rifle Brigade | Indian Mutiny | 11 March 1858* | |
Bugler | 52nd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 14 September 1857 | |
Acting Captain | Duke of Edinburgh's | First World War | 21–22 March 1918 | |
Major | Auckland Militia | New Zealand Wars | 11 February 1864 | |
Lieutenant | 60th Rifles | Indian Mutiny | September 1857 | June to|
Private | King's Regiment | Second Boer War | 23 August 1900 | |
Private | Durham Light Infantry | First World War | 6 May 1917 | |
Temp. Lieutenant | Bedfordshire Regiment | First World War | 24 October 1918 | |
Acting Captain | Princess Louises's | First World War | 23 April 1917* | |
Temp. Lieutenant Colonel | Prince of Wales's | First World War | 25 January 1917* | |
Captain | Manchester Regiment | Arab Revolt | 24 July 1920* | |
Trooper | Bulawayo Field Force | Matabeleland Rebellion | 30 March 1896 | |
Captain | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars | Indian Mutiny | 17 June 1858 | |
Sergeant | Royal Regiment of Artillery | Crimean War | 5 November 1854 | |
Temp. Second Lieutenant | Royal Army Service Corps | First World War | 23–24 March 1918 | |
Lieutenant | HMS Beagle | Crimean War | 26 October 1854 | |
Lance Corporal | King's Own | First World War | 26 April 1918 | |
Second Lieutenant | Hampshire Regiment | First World War | 31 July 1917* | |
Lance Corporal | 2nd South African Light Infantry | First World War | 20 September 1917 | |
Lieutenant | Northamptonshire Regiment | First Boer War | 28 January 1881 | |
Private | Royal Welsh Fusiliers | First World War | 20 July 1916 | |
Sergeant | 90th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Second Lieutenant | Bengal Horse Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 9 July 1857 | |
Able Seaman | Naval Brigade | Taiping Rebellion | 9 October 1862 | |
Sergeant | 2nd Division, NZEF | Second World War | 29 April 1941 | |
Acting Captain | Green Howards | First World War | 23 April 1917* | |
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 22–23 January 1879 | |
Sergeant | 1st Battalion, CEF | First World War | 18 August 1917* | |
Private | West India Regiment | The Gambia | 30 June 1866 | |
Temp. Major | Lincolnshire Regiment | Second World War | 16 February 1944* | |
Sergeant | Manchester Regiment | First World War | 29 October 1914 | |
Lieutenant | HMS B11 | First World War | 13 December 1914 | |
Sergeant | Royal Canadian Dragoons | Second Boer War | 7 November 1900 | |
Lieutenant | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment | First World War | 3 September 1916 | |
Farrier | 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars | Indian Mutiny | 17 June 1858 | |
Company Sergeant Major | Green Howards | Second World War | 6 June 1944 | |
Private | 78th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 26 September 1857 | |
Lance Corporal | King's Own | First World War | 26 August 1914 | |
Private | 84th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | |
Private | 2nd Battalion, CEF | First World War | 26 October 1917 | |
Private | Grenadier Guards | First World War | 9 October 1918* | |
Surgeon | 90th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 26 September 1857 | |
Lieutenant | Bengal Sappers and Miners | Indian Mutiny | 14 September 1857 | |
Lieutenant | 78th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 2 October 1918* | 27 September to|
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 22–23 January 1879 | |
Lieutenant | 7th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 18 June 1855 | |
Captain | Highland Light Infantry | Sudan Campaign | 22 September 1898 | |
Bombardier | Royal Field Artillery | First World War | 15 September 1914 | |
Flight Lieutenant | No. 162 Squadron RCAF | Second World War | 24 June 1944* | |
Second Lieutenant | East Lancashire Regiment | First World War | 21 March 1918* | |
Lieutenant | Queen's Royal Regiment | Second World War | 18–20 January 1944* | |
Private | Royal Berkshire Regiment | Second Boer War | 2 August 1900 | |
Corporal | 1st Battalion, AIF | First World War | 6 May 1917 | |
