Royal Navy VCs

From the original Victoria Cross Research website (2000–2006) by Alfred J. Askin. Reproduced as written; some details may have been superseded. See the original page.

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).

Lieutenant Cecil William BUCKLEY. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Lieutenant Hugh Talbot BURGOYNE. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Lieutenant John BYTHESEA. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Commander John Edmund COMMERELL RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857)

Boatswain Henry COOPER. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857.)

Boatswain's Mate Henry CURTIS. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857)

Midshipman Edward St. John DANIEL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857)

Lieutenant George Fiott DAY RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857.)

Seaman James GORMAN. RN (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Midshipman Basil John Douglas GUY. RN (Gaz: 1st January 1901)..

Able Seaman William HALL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 1st Feb 1859)

Gunner Israel HARDING. RN. (Gaz: 15th September 1882).

Lieutenant William Nathan Wrighte HEWETT. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 24th 1857).

Able Seaman George HINCKLEY. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 6th February 1863)

Captain of the Mast George INGOUVILLE. RN. (Gaz: 24th Feb 1857)

Stoker William JOHNSTONE RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).

Boatswain, Third Class Joseph KELLAWAY. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Mate Charles Davis LUCAS. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857) FIRST MAN TO BE AWARDED VC.

Surgeon William Job MAILLARD. RN. (Gaz: 2nd December 1898)

Captain of the Foretop Samuel MITCHELL. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1864).

Captain William PEEL. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Captain of the Afterguard Thomas PRIDE. RN. (Gaz:21st April 1865).

Lieutenant Henry James RABY RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857). 1st Man awarded VC Medal.

Seaman Thomas REEVES. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Quartermaster William Thomas RICKARD RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).

Gunner John ROBARTS. RN. (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Able Seaman Edward ROBINSON. RN (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th December 1858).

Lieutenant Nowell SALMON RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th December 1858).

Seaman Mark SCHOLEFIELD. RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th February 1857).

Ordinary Seaman William Henry Harrison SEELEY. RN. (Gaz: 21st April 1865). (American)

Boatswain's Mate John SHEPPARD (or Shepherd). RN. (Naval Brigade) (Gaz:24th February 1857)

Boatswain's Mate John SULLIVAN RN (Naval Brigade). (Gaz:24th February 1857).

Captain of the Forecastle John TAYLOR. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 24th February 1857).

Seaman Joseph TREWAVAS. RN. (Gaz:24th February 1857).

Captain Arthur Knyvet WILSON. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz:21st May 1884).

Lieutenant Thomas James YOUNG. RN. (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 1st February 1859)

INDIAN NAVAL BRIGADE
Mister George Bell CHICKEN a Civilian Volunteer with the Indian Naval Brigade. (Gaz: 27th April 1860).

Midshipman Arthur MAYO. Indian Navy (Naval Brigade). (Gaz: 25th February 1862).

ROYAL NAVY 1914-1920.

Lieutenant Augustine William Shelton AGAR. RN (Gaz: 22nd August 1919.)

Lieutenant Harold AUTEN RNR. (Gaz: 14th Sept 1918)

Commander The Hon. Edward Barry Stewart BINGHAM. RN. Gaz: 15th September 1916).

Lieutenant Charles George BONNER. RNR. (Gaz:2nd November 1917).

Lieutenant Roland Richard Louis BOURKE. RNVR. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).

Lieutenant-Commander Edward Courtney BOYLE. RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1915).

Lieutenant Commander George Nicholson BRADFORD. RN. (Gaz: 17th March 1919).

Commander Gordon CAMPBELL. RN. (Gaz: 21st April 1917).

Ordinary Seaman John Henry CARLESS. RN. (Gaz:17th May 1918).

Captain Alfred Francis Blakeney CARPENTER. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918)

Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Christopher COOKSON. RN. (Gaz: 21st January 1916)

Boy, First Class John Travers CORNWELL. RN. (Gaz: 15th Septemmber 1916).

Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry COWLEY. RNVR (Gaz: 2nd February 1917).

Skipper Thomas CRISP. RNR. (Gaz: 2nd November 1917).

Lieutenant Victor Alexander Charles CRUTCHLEY. RN. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).

Squadron Commander Richard Bell DAVIES. RN (3 Sqn. RNAS) (Gaz: 1st January 1916)

Lieutenant Percy Thompson DEAN. RNVR. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).

