Alphabetical list The following list gives the names of everyone featured in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes in alphabetical order of their surnames. Alongside each name is given: – The area where that person can be found – The year in which their VC or GC was earned – The country where the VC or GC action took place – The basic military unit in which the person was serving at the time

Name of recipient Area Year Country Regiment

A

Abdul Hafiz VC Aggression 1944 India 9th Jat Infantry Ackroyd, Harold, VC Sacrifice 1917 Belgium Royal Army Medical Corps Agansing Rai, VC Aggression 1944 India 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Agar, Augustus, VC Leadership 1919 Russia HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 Alderson, Thomas, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom ARP Rescue Parties Alexander, Ernest, VC Skill 1914 Belgium Royal Field Artillery Algie, Wallace, VC Aggression 1918 France 20th Canadian Battalion Ali Haidar, VC Initiative 1945 Italy 13th Frontier Force Rifles Anderson, William, VC Leadership 1918 France Highland Light Infantry Andrews, Henry, VC Sacrifice 1919 India Indian Medical Service Annand, Richard, VC Skill 1940 Belgium Durham Light Infantry Armitage, Selby, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ashburnham, Doreen, GC Endurance 1916 Canada Civilian

B

Babington, John, GC Boldness 1940 United Kingdom Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Badlu Singh, VC Initiative 1918 Palestine 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) Baldwin, Geoffrey, GC Skill 1942 United Kingdom Civilian Bamford, Jack, GC Sacrifice 1952 United Kingdom Civilian Barefoot, Herbert, GC Leadership 1940 United Kingdom Royal Engineers Barry, John, VC Sacrifice 1901 South Africa Royal Irish Regiment Bastian, Gordon, GC Skill 1943 Atlantic Ocean SS Empire Bowman Baxter, Edward, VC Boldness 1916 France King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Baxter, William, VC Sacrifice 1896 Rhodesia Grey’s Scouts Beak, Daniel, VC Leadership 1918 France Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Beaton, James (Jim), GC Sacrifice 1974 United Kingdom Policeman Beattie, Stephen, VC Leadership 1942 France HMS Campbeltown

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Beharry, Johnson, VC Initiative 2004 Iraq Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Bent, Spencer, VC Initiative 1914 Belgium East Lancashire Regiment Blackburn, Richard, GC Initiative 1935 India Cheshire Regiment Boyes, Duncan, VC Boldness 1864 Japan HMS Euryalus Bradbury, Edward, VC Skill 1914 France Royal Horse Artillery Bradford, George, VC Sacrifice 1918 Belgium HMS Iris II Brereton, Alexander, VC Initiative 1918 France Manitoba Regiment, CEF Bridge, John, GC Skill 1943 Sicily Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Brooke-Smith, Francis, GC Skill 1940–41 United Kingdom Royal Naval Reserve Bryan, Thomas, VC Initiative 1917 France Northumberland Fusiliers Buchanan, Angus, VC Boldness 1916 Mesopotamia South Wales Borderers Burman, William, VC Aggression 1917 Belgium Rifle Brigade Burton, Richard, VC Aggression 1944 Italy Duke of Wellington’s Regiment Butler, William VC Sacrifice 1917 France 106th Trench Mortar Battery Bythesea, John, VC Boldness 1854 Russia HMS Arrogant

