List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients

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File:General Auchinleck and Charles Upham VC.jpg
Second Lieutenant Charles Upham being presented with the Victoria Cross by General Sir Claude Auchinleck on 4 November 1941. Upham was awarded a bar to the medal in 1945.

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other Orders, decorations and medals; it may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilians under military command.[1] The award was officially constituted when Queen Victoria issued a warrant under the Royal sign-manual on 29 January 1856 that was gazetted on 5 February 1856.[2] The order was backdated to 1854 to recognise acts of valour during the Crimean War.[3] The first awards ceremony was held on 26 June 1857, where Queen Victoria invested 62 of the 111 Crimean recipients in a ceremony in Hyde Park.[4]

The Victoria Cross was awarded 182 times to 181 recipients for action in the Second World War. The war, also known as World War II (WWII), was a global military conflict that involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilisation of more than 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Throughout the six-year duration of the war, weapons and technology improved rapidly, including the use of jet aircraft, radar and nuclear weapons. More than 70 million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.[5]

The start of the war is generally held to be 1 September 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by most of the Crown Colonies of the British Empire and Commonwealth, and by France. The first Victoria Cross of the war was awarded to Gerard Roope for action whilst in command of HMS Glowworm (although not gazetted until 1945). The war at sea began immediately after war was declared with the Battle of the Atlantic, in which German U-boats attempted to disrupt and destroy allied convoys. Throughout the war the Royal Navy was tasked with guarding vital shipping lanes and enabling amphibious operations across the globe; the St Nazaire Raid saw five Victoria Crosses awarded.[6] The Battle of the Mediterranean was fought throughout the war and included the Battle of Taranto and Battle of Matapan, as well as protecting convoys including the Malta convoys. In total, 23 servicemen from the Royal Navy were awarded the Victoria Cross including one Royal Marine. Aerial warfare came into its own in World War II with several distinct roles emerging. The role of fighter planes developed during the Battle of Britain, where the Royal Air Force fought for air superiority against the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign until that date. Initially, RAF airfields were attacked, however as the battle progressed, operations were extended to the strategic level with The Blitz. Britain also conducted controversial strategic bombing campaigns in Europe and Asia; they involved hundreds of aircraft dropping tens of thousands of tons of munitions over a single city. Tactical strikes were also carried out by the RAF including Operation Chastise, where No. 617 Squadron RAF attacked German dams in the Ruhr valley using "bouncing bombs"; Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.

The war on the land did not begin until May 1940, as Britain and France were involved in a Phoney War between Germany and the Franco-British alliance. The phoney war ended with the Battle of France where Germany invaded Benelux and subsequently France, which forced British troops to escape from Dunkirk. In 1941, war spread to the Middle East and North Africa as well as the East African Campaign. The United States officially joined the war in December 1941 after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, British forces under Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Axis forces of General Erwin Rommel in the Second Battle of El Alamein, which marked a major turning point in the Western Desert campaign and the North African campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. Nine VCs were awarded for action in the Western Desert Campaign. By 1943, the war was being fought in several theatres, including the Pacific, North Africa and Southeast Asia. The Burma campaign of the Pacific War took place from 1942 to 1945, and saw 29 Victoria Crosses awarded. By 1944 and the Allied invasion of Normandy, the Allies were making ground in several theatres including advances in the Burma campaign. In Europe, the unsuccessful raid on Arnhem saw five soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross, four posthumously.[7] In May 1945, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of German forces, celebrated with VE Day. Actions after VE Day until the war in the Pacific was ended with the surrender of Japan on board USS Missouri on 2 September 1945.[8] saw seven Commonwealth servicemen awarded the VC.

Charles Upham received the Victoria Cross and Bar; two awards for two acts. Upham was only the third recipient of the Victoria Cross and Bar, and the first for combatant actions; the previous two recipients were medical officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps.[9]

Of the 181 recipients 85 (46.96%) were awarded posthumously.

