The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the British armed forces. A small number of Commonwealth countries still participate in the British (Imperial) honours system and would still be eligible to make Victoria Cross recommendations for their service personnel but none of these countries have ever been awarded the Victoria Cross. The last occasion a Commonwealth country was awarded the Victoria Cross was in 1969 during the Vietnam War and today all Commonwealth countries whose armed forces had been awarded the Victoria Cross under the British honours systems have their own honours systems and their own orders, decorations and medals. The Victoria Cross takes precedence over all other British orders, decorations and medals and may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and although civilians under military command are eligible for the award none has been awarded since 1879. The Victoria Cross has often been presented to the recipient during an investiture by the British monarch. The last award of the reign of King George VI and all awards of the reign of the present Queen with the exception of the two posthumous awards to the Australian Army during the Vietnam War have been presented by Queen Elizabeth II. The VC has been awarded on 1358 occasions to 1355 individual recipients.
The original Royal Warrant and all warrants to this day contain both expulsion and restoration clauses. Eight recipients between 1861 and 1908 had their awards rescinded and although no award has ever been restored the names of the eight are included in the list. The original warrant did not contain a specific clause regarding posthumous awards, although official policy was to not award the VC posthumously. Between 1857 and 1901, twelve notices were issued in the London Gazette regarding soldiers who would have been awarded the VC had they survived. In a partial reversal of policy for the South African War 1899-1902, the next of kin of three of the soldiers were sent medals by registered post in 1902. In the same gazette the first three posthumous awards were awarded and also sent to the next of kin. In 1907, the posthumous policy was reversed and medals were sent to the next of kin of the six officers and men.[1] The Victoria Cross warrant was not officially amended to explicitly allow posthumous awards until 1920 but one quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous.[2][3]
For a short time in the middle 1800s, the VC was awarded for actions taken not in the face of the enemy. Six were awarded at this time for actions taken not in the face of the enemy. (Campbell Mellis Douglas was one of these recipients.)
Until 1921 the Victoria Cross could not be awarded to women, and to this day no VC has been awarded to members of that gender. With the approval of Queen Victoria, Elizabeth Webber Harris was awarded a gold VC for her valour in nursing cholera-ridden soldiers in India in 1869.[4]
Most Commonwealth countries have now created their own honours systems. Since 1991, three Commonwealth countries; Australia, Canada and New Zealand have created their own operational gallantry awards. In each case, their highest award for most conspicuous bravery was named in honour of the British (Imperial) Victoria Cross; the Victoria Cross for Australia, the Victoria Cross (Canada) and the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. One Victoria Cross for New Zealand was awarded to Willie Apiata on 26 July 2007; four Victoria Crosses for Australia have been awarded to Mark Donaldson, Ben Roberts-Smith, Daniel Keighran and Cameron Baird. All five awards were for actions in Afghanistan. As these are separate medals, they are not included in this list.
Recipients are described in the following list by nationality (birthplace) or (citizenship) or (country of service) or (uncertain) or in the case of New Zealand born Captain Alfred John Shout of the Australian Army by both (birthplace) and (country of service). The country lists are compiled differently with the Australian list only being members of the Australian forces, the Canadian list being members of the Canadian forces including Danish Thomas Dinesen who served in Canadian Army plus others who are considered by Canadians as Canadian recipients, while the English list only includes a few of the many English born recipients who were decorated as members of Commonwealth and Indian forces. There have been 1355 individual recipients including the American unknown who is not listed but the list has 1356 names including Alfred John Shout and another listed twice.