Captain | New South Wales Army Medical Corps | Second Boer War | 24 July 1900 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | Sherwood Foresters | First World War | 15 June 1918 | |
Second Lieutenant | Duke of Wellington's | First World War | 31 August 1918 | |
Private | 7th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 18 June 1855 | 7 June 1855|
Private | Connaught Rangers | First World War | 3 September 1916 | |
Private | 21st Lancers | First World War | 5 September 1915 | |
Sergeant | 2nd Division, NZEF | Second World War | 20–28 May 1941 | |
Private | Rifle Brigade | Crimean War | 22 April 1855 | |
Corporal | Highland Light Infantry | First World War | 16–17 September 1918 | |
Temp. Corporal | 43 Commando | Second World War | 2 April 1945* | |
Captain | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps | First World War | 2 September 1918 | |
Private | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 28 June 1916 | |
Private | Royal Warwickshire Regiment | First World War | 4 October 1917 | |
Shoeing Smith | Royal Horse Artillery | Second Boer War | 20 December 1901 | |
Captain of the Mast | HMS Arrogant | Crimean War | 13 July 1855 | |
Lieutenant | 24th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 4 October 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Army Medical Corps | Second Boer War | 24 February 1900 | |
Lieutenant | Bengal Sappers and Miners | Indian Mutiny | 23 February 1858 | |
Second Lieutenant | No. 11 Squadron RFC | First World War | 7 November 1915 | |
Private | 10th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 19–22 September 1917 | |
Private | 53rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Ishar Singh | Sepoy | 28th Punjab Regiment | Waziristan Campaign | 10 April 1921 |
Lance Corporal | 14th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 19–20 May 1915 | |
Temp. Captain | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | Second World War | 25 November 1941* | |
Sergeant | East Yorkshire Regiment | First World War | 22 March 1918 | |
Sergeant | No. 106 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 26 April 1944 | |
Lance Corporal | Coldstream Guards | First World War | 27 September 1918* | |
Private | 17th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 25 June 1916 | |
Second Lieutenant | Worcestershire Regiment | First World War | 28 June 1915 | |
Temp. Captain | Gloucestershire Regiment | First World War | 21–23 March 1918 | |
Captain | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Second World War | 7–8 August 1944 | |
Corporal | Royal Fusiliers | First World War | 3 May 1917* | |
Lieutenant | 26th Bengal Native Infantry | Indian Mutiny | 14 October 1858 | |
Lance Corporal | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 23 August 1914 | |
Surgeon | 78th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | |
Fusilier | Lancashire Fusiliers | Second World War | 16 May 1944 | |
Captain | 34th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 12 October 1917* | |
Rough Rider | Bengal Horse Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 14–22 November 1857 | |
Private | 50th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 2 April 1917 | |
Captain | 86th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 3 April 1858 | |
Lieutenant | No. 66 Squadron RFC | First World War | 30 March 1918 | |
Acting Lieutenant Colonel | Royal Sussex Regiment | First World War | 4 November 1918 | |
Temp. Second Lieutenant | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 25 September 1915 | |
Second Lieutenant | Northumberland Fusiliers | First World War | 14 October 1918 | |
Sergeant | Sherwood Foresters | First World War | 3 October 1918 | |
Captain | Imperial Light Horse | Second Boer War | 21 October 1899 | |
Captain | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 14 September 1914 | |
Stoker | HMS Arrogant | Crimean War | 9 August 1854 | |
Lieutenant | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Indian Mutiny | 8 June 1857 | |
Sergeant | King's | First World War | 3 September 1916 | |
Captain | 7th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 7 June 1855 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | Parachute Regiment | Falklands War | 28 May 1982* | |
