Date of action: 1879

40 Victoria Crosses won in 1879.

January 1879

  1. Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill22 January 1879Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 24th Regiment (South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  2. Teignmouth Melvill22 January 1879Lieutenant, 1st Battalion 24th Regiment · Zulu War
  3. Samuel Wassall22 January 1879Private, 80th Regiment · Zulu War
  4. William Allen23 January 1879Corporal, 24th Regiment of Foot · Zulu War
  5. Gonville Bromhead23 January 1879Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  6. John Rouse Merriott Chard23 January 1879Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 · Zulu War
  7. James Langley Dalton23 January 1879Acting Assistant, Commissary. Commissariat and Transport Department · Zulu War
  8. Frederick Hitch23 January 1879Private, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment. (Later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  9. Alfred Henry Hook23 January 1879Private, 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment. (Later South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War
  10. Robert Jones23 January 1879Private, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South Wales Borderers · Zulu War
  11. William Jones23 January 1879Private, 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment (later South wales Borderers) VC London Gazetted on 2nd May 1879 · Zulu War
  12. James Henry Reynolds23 January 1879Surgeon Major, Army Medical Department · Zulu War
  13. Christian Schiess23 January 1879Corporal, Natal Native Contingent · Zulu War
  14. John Williams23 January 1879Private, 24th Regiment of Foot · Zulu War
  15. Reginald Clare Hart31 January 1879Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers · Second Afghan War

March 1879

  1. Anthony Clarke Booth12 March 1879Colour Sergeant, 80th Regiment (The South Staffordshire Regiment) · Zulu War
  2. Edward Pemberton Leach17 March 1879Captain, Royal Engineers · Second Afghan War
  3. Redvers Henry Buller28 March 1879Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, 60th Rifles (becoming The King's Royal Rifle Corps) · Zulu War
  4. Edmond John Fowler28 March 1879Private, 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians. (Scottish Rifles) · Zulu War
  5. William Knox Leet28 March 1879Major, 1st Battalion. 13th Regiment · Indian Mutiny
  6. Henry Lysons28 March 1879Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion. The Cameronians · Zulu War
  7. Edward Stevenson Browne29 March 1879Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment (the South Wales Borderers) · Zulu War

April 1879

  1. Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton2 April 1879Lieutenant, Bengal Staff Corps/Corps of Guides, Indian Army · Second Afghan War
  2. Peter Brown8 April 1879Trooper, Cape Mounted Riflemen, South African Forces · Basuto War
  3. Robert George Scott8 April 1879Sergeant, Cape Mounted Rifles. South African Forces · Basuto War
  4. Garrett Creagh21 April 1879Captain, Bombay Staff Corps · Second Afghan War

June 1879

  1. Edmund Barron Hartley5 June 1879Surgeon Major, Cape Mounted Riflemen, South African Forces · Basuto War

July 1879

  1. William Beresford3 July 1879Captain, 9th Lancers · Zulu War
  2. Henry Cecil Dudgeon D'Arcy3 July 1879Captain, Cape Frontier Light Horse, South African Forces · Zulu War
  3. Edmund O'Toole3 July 1879Sergeant (later Captain), Cape Frontier Light Horse South African Forces · Zulu War

October 1879

  1. George White6 October 1879Major, 92nd Regiment of Foot · Second Afghan War
  2. Euston Henry Sartorius24 October 1879Captain, 59th Regiment · Second Afghan War

November 1879

  1. Richard Kirby Ridgeway22 November 1879Captain, Bengal Staff Corps · Second Naga Hills Expedition
  2. Francis Fitzpatrick28 November 1879Private, 94th Regiment (Connaught Rangers) · Basuto War
  3. Thomas Flawn28 November 1879Private, 94th Regiment. (Connaught Rangers) · Basuto War

December 1879

  1. James William Adams11 December 1879The Reverend, Bengal Ecclesiastical Department, Indian Army · Second Afghan War
  2. William Henry Dick-Cunyngham13 December 1879Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-Colonel), The Gordon Highlanders · Second Afghan War
  3. Arthur George Hammond14 December 1879Captain, Bengal Staff Corps/Corps of Guides, Indian Army · Second Afghan War
  4. George Sellar14 December 1879Lance-Corporal, Seaforth Highlanders · Second Afghan War
  5. William John Vousden14 December 1879Captain, 5th Punjab Cavalry · Second Afghan War