List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients explained

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 awarded for valor "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 recognize acts of valor 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 First World War, also known as the Great War and in the United States as World War I, was a global military conflict that embroiled most of the world's great powers,[5] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance.[6] More than 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[7] The main combatants descended into a state of total war, directing their entire scientific and industrial capabilities into the war effort. Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in history.[8] The proximate cause of war was the assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Soon after, a system of alliances were activated that would see Europe at war. The Western Front saw the largest concentration of Commonwealth troops with soldiers occupying sectors of the line from the North Sea to the Orne River.

On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British Army endured the bloodiest day in its history, suffering 57,470 casualties and 19,240 dead; nine Victoria Crosses were awarded for action on that day.[9] Most of the casualties occurred in the first hour of the attack. The entire Somme offensive cost the British Army almost half a million men. The war was not just fought on land; the First World War saw major naval battles as well as the first large-scale use of military aircraft. The war at sea was mainly characterized by the efforts of the Allied Powers in blockading the Central Powers by sea. In return, the Central Powers attempted to break that blockade and establish an effective blockade of the British Isles and France with U-boats and raiders. The largest naval battle of the First World War was the Battle of Jutland which was the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war.[10] Four Victoria Crosses were awarded for action at Jutland. The war in the air saw 19 VCs being awarded to airmen. The First World War saw significant interest in flying aces, including the German Manfred von Richthofen—also known as The Red Baron—as well as British aces such as Albert Ball, Mick Mannock and Billy Bishop, who were all Victoria Cross recipients. Hostilities ended on 11 November 1918 with the signing of the Armistice Treaty in the Compiègne Forest, but the war was not officially over until the various peace treaties were signed in 1919. By the war's end, four major imperial powers – Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire—had been militarily and politically defeated, and the latter two ceased to exist as autonomous entities.[11] Of the 60 million European soldiers who were mobilized from 1914–1918, 8 million were killed, 7 million were permanently disabled, and 15 million were seriously injured.[12]

During the war, Britain called on its dominions and colonies, which provided invaluable military, financial and material support. The armies of the Dominions provided over 2.5 million men as well as many thousands of volunteers from the Crown colonies.[13] The largest number of men came from the Indian sub continent, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Indian Contingent consisted of over 130,000 men in various capabilities and served primarily in France and Belgium. Over 9000 of them died and 11 of them were awarded the VC. The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) began forming on 15 August 1914 and remained a volunteer force for the entire war.[14] Throughout the four years of conflict, 331,814 volunteers from Australia were sent overseas with 63 VCs awarded; nine of these were given for the Gallipoli Campaign. Eleven members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) were awarded the Victoria Cross. The Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) saw over 600,000 enlistments throughout its four-year history with 71 VCs awarded.[15] At the outbreak of the hostilities, Newfoundland was a separate dominion and 2 soldiers from Newfoundland were awarded the Victoria Cross.

The 628 awards of the Victoria Cross given for action during the First World War account for almost half the 1356 Victoria Crosses awarded throughout its history; in comparison the Second World War saw 181 medals awarded. Noel Godfrey Chavasse was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar, for two separate actions in the First World War on the battlefields of Mametz and Passchendaele. He died from wounds received in the second action.[16] Arthur Martin-Leake received a Bar to his Victoria Cross for action in the First World War; he had been awarded his first Victoria Cross for action in the Second Boer War.

Of the 627 recipients 159 (25.36%) were awarded posthumously.

Recipients

NameUnitDate of actionPlace of action
Royal Army Medical Corps1917-07-3131 July 1917 to
1 August 1917
Ypres, Belgium
Border Regiment1914-12-2121 December 1914Rouges Bancs, France
Royal Army Chaplains' Department1916-04-099 April 1916Sanaiyal, Mesopotamia
Bedfordshire Regiment1916-09-2727 September 1916
28 September 1916
Thiepval, France
Royal Field Artillery1914-08-2424 August 1914Elouges, Belgium
0011st Battalion, CEF1918-10-1111 October 1918*Cambrai, France
Royal Army Medical Corps1916-09-033 September 1916Mesnil, France
Royal Warwickshire Regiment1918-11-044 November 1918Landrecies, France
Green Howards1915-03-1212 March 1915*Neuve Chapelle, France
Highland Light Infantry1918-03-2525 March 1918*Maricourt, France
Wellington Infantry Regiment1917-07-3131 July 1917La Basse Ville, Belgium
Highland Light Infantry1915-06-1212 June 1915Givenchy, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-11-044 November 1918Ors, France
Royal Naval Reserve1918-07-3030 July 1918English Channel, England
01616th Battalion, AIF1918-07-044 July 1918Hamel Wood, France
No. 056No. 56 Squadron RFC1917-04-2525 April 1917 to
6 May 1917*
Over France
Royal Marine Light Infantry1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
Grenadier Guards1915-03-1212 March 1915*Neuve Chapelle, France
No. 001No. 1 Squadron RFC1918-10-2727 October 1918Forêt de Mormal, France
South Staffordshire Regiment1917-07-2727 July 1917*Ypres, Belgium
Leicestershire Regiment1918-09-2424 September 1918Pontruet, France
0033rd Battalion, CEF1917-11-066 November 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1915-05-1616 May 1915Festubert, France