| Name | Nationality | Date of action | Conflict | Unit | Place of action | Notes |
|---|
| Bellenden|Hutcheson|Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson}} | American | 1918 | First World War | 75th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force | Drocourt-Quéant Support Line, France | [5] |
| William|Metcalf|William Henry Metcalf}} | American | 1918 | First World War | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Arras, France | [5] |
| George|Mullin|George Mullin (VC)}} | American | 1917 | First World War | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Passchendaele, Belgium | [5] |
| William|Seeley|William Henry Harrison Seeley}} | American | 1864 | Bombardment of Shimonoseki | Euryalus|1853|6}} | Shimonoseki, Japan |
| Raphael|Zengel|Raphael Louis Zengel}} | American | 1918 | First World War | Canadian Expeditionary Force | Warvillers, France | [6] |
| AAA | AustraliaList of 91 Australian recipients | AAA | AAA | AA01 | AAA |
| Adrian|Carton de Wiart|Adrian Carton De Wiart}} | Belgian | 1916 | First World War | BB0044th Dragoon Guards | La Boiselle, France |
| Samuel|Hodge}} | British Virgin Islander | 1866 | Gambia Campaign | BB0044th West India Regiment | Tubabecelong, Gambia |
| AAB | CanadaList of 96 Canadian recipients | AAB | AAB | AA02 | AAB |
| William|Bruce|William Bruce (VC)}} | Channel Islander | 1914 | First World War | BB05959th Scinde Rifles | Givenchy, France |
| Lewis|Halliday|Lewis Stratford Tollemache Halliday}} | Channel Islander | 1900 | Boxer Rising | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Peking, China |
| Duncan|Home|Duncan Charles Home}} | Channel Islander | 1857 | Indian Mutiny | Bengal Sappers and Miners | Delhi, India |
| George|Ingouville}} | Channel Islander | 1855 | Crimean War | Arrogant|1848|6}} | Vyborg, Russia |
| Herbert|Le Patourel|Herbert Wallace Le Patourel}} | Channel Islander | 1942 | Second World War | Hampshire Regiment | Tebourba, Tunisia |
| Ferdinand|Le Quesne}} | Channel Islander | 1889 | British rule in Burma | Royal Army Medical Corps | Voklaak, Burma |
| John|McCrea|John Frederick McCrea}} | Channel Islander | 1881 | Basuto Gun War | BB0011st Cape Mounted Yeomanry | Tweefontein, South Africa |
| Allastair|McReady-Diarmid|Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid}} | Channel Islander | 1917 | First World War | Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) | Moeuvres, France |
| George|Nurse|George Edward Nurse}} | Channel Islander | 1899 | Second Boer War | Royal Field Artillery | Colenso, South Africa |
| Euston|Sartorious|Euston Henry Sartorius}} | Channel Islander | 1859 | Second Afghan War | BB05959th Regiment of Foot | Shahjui, Afghanistan |
| Reginald|Sartorious|Reginald William Sartorius}} | Channel Islander | 1874 | First Ashanti Expedition | BB0066th Bengal Cavalry | Obugu, Ashanti |
| Thomas|Dinesen}} | Danish | 1918 | First World War | BB04242nd Bn CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force | Parvillers, France |
| Percy|Hansen}} | Danish | 1915 | First World War | BB0066th Lincolnshire Regiment | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Anders|Lassen}} | Danish | 1945* | Second World War | Special Boat Service | Comacchio, Italy |
| AAC | EnglandList of 600+ English recipients
(may be incomplete) | AAC | AAC | AA03 | AAC |
| Sefanaia|Sukanaivalu}} | Fijian | 1944* | Second World War | Fiji Infantry Regiment | Mawaraka, Bougainville Island |
| Charles|Wooden}} | German | 1854 | Crimean War | BB01717th Lancers | Balaklava, Crimea |
| Johnson|Beharry}} | Grenadian | 2004 | Iraq War | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | Amarah, Iraq |
| William|Johnstone|William Johnstone (VC)}} | Hanoverian | 1854 | Crimean War | Arrogant|1848|6}}, RN | Åland Islands, Finland | [7] |
| Premindra|Bhagat|Premindra Singh Bhagat}} | Indian | 1941 | Second World War | Corps of Indian Engineers | Gallabat, Abyssinia |