Commander | HMS Shark | First World War | 31 May 1916* | |
Temp. Lieutenant | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | First World War | 21 May 1916* | |
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 22–23 January 1879 | |
Private | Cheshire Regiment | First World War | 25 September 1916 | |
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 22–23 January 1879 | |
Captain | 51st Sikhs | First World War | 7 January 1915* | |
Lieutenant | 8th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 23 August 1918 | |
Sergeant | New Zealand and Australian Division | First World War | 26 August 1918 | |
Corporal | 22nd Battalion, CEF | First World War | 8 June 1918 | |
Kamal Ram | Sepoy | 8th Punjab Regiment | Second World War | 12 May 1944 |
Karamjeet Judge | Lieutenant | 15th Punjab Regiment | Second World War | 18 March 1945* |
Karanbahadur Rana | Rifleman | 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles | First World War | 10 April 1918 |
Gunner | Bengal Civil Service | Indian Mutiny | 9 November 1857 | |
Major | Bombay Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 17 March 1858 | |
Boatswain Third Class | HMS Wrangler | Crimean War | 31 August 1855 | |
Private | 2/25th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 13 September 1943 | |
Lance Corporal | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers | Indian Mutiny | 28 September 1857 | |
Temp. Second Lieutenant | Duke of Wellington's | First World War | 4 October 1916 | |
Private | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 25 April 1915 | |
Private | 2/4th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 15 May 1945 | |
Captain | 21st Lancers | Sudan Campaign | 2 September 1898 | |
Lance Corporal | Irish Guards | Second World War | 28 April 1943 | |
Private | Highland Light Infantry | Second Boer War | 22 November 1900 | |
Private | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | First World War | 25 September 1915 | |
Private | 53rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Private | Durham Light Infantry | First World War | 4 November 1915 | |
Private | 2nd Battalion, AIF | First World War | 9 April 1917 | |
Drummer | Gordon Highlanders | First World War | 23 October 1914 | |
Lieutenant | 39th Garhwal Rifles | Waziristan Campaign | 2 January 1920* | |
Lieutenant | Gordon Highlanders | First World War | 21 March 1918 | |
Lieutenant | 3rd Battalion, CEF | First World War | 27 September 1918 | |
Private | 4th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 16 September 1916 | |
Lieutenant | Bombay Native Infantry | 24thIndian Mutiny | 10 July 1857 | |
Temp. Lieutenant Colonel | No. 11 Commando | Second World War | 17–18 November 1941* | |
Private | 1st Battalion, AIF | First World War | 7 August 1915 | |
Lance Corporal | London Regiment | First World War | 25–26 May 1915 | |
Khudadad Khan | Sepoy | 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis | First World War | 31 October 1914 |
Sergeant | 2/48th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 23–31 October 1942* | |
Captain | South Staffordshire Regiment | First World War | 25 September 1915* | |
Private | 2/14th Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 29 August 1942 | |
Private | 49th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 30 October 1917 | |
Corporal | Royal Engineers | Second Boer War | 2 June 1900 | |
Second Lieutenant | Manchester Regiment | First World War | 4 November 1918* | |
Private | 10th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 4 June 1857 | |
Sergeant | Post Office Rifles | First World War | 20 September 1917 | |
Acting Sergeant | 10th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 2 September 1918* | |
Corporal | King's Regiment | Second Boer War | 21 August 1900 | |
Lieutenant | No. 1 Commando | Second World War | 31 January 1945* | |
Temp. Second Lieutenant | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 22 March 1918 | |
Sergeant | Scots Fusiliers Guards | Crimean War | 20 September 1854 | |
