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VC Recipients
There have been 1,351 Victoria Crosses and 3 Bars awarded worldwide,
94 to Canadians (Canadian-born or serving in the Canadian forces or with a
close connection to Canada).
Canadian recipients of the VC
(eventually we will have all the
hero's stories linked)
World War II
BAZALGETTE,
Ian W.
COSENS,
Aubrey
CURRIE,
David Vivian
FOOTE,
John Weir
GRAY,
Robert Hampton
HOEY,
Charles Ferguson
HORNELL,
David Ernest
MAHONY,
John Keefer
MERRITT,
Charles C.I.
MYNARSKI,
Andrew C.
OSBORN,
John Robert
PETERS,
Frederick Thornton
(an addtional page)
SMITH,
Ernest Alvia (Smokey)
TILSTON,
Frederick Albert
TOPHAM,
Frederick George
TRIQUET,
Paul
World War I
ALGIE, Wallace Lloyd
BARKER, William George
BARRON, Colin Fraser
BELLEW, Edward Donald
BENT, Philip Eric
BISHOP, William Avery
BOURKE, Rowland R.L.
BRERETON, Alexander P.
BRILLANT, Jean
BROWN, Harry
CAIRNS, Hugh
CAMPBELL, Frederick W.
CLARKE, Leo
CLARK-KENNEDY, William. Hew
COMBE, Robert Grierson
COPPINS, Frederick G.
CROAK, John Bernard
De WIND, Edmund
DINESEN, Thomas
FISHER, Frederick
FLOWERDEW, Gordon M.
GOOD, Herman James
GREGG, Milton Fowler
HALL, Frederick William
HANNA, Robert
HARVEY, Frederick M.W.
HOBSON, Frederick
HOLMES, Thomas William
HONEY, Samuel Lewis
HUTCHESON, Bellenden S.
KAEBLE, Joseph
KERR, George Fraser
KERR, John Chipman
KINROSS, Cecil John
KNIGHT, Arthur George |
KONOWAL, Filip
LEARMONTH, Okill M.
LYALL, Graham Thomson
MacDOWELL, Thain W.
MacGREGOR, John
McKENZIE, Hugh
McKEAN, George Burdon
McLEOD, Alan Arnett
MERRIFIELD, William
METCALF, William Henry
MILNE, William Johnstone
MINER, Harry G.B.
MITCHELL, Coulson N.
MULLIN, George Harry
NUNNEY, Claude J.P.
O'KELLY, Christopher P.J.
O'LEARY, Michael
O'ROURKE, Michael James
PATTISON, John George
PEARKES, George Randolph
PECK, Cyrus Wesley
RAYFIELD, Walter Leigh
RICHARDSON, James C.
RICKETTS, Thomas
ROBERTSON, James Peter
RUTHERFORD, Charles S.
SCRIMGER, Francis A.C.
SHANKLAND, Robert
SIFTON, Ellis Wellwood
SPALL, Robert
STRACHAN, Harcus
TAIT, James Edward
WILKINSON, Thomas O.L.
YOUNG, Francis
ZENGEL, Raphael Louis
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The South African (Boer) War
COCKBURN, Hampden
Z.C.
HOLLAND, Edward J.G.
RICHARDSON, Arthur H.L.
TURNER, Richard E.W.
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Prior to the South African War
DUNN, Alexander Robert
HALL, William
READE, Herbert Taylor
DOUGLAS, Campbell Mellis
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A special tribute to our
Canadian heroes
What is War?
The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the realm's highest award for gallantry in the face
of the enemy. It has precedence
 over any other of the Sovereign's awards. The
Victoria Cross was founded by Royal Warrant on January 29, 1856 to recognize the bravery
of those who were then fighting the Crimean War. The Victoria Cross was available to
soldiers of all ranks and "neither rank, nor long service, nor wounds, nor any other
circumstance or condition whatsoever, save the merit of conspicuous bravery" could
make one eligible.
The Cross itself is cast from the bronze of cannons captured at Sevastopol during the
Crimean War. The design, chosen by Queen Victoria, consists of a cross patee
ensigned with
the Royal Crest, resting upon a scroll bearing the words "For Valour". The
reverse of the suspender bar is engraved with the recipient's name, rank, and unit. The
reverse of the Cross itself, bears the date of the deed for which the recipient was
honoured.
Since its inception, the Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,351 times. The youngest
recipient was 15 years old (Newfoundland's Tommy
Ricketts) and the eldest was 69 years in age.
Three cases exist where both father and son have won the Victoria Cross: four pairs of
brothers have also been recipients. One Victoria Cross was awarded for action in Canada -
that to Private T. O'Hea of the Rifle Brigade (Irish) for extinguishing a
fire in the ammunition car of a train. Four Victoria Crosses have been awarded to
civilians, and while no woman has been awarded the Victoria Cross, a gold representation
of the decoration was awarded to Mrs. W. Harris for her efforts in nursing cholera
victims. Three men have been awarded the Victoria Cross twice. |