New Zealand Divisional Signal Company1915-08-077 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Munster Fusiliers1916-06-2525 June 1916Colonne, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1916-04-1818 April 1916*Blairville, France
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1918-08-2121 August 1918 to
8 September 1918
Logeast Wood, France
Green Howards1918-03-2121–22 March 1918*Saint-Léger, France
0088th Battalion, AIF1918-08-099 August 1918*Rosières-en-Santerre
No. 084No. 84 Squadron RFC1918-08-088 August 1918 to
8 October 1918
France
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1918-05-088 May 1918Bucquoy, France
London Regiment1915-05-1313 May 1915WieltjeSaint-Julien Road, Belgium
Green Howards1916-07-055 July 1916Somme, France
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1916-07-011 July 1916*Thiepval, France
No. 003No. 3 Squadron RNAS1915-11-1919 November 1915Ferrijik Junction, Bulgaria
0077th Battalion, CEF1915-04-2424 April 1915Kerselare, Belgium
Worcestershire Regiment1916-11-055 November 1916Le Transloy, France
Leicestershire Regiment1917-10-011 October 1917*Polygon Wood, Belgium
East Lancashire Regiment1914-11-011 November 1914Le Gheer, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1917-07-3131 July 1917*Wieltje, Belgium
HMS Nestor1916-05-3131 May 1916Battle of Jutland, Denmark
0066th Battalion, AIF1917-09-2121 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
No. 060No. 60 Squadron RAF1917-06-022 June 1917Cambrai, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1918-10-2525 October 1918Maing, France
01010th Battalion, AIF1916-07-2323 July 1916Pozières, France
0022nd South African Mounted Brigade1916-08-2424 August 1916Mlali, Tanganyika
HMS Dunraven1917-08-088 August 1917Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
British South Africa Police1917-02-1212 February 1917Johannesbruck, Tanganyika
02626th Battalion, AIF1918-07-1717 July 1918Villers-Bretonneux, France
London Regiment1917-11-077 November 1917Sheria, Palestine
Royal Scots Fusiliers1917-12-011 December 1917*El Burf, Palestine
Northamptonshire Regiment1916-07-1414 July 1916Trones Wood, France
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1918-05-099–10 May 1918Ostend, Belgium
Scots Guards1915-08-033 August 1915Cambrin, France
HMS E141915-04-2727 April 1915Dardanelles, Turkey
Royal Horse Artillery1914-09-011 September 1914*Néry, France
1918-04-2222–23 April 1918*Zeebrugge, Belgium
Durham Light Infantry1916-10-011 October 1916Eaucourt L'Abbaye, France
0088th Battalion, CEF1918-08-099 August 1918Amiens, France
02222nd Battalion, CEF1918-08-088–9 August 1918*Meharicourt, France
Highland Light Infantry1914-11-1111 November 1914Becelaere, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Gordon Highlanders1914-10-2929 October 1914*Gheluvelt, Belgium
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry1917-04-2828 April 1917Fayet, France
Coldstream Guards1915-10-088 October 1915Loos, France
Otago Infantry Regiment1916-09-1515 September 1916High Wood, France
01010th Battalion, CEF1917-08-1616 August 1917*Hill 70, France
02020th Battalion, AIF1918-07-066 July 1918Villers-Bretonneux, France
05959th Scinde Rifles1914-12-1919 December 1914*Givenchy, France
Northumberland Fusiliers1917-04-099 April 1917Arras, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1918-03-2121 March 1918*Marteville, France
South Wales Borderers1916-04-055 April 1916Falauyah Lines, Mesopotamia
Leicestershire Regiment1915-03-1010 March 1915
12 March 1915
Neuve Chapelle, France
05454th Battalion, AIF1918-09-011–2 September 1918*Péronne, France
01313th Battalion, AIF1918-09-1818 September 1918Le Verguier, France
03131st Battalion, AIF1917-09-2626–28 September 1917*Zonnebeke, Belgium
South Wales Borderers1918-09-1818 September 1918Jumeaux, Macedonia
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
Hertfordshire Regiment1915-09-2727 September 1915Cuinchy, France
0077th Battalion, AIF1915-08-099 August 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment1918-03-2323 March 1918Tergnier, France
King's Royal Rifle Corps1914-11-1717 November 1914Cameroons, Nigeria
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)1917-08-066 August 1917Lempire, France
Welsh Guards1917-07-3131 July 1917Yser Canal, Belgium
York and Lancaster Regiment1915-11-1616 November 1915La Brique, France
04646th Battalion, CEF1918-11-011 November 1918*Valenciennes, France
Royal Scots Fusiliers1918-10-3131 October 1918Audenarde, Belgium
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1918-09-1212 September 1918Havrincourt, France
0011st Battalion, CEF1915-06-1515 June 1915*Givenchy, France
1917-02-1717 February 1917Atlantic Ocean
Coldstream Guards1916-09-1515 September 1916Ginchy, France
1917-11-1717 November 1917*Battle of Heligoland, Germany
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)1917-09-088 September 1917Zwarteleen, Belgium
1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
03333rd Battalion, AIF1917-06-077–12 June 1917St. Yves, Belgium
Royal Sussex Regiment1916-06-3030 June 1916*Richebourg l'Avoue, France
0044th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards1916-07-022–3 July 1916La Boiselle, France
03333rd Battalion, AIF1918-08-3131 August 1918Bouchavesnes, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-03-2828 March 1918*Arras, France
005Australian Machine Gun Corps1916-07-2828–29 July 1916*Pozières, France
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1917-03-088 March 1917*Bouchavesnes, France
Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)1916-07-011 July 1916*Hamel, France
East Surrey Regiment1917-04-099 April 1917Arras, France
East Yorkshire Regiment1916-06-033–4 June 1916Meaulte, France
0099th Bhopal Infantry1916-01-1313 January 1916Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia
Royal Army Medical Corps1916-08-099 August 1916
31–2 August 1917
Guillemont, France
Wieltje, Belgium
02626th Battalion, AIF1917-03-2626 March 1917*Lagnicourt, France
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1915-10-1818 October 1915Cuinchy, France
London Regiment1917-12-2121–22 December 1917Fejja, Palestine
Green Howards1917-10-099 October 1917*Poelcapelle, Belgium
0055th Royal Irish Lancers1917-11-2828–29 November 1917*Bourlon Wood, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-11-022 November 1918Happegarbes, France
0022nd Battalion, CEF1916-09-099 September 1916Pozières, France
02424th Battalion, CEF1918-08-2727–28 August 1918Fresnes, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-11-066 November 1918Pont-sur-Sambre, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1917-07-3131 July 1917Westhoek, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-08-2525 August 1918*Martinpuich, France
