List of English Victoria Cross recipients explained

The following is a partial list of British recipients of the Victoria Cross.

** Holders of VC and bar (twice awarded the VC).

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of English Victoria Cross recipients".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.

Name Service Date Conflict Location
William ReynoldsBritish Army1854Crimean WarRiver Alma
Royal Air Force 1943 Second World War Turin
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 2012 War in Afghanistan Nahr-e Saraj District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
British Army 1914 First World War Rouges Bancs
British Army 1859 Kurrereah
British Army 1916 First World War Sanna-i-Yat
British Army 1916 First World War Thiepval
British Army 1916 First World War Mesnil
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1914 First World War Elouges
British Army1944 Second World War Pin Hmi Road Bridge Mogaung
British Army 1918 First World War Landrecies
British Army 1858 Sundeela Oudh
British Army 1943 Second World War Wadi Akarit
British Army 1943 Second World War Longstop Hill
1919 Waziristan
British Army 1940 Second World War River Dyle
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1880 Deh Khoja
British Army1900 Paardeberg
Royal Navy 1918 First World War English Channel
British Army 1891 Nilt Fort
British Army 1917 First World War Western Front
Royal Marines 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1918 First World War Pontruet
Royal Air Force 1944 Second World War Nuremberg
British Army 1944 Second World War Arnhem
British Army 1944 Second World War Sourdeval
British Army 1916 First World War Colonne
British Army 1916 First World War Blairville
British Army 1918 First World War Logeast
British Army 1918 First World War Saint-Léger
British Army 1941 Second World War Sidi Rezegh
British Army 1901 Moedwil
British Army 1918 First World War Bucquoy
British Army 1900 Wakkerstroom
British Army 2004 Al Amarah
British Army 1915 First World War Wieltje
British Army 1916 First World War Somme
British Army 1874 Ordashu
British Army 1916 First World War Le Transloy
British Army 1914 First World War Le Gheer
British Army 1854 Balaklava
British Army 1917 First World War Wieltje
Royal Navy 1917 First World War Bay of Biscay
British Army 1879 Intombi River
British Army 1917 First World War Sheria
British Army 1916 First World War Trones Wood
British Army 1854 Sebastopol
Royal Navy 1864 Shimonoseki
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Dardanelles
British Army 1914 First World War Néry
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1916 First World War Eaucourt L'Abbaye
British Army 1901 Itala
British Army 1858 Jhansi
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1917 First World War Fayet
British Army 1915 First World War Loos
British Army 1879 Inhlobana
British Army 1944 Second World War Faenza
British Army 1917 First World War Arras
British Army 1916 First World War Falauyah
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
1857 Delhi
British Army 1879 Inhlobana
British Army 1918 First World War Jumeaux
British Army 1917First World War Ypres
British Army 1915 First World War Cuinchy
British Army 1944 Second World War Monte Ceco
British Army 1860 Taku Forts
British Army 1918 First World War Tergnier
British Army 1914 First World War Cameroons
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1917 First World War Lempire
Royal Navy 1854 Åland
1858 Fort Ruhya
British Army 1944 Second World War Arnhem
British Army 1944 Second World War Henu Block
British Army 1918 First World War Havrincourt
Royal Navy 1917 First World War Atlantic
Royal Navy 1917 First World War Heligoland
British Army 1951 Imjin River
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
1903 Jidballi
British Army 1916 First World War Richebourg-l'Avoué
British Army 1918 First World War Arras
British Army 1917 First World War Bouchavesnes
British Army 1916 First World War Hamel
British Army 1917 First World War Arras
British Army 1916 First World War Méaulte
British Army 1858 Beejapore
British Army 1860 Taku Forts
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1945 Second World War Wistedt
Noel Godfrey ChavasseBritish Army 1916
1917 		First World War
First World War 		Guillemont
Wieltje
Royal Air Force 1944 Second World War Germany
Civilian 1858 Suhejnee
British Army 1915 First World War Cuinchy
British Army 1917 First World War Bourlon Wood
British Army 1918 First World War Happegarbes
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1918 First World War Pont-sur-Sambre
British Army 1917 First World War Westhoek
British Army1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1918 First World War Martinpuich
British Army 1918 First World War Givenchy
