BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH
VICTORIA CROSS HOLDERS
1856-PRESENT DAY

Abbreviations:

RN= Royal Navy RNR.= Royal Naval Reserve RNVR.= Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
RNAS. =Royal Naval Air Service. FAA. = Fleet Air Arm.
Gaz: = Date VC was authorised in London Gazette.

ROYAL NAVY 1856-1914

Midshipman Duncan Gordon BOYES. RN. (Gaz: 21st April 1865).
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Lieutenant Cecil William BUCKLEY. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Lieutenant Hugh Talbot BURGOYNE. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Lieutenant John BYTHESEA. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Commander John Edmund COMMERELL RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857)
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Boatswain Henry COOPER. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857.)
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Boatswain's Mate Henry CURTIS. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857)
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Midshipman Edward St. John DANIEL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857)
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Lieutenant George Fiott DAY RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857.)
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Seaman James GORMAN. RN (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Midshipman Basil John Douglas GUY. RN (Gaz: 1st January 1901)..
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Able Seaman William HALL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 1st Feb 1859)
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Gunner Israel HARDING. RN. (Gaz: 15th September 1882).
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Lieutenant William Nathan Wrighte HEWETT. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 24th 1857).
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Able Seaman George HINCKLEY. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 6th February 1863)
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Captain of the Mast George INGOUVILLE. RN. (Gaz: 24th Feb 1857)
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Stoker William JOHNSTONE RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).
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Boatswain, Third Class Joseph KELLAWAY. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Mate Charles Davis LUCAS. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857) FIRST MAN TO BE AWARDED VC.
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Surgeon William Job MAILLARD. RN. (Gaz: 2nd December 1898)
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Captain of the Foretop Samuel MITCHELL. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1864).
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Captain William PEEL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Captain of the Afterguard Thomas PRIDE. RN. (Gaz:21st April 1865).
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Lieutenant Henry James RABY RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857). 1st Man awarded VC Medal.
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Seaman Thomas REEVES. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Quartermaster William Thomas RICKARD RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).
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Gunner John ROBARTS. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Able Seaman Edward ROBINSON. RN (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th December 1858).
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Lieutenant Nowell SALMON RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th December 1858).
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Seaman Mark SCHOLEFIELD. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th February 1857).
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Ordinary Seaman William Henry Harrison SEELEY. RN. (Gaz: 21st April 1865). (American)
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Boatswain's Mate John SHEPPARD (or Shepherd). RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th February 1857)
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Boatswain's Mate John SULLIVAN RN (Naval Brigade). (Gaz:24th February 1857).
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Captain of the Forecastle John TAYLOR. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 24th February 1857).
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Seaman Joseph TREWAVAS. RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).
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Captain Arthur Knyvet WILSON. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz:21st May 1884).
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Lieutenant Thomas James YOUNG. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 1st February 1859)

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INDIAN NAVAL BRIGADE
Mister George Bell CHICKEN a Civilian Volunteer with the Indian Naval Brigade. (Gaz: 27th April 1860).
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Midshipman Arthur MAYO. Indian Navy (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 25th February 1862).

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ROYAL NAVY 1914-1920.