Acting Corporal | 47th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 22–24 August 1917 | |
Kulbir Thapa | Rifleman | 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles | First World War | 25 September 1915 |
Lachhiman Gurung | Rifleman | 8th Gurkha Rifles | Second World War | 12–13 May 1945 |
Major | County of London Yeomanry | 1stFirst World War | 27 October 1917* | |
Piper | King's Own Scottish Borderers | First World War | 25 September 1915 | |
Lala | Lance Naik | 41st Dogras | First World War | 21 January 1916 |
Lalbahadur Thapa | Subadar | 2nd Gurkha Rifles | Second World War | 5–6 April 1943 |
Sergeant Major | 84th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 August 1857, 25 September 1857 | 29 June 1857,|
Private | 67th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 21 August 1860 | |
Acting Captain | Durham Light Infantry | First World War | 3 December 1917 | |
Temp. Major | Special Air Service | Second World War | 8–9 April 1945* | |
Private | Royal Scots Fusiliers | First World War | 13 August 1915 | |
Gunner | Bengal Horse Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 22 November 1857 | 14 November 1857 to|
Sergeant | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | First World War | 12 September 1918 | |
Sergeant | 17th Lancers | Second Boer War | 7 August 1900 | |
Lieutenant | 32nd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 26 September 1857 | 7 July 1857,|
Private | Gordon Highlanders | Tirah Campaign | 20 October 1897 | |
Temp. Major | Hampshire Regiment | Second World War | 3 December 1942 | |
Surgeon | Royal Army Medical Corps | British rule in Burma | 4 May 1889 | |
Captain | Royal Engineers & Bengal Sappers and Miners | Second Afghan War | 17 March 1879 | |
Second Lieutenant | Manchester Regiment | First World War | 29 October 1914 | |
Private | 9th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 23 July 1916 | |
Lance Corporal | Parachute Regiment | Operation Herrick | 22 August 2013 | |
Sergeant | King's African Rifles | Second World War | 19 May 1941* | |
Acting Major | 2nd Battalion, CEF | First World War | 18 August 1917* | |
Flight Lieutenant | No. 49 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 12 August 1940 | |
Major | 13th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 28 March 1879 | |
Colour Sergeant | Corps of Royal Engineers | Crimean War | 18 June 1855 | |
Lieutenant | 14th Light Dragoons | Indian Mutiny | 1 April 1858 | |
Corporal | Corps of Royal Engineers | Crimean War | 14 February 1855 | |
Lieutenant | Corps of Royal Engineers | Crimean War | 20 November 1854 | |
Lieutenant | 67th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 21 August 1860 | |
Corporal | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 12 October 1918 | |
Private | Welsh Regiment | First World War | 22–23 October 1916* | |
Lance Corporal | Northamptonshire Regiment | First World War | 18–21 September 1918* | |
Temp. Captain | Coldstream Guards | Second World War | 3 April 1945 | |
Captain | Princess Louises's | First World War | 31 July 1915* | |
Captain | Scots Fusiliers Guards | Crimean War | 20 September 1854 | |
Commander | HMS Turbulent | Second World War | 23 March 1943* | September 1939 to|
Sergeant | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 9 October 1917 | |
Surgeon Major | Royal Army Medical Corps | Kachin Hills Expedition | 6 January 1893 | |
Gunner | Royal Horse Artillery | Second Boer War | 31 March 1900 | |
Private | Duke of Wellington's | First World War | 11 August 1917 | |
Flight Lieutenant | No. 271 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 19 September 1944* | |
Temp. Major | Green Howards | First World War | 1 July 1916* | |
Sergeant | 21st Battalion, AIF | First World War | 1 September 1918 | |
Boatswain's Mate | HMS Hecla | Crimean War | 21 June 1854 | |
Colour Sergeant | 40th Regiment of Foot | New Zealand Wars | 18 March 1861 | |
Driver | Royal Field Artillery | First World War | 26 August 1914 | |
Captain | 97th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 8 September 1855 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Marine Artillery | First World War | 3–4 April 1917 | |
