List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 3rd Division

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. The VC was introduced, in Great Britain, on 29 January 1856 by 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]

* indicates a posthumous award

Name	Unit	Campaign	Date of action	Place of action
Thomas Grady	004 4th Regiment of Foot	Crimean War	1854-10-1818 October 1854	Sevastopol, Crimea
William McWheeney	044 44th Regiment of Foot	Crimean War	1854-10-2020 October 1854	Sevastopol, Crimea
William Nickerson	Royal Army Medical Corps	Second Boer War	1900-04-2020 April 1900	Wakkerstroom, South Africa
Harry Beet	Derbyshire Regiment	Second Boer War	1900-04-2222 April 1900	Wakkerstroom, South Africa
Maurice Dease	Royal Fusiliers	First World War	1914-08-2323 August 1914*	Mons, Belgium
Sidney Godley	Royal Fusiliers	First World War	1914-08-2323 August 1914	Mons, Belgium
Charles Jarvis	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	1914-08-2323 August 1914	Jemappes, Belgium
Theodore Wright	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	1914-08-2323 August 1914 14 September 1914*	Mons, Belgium
Charles Garforth	015 15th The King's Hussars	First World War	1914-08-2323 August 1914	Harmingnies, France
Cyril Martin	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	1915-03-1212 March 1915	Spanbroek Molen, Belgium
Edward Mellish	Royal Army Chaplains' Department	First World War	1916-03-2727–29 March 1916	St. Eloi, Belgium
Billy Congreve	Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)	First World War	1916-07-066–20 July 1916	Longueval, France
Sidney Bates	Royal Norfolk Regiment	Second World War	1944-08-066 August 1944* [C]	Sourdeval, France
James Stokes	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	Second World War	1945-03-011 March 1945*	Kervenheim, Germany
Johnson Beharry	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	Iraq War	2004-05-011 May 2004 11 June 2004	Al-Amarah, Iraq
James Ashworth	Grenadier Guards	War in Afghanistan	2012-06-1313 June 2012*	Nahr-e Saraj District, Afghanistan

See also

• List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 1st Division
• List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 2nd Division

Notes

1. Ashcroft 2006, pp. IX–XIII, 7.

References

• Ashcroft, Michael (2006). Victoria Cross Heroes . London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN   978-0-75531-632-8.

Further reading

• McNish, Robin; Bray, Paul; Messenger, Charles (2000). Iron Division: The History of the 3rd Division 1809-2000 (3rd ed.). Salisbury: Headquarters 3 (UK) Division. ISBN   978-0-71102-820-3.