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1918-04-099 April 1918*Givenchy, France
Bedfordshire Regiment1918-03-2222–27 March 1918*Marcoing, France
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1917-10-3131 October 1917Beersheba, Palestine
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)1918-10-033–4 October 1918Mannequin Hill, France
Machine Gun Corps1918-03-2222 March 1918*Hervilly Wood, France
Cheshire Regiment1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
Northamptonshire Regiment1917-07-3131 July 1917*Bellewaarde, Belgium
02727th Battalion, CEF1917-05-033 May 1917*Acheville, France
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1916-07-066–20 July 1916Longueval, France
0088th Battalion, AIF1916-07-2424–25 July 1916*Pozières, France
1915-09-2828 September 1915*Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
King's Royal Rifle Corps1917-08-1616 August 1917Langemark, Belgium
0088th Battalion, CEF1918-08-099 August 1918Hackett Woods, France
1916-05-3131 May 1916*Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Royal Munster Fusiliers1915-04-2626 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Buffs (East Kent Regiment)1916-03-066 March 1916*Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1918-04-1616 April 1918Boisieux St. Marc, France
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)1916-08-088 August 1916Arrow Head Copse, France
Manchester Regiment1917-10-044 October 1917Poelcapelle, Belgium
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1916-04-2424–25 April 1916*Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
Bedfordshire Regiment1917-03-1313 March 1917Achiet-le-Grand, France
Royal Scots Fusiliers1917-06-055 June 1917Egypt
Auckland Infantry Regiment1918-09-3030 September 1918Crèvecœur-le-Grand, France
Royal Naval Reserve1917-08-1515 August 1917*North Sea
01313th Battalion, CEF1918-08-088 August 1918*Amiens, France
Machine Gun Corps1918-03-2525 March 1918Ervillers, France
Worcestershire Regiment1918-04-1414 April 1918Neuve Eglise, Belgium
London Scottish Regiment1918-05-011 May 1918Jordan, Palestine
1918-05-099 May 1918Ostend, Belgium
East Yorkshire Regiment1916-11-1313 November 1916Hebuterne Sector, France
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment1917-04-1212 April 1917*Bois-en-Hache, France
05353rd Battalion, AIF1918-09-011 September 1918Péronne, France
Royal Dublin Fusiliers1918-10-1818 October 1918Le Cateau, France
01515th Battalion, AIF1918-07-044 July 1918Hamel Wood, France
Worcestershire Regiment1917-10-099 October 1917Boesinghe Sector, Belgium
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1915-03-1212 March 1915Neuve Chapelle, France
Royal FusiliersRoyal Fusiliers1915-09-033 September 1915*Maktau, Kenya
03939th Garhwal Rifles1914-11-2323–24 November 1914Festubert, France
01010th Battalion, AIF1918-06-2828 June 1918Merris, France
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1917-07-3131 July 1917*Polygon Wood, Belgium
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)1918-03-2424 March 1918Eppeville, France
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1916-07-2020 July 1916Delville Wood, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1915-10-1313 October 1915Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Suffolk Regiment1917-08-2626 August 1917Hargicourt, France
York and Lancaster Regiment1918-10-2020 October 1918Solesmes, France
03434th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse1914-11-2424 November 1914*Festubert, France
Royal Irish Rifles1918-03-2121 March 1918*Grugies, France
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)1918-09-2424–26 September 1918Lens, France
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
Royal Fusiliers1914-08-2323 August 1914*Mons, Belgium
King's Royal Rifle Corps1914-11-1212 November 1914Klein Zillebeke, Belgium
04242nd Battalion, CEF1918-08-1212 August 1918Parvillers, France
Coldstream Guards1914-09-2828 September 1914Chavanne, France
Royal Horse Artillery1914-09-011 September 1914Néry, France
Royal Field Artillery1918-04-1010 April 1918*Messines, Belgium
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1915-04-2626 April 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders1915-09-2525–26 September 1915*Hill 70, France
Royal Dublin Fusiliers1916-10-2323 October 1916Lesboeufs, France
Royal Munster Fusiliers1918-09-022 September 1918Reincourt, France
Royal Field Artillery1914-08-2626 August 1914Le Cateau, France
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1915-11-2323 November 1915*La Brique, Belgium
Green Howards1917-05-1212 May 1917Roeux, France
Royal Naval Reserve1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1918-05-099–10 May 1918Ostend, Belgium
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1917-12-2727 December 1917Kereina Peak, Palestine
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1915-09-2626 September 1915Hill 70, France
0077th Battalion, AIF1915-08-099 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
0011st Royal Dragoons1917-06-2424–25 June 1917*EpehyÉpehy, France
East Surrey Regiment1915-04-2020 April 1915Hill 60, Belgium
Australian Machine Gun Corps1917-09-2626 September 1917Zonnebeke, Belgium
Seaforth Highlanders1917-07-3131 July 1917Ypres, Belgium
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)1916-09-2626 September 1916Thiepval, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1917-08-1616 August 1917Langemarck, Belgium
Sherwood Foresters1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1918-10-1515 October 1918Capelle St. Catherine, France
Royal Fusiliers1917-11-3030 November 1917La Vacquerie, France
Manchester Regiment1918-03-2121 March 1918*Saint-Quentin, France
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1917-12-066 December 1917*La Vacquerie, France
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)1916-06-2222 June 1916Givenchy, France
Lincolnshire Regiment1918-09-022 September 1918Etaing, France
Manchester Regiment1916-07-3030 July 1916Guillemont, France
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)1917-10-044 October 1917Zonnebeke, Belgium
1st South African Infantry Brigade1916-07-1818 July 1916Delville Wood, France
Royal Marine Artillery1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-11-044 November 1918Catillon, France
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)1915-05-099 May 1915Rue du Bois, France
1916-04-2424–25 April 1916*Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
