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 5
Norman Finch
Soldier
William Thomas Rickard
British sailor
Gordon Charles Steele
Soldier
Joseph Trewavas
Sailor
Martin Dunbar-Nasmith
Submariner
John Prettyjohns
Soldier
Henry Ritchie
Soldier
William Alfred Savage
Sailor
William Odgers
Sailor
Samuel Mitchell
Sailor
James Gorman
British seaman
Israel Harding
Soldier
Wilfred St Aubyn Malleson
Soldier
George Ingouville
Sailor
William Job Maillard
British surgeon
James Joseph Magennis
Sailor
Jack Mantle
Sailor
Loftus Jones
Armed force officer
John Linton
Soldier
Edgar Inkson
Soldier
James Ashworth
British soldier
Henry Kelly
Broadcaster
Kulbir Thapa
Armed force officer
Lalbahadur Thapa
Armed force officer
Raphael Zengel
Soldier
Lewis Halliday
Soldier
James Cleland Richardson
John Croak
Soldier
George Fraser Kerr
Soldier
Frederick Coppins
Canadian soldier
Gordon Flowerdew
Soldier
Mick Mannock
Flying ace
Fazal Din
Soldier
Robert Grieve
Armed force officer
Edmund Phipps-Hornby
Soldier
Samuel Pearse
Soldier
Alexander Burton
Australian-British soldier
Frederick Tubb
Armed force officer
William Symons
Australian military officer
Walter Peeler
Australian soldier
Percy Cherry
Armed force officer
Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts
Soldier
Ian Edward Fraser
British submariner
Alfred Edward Sephton
Soldier
Richard Been Stannard
Soldier
Teignmouth Melvill
Soldier
Gonville Bromhead
British soldier
