List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipients of the Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters "VC") born on the island of Ireland, together...
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recipients List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients List of New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients List of South...
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is a list of recipients of the Victoria Cross by nationality. It does not include the Victoria Cross awarded to the American Unknown Soldier of World...
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Second World War. The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the...
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Second World War. The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the...
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Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" to members of the...
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The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration...
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awarded Victoria Crosses under this clause – one Irish man in 1866 for actions taken during the Fenian raids; five (a Canadian, three Irish and an English...
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there has been one recipient of that award – Willie Apiata for actions in Afghanistan in 2004 – although recipients of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand...
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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...
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The Victoria Cross (VC) was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. For the Indian...
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heartfelt appreciation. Elizabeth R." List of Australian George Cross recipients Lists of Victoria Cross recipients British and Commonwealth orders and...
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The Victoria Cross (VC) is a British military honour awarded to 78 members of the British Armed Forces for action during the Second Boer War. The Victoria...
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1971, surviving recipients of the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal (EM) became George Cross recipients, but unlike the EGM exchange of insignia, they...
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The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry...
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Charles FitzClarence (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
November 1914) was an Anglo-Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
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after a review of the British honours system to remove distinctions of rank in the awarding of gallantry decorations. The Victoria Cross is the only higher...
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history. The Irish Guards claim six Victoria Cross recipients, four from the First World War and two from the Second World War. The Irish Guards were formed...
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Mark Walker (British Army officer) (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
was a British Army officer and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to...
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a list of Brigade of Guards recipients of the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the...
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William Bradshaw (VC) (redirect from William Bradshaw (Victoria Cross recipient))
County Tipperary, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded...
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George Nurse (VC) (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Ireland. He was educated in Guernsey in the Channel Islands where both his parents had been born. He was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the...
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Thomas Flynn (VC) (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
in Athlone and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
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David Nelson (VC) (category Irish World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross)
8 April 1918) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
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Catholic unionist (category Politics of Northern Ireland)
The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011. List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients Protestant Irish nationalists...
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Edmund De Wind (category Irish Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
– 21 March 1918) was an Irish British Army officer during the First World War, and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious...
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Robert Quigg (category Irish Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross)
– 14 May 1955) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
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Timothy O'Hea (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
O'Hea VC (1843 – 1874), born in Schull, County Cork, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for valour that...
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Michael Magner (category Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross)
Fermanagh, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that...
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Burgoyne – recipient of the Victoria Cross Thomas Byrne – recipient of the Victoria Cross Thomas Crean – recipient of the Victoria Cross and rugby union...
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