Recipients

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Name Unit Date of action Place of action
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 218No. 218 Squadron RAF 1943-08-1212 August 1943* Turin, Italy<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0066th Gurkha Rifles 1944-06-1111 June 1944
23 June 1944*		 Pin Hmi Road Bridge, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.192/19th Battalion, AIF 1942-01-1818–22 January 1942 Muar, Malaya
Script error: No such module "Sort". East Yorkshire Regiment 1943-04-066 April 1943* Battle of Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 1943-04-2323 April 1943 Longstop Hill, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". Durham Light Infantry 1940-05-1515–16 May 1940 River Dyle, Belgium
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 578No. 578 Squadron RAF 1944-03-3030 March 1944* Nuremberg, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Staffordshire Regiment 1944-09-2020 September 1944* Arnhem, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Norfolk Regiment 1944-08-066 August 1944*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Sourdeval, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 635No. 635 Squadron RAF 1944-08-044 August 1944* Trossy St. Maximin, France<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Campbeltown 1942-03-2727 March 1942 St Nazaire, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". King's Royal Rifle Corps 1941-11-2121 November 1941* Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". Corps of Indian Engineers 1941-01-3131 January 1941 to
1 February 1941		 Gallabat, Abyssinia
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0099th Gurkha Rifles 1944-07-099 July 1944* Taunggyi, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 1944-12-099 December 1944* Faenza, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 1944-10-088 October 1944 Monte Ceco, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Staffordshire Regiment 1944-09-1717–25 September 1944 Arnhem, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Staffordshire Regiment 1944-03-1313 March 1944*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Henu Block, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS X6 1943-09-2222 September 1943 Kåfjord, Norway
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Horse Artillery 1941-11-2121–23 November 1941 Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 022No. 22 Squadron RAF 1941-04-066 April 1941* Brest, France<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 1943-04-066 April 1943 Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". Monmouthshire Regiment 1945-04-022 April 1945 Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". Irish Guards 1945-04-2121 April 1945* Wistedt, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 035No. 35 Squadron RAF
No. 76 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF		 1940-00-00June 1940–July 1944<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[D] Over Europe<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.022/2nd Battalion, AIF 1945-03-2525 March 1945* Dagua, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". Queen's Own Rifles of Canada 1945-02-2625–26 February 1945* Mooshof, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 210No. 210 Squadron RAF 1944-07-1717–18 July 1944 Atlantic Ocean<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Frontier Force Regiment 1942-01-033 January 1942 Kuantan, Malaya
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Alberta Regiment 1944-08-1818–20 August 1944 Battle of Falaise, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Australian Artillery 1941-06-1919 June 1941 to
6 July 1941		 Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.482/48th Battalion, AIF 1943-11-2424 November 1943 Sattelberg, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01010th Baluch Regiment 1945-03-022 March 1945* Meiktila, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Scots Fusiliers 1945-01-1818 January 1945* Stein, (Selfkant) Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". Corps of Royal Engineers 1942-03-2727 March 1942*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] St Nazaire, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1944-10-1616 October 1944 Overloon, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.172/17th Battalion, AIF 1941-04-1313–14 April 1941*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Tobruk, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 105No. 105 Squadron RAF 1941-07-044 July 1941 Bremen, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 02222nd Battalion, NZEF 1942-07-1515 July 1942 Ruweisat, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". East Lancashire Regiment 1940-05-3131 May 1940 to
1 June 1940		 Dunkirk, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". 825825 Naval Air Squadron 1942-02-1212 February 1942* Straits of Dover, England<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Jervis Bay 1940-11-055 November 1940* Atlantic Ocean
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0077th Royal Tank Regiment 1942-05-2727 May 1942 to
15 June 1942		 Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps 1942-08-1919 August 1942 Dieppe, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS XE3 1945-07-3131 July 1945 Johore Straits, Singapore
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.092/9th Battalion, AIF 1942-09-044 September 1942* Milne Bay, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". Welsh Guards 1940-05-1717–24 May 1940* Arras, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0044th Royal Tank Regiment 1941-11-2323 November 1941 Tobruk, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 012No. 12 Squadron RAF 1940-05-1212 May 1940* Albert Canal, Belgium<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Maratha Light Infantry 1944-07-1010 July 1944* Upper Tiber Valley, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0055th Gurkha Rifles 1943-05-2424 May 1943 Chin Hills, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 617No. 617 Squadron RAF 1943-05-1616 May 1943<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[E] Möhne Dam, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.312/31st Battalion, AIF 1941-07-1010 July 1941 Djezzine, Syria
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Thrasher 1942-02-1616 February 1942 Crete, Mediterranean Sea
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.482/48th Battalion, AIF 1942-10-2525–26 October 1942* Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". (RCNVR) Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 1945-08-099 August 1945* Honshū, Japan<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 012No. 12 Squadron RAF 1940-05-1212 May 1940* Albert Canal, Belgium<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Parachute Regiment 1944-09-1717–20 September 1944* Arnhem, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Norfolk Regiment 1940-05-2121 May 1940*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] River Escaut, Belgium