| Yeshwant|Ghadge}} | Indian | 1944* | Second World War | Maratha Light Infantry | Upper Tiber Valley, Italy |
| Abdul|Hafiz|Abdul Hafiz, VC}} | Indian | 1944* | Second World War | BB0099th Jat Regiment | Imphal, India |
| Namdeo|Jadav}} | Indian | 1945 | Second World War | BB0055th Maratha Light Infantry | Senio River, Italy |
| Karamjeet|Judge|Karamjeet Singh Judge}} | Indian | 1945* | Second World War | BB4154/15th Punjab Regiment | Meiktila, Burma |
| Lala | Indian | 1916 | First World War | BB04141st Dogras | El Orah, Mesopotamia |
| Darwan|Negi|Darwan Singh Negi}} | Indian | 1914 | First World War | BB03939th Garhwal Rifles | Festubert, France |
| Gabar Singh|Negi|Gabar Singh Negi}} | Indian | 1915* | First World War | BB03939th Garhwal Rifles | Neuve Chapelle, France |
| Bhandari|Ram}} | Indian | 1944 | Second World War | BB010Garhwal Rifles | Arakan State, Burma |
| Chhelu|Ram}} | Indian | 1943* | Second World War | BB0066th Rajputana Rifles | Djebel Garci, Tunisia |
| Kamal|Ram}} | Indian | 1944 | Second World War | BB0088th Punjab Regiment | River Gari, Italy |
| Richhpal|Ram}} | Indian | 1941* | Second World War | BB0066th Rajputana Rifles | Keren, Eritrea |
| Badlu|Singh}} | Indian | 1918* | First World War | BB01414th Murray's Jat Lancers | River Jordan, Palestine |
| Chatta|Singh}} | Indian | 1916 | First World War | BB009Garhwal Rifles | Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia |
| Gian|Singh}} | Indian | 1945 | Second World War | BB01515th Punjab Regiment | Myingyan, Burma |
| Gobind|Singh|Gobind Singh (VC)}} | Indian | 1917 | First World War | BB028Garhwal Rifles | Pezières, France | [8] |
| Ishar|Singh}} | Indian | 1921 | Waziristan Campaign | BB02828th Punjab Regiment | Haidari Kach, India |
| Nand|Singh}} | Indian | 1944 | Second World War | BB1111/11th Garhwal Rifles | Maungdaw–Buthidaung Road, Burma |
| Parkash|Singh}} | Indian | 1943 | Second World War | BB0088th Punjab Regiment | Donbaik, Burma |
| Prakash|Singh|Prakash Singh Chib}} | Indian | 1945* | Second World War | BB01313th Frontier Force Rifles | Kanlan Ywathit, Burma |
| Ram|Singh|Ram Sarup Singh}} | Indian | 1944* | Second World War | BB001Garhwal Rifles | Kennedy Peak, Burma |
| Mir|Dast}} | Indian | 1915 | First World War | BB05555th Coke's Rifles | Wieltje, Belgium |
| Fazal|Din}} | Indian | 1945 | Second World War | BB01010th Baluch Regiment | Meiktila, Burma |
| Ali|Haidar|Ali Haidar (military)}} | Indian | 1945 | Second World War | BB01313th Frontier Force Rifles | Fusignano, Italy |
| Khudadad|Khan}} | Indian | 1914 | First World War | BB129129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis | Hollebeke, Belgium |
| Shahamad|Khan}} | Indian | 1916 | First World War | BB08989th Punjab Regiment | Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia |
| Sher|Shah|Sher Shah (VC)}} | Indian | 1945* | Second World War | BB01616th Punjab Regiment | Kyeyebyin, Burma |
| Umrao|Singh}} | Indian | 1944 | Second World War | Royal Indian Artillery | Kaladan Valley, Burma |
| AAD | IrelandList of 195 Irish recipients | AAD | AAD | AA04 | AAD |
| William|Gordon|William James Gordon}} | Jamaican | 1892 | Second Gambian Campaign | West India Regiment | Toniataba, Gambia |
| Nigel|Leakey|Nigel Gray Leakey}} | Kenyan | 1941* | Second World War | BB012King's African RiflesColito, Abyssinia |
| Robert Henry|Cain|Robert Henry Cain}} | Manx | 1944 | Second World War | BB0022nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment | Arnhem, Netherlands | [9] |
| Gaje|Ghale}} | Nepalese | 1943 | Second World War | BB0055th Royal Gurkha Rifles | Chin Hills, Burma |
| Bhanbhagta|Gurung}} | Nepalese | 1945 | Second World War | BB0022nd Gurkha Rifles | Tamandu, Burma |
| Lachhiman|Gurung}} | Nepalese | 1945 | Second World War | BB0088th Gurkha Rifles | Taungdaw, Burma |
| Thaman|Gurung}} | Nepalese | 1944* | Second World War | BB0055th Royal Gurkha Rifles | Monte San Bartolo, Italy |