Captain | 102nd Battalion, CEF | First World War | 27 September 1918 | |
Captain | Scots Guards | Second World War | 22–27 April 1943* | |
Private | Lancashire Fusiliers | First World War | 2 May 1915 | |
Private | 19th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 10 June 1855 | |
Lieutenant | 26th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 28 March 1879 | |
Lieutenant | 72nd Bengal Native Infantry | Indian Mutiny | 23 May 1858 | |
Colour Sergeant | Corps of Royal Engineers | Crimean War | 19 April 1855 | |
Captain | 38th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 9 April 1917 | |
Temp. Captain | 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles | First World War | 3 October 1918 | 29 September 1918 to|
Temp. Lieutenant | Princess Louises's | First World War | 27 August 1918 | 24 August 1918|
Major | 2nd Gurkha Rifles | Lushai Expedition | 4 January 1872 | |
Private | 93rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Lance Corporal | Gordon Highlanders | Second Boer War | 20 May 1900 | |
Private | Scots Guards | First World War | 19 December 1914* | |
Sergeant | Seaforth Highlanders | Third Ashanti Expedition | 6 June 1900 | |
Corporal | 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF | Second World War | 12 May 1945* | |
Lieutenant | Seaforth Highlanders | First World War | 11 April 1917* | |
Lieutenant | Corps of Guides | Tirah Campaign | 17 August 1897 | |
Lieutenant | 78th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | |
Private | 23rd Battalion, AIF | First World War | 1 September 1918* | |
Sergeant Major | 41st Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 26 October 1854 | |
Acting Leading Seaman | HMS XE3 | Second World War | 31 July 1945 | |
Drummer | 33rd Regiment of Foot | Abyssinian War | 13 April 1868 | |
Sergeant | 1st Madras European Fusiliers | Indian Mutiny | 21 September 1857 | |
Major | Westminster Regiment | Second World War | 24 May 1944 | |
Surgeon | HMS Hazard | Occupation of Crete | 6 September 1898 | |
Wing Commander | No. 18 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 4 December 1942* | |
Lieutenant | 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry | Anglo-Persian War | 8 February 1857 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Army Medical Corps | First World War | 25 September 1915 | |
Midshipman | HMS River Clyde | First World War | 25 April 1915 | |
Lance-Sergeant | 13th Light Dragoons | Crimean War | 25 October 1854 | |
Civilian | Bengal Civil Service | Indian Mutiny | 30 July 1857 | |
Assistant surgeon | Royal Artillery | New Zealand Wars | 29 April 1864 | |
Major | No. 85 Squadron RFC | First World War | 26 July 1918* | 17 June 1918 to|
Captain | West Yorkshire Regiment | Second Boer War | 27 February 1900 | |
Flying Officer | No. 50 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 30 May 1942* | |
Acting Leading Seaman | HMS Foylebank | Second World War | 4 July 1940* | |
Private | King's Royal Rifle Corps | First World War | 22 May 1915 | |
Lieutenant | King's Royal Rifle Corps | Sudan Campaign | 13 March 1884 | |
Acting Lieutenant Colonel | Irish Guards | First World War | 4 November 1918* | |
Quartermaster Sergeant | 19th Hussars | Sudan Campaign | 29 February 1884 | |
Lieutenant | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 12 March 1915 | |
Sergeant | Protectorate Regiment | Second Boer War | 26 December 1899 | |
Lieutenant | Surgeon CaptainSouth African Constabulary Royal Army Medical Corps | Second Boer War First World War | 29 October 1914 to 8 November 1914 | 8 February 1902|
Private | Royal Army Service Corps | First World War | 9 April 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Devonshire Regiment | Second Boer War | 6 January 1900 | |
Captain | Royal Regiment of Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | |
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel | 3rd Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 5 September 1855 | |
Second Lieutenant | Royal Garrison Artillery | First World War | 4 June 1917 | |