01313th Battalion, CEF1915-04-2222–23 April 1915*Saint-Julien, Belgium
East Surrey Regiment1915-09-2929 September 1915Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)1918-03-3131 March 1918*Bois de Moreuil, France
Border Regiment1918-04-1111–12 April 1918Vieux-Berquin, France
Manchester Regiment1915-08-077–9 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
New Zealand Engineers1918-08-2424 August 1918*Grévillers, France
Bedfordshire Regiment1915-03-1212 March 1915Neuve Chapelle, France
East Surrey Regiment1917-04-2424 April 1917Villers Plouich, France
Royal Army Medical Corps1917-11-066 November 1917Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment1916-11-1313 November 1916Beaucourt sur Ancre, France
New Zealand Rifle Brigade1917-06-077 June 1917Messines, Belgium
Coldstream Guards1918-09-2727 September 1918Canal du Nord, France
Grenadier Guards1915-03-1212 March 1915Neuve Chapelle, France
Welsh Regiment1914-09-1414 September 1914Chivy-sur-Aisne, France
South Wales Borderers1916-04-099 April 1916Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
02828th Battalion, AIF1918-08-088 August 1918*Villers-Bretonneux, France
01515th The King's Hussars1914-08-2323 August 1914Harmingnies, Belgium
East Surrey Regiment1915-04-2020–21 April 1915Hill 60, Belgium
Royal Fusiliers1917-11-3030 November 1917Masnieres, France
King's Royal Rifle Corps1916-07-2727 July 1916*Delville Wood, France
03939th Garhwal Rifles1915-03-1010 March 1915*Neuve Chapelle, France
02828th Light Cavalry1917-11-3030 November 1917 to
1 December 1917
Pezières, France[17]
Royal Fusiliers1914-08-2323 August 1914Mons, Belgium
01313th Battalion, CEF1918-08-088 August 1918Hangard Wood, France
04141st Battalion, AIF1918-08-2626–27 August 1918Bray, France
Royal Field Artillery1918-10-011 October 1918Ledegem, Belgium
Royal Field Artillery1917-04-055 April 1917Arras, France
Royal Field Artillery1917-11-3030 November 1917EpehyÉpehy, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1917-04-2222 April 1917Istabulat, Mesopotamia
Wellington Infantry Regiment1918-09-011 September 1918Bancourt, France
Sherwood Foresters1917-10-044 October 1917Poelcapelle, Belgium
Royal Army Medical Corps1916-07-011 July 1916*Foncquevillers, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1918-10-2323–24 October 1918Ovillers, France
Royal Canadian Regiment1918-09-2727 September 1918 to
1 October 1918
Cambrai, France
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1918-05-066 May 1918Bucquoy, France
0099th Lancers1914-08-2424 August 1914Audregnies, Belgium
Royal Warwickshire Regiment1918-03-2323 March 1918Beaumetz, France
03737th Battalion, AIF1917-06-077 June 1917Messines, Belgium
King's Own Scottish Borderers1917-08-1616 August 1917Wijdendrift, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Worcestershire Regiment1918-05-2727 May 1918River Aisne, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1916-06-2222–23 June 1916*Givenchy, France
Honourable Artillery Company1917-04-2828–29 April 1917Gavrelle, France
05454th Battalion, AIF1918-09-011 September 1918Péronne, France
0088th Battalion, CEF1915-04-2323–24 April 1915*Ypres, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-05-2727 May 1918Muscourt, France
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)1915-09-2525–30 September 1915*Hooge, Belgium
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1917-10-1212 October 1917Poelcapelle, Belgium
Highland Light Infantry1917-09-2525–26 September 1917Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium
0033rd Battalion, AIF1915-08-099 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
02929th Battalion, CEF1917-08-2121 August 1917Hill 70, France
Lincolnshire Regiment1915-08-099 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Army Chaplains' Department1918-07-077 July 1918Bucquoy, France
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)1918-08-099 August 1918*Morlancourt, France
1918-04-2222–23 April 1918*Zeebrugge, Belgium
East Yorkshire Regiment1917-05-033 May 1917*Oppy, France
Royal Marine Light Infantry1916-05-3131 May 1916*Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)1917-03-2727 March 1917Guyencourt, France
London Regiment1918-09-022 September 1918Péronne, France
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1918-10-2525 October 1918Ingoyghem, Belgium
York and Lancaster Regiment1915-09-2929 September 1915Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
No. 006No. 6 Squadron RFC1915-07-2525 July 1915France
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)1918-03-2121–22 March 1918Frémicourt, France
Durham Light Infantry1917-05-066 May 1917Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France
Bedfordshire Regiment1918-10-2424 October 1918Boursies, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1917-04-2323 April 1917*Fontaine-lès-Croisilles, France
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)1917-01-2525 January 1917*River Hai, Mesopotamia
Royal Army Service Corps1918-03-2423–24 March 1918Montagne Bridge, France
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1918-04-2626 April 1918Givenchy, France
Hampshire Regiment1917-07-3131 July 1917*Ypres, Belgium
0022nd South African Light Infantry1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1916-07-2020 July 1916Delville Wood, France
Green Howards1917-04-2323 April 1917*Wancourt, France
00120th Battalion, CEF1917-08-1818 August 1917*Lens, France
Manchester Regiment1914-10-2929 October 1914Festubert, France
1914-12-1313 December 1914Dardanelles, Turkey
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment1916-09-033 September 1916Guillemont, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1914-08-2626 August 1914Le Cateau, France
0022nd Battalion, CEF1917-10-2626 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
Grenadier Guards1918-10-099 October 1918*Cattenieres, France
07878th Battalion, CEF1918-09-2727 September to
30 September 1918*
Bourlon Wood, France
Royal Field Artillery1914-09-1515 September 1914Vendresse, France
East Lancashire Regiment1918-03-2121 March 1918*Moyenneville, France
0011st Battalion, AIF1917-05-066 May 1917Bullecourt, France
Sherwood Foresters1918-06-1515 June 1918Asiago, Italy
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)1918-08-3131 August 1918St. Servin's Farm, France
Connaught Rangers1916-09-033 September 1916Guillemont, France
02121st Lancers1915-09-055 September 1915Hafiz Kor, India
Highland Light Infantry1918-09-1616–17 September 1918Moeuvres, France