| Ganju|Lama}} | Nepalese | 1944 | Second World War | BB0077th Gurkha Rifles | Ningthoukhong, Burma |
| Rambahadur|Limbu}} | Nepalese | 1965 | Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation | BB01010th Gurkha Rifles | Sarawak, Borneo |
| Tulbahadur|Pun}} | Nepalese | 1944 | Second World War | BB0066th Gurkha Rifles | Mogaung, Burma |
| Agansing|Rai}} | Nepalese | 1944 | Second World War | BB0055th Royal Gurkha Rifles | Bishenpur, Burma |
| Karanbahadur|Rana}} | Nepalese | 1918 | First World War | BB0033rd Gurkha Rifles | El Kefr, Egypt |
| Kulbir|Thapa}} | Nepalese | 1915 | First World War | BB0033rd Gurkha Rifles | Fauquissart, France |
| Netrabahadur|Thapa}} | Nepalese | 1944* | Second World War | BB0055th Royal Gurkha Rifles | Bishenpur, Burma |
| Sher|Thapa|Sher Bahadur Thapa}} | Nepalese | 1944* | Second World War | BB0099th Gurkha Rifles | San Marino, Italy |
| Leslie|Andrew|Leslie Wilton Andrew}} | New Zealander | 1917 | First World War | Wellington Infantry Regiment | La Basse Ville, Belgium |
| Cyril|Bassett|Cyril Royston Guyton Bassett}} | New Zealander | 1915 | First World War | New Zealand Divisional Signal Company | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Donald|Brown|Donald Forrester Brown}} | New Zealander | 1916 | First World War | Otago Infantry Regiment | High Wood, France | [10] |
| James|Crichton|James Crichton (VC)}} | New Zealander | 1918 | First World War | BB500Auckland Infantry Regiment | Crèvecœur, France |
| Cecil|D'Arcy|Henry Cecil Dudgeon D'Arcy}} | New Zealander | 1879 | Anglo-Zulu War | Frontier Light Horse | Ulundi, South Africa |
| Keith|Elliott}} | New Zealander | 1942 | Second World War | BB02222nd, 2nd New Zealand Division | Ruweisat, Egypt |
| Samuel|Forsyth}} | New Zealander | 1918* | First World War | Royal New Zealand Engineers | Grévillers, France |
| Bernard|Freyberg|Bernard Cyril Freyberg}} | New Zealander | 1916 | First World War | BB06363rd (Royal Naval) Division | Beaucourt sur Ancre, France |
| Samuel|Frickleton}} | New Zealander | 1917 | First World War | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | Messines, Belgium |
| John|Grant|John Gildroy Grant}} | New Zealander | 1918 | First World War | Wellington Infantry Regiment | Bancourt, France |
| William|Hardham|William James Hardham}} | New Zealander | 1901 | Second Boer War | BB0044th New Zealand Contingent | Naauwpoort, South Africa |
| Charles|Heaphy}} | New Zealander | 1864 | New Zealand Wars | BB501Auckland Militia | Mangapiko River, New Zealand |
| John|Hinton|John Daniel Hinton}} | New Zealander | 1941 | Second World War | BB02020th, 2nd New Zealand Division | Kalamai, Greece |
| Clive|Hulme|Clive Hulme}} | New Zealander | 1941 | Second World War | BB02323rd, 2nd New Zealand Division | Crete, Greece |
| Reginald|Judson|Reginald Stanley Judson}} | New Zealander | 1918 | First World War | BB500Auckland Infantry Regiment | Bapaume, France |
| Harry|Laurent|Harry John Laurent}} | New Zealander | 1918 | First World War | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | Gouzeaucourt Wood, France |
| Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa|Ngarimu}} | New Zealander | 1943* | Second World War | BB02828th, 2nd New Zealand Division | Tebaga Gap, Tunisia |
| Henry|Nicholas|Henry James Nicholas}} | New Zealander | 1917 | First World War | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | Polderhoek, Belgium |
| William|Sanders|William Edward Sanders}} | New Zealander | 1917* | First World War | Prize|HMS Prize}} | Atlantic | |
| Alfred|Shout}} | New Zealander | 1915* | First World War | First Australian Imperial Force | Gallipoli |
| Richard|Travis|Richard Charles Travis}} | New Zealander | 1918* | First World War | Otago Infantry Regiment | Rossignol Wood, France |