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0033rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1941-11-2121 November 1941* Sidi Rezegh, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.482/48th Battalion, AIF 1942-07-2222 July 1942* El Alamein, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0022nd Gurkha Rifles 1945-03-055 March 1945 Tamandu, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0088th Gurkha Rifles 1945-05-1212–13 May 1945 Taungdaw, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0085th Gurkha Rifles 1944-11-1010 November 1944* Monte San Bartolo, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0099th Jat Infantry 1944-04-066 April 1944* Imphal, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01313th Frontier Force Rifles 1945-04-099 April 1945 Fusignano, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 083No. 83 Squadron RAF 1940-09-1515 September 1940 Antwerp, Belgium<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Army Medical Corps 1945-01-2323 January 1945* Brachterbeek, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1944-04-088–9 April 1944* Kohima, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". York and Lancaster Regiment 1944-09-2929 September 1944* Antwerp, Belgium
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0022nd Division, NZEF 1941-04-2929 April 1941 Kalamai, Greece
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lincolnshire Regiment 1944-02-1616 February 1944* Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Green Howards 1944-06-066 June 1944 Normandy, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 162No. 162 Squadron RCAF 1944-06-2424 June 1944* Faroes, Atlantic Ocean<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1944-01-1818–20 January 1944* Kyauchaw, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0022nd Division, NZEF 1941-05-2020–28 May 1941 Crete, Greece
Script error: No such module "Sort". 04343 Commando 1945-04-022 April 1945* Lake Comacchio, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Northumberland Fusiliers 1941-11-2525 November 1941* Tobruk, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 106No. 106 Squadron RAF 1944-04-2626 April 1944 Schweinfurt, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Maratha Light Infantry 1945-04-099 April 1945 Senio River, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Norfolk Regiment 1944-08-077–8 August 1944 Grimbosq, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". Lancashire Fusiliers 1944-05-1616 May 1944 Monte Cassino, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01515th Punjab Regiment 1945-03-1818 March 1945* Meiktila, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.252/25th Battalion, AIF 1943-09-1313 September 1943 New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.042/4th Battalion, AIF 1945-05-1515 May 1945 Wewak, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". Irish Guards 1943-04-2828 April 1943 Dj. Arada, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 011No. 11 (Scottish) Commando 1941-11-1717–18 November 1941* Beda Littoria, Libya
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.482/48th Battalion, AIF 1942-10-2323–31 October 1942* El Alamein, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.142/14th Battalion, AIF 1942-08-2929 August 1942 Isurava, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 001No. 1 Commando 1945-01-3131 January 1945* Kangaw, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0077th Gurkha Rifles 1944-06-1212 June 1944 Ningthoukhong, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". Special Air Service 1945-04-088–9 April 1945* Lake Comacchio, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hampshire Regiment 1942-12-033 December 1942 Tebourba, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". King's African Rifles 1941-05-1919 May 1941* Colito, Abyssinia
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 049No. 49 Squadron RAF 1940-08-1212 August 1940 Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Coldstream Guards 1945-04-033 April 1945 Lingen, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Pandora
HMS Turbulent		 1939-00-00September 1939 to
23 March 1943*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[D]		 Mediterranean Sea
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 271 Squadron RAF 1944-09-1919 September 1944* Arnhem, the Netherlands<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Scots Guards 1943-04-2222–27 April 1943* Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.032/3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF 1945-05-1212 May 1945* Tarakan Island, Borneo
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS XE3 1945-07-3131 July 1945 Johore Straits, Singapore
Script error: No such module "Sort". Westminster Regiment 1944-05-2424 May 1944 River Melfa, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 018No. 18 Squadron RAF 1942-12-044 December 1942* Chougui, Tunisia<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 050No. 50 Squadron RAF 1942-05-3030 May 1942* Cologne, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Foylebank 1940-07-044 July 1940* Portland, England
Script error: No such module "Sort". South Saskatchewan Regiment 1942-08-1919 August 1942 Dieppe, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". (RAAF) No. 149No. 149 Squadron RAF 1942-11-2828 November 1942* Turin, Italy<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Torbay 1942-03-044–5 March 1942 Corfu, Greece
Script error: No such module "Sort". London Scottish 1944-01-2323–24 January 1944* Damiano Ridge, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 419No. 419 Squadron RCAF 1944-06-1212 June 1944* Cambrai, France<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 044No. 44 Squadron RAF 1942-04-1717 April 1942 Augsburg, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Essex Regiment 1942-03-2828 March 1942 St Nazaire, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 022No. 22 Squadron RAAF 1943-03-1616–18 March 1943*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[D]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[F] New Guinea<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 02828th Māori Battalion, NZEF 1943-03-2626–27 March 1943* Tebaga Gap, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". Grenadier Guards 1940-05-2121 May 1940 River Escaut, Belgium
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 249No. 249 Squadron RAF 1940-08-1616 August 1940 Southampton, England<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Kaffrarian Rifles, South African Army 1944-08-3131 August 1944 Montegridolfo, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Winnipeg Grenadiers 1941-12-1919 December 1941* Mount Butler, Hong Kong
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 109No. 109 Squadron RAF 1944-12-2323 December 1944*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[D] Cologne, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0088th Battalion (Australia) 1945-07-2424 July 1945 Bougainville, New Guinea