C

Calvert, Laurence, VC Aggression 1918 France King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Carpenter, Alfred, VC Leadership 1918 Belgium HMS Vindictive Cartwright, George, VC Aggression 1918 France 33rd (Australian) Battalion Cassidy, Bernard, VC Endurance 1918 France Lancashire Fusiliers Cator, Harry, VC Aggression 1917 France East Surrey Regiment Chapman, Edward, VC Aggression 1945 Germany Monmouthshire Regiment Chard, John, VC Endurance 1879 South Africa Royal Engineers Charlton, Wilson, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Air Force Chavasse, Noel, VC and Bar Sacrifice 1916 France King’s (Liverpool Regt) and RAMC and 1917 and Belgium Cheshire, Leonard, VC Endurance 1940–44 Europe RAF Volunteer Reserve Chicken, George, VC Aggression 1858 India Civilian volunteer att. Indian Naval Brigade Clarke, James, VC Aggression 1918 France Lancashire Fusiliers Clements, John, VC Aggression 1901 South Africa Rimington’s Guides Commerell, John, VC Boldness 1855 Russia HMS Weser Cook, John, VC Aggression 1878 Afghanistan 5th Gurkha Rifles Cooper, Henry, VC Boldness 1855 Russia HMS Miranda Cornwell, Jack, VC Endurance 1916 Jutland HMS Chester Cosgrove, William, VC Initiative 1915 Turkey Royal Munster Fusiliers Cox, Christopher, VC Skill 1917 France Bedfordshire Regiment Croucher, Matthew, GC Sacrifice 2008 Afghanistan Royal Marines Cunningham, John, VC Initiative 1917 France Leinster Regiment Curtis, Albert, VC Sacrifice 1900 South Africa East Surrey Regiment Curtis, Henry, VC Boldness 1855 Russia Naval Brigade Curtis, Horace, VC Initiative 1918 France Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Daniel, Edward, VC Endurance 1854–55 Russia Naval Brigade Daunt, John, VC Aggression 1857 India 11th Bengal Native Infantry Davies, John, VC Initiative 1918 France South Lancashire Regiment Davies, Robert, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Engineers Davis, James, VC Boldness 1858 India 42nd Regiment Dean, Percy, VC Leadership 1918 Belgium HM Motor Launch 282 Dinesen, Thomas, VC Aggression 1918 France 42nd Canadian Battalion Dorrell, George, VC Skill 1914 France Royal Horse Artillery Doxat, Alexis, VC Initiative 1901 South Africa Imperial Yeomanry Doyle, Martin, VC Skill 1918 France Royal Munster Fusiliers Drain, Job, VC Boldness 1914 France Royal Field Artillery Drake, Alfred, VC Sacrifice 1915 Belgium Rifle Brigade Drewry, George, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey SS River Clyde Drummond, Geoffrey, VC Leadership 1918 Belgium HM Motor Launch 254 Dundas, James, VC Boldness 1865 Bhutan Bengal Engineers Durrani, Mahmood, GC Endurance 1942–45 Malaya Bahawalpur Infantry Dynon, Denis, VC Aggression 1857 India 53rd Regiment

E

Eardley, George, VC Initiative 1944 Holland King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Ellingworth, Reginald, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Navy Elphinstone, Howard, VC Boldness 1855 Russia Royal Engineers Elston, Ernest, GC Endurance 1935 India West Yorkshire Regiment English, William, VC Initiative 1901 South Africa Scottish Horse Esmonde, Eugene, VC Leadership 1942 Straits of Dover 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm Esmonde, Thomas, VC Skill 1855 Russia 18th Regiment Evans, George, VC Boldness 1916 France Manchester Regiment Evans, Lewis, VC Leadership 1917 Belgium Lincolnshire Regiment

F

Finney, Christopher, GC Sacrifice 2003 Iraq Blue and Royals Firth, James, VC Sacrifice 1900 South Africa Duke of Wellington’s Regiment FitzClarence, Charles, VC Leadership 1899 South Africa Royal Fusiliers Flowerdew, Gordon, VC Leadership 1918 France Lord Strathcona’s Horse Forsyth, Samuel, VC Aggression 1918 France Auckland Infantry Regiment Fosbery, George, VC Leadership 1863 India 4th Bengal European Regiment Foster, Edward, VC Skill 1917 France East Surrey Regiment Fox, Leslie, GC Endurance 1944 United Kingdom Civil Defence Heavy Rescue Squad Fraser, Ian, VC Boldness 1945 Singapore HM Midget Submarine XE.3 Freeman, John, VC Boldness 1857 India 9th Lancers

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Gardner, Philip, VC Initiative 1941 Libya Royal Tank Regiment Gardner, William, VC Aggression 1858 India 42nd Regiment Garforth, Charles, VC Boldness 1914 Belgium 15th Hussars and France Gibson, Michael, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Engineers Gill, Albert, VC Leadership 1916 France King’s Royal Rifle Corps Glasock, Horace, VC Boldness 1900 South Africa Royal Horse Artillery Gledhill, Anthony, GC Sacrifice 1966 United Kingdom Metropolitan Police Gorle, Robert, VC Skill 1918 Belgium Royal Field Artillery Gough, Charles, VC Aggression 1857–58 India 5th Bengal European Cavalry Grimshaw, John, VC Initiative 1915 Turkey Lancashire Fusiliers Grogan, George, VC Endurance 1918 France Worcestershire Regiment Guise, John, VC Initiative 1857 India 90th Regiment Guy, Basil, VC Sacrifice 1900 China Naval Brigade

