List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients

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The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916

The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. 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. [1] The award was officially constituted when Queen Victoria issued a warrant under the Royal sign-manual on 29 January 1856 that was gazetted on 5 February 1856. [2] The order was backdated to 1854 to recognize acts of valor during the Crimean War. [3] The first awards ceremony was held on 26 June 1857, where Queen Victoria invested 62 of the 111 Crimean recipients in a ceremony in Hyde Park. [4]

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The First World War, also known as the Great War and in the United States as World War I, was a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers, [5] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. [6] More than 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. [7] The main combatants descended into a state of total war, directing their entire scientific and industrial capabilities into the war effort. Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in history. [8] The proximate cause of war was the assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Soon after, a system of alliances were activated that would see Europe at war. The Western Front saw the largest concentration of Commonwealth troops with soldiers occupying sectors of the line from the North Sea to the Orne River.

On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British Army endured the bloodiest day in its history, suffering 57,470 casualties and 19,240 dead; nine Victoria Crosses were awarded for action on that day. [9] Most of the casualties occurred in the first hour of the attack. The entire Somme offensive cost the British Army almost half a million men. The war was not just fought on land; the First World War saw major naval battles as well as the first large-scale use of military aircraft. The war at sea was mainly characterized by the efforts of the Allied Powers in blockading the Central Powers by sea. In return, the Central Powers attempted to break that blockade and establish an effective blockade of the British Isles and France with U-boats and raiders. The largest naval battle of the First World War was the Battle of Jutland which was the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. [10] Four Victoria Crosses were awarded for action at Jutland. The war in the air saw 19 VCs being awarded to airmen. The First World War saw significant interest in flying aces, including the German Manfred von Richthofen—also known as The Red Baron—as well as British aces such as Albert Ball, Mick Mannock and Billy Bishop, who were all Victoria Cross recipients. Hostilities ended on 11 November 1918 with the signing of the Armistice Treaty in the Compiègne Forest, but the war was not officially over until the various peace treaties were signed in 1919. By the war's end, four major imperial powers – Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire—had been militarily and politically defeated, and the latter two ceased to exist as autonomous entities. [11] Of the 60 million European soldiers who were mobilized from 1914–1918, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled, and 15 million were seriously injured. [12]

During the war, Britain called on its dominions and colonies, which provided invaluable military, financial and material support. The armies of the Dominions provided over 2.5 million men as well as many thousands of volunteers from the Crown colonies. [13] The largest number of men came from the Indian sub continent, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Indian Contingent consisted of over 130,000 men in various capabilities and served primarily in France and Belgium. Over 9000 of them died and 11 of them were awarded the VC. The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) began forming on 15 August 1914 and remained a volunteer force for the entire war. [14] Throughout the four years of conflict, 331,814 volunteers from Australia were sent overseas with 63 VCs awarded; nine of these were given for the Gallipoli Campaign. Eleven members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) were awarded the Victoria Cross. The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) saw over 600,000 enlistments throughout its four-year history with 71 VCs awarded. [15] At the outbreak of the hostilities, Newfoundland was a separate dominion and 2 soldiers from Newfoundland were awarded the Victoria Cross.

The 628 awards of the Victoria Cross given for action during the First World War account for almost half the 1356 Victoria Crosses awarded throughout its history; in comparison the Second World War saw 181 medals awarded. Noel Godfrey Chavasse was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar, for two separate actions in the First World War on the battlefields of Mametz and Passchendaele. He died from wounds received in the second action. [16] Arthur Martin-Leake received a Bar to his Victoria Cross for action in the First World War; he had been awarded his first Victoria Cross for action in the Second Boer War.

Of the 627 recipients 159 (25.36%) were awarded posthumously.

Recipients

NameUnitDate of actionPlace of action
Harold Ackroyd Royal Army Medical Corps 31 July 1917 to
1 August 1917
Ypres, Belgium
Abraham Acton Border Regiment 21 December 1914 Rouges Bancs, France
William Addison Royal Army Chaplains' Department 9 April 1916 Sanaiyal, Mesopotamia
Tom Adlam Bedfordshire Regiment 27 September 1916
28 September 1916
Thiepval, France
Ernest Alexander Royal Field Artillery 24 August 1914 Elouges, Belgium
Wallace Algie 1st Battalion, CEF 11 October 1918* Cambrai, France
William Allen Royal Army Medical Corps 3 September 1916 Mesnil, France
William Amey Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4 November 1918 Landrecies, France
William Anderson Green Howards 12 March 1915* Neuve Chapelle, France
William Herbert Anderson Highland Light Infantry 25 March 1918* Maricourt, France
Leslie Andrew Wellington Infantry Regiment 31 July 1917 La Basse Ville, Belgium
William Angus Highland Light Infantry 12 June 1915 Givenchy, France
Adam Archibald Corps of Royal Engineers 4 November 1918 Ors, France
Harold Auten Royal Naval Reserve 30 July 1918 English Channel, England
Thomas Axford 16th Battalion, AIF 4 July 1918 Hamel Wood, France
Albert Ball No. 56 Squadron RFC 25 April 1917 to
6 May 1917*
Over France
Edward Bamford Royal Marine Light Infantry 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
Edward Barber Grenadier Guards 12 March 1915* Neuve Chapelle, France
William Barker No. 1 Squadron RFC 27 October 1918 Forêt de Mormal, France
Thomas Barratt South Staffordshire Regiment 27 July 1917* Ypres, Belgium
John Barrett Leicestershire Regiment 24 September 1918 Pontruet, France
Colin Barron 3rd Battalion, CEF 6 November 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