| Leonard|Trent|Leonard Henry Trent}} | New Zealander | 1943 | Second World War | No. 487 Squadron RNZAF | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Willie|Apiata|Willie Apiata}} | New Zealander | 2004 | Afghanistan War | New Zealand Special Air Service | Afghanistan, Afghanistan |
| Lloyd|Trigg|Lloyd Allan Trigg}} | New Zealander | 1943* | Second World War | No. 200 Squadron RAF | Atlantic |
| Charles|Upham|Charles Hazlitt Upham}} | New Zealander | 1941
1942 | Second World War | BB02020th, 2nd New Zealand Division | Crete, Greece, (1941),
Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt (1942) | [11] |
| James|Ward|James Allen Ward}} | New Zealander | 1941* | Second World War | No. 75 Squadron RNZAF | Munster, Germany |
| John|Croak|John Bernard Croak}} | Newfoundlander | 1918* | First World War | BB01313th Battalion, CEF | Amiens, France | [12] |
| Thomas|Ricketts}} | Newfoundlander | 1918 | First World War | Royal Newfoundland Regiment | Ledeghem, Belgium | [12] |
| Frank|Baxter|Frank William Baxter}} | Rhodesian | 1896* | Matabeleland Rebellion | Bulawayo Field Force | Umguza, Rhodesia |
| Frederick|Booth|Frederick Charles Booth}} | Rhodesian | 1917 | First World War | British South Africa Police | Johannesburg, German East Africa | [13] |
| Herbert|Henderson|Herbert Stephen Henderson}} | Rhodesian | 1897 | Matabeleland Rebellion | Bulawayo Field Force | Bulawayo, Rhodesia |
| AAE | ScotlandList of 164 Scottish recipients | AAE | AAE | AA05 | AAE |
| Herman|Albrecht}} | South African | 1900* | Second Boer War | Imperial Light Horse | Ladysmith, South Africa |
| Andrew|Beauchamp-Proctor}} | South African | 1918 | First World War | No. 84 Squadron RFC | Western Front, France |
| John|Clements|John James Clements}} | South African | 1901 | Second Boer War | Rimington's Guides | Strijdenburg, South Africa |
| Joseph|Crowe|Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe}} | South African | 1857 | Indian Mutiny | BB07878th Regiment of Foot | Boursekee Chowkee, India |
| Cecil|D'Arcy|Henry Cecil Dudgeon D'Arcy}} | South African | 1879 | Zulu War | Frontier Light Horse | Ulundi, South Africa |
| William|Faulds|William Frederick Faulds}} | South African | 1916 | First World War | BB0011st South African Infantry | Delville Wood, France |
| George|Gristock}} | South African | 1940* | Second World War | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Tournai, Belgium |
| Edmund|Hartley|Edmund Barron Hartley}} | South African | 1879 | Zulu War | Cape Mounted Riflemen | Morosi's Mountain, South Africa |
| Reginald|Hayward|Reginald Frederick Johnson Hayward}} | South African | 1918 | First World War | Wiltshire Regiment | Fremicourt, France |
| William|Hewitt|William Henry Hewitt}} | South African | 1917 | First World War | BB0022nd South African Light Infantry | Ypres, Belgium |
| Horace|Martineau|Horace Robert Martineau}} | South African | 1899 | Second Boer War | Protectorate Regiment | Mafeking, South Africa |
| John|McCrea|John Frederick McCrea}} | South African | 1881 | First Boer War | BB0011st Cape Mounted Yeomanry | Tweefontein, South Africa |
| Charles|Mullins|Charles Herbert Mullins}} | South African | 1899 | Second Boer War | Imperial Light Horse | Elandslaagte, South Africa |
| Randolph|Nesbitt|Randolph Cosby Nesbitt}} | South African | 1896 | Mashona Rebellion | Mashonaland Mounted Police | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
| John|Nettleton|John Dering Nettleton}} | South African | 1942 | Second World War | No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF | Augsburg, Germany |
| Gerard|Norton|Gerard Ross Norton}} | South African | 1944 | Second World War | Kaffrarian Rifles | Monte Gidolfo, Italy |
| Oswald|Reid|Oswald Austin Reid}} | South African | 1917 | First World War | King's (Liverpool) Regiment | Dialah River, Mesopotamia |
| Clement|Robertson}} | South African | 1917 | First World War | Queen's Royal Regiment | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| John|Sherwood-Kelly}} | South African | 1917 | First World War | Norfolk Regiment | Marcoing, France | [14] |