H

Hackett, Thomas, VC Boldness 1857 India 23rd Regiment Haine, Reginald, VC Endurance 1917 France Honourable Artillery Company Hamilton, Walter, VC Leadership 1879 Afghanistan Corps of Guides Hammond, Arthur, VC Skill 1879 Afghanistan Corps of Guides Hansen, Percy, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey Lincolnshire Regiment Harding, Israel, VC Boldness 1882 Egypt HMS Alexandra Harris, Roy, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom ARP Hart, Reginald, VC Boldness 1879 Afghanistan Royal Engineers Harvey, Jack, VC Initiative 1918 France London Regiment Hay, David, GC Sacrifice 1941 Atlantic Ocean SS Eurylochus Henderson, Arthur, VC Leadership 1917 France Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Henderson, Edward, VC Leadership 1917 Mesopotamia Royal Warwickshire Regiment Hewitt, William, VC Initiative 1917 Belgium South African Light Infantry Hore-Ruthven, Alexander, VC Sacrifice 1898 Sudan Highland Light Infantry Horwood, Alec, VC Skill 1944 Burma Northamptonshire Regiment Hughes, Kim, GC Skill 2009 Afghanistan Royal Logistic Corps

J

Jackson, Norman, VC Sacrifice 1944 Germany 106 Squadron RAF James, Manley, VC Leadership 1918 France Gloucestershire Regiment Jephson Jones, Robert GC Skill 1940 Malta Royal Army Ordnance Corps Jerome, Henry, VC Boldness 1858 India 86th Regiment Jerrard, Alan, VC Aggression 1918 Italy 66 Squadron RFC Jones, Robert, VC Endurance 1879 South Africa 2nd Bn, 24th Regiment Jones, William, VC Leadership 1916 North Sea HMS Shark

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Kamal Ram, VC Aggression 1944 Italy 8th Punjab Regiment Kenny, Henry, VC Sacrifice 1915 France Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Kenny, William, VC Sacrifice 1920 India 39th Garhwal Rifles Ker, Allan, VC Skill 1918 France Machine Gun Corps Kerr, William, VC Boldness 1857 India 24th Bombay Native Infantry Keyes, Geoffrey, VC Boldness 1941 Libya 11th Scottish Commando Kilby, Arthur, VC Leadership 1915 France 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment Kirby, Frank, VC Boldness 1900 South Africa Royal Engineers

L

Lawrence, Tom, VC Initiative 1900 South Africa 17th Lancers Leach, James, VC Initiative 1914 France Manchester Regiment Learoyd, Roderick, VC Skill 1940 Germany 49 Squadron RAF Lester, Frank, VC Sacrifice 1918 France Lancashire Fusiliers Lewis, Hubert, VC Skill 1916 Greece Welsh Regiment Liddell, Aidan, VC Endurance 1915 Belgium 7 Squadron RFC Linton, John, VC Leadership 1939−43 Mediterranean HM Submarine Turbulent Lister, Joseph, VC Skill 1917 Belgium Lancashire Fusiliers Lord, David, VC Skill 1944 Holland 271 Squadron RAF Loudoun-Shand, Stewart, VC Leadership 1916 France Yorkshire Regiment Luke, Frederick, VC Boldness 1914 France Royal Field Artillery Lyster, Harry, VC Initiative 1858 India 72nd Bengal Native Infantry

M

McCarthy, William, GC Skill 1943 Libya HMS Nile McCrea, John, VC Skill 1881 Basutoland 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry McDonell, William, VC Initiative 1857 India Bengal Civil Service McGaw, Samuel, VC Leadership 1874 Ashanti 42nd Regiment McIntosh, George, VC Aggression 1917 Belgium Gordon Highlanders McKay, Ian, VC Initiative 1982 Falkland Islands Parachute Regiment McKenzie, Albert, VC Aggression 1918 Belgium HMS Vindictive Maclean, Hector, VC Sacrifice 1897 India Corps of Guides McNally, William, VC Aggression 1918 Italy Yorkshire Regiment McNeill, John, VC Sacrifice 1864 New Zealand 107th Regiment McPhie, James, VC Initiative 1918 France Royal Engineers Magennis, James, VC Boldness 1945 Singapore HM Midget Submarine XE.3 Maillard, William, VC Sacrifice 1898 Greece HMS Hazard Malcolm, Hugh, VC Leadership 1942 Tunisia 18 Squadron RAF Malleson, Wilfred, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey SS River Clyde Mannock, Edward, VC Aggression 1918 France 85 Squadron RAF