British Army 1918 First World War Marcoing
British Army 1917 First World War Wadi Saba
British Army 1880 Maiwand
British Army 1918 First World War Mannequin Hill
British Army 1918 First World War Hervilly Wood
British Army 1897 Mohmand Valley
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1917 First World War Bellewaarde
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
British Army 1899 Colenso
British Army 1916 First World War Longueval
1857 Jhelum
British Army 1859 Maylah Ghat
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Kut-el-Amara
British Army 1917 First World War Langemarck
Royal Navy 1855 Taganrog
British Army 1867 Little Andaman
British Army1882 Kafr Dowar
Royal Navy 1916 First World War Jutland
British Army 1916 First World War Hohenzollern Redoubt
British Army 1901 Lambrechtfontein
British Army 1918 First World War Boisleux-Saint-Marc
British Army 1916 First World War Arrow Head Copse
British Army 1917 First World War Poelcapelle
British Army 1917 First World War Achiet-le-Grand
British Army 1901 Springbok Laagte
Royal Navy 1917 First World War North Sea
British Army 1918 First World War Ervillers
British Army 1918 First World War Neuve Eglise
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Ostend
1857 Chinhut
British Army 1916 First World War Hébuterne
British Army 1900 Onderbank Spruit
Royal Navy 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1918 First World War Le Cateau
British Army 1951 Imjin River
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1917 First World War Boesinghe
Royal Navy 1854 Sebastopol
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1918 First World War Eppeville
British Army 1916 First World War Delville Wood
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Ferrijik Junction
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
Royal Navy 1855 Genitichi
British Army 1917 First World War Hargicourt
British Army 1898 Omdurman
1914 First World War Festubert
British Army 1918 First World War Lens
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1914 First World War Klein Zillebeke
Royal Navy 1919 Kronstadt
British Army 1914 First World War Chavanne
British Army 1945 Second World War Stein, Selfkant
British Army 1914 First World War Néry
British Army 1918 First World War Messines
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1899 Magersfontein
Royal Marines 1855 Fort of Viborg
British Army 1863 Poutoko
British Army 1900 Zeerust
British Army 1914 First World War Le Cateau
British Army 1915 First World War La Brique
British Army 1917 First World War Rœux
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Gallipoli
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Ostend
British Army 1901 Derby
British Army 1917 First World War Épehy
British Army 1900 Bergendal
British Army 1942 Second World War Saint-Nazaire
British Army 1915 First World War Hill 60
British Army 1944 Second World War Overloon
British Army 1884 Tamai
British Army 1917 First World War Langemarck
British Army 1882 Tel-el-Kebir
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1918 First World War Capelle St. Catherine
British Army 1917 First World War La Vacquerie
British Army 1918 First World War Saint-Quentin, Aisne
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1900 Bloemfontein
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War Strait of Dover
British Army 1918 First World War Étaing
British Army 1916 First World War Guillemont
British Army 1881 Majuba Mountain
Royal Navy 1940 Second World War Atlantic
Royal Marines 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
Royal Navy 1916 First World War Kut-el-Amara
British Army 1900 Arundel, Cape Colony
British Army 1879 Sekukuni's Town
British Army 1915 First World War Hohenzollern Redoubt
British Army 1918 First World War Vieux Berquin
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
1863 Crag Picquet
British Army1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1917 First World War Villers-Plouich
British Army 1858 River Raptee
Royal Navy 1945 Second World War Johore Straits
British Army 1857 Agra
British Army 1918 First World War Canal du Nord
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1914 First World War Chivy-sur-Aisne
British Army 1940 Second World War Arras
British Army 1916 First World War Sanna-i-Yat
British Army 1941 Second World War Tobruk
British Army 1914 First World War Harmignies
British Army 1915 First World War Hill 60
British Army 1917 First World War Masnières
Royal Air Force 1943 Second World War Möhne Dam
British Army 1873 Becquah
British Army 1916 First World War Delville Wood
British Army 1900 Sanna's Post
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1914 First World War Mons
1859 Fort of Beyt
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1918 First World War Ledeghem