Frederick Barter Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16 May 1915 Festubert, France
Cyril Bassett New Zealand Divisional Signal Company 7 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Arthur Batten-Pooll Royal Munster Fusiliers 25 June 1916 Colonne, France
Edward Baxter King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18 April 1916* Blairville, France
Daniel Beak Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 21 August 1918 to
8 September 1918 [A]
Logeast Wood, France
Ernest Beal Green Howards 21–22 March 1918* Saint-Léger, France
Robert Beatham 8th Battalion, AIF 9 August 1918* Rosières-en-Santerre
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor No. 84 Squadron RFC 8 August 1918 to
8 October 1918
France
William Beesley Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 8 May 1918 Bucquoy, France
Douglas Belcher London Regiment 13 May 1915 WieltjeSaint-Julien Road, Belgium
Donald Bell Green Howards 5 July 1916 Somme, France
Eric Bell Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1 July 1916* Thiepval, France
Richard Bell-Davies No. 3 Squadron RNAS 19 November 1915 Ferrijik Junction, Bulgaria
Edward Bellew 7th Battalion, CEF 24 April 1915 Kerselare, Belgium
Eugene Bennett Worcestershire Regiment 5 November 1916 Le Transloy, France
Philip Bent Leicestershire Regiment 1 October 1917* Polygon Wood, Belgium
Spencer Bent East Lancashire Regiment 1 November 1914 Le Gheer, Belgium
Bertram Best-Dunkley Lancashire Fusiliers 31 July 1917* Wieltje, Belgium
Edward Bingham HMS Nestor 31 May 1916 Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Frederick Birks 6th Battalion, AIF 21 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Billy Bishop No. 60 Squadron RAF 2 June 1917 Cambrai, France
William Bissett Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 25 October 1918 Maing, France
Arthur Blackburn 10th Battalion, AIF 23 July 1916 Pozières, France
William Bloomfield 2nd South African Mounted Brigade 24 August 1916 Mlali, Tanganyika
Charles Bonner HMS Dunraven 8 August 1917 Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
Frederick Booth British South Africa Police 12 February 1917 Johannesbruck, Tanganyika
Albert Borella 26th Battalion, AIF 17 July 1918 Villers-Bretonneux, France
Arthur Borton London Regiment 7 November 1917 Sheria, Palestine
Stanley Boughey Royal Scots Fusiliers 1 December 1917* El Burf, Palestine
William Boulter Northamptonshire Regiment 14 July 1916 Trones Wood, France
Rowland Bourke Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 9–10 May 1918 Ostend, Belgium
George Boyd-Rochfort Scots Guards 3 August 1915 Cambrin, France
Edward Boyle HMS E14 27 April 1915 Dardanelles, Turkey
Edward Bradbury Royal Horse Artillery 1 September 1914* Néry, France
George Bradford HMS Iris II 22–23 April 1918* Zeebrugge, Belgium
Roland Bradford Durham Light Infantry 1 October 1916 Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France
Alexander Brereton 8th Battalion, CEF 9 August 1918 Amiens, France
Jean Brillant 22nd Battalion, CEF 8–9 August 1918* Meharicourt, France
Walter Brodie Highland Light Infantry 11 November 1914 Becelaere, Belgium
Cuthbert Bromley Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
James Brooke Gordon Highlanders 29 October 1914* Gheluvelt, Belgium
Edward Brooks Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 28 April 1917 Fayet, France
Oliver Brooks Coldstream Guards 8 October 1915 Loos, France
Donald Brown Otago Infantry Regiment 15 September 1916 High Wood, France
Harry Brown 10th Battalion, CEF 16 August 1917* Hill 70, France
Walter Brown 20th Battalion, AIF 6 July 1918 Villers-Bretonneux, France
William Bruce 59th Scinde Rifles 19 December 1914* Givenchy, France
Thomas Bryan Northumberland Fusiliers 9 April 1917 Arras, France
John Buchan Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 21 March 1918* Marteville, France
Angus Buchanan South Wales Borderers 5 April 1916 Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia
William Buckingham Leicestershire Regiment 10 March 1915
12 March 1915
Neuve Chapelle, France
Alexander Buckley 54th Battalion, AIF 1–2 September 1918* Péronne, France
Maurice Buckley 13th Battalion, AIF 18 September 1918 Le Verguier, France
Patrick Bugden 31st Battalion, AIF 26–28 September 1917* Zonnebeke, Belgium
Daniel Burges South Wales Borderers 18 September 1918 Jumeaux, Macedonia
William Burman Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Alfred Burt Hertfordshire Regiment 27 September 1915 Cuinchy, France
Alexander Burton 7th Battalion, AIF 9 August 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Christopher Bushell Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 23 March 1918 Tergnier, France
John Butler King's Royal Rifle Corps 17 November 1914 Cameroons, Nigeria
William Butler Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6 August 1917 Lempire, France
Robert Bye Welsh Guards 31 July 1917 Yser Canal, Belgium
John Caffrey York and Lancaster Regiment 16 November 1915 La Brique, France
Hugh Cairns 46th Battalion, CEF 1 November 1918* Valenciennes, France
Thomas Caldwell Royal Scots Fusiliers 31 October 1918 Audenarde, Belgium
Laurence Calvert King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 12 September 1918 Havrincourt, France
Frederick Campbell 1st Battalion, CEF 15 June 1915* Givenchy, France
Gordon Campbell HMS Farnborough 17 February 1917Atlantic Ocean
John Campbell Coldstream Guards 15 September 1916 Ginchy, France
John Carless HMS Caledon 17 November 1917* Battle of Heligoland, Germany
John Carmichael Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 8 September 1917 Zwarteleen, Belgium
Alfred Carpenter HMS Vindictive 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
John Carroll 33rd Battalion, AIF 7–12 June 1917St. Yves, Belgium
Nelson Carter Royal Sussex Regiment 30 June 1916* Richebourg l'Avoue, France
Adrian Carton de Wiart 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 2–3 July 1916 La Boiselle, France
George Cartwright 33rd Battalion, AIF 31 August 1918 Bouchavesnes, France
Bernard Cassidy Lancashire Fusiliers 28 March 1918* Arras, France
Claude Castleton Australian Machine Gun Corps 28–29 July 1916* Pozières, France
George Cates Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 8 March 1917* Bouchavesnes, France
Geoffrey Cather Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) 1 July 1916* Hamel, France
Harry Cator East Surrey Regiment 9 April 1917 Arras, France
George Chafer East Yorkshire Regiment 3–4 June 1916 Meaulte, France
Chatta Singh 9th Bhopal Infantry 13 January 1916 Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia
Noel Chavasse Royal Army Medical Corps 9 August 1916
31–2 August 1917 [B]
Guillemont, France
Wieltje, Belgium
Percy Cherry 26th Battalion, AIF 26 March 1917* Lagnicourt, France
Harry Christian King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 18 October 1915 Cuinchy, France
John Christie London Regiment 21–22 December 1917 Fejja, Palestine