| Quentin|Smythe|Quentin George Murray Smythe}} | South African | 1942 | Second World War | Natal Carbineers | Alem Hamza, Egypt |
| Edwin|Swales}} | South African | 1945 | Second World War | South African Air Force | Pforzheim, Germany |
| Basil|Horsfall|Basil Arthur Horsfall}} | Sri Lankan (Ceylonese) | 1918* | First World War | East Lancashire Regiment | Ablainzevelle, France |
| Peter|Brown|Peter Brown (VC)}} | Swedish | 1879 | Basuto Gun War | Mounted Riflemen | Morosi's Mountain, South Africa |
| Christian|Schiess|Christian Ferdinand Schiess}} | Swiss | 1879 | Anglo-Zulu War | Natal Native Contingent | Rorke's Drift, South Africa |
| Filip|Konowal}} | Ukrainian | 1917 | First World War | BB04747th (British Columbia) | Lens, France | [5] |
| AAE | ScotlandList of 58 uncertain nationality recipients | AAE | AAE | AA05 | AAE |
| Frederick|Barter}} | Welsh | 1915 | First World War | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Festubert, France |
| Stephen|Beattie}} | Welsh | 1942 | Second World War | Campbeltown|I42|6}} | Saint-Nazaire, France |
| Robert|Bye|Robert James Bye}} | Welsh | 1917 | First World War | Welsh Guards | Yser Canal, Belgium |
| Edward|Chapman|Edward Thomas Chapman}} | Welsh | 1945 | Second World War | Monmouthshire Regiment | Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany |
| James|Davies|James Llewellyn Davies}} | Welsh | 1917* | First World War | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Polygon Wood, Belgium |
| Lewis|Evans|Lewis Pugh Evans}} | Welsh | 1917 | First World War | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
| John|Fox-Russell}} | Welsh | 1917* | First World War | Royal Army Medical Corps | Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine |
| William|Fuller|William Charles Fuller}} | Welsh | 1914 | First World War | Welch Regiment | Chivy-sur-Aisne, France |
| Robert|Jones|Robert Jones (VC)}} | Welsh | 1879 | Zulu War | BB02424th Regiment of Foot | Rorke's Drift, South Africa |
| Hubert|Lewis|Hubert William Lewis}} | Welsh | 1916 | First World War | Welch Regiment | Macukovo, Greece |
| John|Linton|John Wallace Linton}} | Welsh | 1943* | Second World War | Turbulent|N98|6}} | At sea |
| Thomas|Monaghan}} | Welsh | 1858 | Indian Mutiny | BB0022nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) | Jamo, India |
| Ivor|Rees}} | Welsh | 1917 | First World War | South Wales Borderers | Pilkem, Belgium |
| Lionel|Rees|Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees}} | Welsh | 1916 | First World War | Royal Flying Corps | Double Crassieurs, France |
| Hugh|Rowlands}} | Welsh | 1854 | Crimean War | BB04141st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot | Battle of Inkerman, Crimea |
| Robert|Shields}} | Welsh | 1855 | Crimean War | BB02323rd Regiment | Sebastopol, Crimea |
| Jacob|Thomas|Jacob Thomas (VC)}} | Welsh | 1857 | Indian Mutiny | Bengal Artillery | Lucknow, India |
| Richard|Wain|Richard William Leslie Wain}} | Welsh | 1917* | First World War | BB499"A" Battalion, Tank Corps | Cambrai/Marcoing, France |
| Bernard|Warburton-Lee}} | Welsh | 1940* | Second World War | British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla | Narvik, Norway | [15] |
| William|Waring|William Herbert Waring}} | Welsh | 1918* | First World War | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Ronssoy, France |
| Tasker|Watkins}} | Welsh | 1944 | Second World War | Welch Regiment | Barfour, France |
| Henry|Weale}} | Welsh | 1918 | First World War | Royal Welch Fusiliers | Bazentin-le-Grand, France |
| Jack|Williams|Jack Williams (VC)}} | Welsh | 1918 | First World War | South Wales Borderers | Villers Outreaux, France |
| John|Williams|John Williams (VC)}} | Welsh | 1879 | Zulu War | BB02424th Regiment of Foot | Rorke's Drift, South Africa |