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps1918-09-022 September 1918Drocourt-Quéant, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1916-06-2828 June 1916Ficheux, France
Royal Warwickshire Regiment1917-10-044 October 1917Poelcapelle, Belgium
02424th Battalion, AIF1918-10-044 October 1918Montbrehain, France
No. 011No. 11 Squadron RFC1915-11-077 November 1915Achiet, France
01010th Battalion, AIF1917-09-1919–22 September 1917Polygon Wood, Belgium
01414th Battalion, AIF1915-05-1919–20 May 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
East Yorkshire Regiment1918-03-2222 March 1918Hermies, France
Coldstream Guards1918-09-2727 September 1918*Canal du Nord, France
01717th Battalion, AIF1916-06-2525 June 1916Armentières, France
Worcestershire Regiment1915-06-2828 June 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Gloucestershire Regiment1918-03-2121–23 March 1918Velu Wood, France
Royal Fusiliers1917-05-033 May 1917*Pelves, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1914-08-2323 August 1914Jemappes, Belgium
03434th Battalion, AIF1917-10-1212 October 1917*Passchendaele, Belgium
05050th Battalion, AIF1917-04-022 April 1917Noreuil, France
No. 066No. 66 Squadron RFC1918-03-3030 March 1918Mansue, Italy
Royal Sussex Regiment1918-11-044 November 1918Sambre-Oise Canal, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1915-09-2525 September 1915Hill 70, France
Northumberland Fusiliers1918-10-1414 October 1918Wez Macquart, France
Sherwood Foresters1918-10-033 October 1918Ramicourt, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1914-09-1414 September 1914Missy, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1916-09-033 September 1916Guillemont, France
1916-05-3131 May 1916*Battle of Jutland, Denmark
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment1916-05-2121 May 1916*Vimy, France
Cheshire Regiment1916-09-2525 September 1916Morval, France
05151st Sikhs1915-01-077 January 1915*Spina Khaisora, India
0088th Battalion, AIF1918-08-2323 August 1918Herleville Wood, France
New Zealand and Australian Division1918-08-2626 August 1918Bapaume, France
02222nd Battalion, CEF1918-06-088 June 1918Neuville-Vitasse, France
0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles1918-04-1010 April 1918El Kefr, Egypt
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)1916-10-044 October 1916Le Sars, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment1915-09-2525 September 1915Loos, France
Durham Light Infantry1915-11-044 November 1915La Houssoie, France
0022nd Battalion, AIF1917-04-099 April 1917Hermies, France
Gordon Highlanders1914-10-2323 October 1914Ypres, Belgium
Gordon Highlanders1918-03-2121 March 1918Saint-Quentin, France
0033rd Battalion, CEF1918-09-2727 September 1918Bourlon Wood, France
0044th Battalion, CEF1916-09-1616 September 1916Courcelette, France
0011st Battalion, AIF1915-08-077 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
London Regiment1915-05-2525–26 May 1915Givenchy, France
129129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis1914-10-3131 October 1914Hollebeke, Belgium
South Staffordshire Regiment1915-09-2525 September 1915*Cuinchy, France
04949th Battalion, CEF1917-10-3030 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
Manchester Regiment1918-11-044 November 1918*Ors, France
Post Office Rifles1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
01010th Battalion, CEF1918-09-022 September 1918*Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-03-2222 March 1918Tugny, France
04747th Battalion, CEF1917-08-2222–24 August 1917Lens, France
0033rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles1915-09-2525 September 1915Fauquissart, France
1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex, Duke of Cambridge's Hussars)1917-10-2727 October 1917*El Buggar Ridge, Palestine
King's Own Scottish Borderers1915-09-2525 September 1915Loos, France
LalaLala04141st Dogras1916-01-2121 January 1916El Orah, Mesopotamia
Durham Light Infantry1917-12-033 December 1917Masnières, France
Royal Scots Fusiliers1915-08-1313 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
New Zealand Rifle Brigade1918-09-1212 September 1918Gouzeaucourt Wood, France
Manchester Regiment1914-10-2929 October 1914Festubert, France
0099th Battalion, AIF1916-07-2323 July 1916Pozières, France
0022nd Battalion, CEF1917-08-1818 August 1917*Loos, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-10-1212 October 1918Neuvilly, France
Welsh Regiment1916-10-2222–23 October 1916*Macukovo, Greece
Northamptonshire Regiment1918-09-1818–21 September 1918*Rossnoy, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1915-07-3131 July 1915*Ostend, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1917-10-099 October 1917Ypres, Belgium
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)1917-08-1111 August 1917Langemarck, Belgium
Green Howards1916-07-011 July 1916*Fricourt, France
02121st Battalion, AIF1918-09-011 September 1918Mont St. Quentin, France
Royal Field Artillery1914-08-2626 August 1914Le Cateau, France
Royal Marine Artillery1917-04-033–4 April 1917Francilly, France
102102nd Battalion, CEF1918-09-2727 September 1918Cambrai, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-05-022 May 1915Ypres, Belgium
03838th Battalion, CEF1917-04-099 April 1917Vimy Ridge, France
0022nd Canadian Mounted Rifles1918-09-2929 September 1918 to
3 October 1918
Cambrai, France
Princess Louises's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)1918-08-2424 August 1918
27 August 1918
Hénin-sur-Cojeul, France
Scots Guards1914-12-1919 December 1914*Rouges Bancs, France
Seaforth Highlanders1917-04-1111 April 1917*Fampoux, France
02323rd Battalion, AIF1918-09-011 September 1918*Mont St. Quentin, France
Royal Army Medical Corps1915-09-2525 September 1915Fauquissart, France
1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
No. 085No. 85 Squadron RFC1918-06-1717 June 1918 to
26 July 1918*
Over France
King's Royal Rifle Corps1915-05-2222 May 1915Cambrin, France
Irish Guards1918-11-044 November 1918*Sambre-Oise Canal, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1915-03-1212 March 1915Spanbroek Molen, Belgium
Royal Army Service Corps1918-04-099 April 1918Béthune, France
Royal Garrison Artillery1917-06-044 June 1917Feuchy, France
01818th Battalion, AIF1918-10-033 October 1918Beaurevoir, France
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)1914-10-2222 October 1914La Boutillerie, France
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1917-07-3131 July 1917Wieltje, Belgium
Scots Guards1917-11-2727 November 1917Fontaine Notre Dame, France
Seaforth Highlanders1917-11-2020 November 1917Cambrai, France