Royal Navy 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1917 First World War Arras
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War Crete
British Army 1917 First World War Épehy
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1857 Alambagh
Royal Air Force 1940 Second World War Albert Canal
British Army 1944 Second World War Arnhem
British Army 1917 First World War Poelcapelle
British Army 1916 First World War Foncquevillers
British Army 1918 First World War Ovillers
British Army 1918 First World War Bucquoy
British Army 1914 First World War Audregnies
British Army 1918 First World War Beaumetz
British Army 1917 First World War Wijdendrift
British Army1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1918 First World War River Aisne
British Army 1857 Indian Mutiny Lucknow
British Army 1941 Second World War Sidi Rezegh
Royal Navy 1900 Tientsin
British Army 1916 First World War Givenchy
British Army 1917 First World War Gavrelle
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
Royal Marines 1900 Peking
British Army 1918 First World War Muscourt
British Army 1915 First World War Hooge
British Army 1917 First World War Poelcapelle
1879 Asmai Heights
British Army1900 Van Wyk's Vlei
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1945 Second World War Brachterbeek
Royal Navy 1882 Alexandria
British Army 1918 First World War Bucquoy
1857 Lucknow
British Army 1944 Second World War Kohima
British Army 1944 Second World War Antwerp
British Army 1918 First World War Morlancourt
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1917 First World War Oppy
Royal Marines 1916 First World War Jutland
British Army 1918 First World War Peronne
British Army 1918 First World War Ingoyghem
British Army 1915 First World War Hohenzollern Redoubt
British Army 1915 First World War Western Front
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1900 Geluk, South Africa
British Army 1917 First World War Fontaine-lès-Croisilles
British Army 1858 Gwalior
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1918 First World War Montagne Bridge
Royal Navy 1854 Sebastopol
British Army 1918 First World War Givenchy
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1881 Laing's Nek
British Army 1916 First World War Delville Wood
1857 Delhi
Royal Navy 1862 Fung Wha
British Army 1917 First World War Wancourt
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1914 First World War Festubert
Royal Navy 1914 First World WarDardanelles
British Army 1858 Gawlior
British Army 1944 Second World War Normandy
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1914 First World War Le Cateau
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1918 First World War Cattenières
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
British Army 1898 Gedarif
British Army 1914 First World War Vendresse
British Army 1944 Second World War Kyauchaw
British Army 1900 Mosilikatse Nek
British Army 1918 First World War Asiago
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1915 First World War Hafiz Kor
British Army 1855 Woronzoff Road
British Army 1916 First World War Ficheux
British Army 1917 First World War Poelcapelle
British Army 1901 Tafelkop
British Army 1918 First World War Hermies
Royal Air Force 1944 Second World War Schweinfurt
British Army 1918 First World War Canal du Nord
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1918 First World War Velu Wood
British Army1944 Second World War Grimbosq
British Army 1917 First World War Pelves
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1944 Second World War Monte Cassino
British Army1918 First World War Mansuè
British Army 1918 First World War Sambre–Oise Canal
British Army 1915 First World War Hill 70
British Army 1918 First World War Wez Macquart
British Army 1918 First World War Ramicourt
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1916 First World War Guillemont
British Army 1982 Goose Green
Royal Navy 1916 First World War Jutland
British Army 1916 First World War Vimy
British Army 1916 First World War Morval
British Army 1879 Rorke's Drift
1915 Spina
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
British Army 1916 First World War Le Sars
British Army 1898 Khartoum
British Army 1943 Second World War Dj. Arada
British Army 1915 First World War La Houssoie
British Army 1915 First World War Loos
British Army 1915 First World War Givenchy
British Army 1915 First World War Cuinchy
British Army1900 Delagoa Bay
British Army 1918 First World War Ors
British Army 1857 Benares
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1900 Van Wyk's Vlei
British Army 1945 Second World War Kangaw
British Army 1918 First World War Tugny
British Army 1917 First World War Beersheba
British Army 1917 First World War Masnières