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Walney 1942-11-088 November 1942 Oran, Algeria
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS X7 1943-09-2222 September 1943 Kåfjord, Norway
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Regiment of Artillery 1942-08-1919 August 1942 Dieppe, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0066th Gurkha Rifles 1944-06-2323 June 1944 Mogaung, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01010th Parachute Battalion 1944-09-1919 September 1944* Arnhem, the Netherlands
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0055th Gurkha Rifles 1944-06-2626 June 1944 Bishenpur, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01010th Baluch Regiment 1944-11-2222 November 1944 Arakan, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0066th Rajputana Rifles 1943-04-1919–20 April 1943* Djebel Garci, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0088th Punjab Regiment 1944-05-1212 May 1944 River Gari, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0066th Rajputana Rifles 1941-02-077–8 February 1941 Keren, Eritrea
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Norfolk Regiment 1944-05-044–6 May 1944* Kohima, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.2525th Battalion (Australia) 1945-03-2222 March 1945 Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Script error: No such module "Sort". Corps of Royal Engineers 1945-03-2121 March 1945*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Talaku, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 061No. 61 Squadron RAF 1943-11-033 November 1943 Düsseldorf, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Thrasher 1942-02-1616 February 1942 Crete, Mediterranean Sea
Script error: No such module "Sort". Wiltshire Regiment 1944-06-033 June 1944 Anzio, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Glowworm 1940-04-088 April 1940 Norwegian Sea, off Trondheim
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Campbeltown 1942-03-2828 March 1942 St Nazaire, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 1943-04-2323 April 1943* Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". HM Motor Gun BoatHM Motor Gun Boat 1942-03-2828 March 1942* St Nazaire, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 062No. 62 Squadron RAF 1941-12-099 December 1941* Singora, Malaya<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Green Howards 1943-03-2020–21 March 1943 Mareth Line, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Coventry 1941-05-1818 May 1941*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Crete, Mediterranean Sea
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01616th Punjab Regiment 1945-01-1919–20 January 1945* Kyeyebyin, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Onslow 1942-12-3131 December 1942 North Cape, Norway
Script error: No such module "Sort". Grenadier Guards 1944-02-088–9 February 1944 Anzio, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01515th Punjab Regiment 1945-03-022 March 1945 Myingyan, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Sikh Regiment 1944-03-1111–12 March 1944 Maungdaw–Buthidaung Road, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0088th Punjab Regiment 1943-01-066 January 1943 Donbaik, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 01313th Frontier Force Rifles 1945-02-1616–17 February 1945* Kanlan Ywathit, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0011st Punjab Regiment 1944-10-2525 October 1944* Tiddim, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Indian Artillery 1944-12-1515–16 December 1944 Kaladan Valley, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1944-10-2121–22 October 1944 River Savio, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Army 1942-06-055 June 1942 Alem Hamza, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMT Arab 1940-04-2828 April 1940 to
2 May 1940		 Namsos, Norway
Script error: No such module "Sort". 002.432/43rd Battalion, AIF 1945-06-2828 June 1945 Beaufort, Borneo
Script error: No such module "Sort". King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1945-03-011 March 1945* Kervenheim, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". Fiji Infantry Regiment 1944-06-2323 June 1944* Bougainville, Solomon Islands
Script error: No such module "Sort". (SAAF) No. 582No. 582 Squadron RAF 1945-02-2323 February 1945* Pforzheim, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0022nd Gurkha Rifles 1943-04-055–6 April 1943 Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0055th Gurkha Rifles 1944-06-2525–26 June 1944 Bishenpur, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0099th Gurkha Rifles 1944-09-1818–19 September 1944* San Marino, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 009No. 9 Squadron RAF 1945-01-011 January 1945*<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[C] Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Essex Scottish Regiment 1945-03-011 March 1945 Uedem, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0011st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1945-03-2424 March 1945 Rhine, Germany
Script error: No such module "Sort". No. 487No. 487 Squadron RNZAF 1943-05-033 May 1943 Amsterdam, the Netherlands<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". (RNZAF) No. 200No. 200 Squadron RAF 1943-08-1111 August 1943* Atlantic Ocean<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Royal 22e Régiment 1943-12-1414 December 1943 Casa Berardi, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) 1944-06-066–7 June 1944* Ningthoukhong, India
Script error: No such module "Sort". Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) 1942-10-2727 October 1942 El Alamein, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". 0022nd Division, NZEF 1941-05-2222–30 May 1941
14–15 July 1942<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[B]		 Crete, Greece
El Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". Hampshire Regiment 1944-05-1313 May 1944 Cassino, Italy
Script error: No such module "Sort". Durham Light Infantry 1942-06-2727 June 1942* Mersa Matruh, Egypt
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Upholder 1941-05-2424 May 1941 Sicily, Mediterranean Sea
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Hardy 1940-04-1010 April 1940* Ofotfjord, Norway
Script error: No such module "Sort". RNZAF No. 075No. 75 Squadron RAF 1941-07-077 July 1941 Munster, Germany<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[A]
Script error: No such module "Sort". Welch Regiment 1944-08-1616 August 1944 Barfour, France
Script error: No such module "Sort". Green Howards 1945-03-033 March 1945* Meiktila, Burma
Script error: No such module "Sort". HMS Li Wo 1942-02-1414 February 1942* Java Sea, Malaya
Script error: No such module "Sort". East Surrey Regiment 1940-08-1111–15 August 1940 Observation Hill, Somaliland
Script error: No such module "Sort". Coldstream Guards 1943-09-2525 September 1943 Salerno, Italy