William Clamp Green Howards 9 October 1917* Poelcapelle, Belgium
George Clare 5th Royal Irish Lancers 28–29 November 1917* Bourlon Wood, France
James Clarke Lancashire Fusiliers 2 November 1918 Happegarbes, France
Leo Clarke 2nd Battalion, CEF 9 September 1916 Pozières, France
William Clark-Kennedy 24th Battalion, CEF 27–28 August 1918 Fresnes, France
Brett Cloutman Corps of Royal Engineers 6 November 1918 Pont-sur-Sambre, France
Clifford Coffin Corps of Royal Engineers 31 July 1917 Westhoek, Belgium
Harold Colley Lancashire Fusiliers 25 August 1918* Martinpuich, France
Joseph Collin King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9 April 1918* Givenchy, France
John Collings-Wells Bedfordshire Regiment 22–27 March 1918* Marcoing, France
John Collins Royal Welsh Fusiliers 31 October 1917 Beersheba, Palestine
William Coltman Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 3–4 October 1918 Mannequin Hill, France
Herbert Columbine Machine Gun Corps 22 March 1918* Hervilly Wood, France
Hugh Colvin Cheshire Regiment 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Thomas Colyer-Fergusson Northamptonshire Regiment 31 July 1917* Bellewaarde, Belgium
Robert Combe 27th Battalion, CEF 3 May 1917* Acheville, France
Billy Congreve Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 6–20 July 1916 Longueval, France
Thomas Cooke 8th Battalion, AIF 24–25 July 1916* Pozières, France
Edgar Cookson Comet (1910) 28 September 1915* Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
Edward Cooper King's Royal Rifle Corps 16 August 1917 Langemark, Belgium
Frederick Coppins 8th Battalion, CEF 9 August 1918 Hackett Woods, France
Jack Cornwell HMS Chester 31 May 1916* [C] Battle of Jutland, Denmark
William Cosgrove Royal Munster Fusiliers 26 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
William Cotter Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6 March 1916* [C] Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Jack Counter King's (Liverpool Regiment) 16 April 1918 Boisieux St. Marc, France
Gabriel Coury Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 8 August 1916 Arrow Head Copse, France
Charles Coverdale Manchester Regiment 4 October 1917 Poelcapelle, Belgium
Charles Cowley Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 24–25 April 1916* Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
Christopher Cox Bedfordshire Regiment 13 March 1917 Achiet-le-Grand, France
John Craig Royal Scots Fusiliers 5 June 1917 Egypt
James Crichton Auckland Infantry Regiment 30 September 1918 Crèvecœur-le-Grand, France
Thomas Crisp Royal Naval Reserve 15 August 1917* North Sea
John Croak 13th Battalion, CEF 8 August 1918* Amiens, France
Arthur Cross Machine Gun Corps 25 March 1918 Ervillers, France
John Crowe Worcestershire Regiment 14 April 1918 Neuve Eglise, Belgium
Robert Cruickshank London Scottish Regiment 1 May 1918 Jordan, Palestine
Victor Crutchley HMS Vindictive 9 May 1918 Ostend, Belgium
John Cunningham East Yorkshire Regiment 13 November 1916 Hebuterne Sector, France
John Cunningham Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment 12 April 1917* [C] Bois-en-Hache, France
William Currey 53rd Battalion, AIF 1 September 1918 Péronne, France
Horace Curtis Royal Dublin Fusiliers 18 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Henry Dalziel 15th Battalion, AIF 4 July 1918 Hamel Wood, France
Frederick Dancox Worcestershire Regiment 9 October 1917 Boesinghe Sector, Belgium
Harry Daniels Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 12 March 1915 Neuve Chapelle, France
Wilbur Dartnell Royal Fusiliers 3 September 1915* Maktau, Kenya
Darwan Negi 39th Garhwal Rifles 23–24 November 1914 Festubert, France
Phillip Davey 10th Battalion, AIF 28 June 1918 Merris, France
James Davies Royal Welsh Fusiliers 31 July 1917* [C] Polygon Wood, Belgium
John Davies Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 24 March 1918 Eppeville, France
Joseph Davies Royal Welsh Fusiliers 20 July 1916 Delville Wood, France
James Dawson Corps of Royal Engineers 13 October 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Sidney Day Suffolk Regiment 26 August 1917 Hargicourt, France
John Daykins York and Lancaster Regiment 20 October 1918 Solesmes, France
Frank de Pass 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse 24 November 1914* Festubert, France
Edmund De Wind Royal Irish Rifles 21 March 1918* Grugies, France
Donald Dean Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 24–26 September 1918 Lens, France
Percy Dean Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
Maurice Dease Royal Fusiliers 23 August 1914* Mons, Belgium
John Dimmer King's Royal Rifle Corps 12 November 1914 Klein Zillebeke, Belgium
Thomas Dinesen 42nd Battalion, CEF 12 August 1918 Parvillers, France
Frederick Dobson Coldstream Guards 28 September 1914 Chavanne, France
George Dorrell Royal Horse Artillery 1 September 1914 Néry, France
Eric Dougall Royal Field Artillery 10 April 1918* Messines, Belgium
Charles Doughty-Wylie Royal Welsh Fusiliers 26 April 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Angus Douglas-Hamilton Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 25–26 September 1915* Hill 70, France
Robert Downie Royal Dublin Fusiliers 23 October 1916 Lesboeufs, France
Martin Doyle Royal Munster Fusiliers 2 September 1918 Reincourt, France
Job Drain Royal Field Artillery 26 August 1914 Le Cateau, France
Alfred Drake Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 23 November 1915* La Brique, Belgium
Tom Dresser Green Howards 12 May 1917 Roeux, France
George Drewry Royal Naval Reserve 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Geoffrey Drummond Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 9–10 May 1918 Ostend, Belgium
James Duffy Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 27 December 1917 Kereina Peak, Palestine
Robert Dunsire Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 26 September 1915 Hill 70, France
William Dunstan 7th Battalion, AIF 9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
John Dunville 1st Royal Dragoons 24–25 June 1917* [C] Épehy, France
Edward Dwyer East Surrey Regiment 20 April 1915 Hill 60, Belgium
John Dwyer Australian Machine Gun Corps 26 September 1917 Zonnebeke, Belgium
Alexander Edwards Seaforth Highlanders 31 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Frederick Edwards Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 26 September 1916 Thiepval, France
Wilfred Edwards King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 16 August 1917 Langemarck, Belgium
Ernest Egerton Sherwood Foresters 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Roland Elcock Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 15 October 1918 Capelle St. Catherine, France
Neville Elliott-Cooper Royal Fusiliers 30 November 1917 La Vacquerie, France
Wilfrith Elstob Manchester Regiment 21 March 1918* Saint-Quentin, France
James Emerson Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6 December 1917* La Vacquerie, France
