List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
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. 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. The order was backdated to 1854 to recognise acts of valour during the Crimean War. 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.
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry DivisionAdam WakenshawAlfred Edward SephtonAnders LassenArthur Edward CummingAugustus Charles NewmanBernard Warburton-LeeBritish VCs of World War 2British VCs of World War IICharles Ferguson HoeyCharles Lyell, 2nd Baron LyellChristopher Furness (VC)Claud RaymondDennis DonniniDerek Anthony SeagrimDonald Cameron (VC)Edward Colquhoun CharltonEdward Thomas ChapmanEric Anderson (VC)Eric Charles Twelves WilsonFrank BlakerFrank JeffersonGeorge Albert CairnsGeorge Allan MitchellGeorge Arthur KnowlandGeorge GristockGeorge Harold EardleyGeorge Thompson (VC)George Ward GunnGerard Broadmead RoopeGerard NortonHanson TurnerHarry NichollsHenry Eric HardenIan Edward FraserIan Oswald LiddellIndex of World War II articles (L)James StokesJohn Beeley
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List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
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. 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. The order was backdated to 1854 to recognise acts of valour during the Crimean War. 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.
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