01616th Battalion, AIF1918-08-2323 August 1918Madam Wood, France
No. 056No. 56 Squadron RFC1917-08-01August 1917 to
March 1918
France
04747th Battalion, AIF1918-03-2828 March 1918Dernancourt, France
Royal Irish Rifles1916-07-011 July 1916*Thiepval Wood, France
04040th Battalion, AIF1917-10-044 October 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1918-10-2222 October 1918Hoogemolen, Belgium
King's Own Scottish Borderers1918-09-2828 September 1918*Wytschaete, Belgium
Gordon Highlanders1917-07-3131 July 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1918-08-2323 August 1918Courcelles-le-Comte, France
01414th Battalion, CEF1918-04-2727–28 April 1918Gavrelle Sector, France
1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
Canadian Machine Gun Corps1917-10-3030 October 1917*Meetscheele Spur, Belgium
No. 002No. 2 Squadron RFC1918-03-2727 March 1918Albert, France
Royal Sussex Regiment1916-02-0414 February 1916Hooge, Belgium
Green Howards1918-10-2727 October 1918Piave River, Italy
No. 001No. 1 Squadron AFC1917-03-2020 March 1917Egypt
East Surrey Regiment1918-09-033 September 1918Lens, France
Scots Guards1916-09-1515 September 1916Ginchy, France
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-10-1414 October 1918*Aubencheul-au-Bac, France
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)1917-11-3030 November 1917 to
1 December 1917*
Moeuvres, France
Royal Army Medical Corps1914-10-2929 October 1914
8 November 1914
Zonnebeke, Belgium
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)1915-11-1919 November 1915Yser, France
Seaforth Highlanders1918-07-2020 July 1918Marfaux, France
Royal Army Chaplains' Department1916-03-2727–29 March 1916St. Eloi, Belgium
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)1917-04-2121 April 1917Istabulat, Mesopotamia
0044th Battalion, CEF1918-10-011 October 1918Abancourt, France
01616th Battalion, CEF1918-09-022 September 1918Arras, France
Gloucestershire Regiment1918-10-2323 October 1918Bois de L'Eveque, France
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1916-07-3030–31 July 1916*Bazentin-le-Petit, France
Manchester Regiment1917-12-1010–11 December 1917*Givenchy, France
01616th Battalion, CEF1917-04-099 April 1917*Thelus, France
05858th Battalion, CEF1918-08-088 August 1918*Demuin, France
05555th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)1915-04-2626 April 1915Wieltje, Belgium
0044th Canadian Engineers1918-10-088–9 October 1918Canal de L'Escaut, France
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment1918-10-1414 October 1918Ledegem, Belgium
Royal Fusiliers1917-10-099 October 1917Langemarck, Belgium
05858th Battalion, AIF1917-05-1212 May 1917Bullecourt, France
Hampshire Regiment1915-06-055 June 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Hampshire Regiment1917-09-2020 September 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)1915-04-1212 April 1915Messines, Belgium
Border Regiment1917-01-2727 January 1917Le Transloy, France
No. 020No. 20 Squadron RFC1917-01-077 January 1917*Ploegsteert Wood, Belgium
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)1918-03-2626 March 1918Hamelincourt, France
Irish Guards1917-09-1212–13 September 1917Broembeek, Belgium
Machine Gun Corps1917-04-1111 April 1917Monchy-le-Preux, France
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry1917-10-3030 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
01313th Battalion, AIF1917-02-044–5 February 1917Gueudecourt, France
Welsh Regiment1916-04-099 April 1916Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
1915-05-2020 May 1915 to
8 June 1915
Dardanelles, Turkey
Corps of Royal Engineers1914-12-1919 December 1914Neuve Chapelle, France
Bedfordshire Regiment1918-09-1010–11 September 1918Kefr Kasim, Palestine
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1918-09-2727 September 1918*Flesquières, France
Royal Horse Artillery1914-09-011 September 1914Néry, France
01212th Battalion, AIF1917-04-077–14 April 1917Bapaume, France
Canterbury Regiment1917-12-033 December 1917Polderhoek, Belgium
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1915-03-1212 March 1915Neuve Chapelle, France
03838th Battalion, CEF1918-09-011–2 September 1918Drocourt-Quéant Line, France
Royal Dublin Fusiliers1917-10-044 October 1917Langemark, Belgium
05252nd Battalion, CEF1917-10-2626 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
Irish Guards1915-02-011 February 1915Cuinchy, France
01616th Battalion, AIF1916-08-099–12 August 1916Pozières, France
Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment1918-10-1414 October 1918Moorsele, Belgium
Devonshire Regiment1918-08-2222 August 1918Achiet-le-Petit, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1917-04-1414 April 1917Favet, France
0077th Battalion, CEF1917-08-1515–17 August 1917Hill 60, France
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1915-07-011–2 July 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Fusiliers1917-02-1616–17 February 1917Courcelette, France
Royal Marine Light Infantry1915-04-3030 April 1915 to
1 May 1915
Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Naval Reserve1915-07-044 July 1915*Atlantic Ocean
Gloucestershire Regiment1917-08-2020–21 August 1917EpehyÉpehy, France
Grenadier Guards1917-12-011 December 1917*Gonnelieu, France
05050th Battalion, CEF1917-04-1010 April 1917Vimy Ridge, France
King's Royal Rifle Corps1915-09-2525 September 1915*Hulluch, France
0055th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles1917-10-3030–31 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
01616th Battalion, CEF1918-09-022 September 1918Cagnicourt, France
0033rd Battalion, AIF1917-10-044 October 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Warwickshire Regiment1917-01-2525 January 1917Kut, Mesopotamia
1917-08-088 August 1917Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean
Honourable Artillery Company1917-04-2929 April 1917Gavrelle, France
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders1915-09-2727 September 1915Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
01111th Battalion, AIF1917-04-1515 April 1917*Louveral, France
Berkshire Yeomanry1915-08-2121 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)1918-04-1010 April 1918Erquinghem, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1916-06-044 June 1916Ficheux, France
Royal Naval Division1918-09-022 September 1918Pronville, France
Grenadier Guards1918-04-1111–12 April 1918*Vieux-Berquin, France
Royal Irish Rifles1916-07-011 July 1916Hamel, France
Royal Army Medical Corps1914-09-1919–20 September 1914*Haute-Avesnes, France