John Erskine Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 22 June 1916 Givenchy, France
Arthur Evans Lincolnshire Regiment 2 September 1918 Etaing, France
George Evans Manchester Regiment 30 July 1916 Guillemont, France
Lewis Evans Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4 October 1917 Zonnebeke, Belgium
William Faulds 1st South African Infantry Brigade 18 July 1916 Delville Wood, France
Norman Finch Royal Marine Artillery 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
George Findlay Corps of Royal Engineers 4 November 1918 Catillon, France
David Finlay Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9 May 1915 Rue du Bois, France
Humphrey Firman SS Julnar 24–25 April 1916* Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
Frederick Fisher 13th Battalion, CEF 22–23 April 1915* Saint-Julien, Belgium
Alfred Fleming-Sandes East Surrey Regiment 29 September 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Gordon Flowerdew Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 31 March 1918* Bois de Moreuil, France
James Forbes-Robertson Border Regiment 11–12 April 1918 Vieux-Berquin, France
William Forshaw Manchester Regiment 7–9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Samuel Forsyth New Zealand Engineers 24 August 1918* Grévillers, France
Charles Foss Bedfordshire Regiment 12 March 1915 Neuve Chapelle, France
Edward Foster East Surrey Regiment 24 April 1917 Villers Plouich, France
John Fox-Russell Royal Army Medical Corps 6 November 1917 Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine
Bernard Freyberg Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 13 November 1916 Beaucourt sur Ancre, France
Samuel Frickleton New Zealand Rifle Brigade 7 June 1917 Messines, Belgium
Cyril Frisby Coldstream Guards 27 September 1918 Canal du Nord, France
Wilfred Fuller Grenadier Guards 12 March 1915 Neuve Chapelle, France
William Fuller Welsh Regiment 14 September 1914 Chivy-sur-Aisne, France
James Fynn South Wales Borderers 9 April 1916 Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
Alfred Gaby 28th Battalion, AIF 8 August 1918* Villers-Bretonneux, France
Charles Garforth 15th The King's Hussars 23 August 1914 Harmingnies, Belgium
Benjamin Geary East Surrey Regiment 20–21 April 1915 Hill 60, Belgium
Robert Gee Royal Fusiliers 30 November 1917 Masnieres, France
Albert Gill King's Royal Rifle Corps 27 July 1916* Delville Wood, France
Gobar Negi 39th Garhwal Rifles 10 March 1915* Neuve Chapelle, France
Gobind Singh 28th Light Cavalry 30 November 1917 to
1 December 1917
Pezières, France [17]
Sidney Godley Royal Fusiliers 23 August 1914 Mons, Belgium
Herman Good 13th Battalion, CEF 8 August 1918 Hangard Wood, France
Bernard Gordon 41st Battalion, AIF 26–27 August 1918 Bray, France
Robert Gorle Royal Field Artillery 1 October 1918 Ledegem, Belgium
William Gosling (VC) Royal Field Artillery 5 April 1917 Arras, France
Cyril Gourley Royal Field Artillery 30 November 1917 Épehy, France
Reginald Graham Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 22 April 1917 Istabulat, Mesopotamia
John Grant Wellington Infantry Regiment 1 September 1918 Bancourt, France
Fred Greaves Sherwood Foresters 4 October 1917 Poelcapelle, Belgium
John Green Royal Army Medical Corps 1 July 1916* Foncquevillers, France
Harry Greenwood King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 23–24 October 1918 Ovillers, France
Milton Gregg Royal Canadian Regiment 27 September 1918 to
1 October 1918
Cambrai, France
William Gregg Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 6 May 1918 Bucquoy, France
Francis Grenfell 9th Lancers 24 August 1914 Audregnies, Belgium
Julian Gribble Royal Warwickshire Regiment 23 March 1918 Beaumetz, France
Robert Grieve 37th Battalion, AIF 7 June 1917 Messines, Belgium
William Grimbaldeston King's Own Scottish Borderers 16 August 1917 Wijdendrift, Belgium
John Grimshaw Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
George Grogan Worcestershire Regiment 27 May 1918 River Aisne, France
William Hackett Corps of Royal Engineers 22–23 June 1916* Givenchy, France
Reginald Haine Honourable Artillery Company 28–29 April 1917 Gavrelle, France
Arthur Hall 54th Battalion, AIF 1 September 1918 Péronne, France
Frederick Hall 8th Battalion, CEF 23–24 April 1915* Ypres, Belgium
Joel Halliwell Lancashire Fusiliers 27 May 1918 Muscourt, France
Rupert Hallowes Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 25–30 September 1915* Hooge, Belgium
Albert Halton King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 12 October 1917 Poelcapelle, Belgium
John Brown Hamilton Highland Light Infantry 25–26 September 1917 Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium
John Patrick Hamilton 3rd Battalion, AIF 9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Robert Hanna 29th Battalion, CEF 21 August 1917 Hill 70, France
Percy Hansen Lincolnshire Regiment 9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Theodore Hardy Royal Army Chaplains' Department 7 July 1918 Bucquoy, France
Thomas Harris Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 9 August 1918* Morlancourt, France
Arthur Harrison HMS Vindictive 22–23 April 1918* Zeebrugge, Belgium
John Harrison East Yorkshire Regiment 3 May 1917* Oppy, France
Francis Harvey Royal Marine Light Infantry 31 May 1916* Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Frederick Harvey Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 27 March 1917 Guyencourt, France
Jack Harvey London Regiment 2 September 1918 Péronne, France
Norman Harvey Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 25 October 1918 Ingoyghem, Belgium
Samuel Harvey York and Lancaster Regiment 29 September 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Lanoe Hawker No. 6 Squadron RFC 25 July 1915France
Reginald Hayward Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 21–22 March 1918 Frémicourt, France
Michael Heaviside Durham Light Infantry 6 May 1917 Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France
Frederick Hedges Bedfordshire Regiment 24 October 1918 Boursies, France
Arthur Henderson Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 23 April 1917* Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France
Edward Henderson Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 25 January 1917* River Hai, Mesopotamia
Alfred Herring Royal Army Service Corps 23–24 March 1918 Montagne Bridge, France
James Hewitson King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 26 April 1918 Givenchy, France
Dennis Hewitt Hampshire Regiment 31 July 1917* Ypres, Belgium
William Hewitt 2nd South African Light Infantry 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Albert Hill Royal Welsh Fusiliers 20 July 1916 Delville Wood, France
David Hirsch Green Howards 23 April 1917* Wancourt, France
Frederick Hobson 20th Battalion, CEF 18 August 1917* Lens, France
John Hogan Manchester Regiment 29 October 1914 Festubert, France
Norman Holbrook HMS B11 13 December 1914 Dardanelles, Turkey
John Holland Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment 3 September 1916 Guillemont, France
