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Victoria Cross Recipients — R 84 recipients. Year shown is the London Gazette date (or year of action).
Henry James Raby 1857 Lieutenant, Royal Navy · Crimean War Henry Ramage 1858 Sergeant, 2nd Dragoons · Crimean War Rambahadur Limbu 1966 Lance-Corporal, 2nd Battalion. 10th Princess Mary's Gurkha Rifles · Malaysia-Indonesia Confrontation Ram Sarup Singh 1945 Subadar, 1st Punjab Regiment. Indian Army Horace Edward Ramsden 1900 Trooper, Protectorate Regiment. South African Forces · Second Boer War Ram Singh 1944 Acting Subadar, 1st Punjab Regiment · Second World War John Neil Randle 1944 Captain, 2nd Battalion. Royal Norfolk Regiment · Second World War Harry Sherwood Ranken 1914 Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps · First World War William Ratcliffe 1917 Private, 2nd Battalion. South Lancashire Regiment · First World War Reginald Roy Rattey 1945 Corporal, 25th Battalion. Australian Military Forces · Second World War George Ravenhill 1901 Private, 2nd Battalion. Royal Scots Fusiliers · Second Boer War Walter Leigh Rayfield 1918 Private, 7th Battalion. British Columbia Regiment. Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War Claud Raymond 1945 Lieutenant, Corps of Royal Engineers · Second World War John Crawshaw Raynes 1915 Sergeant, 'A' Battery. * Royal Field Artillery · First World War William Raynor 1858 Lieutenant, Bengal Veteran Establishment · Indian Mutiny Anketell Moutray Read 1915 Captain, 1st Battalion. Northamptonshire Regiment · First World War Herbert Taylor Reade 1861 Surgeon, 61st Regiment · Indian Mutiny John Readitt 1917 Private, 6th Battalion. South Lancashire Regiment · First World War Hamilton Lyster Reed 1900 Captain, 7th Battery. Royal Field Artillery · Second Boer War Ivor Rees 1917 Sergeant, 11th Battalion. South Wales Borderers · First World War Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees 1916 Captain, Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps · First World War Thomas Reeves 1857 Seaman, Royal Navy · Crimean War Oswald Austin Reid 1943 Captain (later Major), 1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment attached tom the 6th Battn. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment · First World War William Reid 1943 Acting Flight Lieutenant, No. 61 Squadron RAF · Second World War Thomas Edward Rendle 1914 Bandsman, 1st Battalion. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry · First World War William Rennie 1858 Lieutenant, 90th Regiment · Indian Mutiny George Alexander Renny 1859 Lieutenant, Bengal Horse Artillery · Indian Mutiny Douglas Reynolds 1914 Captain, 37th Battery. Royal Field Artillery · First World War Henry Reynolds 1917 Captain, 12th Battalion. Royal Scots · First World War James Henry Reynolds 1879 Surgeon Major, Army Medical Department · Anglo-Zulu War William Reynolds 1857 Private, Scots Fusilier Guards · Crimean War John Harold Rhodes 1915 Lance-Sergeant, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards · First World War William Rhodes-Moorhouse 1915 Second Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron RFC · First World War Alfred Joseph Richards 1915 Sergeant, 1st Battalion. Lancashire Fusiliers · First World War Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson 1900 Sergeant, Lord Strathcona's Horse. Canadian Forces · Second Boer War George Richardson 1859 Private, 34th Regiment · Indian Mutiny James Cleland Richardson 1916 Piper, 16th Battalion Manitoba Regiment (Canadian Scottish) C E F · First World War Richhpal Ram 1941 Subadar, 6th Rajputana Rifles. Indian Army · Second World War William Thomas Rickard 1857 Quartermaster, Royal Navy · Crimean War Thomas Ricketts 1919 Private, 