Lieutenant | Robert's Light Horse | Second Boer War | 31 March 1900 | |
Lieutenant | 18th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 3 October 1918 | |
Private | Cameronians | First World War | 22 October 1914 | |
Lieutenant | Victorian Mounted Rifles | 5thSecond Boer War | 23 November 1901 | |
Midshipman | Indian Naval Brigade | Indian Mutiny | 22 November 1857 | |
Lance-Sergeant | King's Own | First World War | 31 July 1917 | |
Corporal | Scots Guards | First World War | 27 November 1917 | |
Lieutenant | 93rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 11 March 1858 | |
Lance Corporal | Seaforth Highlanders | First World War | 20 November 1917 | |
Lieutenant | 16th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 23 August 1918 | |
Private | 57th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 23 June 1855 | |
Surgeon | 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry | Basuto War | 14 January 1881 | |
Temp. Captain | No. 56 Squadron RFC | First World War | March 1918 | August 1917 to|
Private | 47th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 5 November 1854 | |
Civilian | Bengal Civil Service | Indian Mutiny | 30 July 1857 | |
Private | 44th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 21 August 1860 | |
Sergeant | 47th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 28 March 1918 | |
Private | Royal Irish Rifles | First World War | 1 July 1916* | |
Lance-Sergeant | 42nd Regiment of Foot | First Ashanti Expedition | 21 January 1874 | |
Sergeant | 40th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 4 October 1917 | |
Private | 1st Bengal European Fusiliers | Indian Mutiny | 23 June 1857 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Scots | First World War | 22 October 1918 | |
Private | Rifle Brigade | Crimean War | July 1855 | |
Acting Sergeant | King's Own Scottish Borderers | First World War | 28 September 1918* | |
Sergeant | 1st Bengal European Fusiliers | Indian Mutiny | 14 September 1857 | |
Private | 5th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 22 December 1857 | 2 October 1857,|
Gunner | Bengal Artillery | Indian Mutiny | 22 November 1857 | 14 November 1857 to|
Private | Gordon Highlanders | First World War | 31 July 1917 | |
Private | Royal Scots | First World War | 23 August 1918 | |
Sergeant | Parachute Regiment | Falklands War | 12 June 1982* | |
Lieutenant | 14th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 27–28 April 1918 | |
Sergeant | Scots Fusilier Guards | Crimean War | 20 September 1854 | |
Colour Sergeant | 65th Regiment of Foot | New Zealand Wars | 7 September 1863 | |
Able Seaman | HMS Vindictive | First World War | 22–23 April 1918 | |
Lieutenant | Canadian Machine Gun Corps | First World War | 30 October 1917* | |
Second Lieutenant | No. 2 Squadron RFC | First World War | 27 March 1918 | |
Private | 5th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 26 September 1857 | |
Assistant surgeon | 78th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | |
Temp. Lieutenant | Royal Sussex Regiment | First World War | 14 February 1916 | |
Sergeant | Green Howards | First World War | 27 October 1918 | |
Lieutenant | No. 1 Squadron AFC | First World War | 20 March 1917 | |
Corporal | East Surrey Regiment | First World War | 3 September 1918 | |
Lieutenant Colonel | 107th Bengal Infantry Regiment | New Zealand Wars | 30 March 1864 | |
Lance-Sergeant | Scots Guards | First World War | 15 September 1916 | |
Colour Sergeant | 78th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 26 September 1857 | |
Corporal | Corps of Royal Engineers | First World War | 14 October 1918* | |
Private | 95th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 6 January 1858 | |
Acting Captain | Duke of Cambridge's Own | First World War | 1 December 1917* | 30 November 1917 to|
Sergeant | 44th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 20 October 1854 | |
Corporal | Prince of Wales's Own | First World War | 19 November 1915 | |
Sergeant | Seaforth Highlanders | First World War | 20 July 1918 | |
Captain | Gordon Highlanders | Second Boer War | 21 October 1899 | |