Frederick Holmes King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 26 August 1914 Le Cateau, France
Thomas Holmes 2nd Battalion, CEF 26 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
William Holmes Grenadier Guards 9 October 1918* Cattenieres, France
Samuel Honey 78th Battalion, CEF 27 September to
30 September 1918*
Bourlon Wood, France
Ernest Horlock Royal Field Artillery 15 September 1914 Vendresse, France
Basil Horsfall East Lancashire Regiment 21 March 1918* Moyenneville, France
George Howell 1st Battalion, AIF 6 May 1917 Bullecourt, France
Charles Hudson Sherwood Foresters 15 June 1918 Asiago, Italy
James Huffam Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 31 August 1918 St. Servin's Farm, France
Thomas Hughes Connaught Rangers 3 September 1916 Guillemont, France
Charles Hull 21st Lancers 5 September 1915 Hafiz Kor, India
David Hunter Highland Light Infantry 16–17 September 1918 Moeuvres, France
Bellenden Hutcheson Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 2 September 1918 Drocourt-Quéant, France
James Hutchinson Lancashire Fusiliers 28 June 1916 Ficheux, France
Arthur Hutt Royal Warwickshire Regiment 4 October 1917 Poelcapelle, Belgium
George Ingram 24th Battalion, AIF 4 October 1918 Montbrehain, France
Gilbert Insall No. 11 Squadron RFC 7 November 1915 Achiet, France
Reginald Inwood 10th Battalion, AIF 19–22 September 1917 Polygon Wood, Belgium
Albert Jacka 14th Battalion, AIF 19–20 May 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Harold Jackson East Yorkshire Regiment 22 March 1918 Hermies, France
Thomas Jackson Coldstream Guards 27 September 1918* Canal du Nord, France
William Jackson 17th Battalion, AIF 25 June 1916 Armentières, France
Herbert James Worcestershire Regiment 28 June 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Manley James Gloucestershire Regiment 21–23 March 1918 Velu Wood, France
George Jarratt Royal Fusiliers 3 May 1917* Pelves, France
Charles Jarvis Corps of Royal Engineers 23 August 1914 Jemappes, Belgium
Clarence Jeffries 34th Battalion, AIF 12 October 1917* Passchendaele, Belgium
Jørgen Jensen 50th Battalion, AIF 2 April 1917 Noreuil, France
Alan Jerrard No. 66 Squadron RFC 30 March 1918 Mansue, Italy
Dudley Johnson Royal Sussex Regiment 4 November 1918 Sambre-Oise Canal, France
Frederick Johnson Corps of Royal Engineers 25 September 1915 Hill 70, France
James Johnson Northumberland Fusiliers 14 October 1918 Wez Macquart, France
William Johnson Sherwood Foresters 3 October 1918 Ramicourt, France
William Johnston Corps of Royal Engineers 14 September 1914 Missy, France
David Jones King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3 September 1916 Guillemont, France
Loftus Jones HMS Shark 31 May 1916* Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Richard Jones Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 21 May 1916* Vimy, France
Thomas Jones Cheshire Regiment 25 September 1916 Morval, France
Eustace Jotham 51st Sikhs 7 January 1915* Spina Khaisora, India
William Joynt 8th Battalion, AIF 23 August 1918 Herleville Wood, France
Reginald Judson New Zealand and Australian Division 26 August 1918 Bapaume, France
Joseph Kaeble 22nd Battalion, CEF 8 June 1918 Neuville-Vitasse, France
Karanbahadur Rana 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 10 April 1918 El Kefr, Egypt
Henry Kelly Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 4 October 1916 Le Sars, France
William Kenealy Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Henry Kenny Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 25 September 1915 Loos, France
Thomas Kenny Durham Light Infantry 4 November 1915 La Houssoie, France
Thomas Bede Kenny 2nd Battalion, AIF 9 April 1917 Hermies, France
William Kenny Gordon Highlanders 23 October 1914 Ypres, Belgium
Allan Ker Gordon Highlanders 21 March 1918 Saint-Quentin, France
George Kerr 3rd Battalion, CEF 27 September 1918 Bourlon Wood, France
John Kerr 4th Battalion, CEF 16 September 1916 Courcelette, France
Leonard Keysor 1st Battalion, AIF 7 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Leonard Keyworth London Regiment 25–26 May 1915 Givenchy, France
Khudadad Khan 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis 31 October 1914 Hollebeke, Belgium
Arthur Kilby South Staffordshire Regiment 25 September 1915* Cuinchy, France
Cecil Kinross 49th Battalion, CEF 30 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
James Kirk Manchester Regiment 4 November 1918* Ors, France
Alfred Knight Post Office Rifles 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Arthur Knight 10th Battalion, CEF 2 September 1918* Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France
Cecil Knox Corps of Royal Engineers 22 March 1918 Tugny, France
Filip Konowal 47th Battalion, CEF 22–24 August 1917 Lens, France
Kulbir Thapa 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 25 September 1915 Fauquissart, France
Alexander Lafone 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars) 27 October 1917* El Buggar Ridge, Palestine
Daniel Laidlaw King's Own Scottish Borderers 25 September 1915 Loos, France
Lala 41st Dogras 21 January 1916 El Orah, Mesopotamia
Arthur Lascelles Durham Light Infantry 3 December 1917 Masnières, France
David Lauder Royal Scots Fusiliers 13 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Harry Laurent New Zealand Rifle Brigade 12 September 1918 Gouzeaucourt Wood, France
James Leach Manchester Regiment 29 October 1914 Festubert, France
John Leak 9th Battalion, AIF 23 July 1916 Pozières, France
Okill Learmonth 2nd Battalion, CEF 18 August 1917* Loos, France
Frank Lester Lancashire Fusiliers 12 October 1918 Neuvilly, France
Hubert Lewis Welsh Regiment 22–23 October 1916* Macukovo, Greece
Leonard Lewis Northamptonshire Regiment 18–21 September 1918* Rossnoy, France
John Liddell Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 31 July 1915* [C] Ostend, Belgium
Joseph Lister Lancashire Fusiliers 9 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Arnold Loosemore Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 11 August 1917 Langemarck, Belgium
Stewart Loudoun-Shand Green Howards 1 July 1916* Fricourt, France
Albert Lowerson 21st Battalion, AIF 1 September 1918 Mont St. Quentin, France
Frederick Luke Royal Field Artillery 26 August 1914 Le Cateau, France
Frederick Lumsden Royal Marine Artillery 3–4 April 1917 Francilly, France
Graham Lyall 102nd Battalion, CEF 27 September 1918 Cambrai, France
John Lynn Lancashire Fusiliers 2 May 1915 Ypres, Belgium
Thain MacDowell 38th Battalion, CEF 9 April 1917 Vimy Ridge, France
John MacGregor 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles 29 September 1918 to
3 October 1918
Cambrai, France
David MacIntyre Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) 24 August 1918
27 August 1918
Hénin-sur-Cojeul, France
James MacKenzie Scots Guards 19 December 1914* Rouges Bancs, France
Donald MacKintosh Seaforth Highlanders 11 April 1917* Fampoux, France
Robert MacTier 23rd Battalion, AIF 1 September 1918* Mont St. Quentin, France