1st Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment. CEF · First World War Richard Kirby Ridgeway 1880 Captain, Bengal Staff Corps · Second Naga Hills Expedition Frederick Charles Riggs 1919 Sergeant, 6th Battalion. York and Lancaster Regiment · First World War John Ripley 1915 Corporal, 1st Battalion. Black Watch · First World War Henry Peel Ritchie 1915 Commander, Royal Navy · First World War Walter Potter Ritchie 1916 Drummer, 2nd Battalion. Seaforth Highlanders · First World War Jacob Rivers 1915 Private, Sherwood Foresters · First World War John Robarts 1857 Gunner, Royal Navy · Crimean War Frank Crowther Roberts 1900 Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment · First World War Frederick Roberts 1858 Lieutenant, Bengal Horse Artillery · Indian Mutiny Frederick Sleigh Roberts 1858 Lieutenant, Bengal Artillery · Second Boer War James Reynolds Roberts 1858 Private, 9th Lancers · Indian Mutiny Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts 1942 Lieutenant, Royal Navy · Second World War Charles Graham Robertson 1918 Lance-Corporal, 10th Battalion. Royal Fusiliers · First World War Clement Robertson 1917 Captain, Special Reserve, Tank Corps · First World War James Peter Robertson 1918 Private, 27th Battalion. Manitoba Regiment. * Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War William Robertson 1900 Sergeant-Major, 2nd Battalion. Gordon Highlanders · Second Boer War Benjamin Roberts-Smith Living 2011 Corporal, 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) · War in Afghanistan (Operation Slipper, Shah Wali Kot Offensive) Edward Robinson 1858 Able Seaman, Royal Navy (Naval Brigade) · Indian Mutiny Eric Gascoigne Robinson 1915 Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · First World War Leefe Robinson 1916 Lieutenant, No. 39 Squadron RFC · First World War Henry Howey Robson 1915 Private, 2nd Battalion. Royal Scots · First World War Patrick Roddy 1859 Ensign, Bengal Army · Indian Mutiny George Rodgers 1859 Private, 71st Regiment · Indian Mutiny James Rogers 1902 Sergeant, South African Constabulary · Second Boer War Maurice Albert Windham Rogers 1944 Sergeant, 2nd Battalion. Wiltshire Regiment · Second World War Robert Montresor Rogers 1861 Lieutenant, 44th Regiment · Third China War George Murray Rolland 1903 Captain, 1st Bombay Grenadiers. Indian Army · Third Somaliland Expedition Frederick George Room 1917 Private, 2nd Battalion. Royal Irish Regiment · First World War Gerald Broadmead Roope 1945 Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War Matthew Rosamund 1858 Sergeant-Major, 37th Bengal Native Infantry · Indian Mutiny John Ross 1857 Corporal, Corps of Royal Engineers · Crimean War George Rowland Patrick Roupell 1915 Lieutenant, 1st Battalion. East Surrey Regiment · First World War Hugh Rowlands 1857 Captain, 41st Regiment · Crimean War David Rushe 1858 Troop Sergeant-Major, 9th Lancers · Indian Mutiny John Fox Russell 1918 Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps · First World War Sir Charles Russell 1857 Brevet, -Major. 3rd Battalion. Grenadier Guards · Crimean War Charles Smith Rutherford 1918 Lieutenant, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles.* Canadian Expeditionary Force · First World War William Ruthven 1918 Sergeant, 22nd Battalion. * Australian Imperial Force · First World War John Ryan 1858 Private, 1st Madras Fusiliers · Indian Mutiny John Ryan 1918 Private, 55th Battalion. * Australian Imperial Force · First World War John Ryan 1864 Lance-Corporal, 65th Regiment · New Zealand Wars Miles Ryan 1858 Drummer, 1st Battalion. European Bengal Fusiliers · Indian Mutiny Robert Edward Ryder 1916 Private, 12th Battalion. Middlesex Regiment · First World War Robert Edward Dudley Ryder 1942 Commander, Royal Navy · Second World War