Chaplain | Royal Army Chaplains' Department | First World War | 27–29 March 1916 | |
Captain | Indian Staff Corps | Third Ashanti Expedition | 30 September 1900 | |
Lieutenant | 24th Regiment of Foot | Anglo-Zulu War | 22 January 1879* | |
Private | Black Watch | First World War | 21 April 1917 | |
Sergeant | 4th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 1 October 1918 | |
Major | South Saskatchewan Regiment | Second World War | 19 August 1942 | |
Lance Corporal | 16th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 2 September 1918 | |
Captain | Frontier Force Regiment | 12thSecond Mohmand Campaign | 29 September 1935* | |
Flight Sergeant | No. 149 Squadron RAF | Second World War | 28 November 1942* | |
Commander | HMS Torbay | Second World War | 4–5 March 1942 | |
Lieutenant | 10th Hussars | Second Boer War | 5 January 1900 | |
Private | Gloucestershire Regiment | First World War | 23 October 1918 | |
Private | 42nd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 15 January 1859 | |
Lieutenant | Royal Regiment of Artillery | Crimean War | 5 November 1854 | |
Private | Bengal Ordnance Depot | Indian Mutiny | 28 October 1857 | |
Conductor | King's Own | First World War | 30–31 July 1916* | |
Private | Manchester Regiment | First World War | 10–11 December 1917* | |
Private | 16th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 9 April 1917* | |
Corporal | 58th Battalion, CEF | First World War | 8 August 1918* | |
Mir Dast | Jemadar | 55th Coke's Rifles | First World War | 26 April 1915 |
Captain | 4th Canadian Engineers | First World War | 8–9 October 1918 | |
Private | Gordon Highlanders | Second World War | 23–24 January 1944* | |
Captain of the Foretop | HMS Harrier | New Zealand Wars | 29 April 1864 | |
Private | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment | First World War | 14 October 1918 | |
Sergeant | Royal Fusiliers | First World War | 9 October 1917 | |
Trumpeter | 2nd Dragoon Guards | Indian Mutiny | 8 October 1858 | |
Private | 23rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 18 November 1857 | |
Lieutenant | 58th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 12 May 1917 | |
Second Lieutenant | Hampshire Regiment | First World War | 5 June 1915 | |
Lieutenant | 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry | Anglo-Persian War | 8 February 1857 | |
Major | 88th Regiment of Foot | 9th Cape Frontier War | 29 December 1877 | |
Second Lieutenant | Hampshire Regiment | First World War | 20 September 1917 | |
Private | Military Train | Indian Mutiny | 15 April 1858 | |
Private | Royal Irish Fusiliers | First World War | 12 April 1915 | |
Sergeant | Border Regiment | First World War | 27 January 1917 | |
Sergeant | No. 20 Squadron RFC | First World War | 7 January 1917* | |
Sergeant | 6th Dragoons | Crimean War | 26 October 1854 | |
Sergeant | Prince of Wales's Own | First World War | 26 March 1918 | |
Lance-Sergeant | Irish Guards | First World War | 12–13 September 1917 | |
Sergeant | 90th Regiment of Foot | Crimean War | 8 September 1855 | |
Lance Corporal | Machine Gun Corps | First World War | 11 April 1917 | |
Major | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Korean War | 23 September 1950* | |
Sergeant | Royal Horse Artillery | Second Afghan War | 27 July 1880 | |
Sergeant | Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | First World War | 30 October 1917 | |
Captain | Imperial Light Horse | Second Boer War | 21 October 1899 | |
Colour Sergeant | 93rd Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 16 November 1857 | |
Farrier | Military Train | Indian Mutiny | 15 April 1858 | |
Private | 24th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 7 May 1867 | |
Captain | 13th Battalion, AIF | First World War | 4–5 February 1917 | |
Lance Corporal | Connaught Rangers | First Boer War | 16 January 1881 | |
Sergeant | 68th Regiment of Foot | New Zealand Wars | 21 June 1864 | |
Lieutenant | Welsh Regiment | First World War | 9 April 1916 | |
Private | 84th Regiment of Foot | Indian Mutiny | 25 September 1857 | 12 July 1857 to|
Pilot Officer | No. 419 Squadron RCAF | Second World War | 12 June 1944* |