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Manser, Leslie, VC Sacrifice 1942 Germany 50 Squadron RAF Marling, Percival, VC Sacrifice 1884 Sudan King’s Royal Rifle Corps Martineau, Horace, VC Initiative 1899 South Africa Protectorate Regiment Maxwell, Francis, VC Initiative 1900 South Africa 18th Bengal Lancers Merriman, Arthur, GC Boldness 1940 United Kingdom Ministry of Supply Miers, Anthony, VC Aggression 1942 Mediterranean HM Submarine Torbay Miles, Francis, VC Initiative 1918 France Gloucestershire Regiment Miller, Frederick, VC Leadership 1854 Russia Royal Artillery Moffat, Martin, VC Boldness 1918 Belgium Leinster Regiment Moore, Montague, VC Endurance 1917 Belgium Hampshire Regiment Moss, Brandon, GC Endurance 1940 United Kingdom Coventry Special Constabulary Mottershead, Thomas, VC Sacrifice 1917 Belgium 20 Squadron RFC Mugford, Harold, VC Endurance 1917 France Machine Gun Corps Mullins, Charles, VC Leadership 1901 South Africa Imperial Light Horse

N

Neame, Philip, VC Endurance 1914 France Royal Engineers Nelson, David, VC Skill 1914 France Royal Horse Artillery Newell, Robert, VC Sacrifice 1858 India 9th Lancers Newgass, Harold, GC Boldness 1940 United Kingdom Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Newman, Charles, VC Leadership 1942 France No 2 Commando Newnham, Lanceray, GC Endurance 1943 Hong Kong Middlesex Regiment Norwood, John, VC Initiative 1899 South Africa 5th Dragoon Guards

O

O’Sullivan, Gerald, VC Leadership 1915 Turkey Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

P

Peachment, George, VC Sacrifice 1915 France King’s Royal Rifle Corps Pearson, Daphne, GC Boldness 1940 United Kingdom WAAF Pearson, John, VC Aggression 1858 India 8th Hussars Peters, Frederick, VC Aggression 1942 Algeria HMS Walney Phillipps, Everard, VC Skill 1857 India 11th Bengal Native Infantry Pickard, Arthur, VC Boldness 1863 New Zealand Royal Artillery Pitcher, Ernest, VC Endurance 1917 Atlantic Ocean HMS Dunraven Place, Godfrey, VC Boldness 1943 Norway HM Midget Submarine X-7 Potts, Frederick, VC Initiative 1915 Turkey Berkshire Yeomanry Prowse, George, VC Aggression 1918 France Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division Purvis, Sydney, GC Endurance 1929 United Kingdom Miner

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Quinton, John, GC Sacrifice 1951 United Kingdom 228 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF

R

Raby, Henry, VC Boldness 1855 Russia Naval Brigade Ram Sarup Singh, VC Aggression 1944 Burma 1st Punjab Regiment Ramsden, Horace, VC Initiative 1899 South Africa Protectorate Regiment Randle, John, VC Sacrifice 1944 India Norfolk Regiment Ratcliffe, William, VC Initiative 1917 Belgium South Lancashire Regiment Readitt, John, VC Initiative 1917 Mesopotamia South Lancashire Regiment Reed, Hamilton, VC Boldness 1899 South Africa Royal Artillery Rees, Lionel, VC Aggression 1916 France 32 Squadron RFC Reeves, Thomas, VC Initiative 1854 Russia Naval Brigade Renny, George, VC Initiative 1857 India Bengal Horse Artillery Reynolds, Edward, GC Skill 1940 United Kingdom Royal Engineers Rhodes-Moorhouse, Sacrifice 1915 Belgium 2 Squadron RFC William,VC Richards, Alfred, VC Initiative 1915 Turkey Lancashire Fusiliers Richardson, Gerald, GC Sacrifice 1971 United Kingdom Lancashire Constabulary Rickard, William, VC Boldness 1855 Russia HMS Weser Roberts, Peter, VC Boldness 1942 Mediterranean HM Submarine Thrasher Robinson, William, VC Skill 1916 United Kingdom 39 Squadron RFC Rogers, Robert, VC Leadership 1860 China 44th Regiment Rolland, George, VC Sacrifice 1903 Somaliland 1st Bombay Grenadiers Ryder, Robert, VC Initiative 1916 France Middlesex Regiment Ryder, Robert, VC Leadership 1942 France HM Motor Gun Boat 317

