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 3
Francis Wheatley
English painter
George Allan Mitchell
Soldier
Samuel Evans
Soldier
Henry Edward Jerome
Soldier
David Philip Hirsch
Soldier
George Drewry
Soldier
Charles George Bonner
Soldier
Humphrey Firman
Soldier
Thomas Colclough Watson
Engineer
Joseph Prosser
Soldier
Albert Lowerson
Soldier
Bernard Gordon
Soldier
George Ingram
Australian carpenter
John Leak
Soldier
Walter Lorrain Brodie
Soldier
William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards
Soldier
Gustavus Coulson
British soldier
Edgar Christopher Cookson
Soldier
Harold Auten
Naval commander
John Henry Carless
British seaman
William Bees
Armed force officer
Henry John Andrews
British military physician
Henry Addison
British soldier
William Clark-Kennedy
Canadian soldier
Robert Henry Cain
Military officer
Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke
Soldier
Henry Cooper
British boxer
Rambahadur Limbu
Armed force officer
Joshua Leakey
British soldier
Billy Bishop
Canadian flying ace
Albert Edward Shepherd
Armed force officer
Valentine Bambrick
Soldier
Noel Godfrey Chavasse
British medical doctor
Leonard James Keyworth
Armed force officer
Edward Bamford
Military officer
Albert White
Guitarist
William Thomas Marshall
Soldier
William Williams Priest
British seaman
William Addison
Chess player
Herbert George Columbine
Armed force officer
Albert Ball
British fighter
Norman Cyril Jackson
Soldier
Patrick Donohoe
Alexander Roberts Dunn
Armed force officer
Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu
New Zealand soldier
Bryan Budd
British soldier
David Finlay
Armed force officer
