Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces. It may be awarded posthumously.
Victoria Cross People (First 49 people) - Page 10
Patrick Anthony Porteous
British commando
Thomas Cooke
New Zealand soldier
Bernard Warburton-Lee
Navy officer
Norman Douglas Holbrook
British submariner
Robert Sherbrooke
Senior officer
John Thomas Davies
Soldier
Herman James Good
Soldier
William Kenealy
Soldier
Frederick William Hall
Canadian soldier
Eric Norman Frankland Bell
British soldier
Frederick Jeremiah Edwards
Irish-British soldier
George Lambert
Soldier
Charles John Stanley Gough
British soldier
Angus Douglas-Hamilton
Soldier
William McFadzean
British soldier
Jock Campbell
General
William Johnstone
Sailor
Peter Badcoe
Australian soldier
James Bergin
British military personnel
David Lord
British aircraft pilot
Robert Bye
British soldier
Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet
British Politician
Hugh Colvin
British fighter
Robert Downie
Soldier
John Byrne
British soldier
George Sellar
Soldier
Jørgen Jensen
Australian soldier
John George Pattison
Canadian soldier
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
British general
Charles Mullins
Soldier
Frederick George Topham
Soldier
John Chipman Kerr
Canadian logging workers
Augustus Anson
Member of Parliament
David Lauder
Soldier
Cyril Edward Gourley
Soldier
Gerald Goodlake
Armed force officer
Harry Ranken
Armed force officer
Samuel Parkes
Armed force officer
William Ruthven
Australian soldier
Alexander Buckley
Armed force officer
Edward Felix Baxter
Armed force officer
John Alexander
Director
William Amey
Armed force officer
Frederick Sleigh Roberts
British general
Walter Richard Parker
Armed force officer
Andrew Mynarski
Armed force officer
William Hackett
Armed force officer