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)1917-06-1414 June 1917Messines, Belgium
0077th Battalion, CEF1918-09-022–4 September 1918Arras, France
Royal Field Artillery1915-10-1111 October 1915Béthune, France
Northamptonshire Regiment1915-09-2525 September 1915*Hulluch, France
Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)1917-02-2525 February 1917Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia
South Wales Borderers1917-07-3131 July 1917Pilkem, Belgium
No. 032No. 32 Squadron RFC1916-07-011 July 1916Double Crassieurs, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1917-03-088–10 March 1917Dialah River, Mesopotamia
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry1914-11-2020 November 1914Wulverghem, Belgium
Royal Field Artillery1914-08-2626 August 1914
9 September 1914
Le Cateau, France
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1917-09-2020 September 1917Frezenberg, Belgium
Grenadier Guards1917-10-099 October 1917Houthulst Forest, Belgium
No. 002No. 2 Squadron RFC1915-04-2626 April 1915*Kortrijk, Belgium
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
01616th Battalion, CEF1916-10-088 October 1916*Somme, France
Royal Newfoundland Regiment1918-10-1414 October 1918Ledeghem, Belgium
York and Lancaster Regiment1918-10-011 October 1918*Epinoy, France
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)1915-05-099 May 1915Rue du Bois, France
1914-11-2828 November 1914Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika
Seaforth Highlanders1916-07-011 July 1916Beaumont-Hamel, France
Sherwood Foresters1915-03-1212 March 1915*Neuve Chapelle, France
Worcestershire Regiment1918-03-2222 March 1918 to
2 April 1918
Pargny, France
Royal Fusiliers1918-03-088–9 March 1918Polderhoek Chateau, Belgium
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment1917-10-044 October 1917Zonnebeke, Belgium
02727th Battalion, CEF1917-11-066 November 1917*Passchendaele, Belgium
1915-02-2626 February 1915Dardanelles, Turkey
No. 039No. 39 Squadron RFC1916-09-022–3 September 1916Cuffley, England
Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)1914-12-1414 December 1914Kemmel, Belgium
Royal Irish Regiment1917-08-1616 August 1917Frezenberg, Belgium
East Surrey Regiment1915-04-2020 April 1915Hill 60, Belgium
0055th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles1918-08-2626 August 1918Monchy, France
02222nd Battalion, AIF1918-05-1919 May 1918Ville-sur-Ancre, France
05555th Battalion, AIF1918-09-3030 September 1918Hindenburg Defences, France
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)1916-09-2626 September 1916Thiepval, France
05151st Battalion, AIF1918-04-2424–25 April 1918Villers-Bretonneux, France
Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)1917-10-044 October 1917Ypres, Belgium
Royal Naval Reserve1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)1916-07-011 July 1916Thiepval, France
HMS Prize1917-04-3030 April 1917Atlantic
1918-04-2222–23 April 1918Zeebrugge, Belgium
Suffolk Regiment1915-09-2626 September 1915Loos, France
Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment1918-03-2121 March 1918Le Verguier, France
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-04-099 April 1918*Givenchy, France
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps1915-04-2525 April 1915Saint-Julien, Belgium
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1918-09-2929 September 1918*Terhand, Belgium
Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)1918-08-2929 August 1918*Fremicourt, France
08989th Punjab Regiment1916-04-1212–13 April 1916Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia
04343rd Battalion, CEF1917-10-2626 October 1917Passchendaele, Belgium
Lincolnshire Regiment1915-05-099 May 1915Rouges Bancs, France
King's Royal Rifle Corps1917-11-2020 November 1917Villers Plouich, France
Norfolk Regiment1917-11-2020 November 1917Marcoing, France
Green Howards1916-08-066 August 1916*Munster Alley, France
0011st Battalion, AIF1915-08-099 August 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
01818th Battalion, CEF1917-04-099 April 1917*Neuville-St.-Vaast, France
01414th Murray's Jat Lancers1918-09-2323 September 1918*River Jordan, Palestine
Indian Medical Service1916-01-2121 January 1916Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia
King's Own Scottish Borderers1917-08-1818 August 1917Wijdendrift, Belgium
East Lancashire Regiment1915-12-2323 December 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Naval Reserve1917-03-1010 March 1917*Atlantic Ocean
Lancashire Fusiliers1918-08-2121–23 August 1918Serre, France
Manchester Regiment1915-04-2626 April 1915Saint-Julien, Belgium
Border Regiment1914-12-2121 December 1914Rouges Bancs, France
01515th Ludhiana Sikhs1915-05-1818 May 1915Richebourg L'Aouve, France
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers1915-07-011–2 July 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Border Regiment1917-11-2020 November 1917Marcoing, France
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry1918-08-1313 August 1918Parvillers, France
04040th Battalion, AIF1918-08-1010–12 August 1918Proyart, France
Seaforth Highlanders1917-02-2222 February 1917Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
Royal Field Artillery1918-03-2121 March 1918Caponne Farm, France
Royal Fusiliers1917-11-3030 November 1917*Cambrai, France
01919th Battalion, AIF1918-04-077 April 1918Hangard Wood, France
The Fort Garry Horse, CEF1917-11-2020 November 1917Masnieres, France
Manchester Regiment1916-03-088 March 1916Es Sinn, Mesopotamia
1917-06-077 June 1917Atlantic Ocean
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
Northumberland Fusiliers1917-04-099 April 1917Arras, France
0077th Battalion, AIF1915-08-088–9 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
07878th Battalion, CEF1918-08-1111 August 1918*Amiens, France
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)1918-09-2828 September 1918Marcoing, France
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)1917-11-3030 November 1917Cambrai, France
01010th Light Horse Regiment1915-08-2929–30 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders1914-09-1414 September 1914Battle of the Aisne, France
King's (Liverpool Regiment)1915-05-1616 May 1915Rue du Bois, France
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)1918-10-066 October 1918Méricourt, France
Australian Machine Gun Corps1918-09-011 September 1918Mont St. Quentin, France
Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)1918-03-2525 March 1918Eterpigny Ridge, France