| William|Williams|William Williams (VC)}} | Welsh | 1917 | First World War | Pargust|HMS Pargust}} | Atlantic, near France | [16] |
1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27986 |date=15 January 1907 |page=325 }}
2. ^Crook, MJ, Chapter 8 pp.68–90
3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31946|date=18 June 1920|page=6702}}
4. ^"Museum Honours only Woman to have "Won VC""
5. ^1 2 3 Also considered Canadian recipient.
{{cite web |url=http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/Military/american_vc_recipients.htm |title=American Victoria Cross recipients |last=Ricketts |first=Bruce |publisher=Mysteries of Canada |accessdate=2008-01-26}}
6. ^Zengel was American born, considered Canadian.
{{cite web |title=On The Offensive In 1918 |url=http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/victoriacross/05-09.asp?id=print |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311014925/http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/victoriacross/05-09.asp?id=print |archivedate=2007-03-11 |publisher=Legionmagazine |last=Bishop |first=Arthur |date=September 2005 |accessdate=2008-01-26}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/Info_sheets_John_Bythesea.htm |title=Biography: John Bythesea VC |publisher=Royal Naval Museum |accessdate=2007-11-16 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230754/http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/Info_sheets_John_Bythesea.htm |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}
8. ^{{cite journal|date=11 January 1918|title=SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO The London Gazette Of TUESDAY, the 8th of JANUARY, 1918|journal=The London Gazette|issue=30471|page=725|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30471/supplement/725}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/papers/reports/2004-2005/r0018.pdf |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5qltBdiYS?url=http://www.tynwald.org.im/papers/reports/2004-2005/r0018.pdf |archivedate=26 June 2010 |title=Second report of the Tynwald Honours Committee 2004/2005 |date=June 2005 |accessdate=2009-11-03 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
10. ^Brown died in action three weeks after the action that led to his award.
{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/V/VictoriaCross/AwardsToNewZealandServicemen/en |title=Awards to New Zealand Servicemen |encyclopedia=An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 |last=Lintock|first=A.H. |publisher=newzealand.govt.nz |accessdate=2008-01-15}}
11. ^Charles Upham is one of only three people to have won the Victoria Cross twice.
{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/V/VictoriaCross/AwardsToNewZealandServicemen/en |title=Awards to New Zealand Servicemen |encyclopedia=An Encyclopedia of New Zealand, 1966 |last=Lintock|first=A.H. |publisher=newzealand.govt.nz |accessdate=2008-01-15}}
12. ^1 Newfoundlander recipients of the Victoria Cross are sometimes erroneously included with Canadian awards, as Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949.
{{cite news |url=http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/1997/exec/0409n01.htm |title=Memorial to fallen Newfoundland soldiers declared National Historic Site |date=1997-04-09 |publisher=Government of Newfoundland and Labrador |accessdate=2008-01-26}}
13. ^Born in London
14. ^Commanding officer of 1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at time
15. ^and Captain of {{HMS|Hardy|1936|6}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/walespast/article.shtml?id=26 |title=A 'mystery' Victoria Cross and a stuffed parrot |date=2004-02-03 |publisher=National Museums & Galleries of Wales |last=Besly |first=Edward |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527201118/http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/walespast/article.shtml?id=26 |archivedate=27 May 2007 }}