George Maling Royal Army Medical Corps 25 September 1915 Fauquissart, France
Wilfred Malleson HMS River Clyde 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Edward Mannock No. 85 Squadron RFC 17 June 1918 to
26 July 1918*
Over France
William Mariner King's Royal Rifle Corps 22 May 1915 Cambrin, France
James Marshall Irish Guards 4 November 1918* Sambre-Oise Canal, France
Cyril Martin Corps of Royal Engineers 12 March 1915 Spanbroek Molen, Belgium
Richard Masters Royal Army Service Corps 9 April 1918 Béthune, France
Thomas Maufe Royal Garrison Artillery 4 June 1917 Feuchy, France
Joseph Maxwell 18th Battalion, AIF 3 October 1918 Beaurevoir, France
Henry May Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 22 October 1914 La Boutillerie, France
Tom Mayson King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 31 July 1917 Wieltje, Belgium
John McAulay Scots Guards 27 November 1917 Fontaine Notre Dame, France
Robert McBeath Seaforth Highlanders 20 November 1917 Cambrai, France
Lawrence McCarthy 16th Battalion, AIF 23 August 1918 Madam Wood, France
James McCudden No. 56 Squadron RFC August 1917 to
March 1918
France
Stanley McDougall 47th Battalion, AIF 28 March 1918 Dernancourt, France
William McFadzean Royal Irish Rifles 1 July 1916* Thiepval Wood, France
Lewis McGee 40th Battalion, AIF 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
David McGregor Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 22 October 1918 Hoogemolen, Belgium
Louis McGuffie King's Own Scottish Borderers 28 September 1918* Wytschaete, Belgium
George McIntosh Gordon Highlanders 31 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Hugh McIver Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 23 August 1918 Courcelles-le-Comte, France
George McKean 14th Battalion, CEF 27–28 April 1918 Gavrelle Sector, France
Albert McKenzie HMS Vindictive 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
Hugh McKenzie Canadian Machine Gun Corps 30 October 1917* Meetscheele Spur, Belgium
Alan McLeod No. 2 Squadron RFC 27 March 1918 Albert, France
Eric McNair Royal Sussex Regiment 14 February 1916 Hooge, Belgium
William McNally Green Howards 27 October 1918 Piave River, Italy
Frank McNamara No. 1 Squadron AFC 20 March 1917 Egypt
John McNamara East Surrey Regiment 3 September 1918 Lens, France
Frederick McNess Scots Guards 15 September 1916 Ginchy, France
James McPhie Corps of Royal Engineers 14 October 1918* Aubencheul-au-Bac, France
Allastair McReady-Diarmid Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 30 November 1917 to
1 December 1917*
Moeuvres, France
Arthur Martin-Leake [D] Royal Army Medical Corps 29 October 1914
8 November 1914
Zonnebeke, Belgium
Samuel Meekosha Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 19 November 1915 Yser, France
John Meikle Seaforth Highlanders 20 July 1918 Marfaux, France
Edward Mellish Royal Army Chaplains' Department 27–29 March 1916 St. Eloi, Belgium
Charles Melvin Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 21 April 1917 Istabulat, Mesopotamia
William Merrifield 4th Battalion, CEF 1 October 1918 Abancourt, France
William Metcalf 16th Battalion, CEF 2 September 1918 Arras, France
Francis Miles Gloucestershire Regiment 23 October 1918 Bois de L'Eveque, France
James Miller King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 30–31 July 1916* Bazentin-le-Petit, France
Walter Mills Manchester Regiment 10–11 December 1917* Givenchy, France
William Milne 16th Battalion, CEF 9 April 1917* Thelus, France
Harry Miner 58th Battalion, CEF 8 August 1918* Demuin, France
Mir Dast 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force) 26 April 1915 Wieltje, Belgium
Coulson Mitchell 4th Canadian Engineers 8–9 October 1918 Canal de L'Escaut, France
Martin Moffat Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment 14 October 1918 Ledegem, Belgium
John Molyneux Royal Fusiliers 9 October 1917 Langemarck, Belgium
Rupert Moon 58th Battalion, AIF 12 May 1917 Bullecourt, France
George Moor Hampshire Regiment 5 June 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Montague Moore Hampshire Regiment 20 September 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Robert Morrow Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) 12 April 1915 Messines, Belgium
Edward Mott Border Regiment 27 January 1917 Le Transloy, France
Thomas Mottershead No. 20 Squadron RFC 7 January 1917* Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium
Albert Mountain Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 26 March 1918 Hamelincourt, France
John Moyney Irish Guards 12–13 September 1917 Broembeek, Belgium
Harold Mugford Machine Gun Corps 11 April 1917 Monchy-le-Preux, France
George Mullin Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 30 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
Harry Murray 13th Battalion, AIF 4–5 February 1917 Gueudecourt, France
Edgar Myles Welsh Regiment 9 April 1916 Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
Martin Nasmith HMS E11 20 May 1915 to
8 June 1915
Dardanelles, Turkey
Philip Neame Corps of Royal Engineers 19 December 1914 Neuve Chapelle, France
Samuel Needham Bedfordshire Regiment 10–11 September 1918 Kefr Kasim, Palestine
Thomas Neely King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 27 September 1918* Flesquières, France
David Nelson Royal Horse Artillery 1 September 1914 Néry, France
James Newland 12th Battalion, AIF 7–14 April 1917 [A] Bapaume, France
Henry Nicholas Canterbury Regiment 3 December 1917 Polderhoek, Belgium
Cecil Noble Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 12 March 1915 Neuve Chapelle, France
Claude Nunney 38th Battalion, CEF 1–2 September 1918 Drocourt-Quéant Line, France
James Ockendon Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4 October 1917 Langemark, Belgium
Christopher O'Kelly 52nd Battalion, CEF 26 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
Michael O'Leary Irish Guards 1 February 1915 Cuinchy, France
Martin O'Meara 16th Battalion, AIF 9–12 August 1916 Pozières, France
John O'Neill Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment 14 October 1918 Moorsele, Belgium
George Onions Devonshire Regiment 22 August 1918 Achiet-le-Petit, France
John Ormsby King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 14 April 1917 Favet, France
Michael O'Rourke 7th Battalion, CEF 15–17 August 1917 Hill 60, France
Gerald O'Sullivan Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1–2 July 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Frederick Palmer Royal Fusiliers 16–17 February 1917 Courcelette, France
Walter Parker Royal Marine Light Infantry 30 April 1915 to
1 May 1915
Gallipoli, Turkey
Frederick Parslow Royal Naval Reserve 4 July 1915*Atlantic Ocean
Hardy Parsons Gloucestershire Regiment 20–21 August 1917 Épehy, France
George Paton Grenadier Guards 1 December 1917* Gonnelieu, France
John Pattison 50th Battalion, CEF 10 April 1917 Vimy Ridge, France
George Peachment King's Royal Rifle Corps 25 September 1915* Hulluch, France