British Army 1900 Essenbosch Farm
British Army 1897 Dargai Heights
British Army 1914 First World War Festubert
British Army 2015 War in Afghanistan Bar Now Zad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Royal Air Force 1940 Second World War Dortmund–Ems Canal
British Army 1854 Sebastopol
British Army 1860 Taku Forts
British Army 1918 First World War Neuvilly
British Army 1918 First World War Rossnoy
British Army 1915 First World War Ostend
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1900 Korn Spruit
British Army 1917 First World War Langemarck
British Army 1916 First World War Fricourt
British Army 1915 First World War Ypres
British Army 1879 Zlobane Mountain
Royal Navy 1898Crete
British Army 1915 First World War Fauquissart
British Army 1854 Balaclava
Royal Air Force 1918 First World War Western Front
British Army 1900 Tugela
Royal Navy 1940 Second World War Portland
British Army 1915 First World War Cambrin
British Army 1884 Tamai
British Army 1918 First World War Sambre–Oise Canal
British Army 1884 El Teb
British Army 1915 First World War Spanbroek Molen
Arthur Martin-LeakeBritish Army 1902
1914 		Second Anglo-Boer War
First World War 		Vlakfontein
Zonnebeke
British Army 1918 First World War Béthune
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1917 First World War Feuchy
1900 Korn Spruit
Royal Navy 1857 Dacca
British Army 1917 First World War Wieltje
Civilian 1857 Arrah
British Army 1982 Mount Longdon
British Army 1863 Cameron Town
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1918 First World War Piave
British Army 1918 First World War Lens
British Army 1916 First World War Ginchy
British Army 1917 First World War Mœuvres
British Army 1915 First World War Yser
British Army 1916 First World War Saint-Éloi
British Army 1879 Isandhlwana
1935 Mohmand
British Army 1900 Colesberg
British Army 1918 First World War Bois-l'Évêque
British Army1854 Inkerman
British Army 1916 First World War Bazentin-le-Petit
British Army 1917 First World War Givenchy
British Army 1944 Second World War Damiano Ridge
Royal Navy 1864 Te Papa
British Army 1917 First World War Langemarck
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
British Army 1858 Azumgurh
British Army 1917 First World War Le Transloy
British Army 1917 First World War Ploegsteert Wood
British Army1854 Balaclava
British Army 1918 First World War Hamelincourt
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1917 First World War Western Front
British Army 1917 First World War Monchy-le-Preux
British Army 1950 Songju
British Army 1916 First World War Sanna-i-Yat
British Army 1858 Azumgurh
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Dardanelles
British Army 1914 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1918 First World War Kefr Kasim
British Army 1918 First World War Flesquières
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1942 Second World War Saint-Nazaire
British Army 1940 Second World War River Escaut
Royal Air Force 1940 Second World War Southampton
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
British Army 1854 Sebastopol
British Army 1899 Ladysmith
British Army 1917 First World War Langemarck
Royal Navy 1860 Omata
British Army 1918 First World War Achiet-le-Petit
British Army 1917 First World War Favet
British Army1881 Wesselstroom
British Army 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1917 First World War Courcelette
Royal Air Force 1944 Second World War Cologne
British Army 1900 Korn Spruit
Royal Marines 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1854 Balaclava
1915 First World War Atlantic
British Army 1900 Paardeberg
British Army 1917 First World War Épehy
British Army 1915 First World War Hulloch
British Army 1858 Gwalior
Royal Navy 1854 Sebastopol
British Army 1897 Dargai Heights
British Army1854 Inkerman
1857 Delhi
British Army 1917 First World War Kut
British Army 1900 Korn Spruit
British Army 1863 Rangiriri
Royal Navy 1917 First World War Bay of Biscay
1863 Crag Picquet
British Army 1900 Caesar's Camp
Royal Navy 1943 Second World War Kaafjord
British Army 1917 First World War Gavrelle
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1918 First World War Erquinghem
Royal Marines 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1901 Blood River Poort
Thomas Pride Royal Navy 1864 Shimonoseki
1857 Agra
British Army 1916 First World War Ficheux
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Pronville
British Army1857 Lucknow
British Army1944 Second World War Arnhem
British Army1917 First World War Messines
British Army1899 Colenso
British Army 1915 First World War Béthune
British Army 1945 Second World War Talaku
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1915 First World War Hulloch