Lieutenant Augustine William Shelton AGAR. RN (Gaz: 22nd August 1919.)
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Lieutenant Harold AUTEN RNR. (Gaz: 14th Sept 1918)
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Commander The Hon. Edward Barry Stewart BINGHAM. RN. Gaz: 15th September 1916).
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Lieutenant Charles George BONNER. RNR. (Gaz:2nd November 1917).
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Lieutenant Roland Richard Louis BOURKE. RNVR. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).
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Lieutenant-Commander Edward Courtney BOYLE. RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1915).
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Lieutenant Commander George Nicholson BRADFORD. RN. (Gaz: 17th March 1919).
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Commander Gordon CAMPBELL. RN. (Gaz: 21st April 1917).
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Ordinary Seaman John Henry CARLESS. RN. (Gaz:17th May 1918).
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Captain Alfred Francis Blakeney CARPENTER. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918)
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Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Christopher COOKSON. RN. (Gaz: 21st January 1916)
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Boy, First Class John Travers CORNWELL. RN. (Gaz: 15th Septemmber 1916).
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Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry COWLEY. RNVR (Gaz: 2nd February 1917).
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Skipper Thomas CRISP. RNR. (Gaz: 2nd November 1917).
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Lieutenant Victor Alexander Charles CRUTCHLEY. RN. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).
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Squadron Commander Richard Bell DAVIES. RN (3 Sqn. RNAS) (Gaz: 1st January 1916)
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Lieutenant Percy Thompson DEAN. RNVR. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).
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Commander Claude Congreve DOBSON. RN. (Gaz: 11th November 1919).
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Midshipman George Leslie DREWRY RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1915.)
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Heneage DRUMMOND. RNVR. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).
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Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leyland HARRISON. RN. (Gaz: 17th March 1919)
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Lieutenant Norman Douglas HOLBROOK. RN. (Gaz: 22nd December 1914).
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Commander Loftus William JONES. RN. (Gaz: 6th March 1917)
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Able Seaman Albert Edward McKENZIE. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).
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Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric NASMITH RN. (Gaz: 25th June 1915).
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Lieutenant Frederick Daniel PARSLOW. RNR. (Gaz: 24th May 1919).
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Petty Officer Ernest Herbert PITCHER. RN. (Gaz: 2nd November 1917).
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Chief Petty Officer George PROWSE. RNVR. (Drake Bn. RN Divn.) (Gaz: 30th October 1918).
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Commander Henry Peel RITCHIE. RN. (Gaz: 10th April 1915).
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Lieutenant-Commander Eric Gascoigne ROBINSON. Rn. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).
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Seaman George McKenzie SAMSON. RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).
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Lieutenant William Edward SANDERS. RNR. (Gaz: 22nd June 1917). (Born New Zealand)
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Lieutenant Richard Douglas SANDFORD. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).
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Lieutenant Archibald Bissett SMITH. RNR. (Gaz:24th May 1919).
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Lieutenant Gordon Charles STEELE. RN. (Gaz: 11th November 1919).
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Lieutenant Ronald Niel (orNeil) STUEART. RNR. (Gaz:20th July 1917).
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Commander Edward UNWIN. RN. (Gaz:16th August 1915).
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Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John WARNEFORD. RN. ( 1 Sqn. RNAS). (Gaz:11th June 1915).
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Skipper Joseph WATT. RNR. (Gaz:29th August 1917).
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Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Saxton WHITE. RN. (Gaz: 24th May 1919)
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Seaman William WILLIAMS. RNR. (Gaz:20th July 1917).
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Able Seaman William Charles WILLIAMS. RN. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).

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ROYAL NAVY 1939 TO PRESENT TIME.

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden BEATTIE RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1942).
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Lieutenant Donald CAMERON. RNR. (Gaz: 22nd February 1944).
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Lieutenant-Commander Eugene ESMONDE RN. ( 825 Sqn. RNAS) (Gaz: 3rd March 1942)
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Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty FEGEN. RN. (Gaz: 22nd November 1940).
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Liieutenant Ian Edward FRASER. RNR. (Gaz: 13th November 1945).
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Petty Officer Thomas William GOULD. RN. (Gaz: 9th June 1942).
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Captain Bernard Armitage Warburton LEE. RN. (Gaz: 7th June 1940).
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Commander John Wallace LINTON. RN. (Gaz: 25th May 1943)
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Leading Seaman James Joseph MAGENNIS RN. (Gaz: 13th November 1945).
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Leading Seaman Jack Foreman MANTLE RN. (Gaz:3rd September 1940).
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Commander Anthony Cecil Capel MIERS. RN. (Gaz: 7th July 1942).
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Captain Frederick Thornton PETERS. RN. (Gaz: 18th May 1943).
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Lieutenant Basil Charles Godfrey PLACE. RN. (Gaz:22nd February 1944).
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Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson ROBERTS. RN. (Gaz:9th June 1942).
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Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Broadmead ROOPE. RN. (Gaz: 10th July 1945).
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Commander Robert Edward Dudley RYDER RN. (Gaz:21st May 1942).
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Able Seaman William Alfred SAVAGE. RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1942).
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Petty Officer Alfred Edward SEPHTON. RN. (Gaz: 2nd December 1941).
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Captain Robert St. Vincent SHERBROOKE. RN. (Gaz: 12th January 1943)
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Lieutenant Richard Been STANNARD. RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1940).
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Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm David WANKLYN. RN. (Gaz: 16th December 1941).
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Lieutenant Thomas WILKINSON. RNR. (Gaz:17th December 1946).

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ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY.

Lieutenant Robert Hampton GRAY RCNVR. (1841 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm) (Gaz: 13th November 1945).

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