S

Salmon, Nowell, VC Skill 1857 India Naval Brigade Samson, George, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey SS River Clyde Sansom, Odette, GC Endurance 1942–45 France SOE Schmid, Olaf, GC Skill 2009 Afghanistan Royal Logistic Corps Schofield, Harry, VC Boldness 1899 South Africa Royal Artillery Scholefield, Mark, VC Initiative 1854 Russia Naval Brigade Scully, James, GC Endurance 1941 Liverpool Royal Pioneer Corps Seagrim, Derek, VC Leadership 1943 Tunisia The Green Howards Seagrim, Hugh, GC Leadership 1944 Burma Force 136 Shahamad Khan VC Skill 1916 Mesopotamia 89th Punjab Regiment Shaul, John, VC Boldness 1899 South Africa Highland Light Infantry Sinclair, Laurence, GC Boldness 1940 United Kingdom 110 Squadron, RAF Singh, Ishar, VC Initiative 1921 India 28th Punjab Regiment Singh, Parkash, VC Initiative 1943 Burma 8th Punjab Regiment

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Smith, Anthony, GC Endurance 1944 United Kingdom Civil Defence Heavy Rescue Squad Smith, Edward, VC Aggression 1918 France Lancashire Fusiliers Smith, Frederick, VC Aggression 1864 New Zealand 43rd Regiment Smyth, John, VC Initiative 1915 France 15th Ludhiana Sikhs Smythe, Quintin, VC Leadership 1942 Libya Royal Natal Carabineers Steele, Thomas, VC Initiative 1917 Mesopotamia Seaforth Highlanders Styles, George, GC Endurance 1971 United Kingdom Royal Army Ordnance Corps

T

Taylor, Robert, GC Sacrifice 1950 United Kingdom Civilian Teesdale, Christopher, VC Sacrifice 1855 Turkey Royal Artillery Traynor, William, VC Boldness 1901 South Africa West Yorkshire Regiment Trigg, Lloyd, VC Skill 1943 Atlantic Ocean 200 Squadron RAF

U

Unwin, Edward, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey SS River Clyde

V

Vann, Bernard, VC Leadership 1918 France Sherwood Foresters

W

Waller, William, VC Aggression 1858 India 25th Bombay Light Infantry Watkins, Tasker, VC Leadership 1944 France Welch Regiment Watson, John, VC Aggression 1857 India 1st Punjab Cavalry Watt, Joseph, VC Leadership 1917 Mediterranean HM Drifter Gowan Lea Wearne, Frank, VC Skill 1917 France Essex Regiment West, Frederick, VC Endurance 1918 France 8 Squadron RAF West, Richard, VC Leadership 1918 France Tank Corps Whitchurch, Harry, VC Endurance 1895 India Indian Medical Service White, William, VC Aggression 1918 France Machine Gun Corps Wilcox, Alfred, VC Aggression 1918 France Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wilkinson, Alfred, VC Boldness 1918 France Manchester Regiment Wilkinson, Thomas, VC Skill 1916 France Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Wilkinson, Thomas, VC RNR Leadership 1942 Java Sea HMS Li Wo Williams, William, VC Boldness 1915 Turkey SS River Clyde Willis, Richard, VC Initiative 1915 Turkey Lancashire Fusiliers Wilson, Eric, VC Endurance 1940 Somaliland Somali Mounted Infantry Wilson, Harry, GC Sacrifice 1924 United Kingdom Miner

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Woodall, Joseph, VC Initiative 1918 France Rifle Brigade Woodroffe, Sidney, VC Leadership 1915 Belgium Rifle Brigade

Y

Yeo-Thomas, Forest, GC Endurance 1943–45 France SOE Youll, John, VC Skill 1918 Italy Northumberland Fusiliers Young, Alexander, VC Boldness 1901 South Africa Cape Police, South African Forces

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