British Army 1917 First World WarAlqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend
Royal Navy 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1914 First World War Wulverghem
British Army 1914 First World War Le Cateau
British Army 1917 First World War Frezenberg
British Army 1917 First World War Houthulst Forest
1915 First World War Courtrai
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
British Army 1918 First World War Épinoy
British Army 1915 First World War Neuve-Chapelle
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
British Army 1918 First World War Pargny
British Army 1857 Bulandshahr
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War Crete
British Army 1918 First World War Polderhoek Chateau
Royal Navy 1858 Lucknow
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Dardanelles
British Army 1916 First World War Cuffley
British Army 1914 First World War Kemmel
British Army 1944 Second World War Anzio
British Army 1917 First World War Frezenberg
Royal Navy 1940 Second World War Vestfjorden
1857 Benares
British Army 1858 Lucknow
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1916 First World War Thiepval
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War Saint-Nazaire
British Army 1917 First World War Ypres
1857 Delhi
Royal Navy 1857 Lucknow
British Army 1916 First World War Thiepval
Royal Navy 1918 First World War Zeebrugge
British Army 1943 Second World War Guiriat El Atach
British Army1915 First World War Loos
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War St. Nazaire
British Army 1918 First World War Le Verguier
Royal Air Force 1941 Second World War Singora
British Army1899 Colenso
British Army 1918 First World War Givenchy
Royal Navy 1854 Inkerman
1877 Quetta
1879 Morosi's Mountain
British Army 1900 Caesar's Camp
British Army 1943 Second World War Mareth Line
British Army 1918 First World War Terhand
Royal Navy 1941 Second World War Crete
British Army 1918 First World War Frémicourt
British Army 1915 First World War Rouges Bancs
John Francis David ShaulBritish Army1899 Magersfontein
1857 Delhi
British Army 1917 First World War Villers-Plouich
Royal Navy 1855 Sebastopol
Royal Navy 1942 Second World War North Cape
British Army 1916 First World War Munster Alley
British Army 1944 Second World War Anzio
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1885 Abu Klea
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1904 Jidballi
British Army 1918 First World War Serre
British Army1857 Delhi
British Army 1915 First World War St. Julien
1857 Lucknow
British Army 1897 Mamund Valley
British Army 1914 First World War Rouges Bancs
1857 Delhi
1915 First World War Richebourg L'Aouve
British Army 1898 Khartoum
British Army 1917 First World War Marcoing
British Army 1951 Point 217
British Army 1854 Inkerman
Royal Navy 1940 Second World War Namsos
Royal Navy 1919 Kronstadt
British Army 1917 First World War Sanna-i-Yat
British Army1918 First World War Caponne Farm
British Army1917 First World War Cambrai
British Army 1916 First World War Es Sinn
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
Royal Navy 1917 First World War Atlantic
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1917 First World War Arras
British Army 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1855 Inkerman
British Army 1918 First World War Marcoing
Royal Navy 1855 Sebastopol
British Army 1855 Kars
1857 Delhi
British Army 1917 First World War Fontaine
British Army1857 Lucknow
British Army 1918 First World War Mericourt
British Army1899 Magersfontein
British Army 1918 First World War Eterpigny Ridge
British Army 1917 First World War Air Karim
1901 Bothwell Camp
Royal Navy 1855 Sea of Azov
British Army 1915 First World War Vermelles
British Army 1944 Second World War Ningthoukhong
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1942 Second World War El Aqqaqir
British Army 1916 First World War La Boiselle
Royal Navy 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1915 First World War Rouges Bancs
British Army1914 First World War Zillebeke
British Army 1918 First World War Bellenglise
British Army 1916 First World War High Wood
British Army 1918 First World War Canal du Nord
British Army 1915 First World War Hulloch
British Army 1915 First World War Hohenzollern Redoubt
British Army 1897 Dargai Heights
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1944 Second World War Cassino
British Army 1942 Second World War Mersa Matruh
British Army 1915 First World War Gallipoli
British Army 1857 Delhi
British Army 1917 First World War Héninel
British Army 1854 Inkerman
British Army 1900 Lindley
British Army 1857 Lucknow
1857 Lucknow
British Army 1918 First World War Gouzeaucourt
1858 Sindhora
British Army 1918 First World War Broenbeek
Royal Navy 1857 Lucknow
Royal Air Force 1918 First World War Somme