George Pearkes 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 30–31 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
Cyrus Peck 16th Battalion, CEF 2 September 1918 Cagnicourt, France
Walter Peeler 3rd Battalion, AIF 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Robert Phillips Royal Warwickshire Regiment 25 January 1917 Kut, Mesopotamia
Ernest Pitcher HMS Dunraven 8 August 1917 Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
Alfred Pollard Honourable Artillery Company 29 April 1917 Gavrelle, France
James Pollock Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 27 September 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Charles Pope 11th Battalion, AIF 15 April 1917* Louveral, France
Frederick Potts Berkshire Yeomanry 21 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Arthur Poulter Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 10 April 1918 Erquinghem, France
Arthur Procter King's (Liverpool Regiment) 4 June 1916 Ficheux, France
George Prowse Royal Naval Division 2 September 1918 Pronville, France
Thomas Pryce Grenadier Guards 11–12 April 1918* Vieux-Berquin, France
Robert Quigg Royal Irish Rifles 1 July 1916 Hamel, France
Harry Ranken Royal Army Medical Corps 19–20 September 1914* Haute-Avesnes, France
William Ratcliffe Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 14 June 1917 Messines, Belgium
Walter Rayfield 7th Battalion, CEF 2–4 September 1918 Arras, France
John Raynes Royal Field Artillery 11 October 1915 Béthune, France
Anketell Read Northamptonshire Regiment 25 September 1915* Hulluch, France
John Readitt Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 25 February 1917 Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia
Ivor Rees South Wales Borderers 31 July 1917 Pilkem, Belgium
Lionel Rees No. 32 Squadron RFC 1 July 1916 Double Crassieurs, France
Oswald Reid King's (Liverpool Regiment) 8–10 March 1917 Dialah River, Mesopotamia
Thomas Rendle Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 20 November 1914 Wulverghem, Belgium
Douglas Reynolds Royal Field Artillery 26 August 1914
9 September 1914
Le Cateau, France
Henry Reynolds Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 20 September 1917 Frezenberg, Belgium
John Rhodes Grenadier Guards 9 October 1917 Houthulst Forest, Belgium
William Rhodes-Moorhouse No. 2 Squadron RFC 26 April 1915* Kortrijk, Belgium
Alfred Richards Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
James Richardson 16th Battalion, CEF 8 October 1916* Somme, France
Thomas Ricketts Royal Newfoundland Regiment 14 October 1918 Ledeghem, Belgium
Frederick Riggs York and Lancaster Regiment 1 October 1918* Epinoy, France
John Ripley Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9 May 1915 Rue du Bois, France
Henry Ritchie HMS Goliath 28 November 1914 Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika
Walter Ritchie Seaforth Highlanders 1 July 1916 Beaumont-Hamel, France
Jacob Rivers Sherwood Foresters 12 March 1915* Neuve Chapelle, France
Frank Roberts Worcestershire Regiment 22 March 1918 to
2 April 1918
Pargny, France
Charles Robertson Royal Fusiliers 8–9 March 1918 Polderhoek Chateau, Belgium
Clement Robertson Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 4 October 1917 Zonnebeke, Belgium
James Robertson 27th Battalion, CEF 6 November 1917* Passchendaele, Belgium
Eric Robinson HMS Vengeance 26 February 1915 Dardanelles, Turkey
Leefe Robinson No. 39 Squadron RFC 2–3 September 1916 Cuffley, England
Henry Robson Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 14 December 1914 Kemmel, Belgium
Frederick Room Royal Irish Regiment 16 August 1917 Frezenberg, Belgium
George Roupell East Surrey Regiment 20 April 1915 Hill 60, Belgium
Charles Rutherford 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 26 August 1918 Monchy, France
William Ruthven 22nd Battalion, AIF 19 May 1918 Ville-sur-Ancre, France
John Ryan 55th Battalion, AIF 30 September 1918 Hindenburg Defences, France
Robert Ryder Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 26 September 1916 Thiepval, France
Clifford Sadlier 51st Battalion, AIF 24–25 April 1918 Villers-Bretonneux, France
Thomas Sage Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
George Samson Royal Naval Reserve 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
George Sanders Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1 July 1916 Thiepval, France
William Sanders HMS Prize 30 April 1917Atlantic
Richard Sandford HMS C3 22–23 April 1918 Zeebrugge, Belgium
Arthur Saunders Suffolk Regiment 26 September 1915 Loos, France
John Sayer Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 21 March 1918 [C] Le Verguier, France
John Schofield Lancashire Fusiliers 9 April 1918* Givenchy, France
Francis Scrimger Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 25 April 1915 Saint-Julien, Belgium
Ernest Seaman Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 29 September 1918* Terhand, Belgium
Cecil Sewell Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 29 August 1918* Fremicourt, France
Shahamad Khan 89th Punjab Regiment 12–13 April 1916 Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia
Robert Shankland 43rd Battalion, CEF 26 October 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium
Charles Sharpe Lincolnshire Regiment 9 May 1915 Rouges Bancs, France
Albert Shepherd King's Royal Rifle Corps 20 November 1917 Villers Plouich, France
John Sherwood-Kelly Norfolk Regiment 20 November 1917 Marcoing, France
William Short Green Howards 6 August 1916* Munster Alley, France
Alfred Shout 1st Battalion, AIF 9 August 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Ellis Sifton 18th Battalion, CEF 9 April 1917* Neuville-St.-Vaast, France
Badlu Singh 14th Murray's Jat Lancers 23 September 1918* River Jordan, Palestine
John Sinton Indian Medical Service 21 January 1916 Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia
John Skinner King's Own Scottish Borderers 18 August 1917 Wijdendrift, Belgium
Alfred Smith East Lancashire Regiment 23 December 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Archibald Smith Royal Naval Reserve 10 March 1917*Atlantic Ocean
Edward Smith Lancashire Fusiliers 21–23 August 1918 Serre, France
Issy Smith Manchester Regiment 26 April 1915 Saint-Julien, Belgium
James Smith Border Regiment 21 December 1914 Rouges Bancs, France
John Smyth 15th Ludhiana Sikhs 18 May 1915 Richebourg L'Aouve, France
James Somers Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1–2 July 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Charles Spackman Border Regiment 20 November 1917 Marcoing, France
Robert Spall Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 13 August 1918 Parvillers, France
Percy Statton 40th Battalion, AIF 10–12 August 1918 Proyart, France
Thomas Steele Seaforth Highlanders 22 February 1917 Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
Charles Stone Royal Field Artillery 21 March 1918 Caponne Farm, France
Walter Stone Royal Fusiliers 30 November 1917* Cambrai, France
Percy Storkey 19th Battalion, AIF 7 April 1918 Hangard Wood, France