Notes

  • A <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Victoria Cross was awarded for actions during air combat.
  • B <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ This was a Bar to the Victoria Cross
  • C <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Recipient died of their wounds
  • D <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Recipient awarded the Victoria Cross for an extended period of sustained courage and outstanding leadership, rather than a single act of valour.
  • E <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross primarily for the raid, but also for leadership and valour demonstrated as master bomber on many previous sorties.
  • F <templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^ Newton was captured by Japanese Forces and beheaded 11 days later.[10]
  • G  Sergeant H.V. Turner, Subedar Netrabahadur Thapa, Naik Agansing Rai and Rifleman Ganju Lama won their VCs in combat in the state of Manipur in India but the citations wrongly referred to the locations as being in Burma. These errors have been rectified in the list above.

References

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  1. ↑ Ashcroft, Michael; preface; XI–XIII
  2. ↑ The Gazette publishing the original Royal Warrant
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  3. ↑ Ashcroft, Michael; pp. 7–10
  4. ↑ Ashcroft, Michael; Preface to Victoria Cross Heroes
  5. ↑ Ashcroft, Michael; p. 255
  6. ↑ Arthur, Max; pp. 419–422
  7. ↑ Arthur, Max; pp. 497–501
  8. ↑ Aschcroft, Michael; pp. 255–256
  9. ↑ Ashcroft, Michael; p. 259
  10. ↑ Arthur, Max; p. 38

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