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Category Archives: Military Cross
Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross
The Commando Winners of the Victoria Cross Plaque may be found at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Lt Col Geoffrey Keyes VC, MC. Lt Col Charles Newman VC Sgt Thomas Durrant VC Maj Patrick Porteus VC L/Cpl Henry Harden … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, ROH, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 2
Tagged Commando, Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, NMA, Staffordshire, World War 2
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James Thomas Byford McCudden VC, DSO*, MC*, MM
James Thomas Byford McCudden (28/03/1895 – 09/07/1918 ) was awarded the Victoria Cross while serving in the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 29 March 1918. Supplement: 30604, Page: 3997, reads: “His Majesty the KING has … Continue reading
Posted in France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Aces Falling, Beauvoir-Wavans, First World War, France, James McCudden VC, RFC, Victoria Cross
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Thomas Tannatt Pryce VC, MC*
Thomas Tannatt Pryce (17/01/1886 – 13/04/1918) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions On 11 April 1918 at Vieux-Berquin, France while an acting captain in the 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 21 May … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged First World War, France, MC, Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing, Thomas Tannatt Pryce VC, Victoria Cross, Vieux Berquin
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John “Jack” Harrison VC, MC.
John “Jack” Harrison (12/11/1890 – 03/05/1917) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on the 3rd of May 1917 when ordered, with the rest of his brigade, to attack a wood near Oppy, Pas-de-Calais. The Citation, recorded in the … Continue reading
Posted in France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Arras Memorial to the Missing, France, John “Jack” Harrison VC, MC, Military Cross, Victoria Cross
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Reverend Bernard William Vann VC, MC,
Reverend Bernard William Vann VC, MC. (09/07/1887 – 03/10/1918), was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 29 September 1918 at Bellenglise and Lehaucourt, France. The Citation, recorded at the London Gazette of 13 December 1918. Supplement: 31067, Page: … Continue reading
Posted in France, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Bellenglise, Bellicourt British Cemetery, France, Kemmel, Lehaucourt, Ramicourt, Reverand, Reverend Bernard William Vann VC, Ypres
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Rupert Price Hallowes VC, MC
Rupert Price Hallowes (05/05/1881 – 30/09/1915) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions between 25 and 30 September 1915 at Hooge, Belgium. The Citation, recorded by the London Gazette on 16 November 1915, Supplement: 29371, Page: 11448 reads: “Temporary … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium, First World War, Hooge, Military Cross, Rupert Price Hallowes VC, Victoria Cross, Zillebeke
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Eric Stuart Dougall VC, MC
Eric Stuart Dougall (13/04/1886 – 14/04/1918) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 10 April 1918 at Messines, Belgium. The Citation, recorded in the London Gazette of 31 May 1918, Supplement: 30726, Page: 6571 reads: “Lt (A /Capt) Eric Stuart … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged artillery, Belgium, Eric Stuart Dougall VC, First World War, Messines, shep, Victoria Cross, Westoutre British Cemetery
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Harold Ackroyd VC, MC
Harold Ackroyd (18/07/1877 – 11/08/1917) was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions as a temporary captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 6th Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, (Princess Charlotte of Wales`s) during the First World War. … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Heritage, Memorials elsewhere, Military Cross, Outside RSA, United Kingdom, Victoria Cross, World War 1
Tagged Belgium, Burr Cross Roads Cemetery, Harold Ackroyd VC, MC, RAMC, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Victoria Cross, World War 1, Ypres, Zillebeke
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