Harcus Strachan The Fort Garry Horse, CEF20 November 1917 Masnieres, France
George Stringer Manchester Regiment 8 March 1916 Es Sinn, Mesopotamia
Ronald Stuart HMS Pargust 7 June 1917Atlantic Ocean
Frank Stubbs Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Ernest Sykes Northumberland Fusiliers 9 April 1917 Arras, France
William Symons 7th Battalion, AIF 8–9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
James Tait 78th Battalion, CEF 11 August 1918* Amiens, France
Henry Tandey Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 28 September 1918 Marcoing, France
John Thomas Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 30 November 1917 Cambrai, France
Hugo Throssell 10th Light Horse Regiment 29–30 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Arthur Tisdall Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Ross Tollerton Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 14 September 1914 Battle of the Aisne, France
Joseph Tombs King's (Liverpool Regiment) 16 May 1915 Rue du Bois, France
James Towers Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 6 October 1918 Méricourt, France
Edgar Towner Australian Machine Gun Corps 1 September 1918 Mont St. Quentin, France
Alfred Toye Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 25 March 1918 Eterpigny Ridge, France
Charles Train London Scottish Regiment 8 December 1917 Air Karim, Palestine
Richard Travis Otago Infantry Regiment 24 July 1918* Rossignol Wood, France
Frederick Tubb 7th Battalion, AIF 9 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
James Turnbull Highland Light Infantry 1 July 1916* Authuille, France
Alexander Turner Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 28 September 1915* [C] Vermelles, France
Thomas Turrall Worcestershire Regiment 3 July 1916 La Boiselle, France
Edward Unwin HMS River Clyde 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
James Upton Sherwood Foresters 9 May 1915 Rouges Bancs, France
John Vallentin South Staffordshire Regiment 7 November 1914* Zillebeke, Belgium
Bernard Vann Sherwood Foresters 29 September 1918 Bellenglise, France
Theodore Veale Devonshire Regiment 20 July 1916 High Wood, France
John Vereker Grenadier Guards 27 September 1918 Canal du Nord, France
Arthur Vickers Royal Warwickshire Regiment 25 September 1915 Hulloch, France
Geoffrey Vickers Sherwood Foresters 14 October 1915 Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Richard Wain Tank Corps 20 November 1917* Marcoing, France
Garth Walford Royal Artillery 26 April 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Samuel Wallace Royal Field Artillery 20 November 1917 Gonnelieu, France
Horace Waller King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 10 April 1917* Heninel, France
Sidney Ware Seaforth Highlanders 6 April 1916 Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
William Waring Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18 September 1918* Ronssoy, France
Blair Wark 32nd Battalion, AIF 29 September 1918 to
1 October 1918
Bellicourt, France
Reginald Warneford No. 1 Squadron RNAS 7 June 1915 Ghent, Belgium
Edward Warner Bedfordshire Regiment 1 May 1915* Ypres, Belgium
Arnold Waters Corps of Royal Engineers 4 November 1918 Ors, France
Oliver Watson King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 28 March 1918* Rossignol Wood, France
Joseph Watt Royal Naval Reserve 15 May 1917 Straits of Otranto, Italy
Henry Weale Royal Welsh Fusiliers 26 August 1918 Bazentin-le-Grand, France
Frank Wearne Essex Regiment 28 June 1917* Loos, France
Lawrence Weathers 43rd Battalion, AIF 2 September 1918 Péronne, France
James Welch Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 29 April 1917 Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Harry Wells Royal Sussex Regiment 25 September 1915* Le Rutoire, France
Ferdinand West No. 8 Squadron RFC 12 August 1918Over France
Richard West North Irish Horse 21 August 1918
2 September 1918*
Courcelles-le-Comte, France
George Wheeler 9th Gurkha Rifles 23 February 1917 Shumran, Mesopotamia
George Wheeler 7th Hariana Lancers 12–13 April 1915* Shaiba, Mesopotamia
Albert White South Wales Borderers 19 May 1917* Monchy-le-Preux, France
Archie White Green Howards 21 September 1916 to
1 October 1916
Stuff Redoubt, France
Geoffrey White HMS E14 28 January 1918* Dardanelles, Turkey
Jack White King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7 March 1917 Dialah River, Mesopotamia
William White Machine Gun Corps 18 September 1918 Gouzeaucourt, France
Harold Whitfield King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 10 March 1918 Burj El Lisaneh, Egypt
Thomas Whitham Coldstream Guards 31 July 1917 Pilkem, Belgium
John Whittle 12th Battalion, AIF 9–10 April 1917 Boursies, France
Alfred Wilcox Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 12 September 1918 Laventie, France
Alfred Wilkinson Manchester Regiment 20 October 1918 Marou, France
Thomas Wilkinson Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5 July 1916 La Boiselle, France
Jack Williams South Wales Borderers 7–8 October 1918 Villers Outreaux, France
William Williams Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Pargust 7 June 1917Atlantic
William Williams HMS River Clyde 25 April 1915* Gallipoli, Turkey
Richard Willis Lancashire Fusiliers 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
George Wilson Highland Light Infantry 14 September 1914 Verneuill, France
Harry Wood Scots Guards 13 October 1918 St. Python, France
Wilfred Wood Northumberland Fusiliers 28 October 1918 Casa Vana, Italy
Joseph Woodall Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 11 April 1918 La Pannerie, France
Thomas Woodcock Irish Guards 12–13 September 1917 Broenbeek, Belgium
Sidney Woodroffe Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) 30 July 1915* Hooge, Belgium
James Woods 48th Battalion, AIF 18 September 1918 Le Verguier, France
Geoffrey Woolley Queen Victoria's Rifles 20–21 April 1915 Hill 60, Belgium
Theodore Wright Corps of Royal Engineers 23 August 1914
14 September 1914*
Mons, Belgium
George Wyatt Coldstream Guards 25–26 August 1914 Landrecies, France
Charles Yate King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 26 August 1914 Le Cateau, France
Frederick Youens Durham Light Infantry 7 July 1917* Hill 60, Belgium
Jack Youll Northumberland Fusiliers 15 June 1918 Asiago, Italy
Frank Young Hertfordshire Regiment 18 September 1918* Havrincourt, France
John Young 87th Battalion, CEF 2 September 1918 Dury-Arras Sector, France
Thomas Young Durham Light Infantry 25–31 March 1918 Bucquoy, France
William Young East Lancashire Regiment 22 December 1915 Fonquevillers, France
Raphael Zengel 5th Battalion, CEF 9 August 1918 Warvillers, France

Footnotes

A  ^ Victoria Cross was awarded for several acts in the time period.
B  ^ Chavasse died of his wounds two days after the deed which merited his second Victoria Cross.
C  ^ Died of his wounds
D  ^ Martin-Leake's second Victoria Cross

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