London Scottish Regiment1917-12-088 December 1917Air Karim, Palestine
Otago Infantry Regiment1918-07-2424 July 1918*Rossignol Wood, France
0077th Battalion, AIF1915-08-099 August 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Highland Light Infantry1916-07-011 July 1916*Authuille, France
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)1915-09-2828 September 1915*Vermelles, France
Worcestershire Regiment1916-07-033 July 1916La Boiselle, France
1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Sherwood Foresters1915-05-099 May 1915Rouges Bancs, France
South Staffordshire Regiment1914-11-077 November 1914*Zillebeke, Belgium
Sherwood Foresters1918-09-2929 September 1918Bellenglise, France
Devonshire Regiment1916-07-2020 July 1916High Wood, France
Grenadier Guards1918-09-2727 September 1918Canal du Nord, France
Royal Warwickshire Regiment1915-09-2525 September 1915Hulloch, France
Sherwood Foresters1915-10-1414 October 1915Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
Tank CorpsTank Corps1917-11-2020 November 1917*Marcoing, France
Royal Artillery1915-04-2626 April 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
Royal Field Artillery1917-11-2020 November 1917Gonnelieu, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1917-04-1010 April 1917*Heninel, France
Seaforth Highlanders1916-04-066 April 1916Sanna-i-Yat, Mesopotamia
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1918-09-1818 September 1918*Ronssoy, France
03232nd Battalion, AIF1918-09-2929 September 1918 to
1 October 1918
Bellicourt, France
No. 001No. 1 Squadron RNAS1915-06-077 June 1915Ghent, Belgium
Bedfordshire Regiment1915-05-011 May 1915*Ypres, Belgium
Corps of Royal Engineers1918-11-044 November 1918Ors, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1918-03-2828 March 1918*Rossignol Wood, France
Royal Naval Reserve1917-05-1515 May 1917Straits of Otranto, Italy
Royal Welsh Fusiliers1918-08-2626 August 1918Bazentin-le-Grand, France
Essex Regiment1917-06-2828 June 1917*Loos, France
04343rd Battalion, AIF1918-09-022 September 1918Péronne, France
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)1917-04-2929 April 1917Oppy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Royal Sussex Regiment1915-09-2525 September 1915*Le Rutoire, France
No. 008No. 8 Squadron RFC1918-08-1212 August 1918Over France
North Irish Horse1918-08-2121 August 1918
2 September 1918*
Courcelles-le-Comte, France
0099th Gurkha Rifles1917-02-2323 February 1917Shumran, Mesopotamia
0077th Hariana Lancers1915-04-1212–13 April 1915*Shaiba, Mesopotamia
South Wales Borderers1917-05-1919 May 1917*Monchy-le-Preux, France
Green Howards1916-09-2121 September 1916 to
1 October 1916
Stuff Redoubt, France
1918-01-2828 January 1918*Dardanelles, Turkey
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)1917-03-077 March 1917Dialah River, Mesopotamia
Machine Gun Corps1918-09-1818 September 1918Gouzeaucourt, France
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)1918-03-1010 March 1918Burj El Lisaneh, Egypt
Coldstream Guards1917-07-3131 July 1917Pilkem, Belgium
01212th Battalion, AIF1917-04-099–10 April 1917Boursies, France
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry1918-09-1212 September 1918Laventie, France
Manchester Regiment1918-10-2020 October 1918Marou, France
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment1916-07-055 July 1916La Boiselle, France
South Wales Borderers1918-10-077–8 October 1918Villers Outreaux, France
Royal Naval Reserve, 1917-06-077 June 1917Atlantic
1915-04-2525 April 1915*Gallipoli, Turkey
Lancashire Fusiliers1915-04-2525 April 1915Gallipoli, Turkey
Highland Light Infantry1914-09-1414 September 1914Verneuill, France
Scots Guards1918-10-1313 October 1918St. Python, France
Northumberland Fusiliers1918-10-2828 October 1918Casa Vana, Italy
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1918-04-1111 April 1918La Pannerie, France
Irish Guards1917-09-1212–13 September 1917Broenbeek, Belgium
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)1915-07-3030 July 1915*Hooge, Belgium
04848th Battalion, AIF1918-09-1818 September 1918Le Verguier, France
Queen Victoria's Rifles1915-04-2020–21 April 1915Hill 60, Belgium
Corps of Royal Engineers1914-08-2323 August 1914
14 September 1914*
Mons, Belgium
Coldstream Guards1914-08-2525–26 August 1914Landrecies, France
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)1914-08-2626 August 1914Le Cateau, France
Durham Light Infantry1917-07-077 July 1917*Hill 60, Belgium
Northumberland Fusiliers1918-06-1515 June 1918Asiago, Italy
Hertfordshire Regiment1918-09-1818 September 1918*Havrincourt, France
08787th Battalion, CEF1918-09-022 September 1918Dury-Arras Sector, France
Durham Light Infantry1918-03-2525–31 March 1918Bucquoy, France
East Lancashire Regiment1915-12-2222 December 1915Fonquevillers, France
0055th Battalion, CEF1918-08-099 August 1918Warvillers, France

Footnotes

A Victoria Cross was awarded for several acts in the time period.

B Chavasse died of his wounds two days after the deed which merited his second Victoria Cross.

C Died of his wounds

D Martin-Leake's second Victoria Cross

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Ashcroft, Michael; preface; XI–XIII
  2. The Gazette publishing the original Royal Warrant
  3. Ashcroft, Michael; pp.7–10
  4. Ashcroft, Michael; Preface to Victoria Cross Heroes
  5. Willmott, H.P.; p.10
  6. Willmott, H.P.; p.15
  7. Keegan, John; p.8
  8. Willmott, H.P.; p.307
  9. Arthur, Max; p.244
  10. Arthur, Max; pp.241–242
  11. Willmott, H.P.; p.6
  12. Kitchen, Martin; p.22
  13. Marshall, pp.78–79
  14. Web site: 1st Australian Imperial Force . Australian War Memorial . 16 July 2009 . 16 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120416053609/https://www.awm.gov.au/units/unit_13200.asp . live .
  15. Web site: Soldiers of the First World War – CEF . Library and archives Canada . 23 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217203616/http://collectionscanada.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html . 17 February 2012 .
  16. News: A lesson of history . 15 June 2006 . Oxford Times . 16 July 2009 . 29 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829073549/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/795832.display/ . live .
  17. 11 January 1918. SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO The London Gazette Of TUESDAY, the 8th of JANUARY, 1918. The London Gazette. 30471. 725. 30 May 2014. 3 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141103025515/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30471/supplement/725. live.