Home Calendar Date of action 1942 Date of action: 1942 33 Victoria Crosses won in 1942.
← 1941 All years 1943 → January 1942 Arthur Edward Cumming 3 January 1942 Lieutenant-Colonel (later Brigadier), Commanding the 2nd/12th Battalion Frontier Force Regiment, Indian Army · Second World War Charles Groves Wright Anderson 22 January 1942 Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding the 2nd/19th Battalion Australian Military Forces (NSW) · Second World War February 1942 Eugene Esmonde 12 February 1942 Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War Thomas Wilkinson 14 February 1942 Temp. Lieutenant, HMS Li Wo · Second World War Thomas William Gould 16 February 1942 Petty Officer, Royal Navy · Second World War Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts 16 February 1942 Lieutenant, Royal Navy · Second World War March 1942 Anthony Cecil Capel Miers 5 March 1942 Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War Stephen Halden Beattie 27 March 1942 Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War Thomas Frank Durrant 27 March 1942 Sergeant, Royal Engineers and No. 1 Commando · Second World War Augustus Charles Newman 28 March 1942 Lieutenant Colonel, Essex Regiment (attached to No. 2 Commando) · Second World War Robert Edward Dudley Ryder 28 March 1942 Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War William Alfred Savage 28 March 1942 Able Seaman, Royal Navy · Second World War April 1942 John Dering Nettleton 17 April 1942 Squadron Leader, 44 Squadron. Royal Air Force · Second World War May 1942 Henry Robert Bowreman Foote 27 May 1942 Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 7th Royal Tank Regiment · Second World War Leslie Thomas Manser 30 May 1942 Flying Officer, 50 Squadron. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve · Second World War June 1942 Quentin George Murray Smythe 5 June 1942 Sergeant, Royal Natal Carabiniers. South African Forces · Second World War Adam Herbert Wakenshaw 27 June 1942 Private, 9th Battalion. Durham Light Infantry · Second World War July 1942 Keith Elliott 15 July 1942 Sergeant, 22nd Battalion, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force · Second World War Arthur Stanley Gurney 22 July 1942 Private, 2/48th Battalion (Southern Australian) Australian Military Forces · Second World War August 1942 John Weir Foote 19 August 1942 Hon. Captain, Canadian Chaplain Service, attchd to Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Canadian Army · Second World War Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt 19 August 1942 Lieutenant Colonel, The South Saskatchewan Regiment Canadian Infantry Corps · Second World War Patrick Anthony Porteous 19 August 1942 Temporary Captain (later Colonel), The Royal Regiment of Artillery · Second World War Bruce Steel Kingsbury 29 August 1942 Private, 2nd/14th Battalion * Australian Military Forces · Second World War September 1942 John Alexander French 4 September 1942 Corporal, 2nd/9th Battalion (Queensland) Australian Military Forces · Second World War October 1942 Percival Eric Gratwick 26 October 1942 Private, 2nd/4th Battalion (South Australia). Australian Military Forces · Second World War Victor Buller Turner 27 October 1942 Lieutenant Colonel, Rifle Brigade · Second World War William Henry Kibby 31 October 1942 Sergeant, 2nd/48th Battalion. * Australian Military Forces · Second World War November 1942 Frederick Thornton Peters 8 November 1942 Captain, Royal Navy · Second World War Ron Middleton 28 November 1942 Flight Sergeant, No. 149 Squadron RAF · Second World War December 1942 Edward (Teddy) Sheean 1 December 1942 Ordinary Seaman, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, HMAS Armidale (Bathurst-class corvette) · Second World War (Pacific) Herbert Wallace Le Patourel 3 December 1942 Major, 2nd Battalion. Hampshire Regiment · Second World War Hugh Gordon Malcolm 4 December 1942 Wing Commander, 18 Squadron. Royal Air Force · Second World War Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke 31 December 1942 Captain, Royal Navy · Second World War