Commander Claude Congreve DOBSON. RN. (Gaz: 11th November 1919).

Midshipman George Leslie DREWRY RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1915.)

Lieutenant Geoffrey Heneage DRUMMOND. RNVR. (Gaz: 28th August 1918).

Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leyland HARRISON. RN. (Gaz: 17th March 1919)

Lieutenant Norman Douglas HOLBROOK. RN. (Gaz: 22nd December 1914).

Commander Loftus William JONES. RN. (Gaz: 6th March 1917)

Able Seaman Albert Edward McKENZIE. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).

Lieutenant Commander Martin Eric NASMITH RN. (Gaz: 25th June 1915).

Lieutenant Frederick Daniel PARSLOW. RNR. (Gaz: 24th May 1919).

Petty Officer Ernest Herbert PITCHER. RN. (Gaz: 2nd November 1917).

Chief Petty Officer George PROWSE. RNVR. (Drake Bn. RN Divn.) (Gaz: 30th October 1918).

Commander Henry Peel RITCHIE. RN. (Gaz: 10th April 1915).

Lieutenant-Commander Eric Gascoigne ROBINSON. Rn. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).

Seaman George McKenzie SAMSON. RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).

Lieutenant William Edward SANDERS. RNR. (Gaz: 22nd June 1917). (Born New Zealand)

Lieutenant Richard Douglas SANDFORD. RN. (Gaz: 23rd July 1918).

Lieutenant Archibald Bissett SMITH. RNR. (Gaz:24th May 1919).

Lieutenant Gordon Charles STEELE. RN. (Gaz: 11th November 1919).

Lieutenant Ronald Niel (orNeil) STUEART. RNR. (Gaz:20th July 1917).

Commander Edward UNWIN. RN. (Gaz:16th August 1915).

Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John WARNEFORD. RN. ( 1 Sqn. RNAS). (Gaz:11th June 1915).

Skipper Joseph WATT. RNR. (Gaz:29th August 1917).

Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Saxton WHITE. RN. (Gaz: 24th May 1919)

Seaman William WILLIAMS. RNR. (Gaz:20th July 1917).

Able Seaman William Charles WILLIAMS. RN. (Gaz: 16th August 1915).

ROYAL NAVY 1939 TO PRESENT TIME.

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden BEATTIE RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1942).

Lieutenant Donald CAMERON. RNR. (Gaz: 22nd February 1944).

Lieutenant-Commander Eugene ESMONDE RN. ( 825 Sqn. RNAS) (Gaz: 3rd March 1942)

Captain Edward Stephen Fogarty FEGEN. RN. (Gaz: 22nd November 1940).

Liieutenant Ian Edward FRASER. RNR. (Gaz: 13th November 1945).

Petty Officer Thomas William GOULD. RN. (Gaz: 9th June 1942).

Captain Bernard Armitage Warburton LEE. RN. (Gaz: 7th June 1940).

Commander John Wallace LINTON. RN. (Gaz: 25th May 1943)

Leading Seaman James Joseph MAGENNIS RN. (Gaz: 13th November 1945).

Leading Seaman Jack Foreman MANTLE RN. (Gaz:3rd September 1940).

Commander Anthony Cecil Capel MIERS. RN. (Gaz: 7th July 1942).

Captain Frederick Thornton PETERS. RN. (Gaz: 18th May 1943).

Lieutenant Basil Charles Godfrey PLACE. RN. (Gaz:22nd February 1944).

Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson ROBERTS. RN. (Gaz:9th June 1942).

Lieutenant-Commander Gerard Broadmead ROOPE. RN. (Gaz: 10th July 1945).

Commander Robert Edward Dudley RYDER RN. (Gaz:21st May 1942).

Able Seaman William Alfred SAVAGE. RN. (Gaz: 21st May 1942).

Petty Officer Alfred Edward SEPHTON. RN. (Gaz: 2nd December 1941).

Captain Robert St. Vincent SHERBROOKE. RN. (Gaz: 12th January 1943)

Lieutenant Richard Been STANNARD. RNR. (Gaz: 16th August 1940).

Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm David WANKLYN. RN. (Gaz: 16th December 1941).

Lieutenant Thomas WILKINSON. RNR. (Gaz:17th December 1946).

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY.

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