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NUMBER 3 : CLB VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS

Recipient Regiment Brigade Company & No. Rev. William Addison Army Chaplains' Department St. Edmund, 788

Pte. Edward Barber Grenadier Guards St. Peter & St. Paul, Tring 196

L/Sgt. Douglas Belcher London Rifle Brigade St. Mark, Surbiton 479

T/Lt. Col. Roland Bradford Durham Light Infantry Holy Trinity, Darlington 947

2nd Lt. Frederick Birks Australian Imperial Force St. Matthew, Buckley 2836

Cpl. Sidney Day Suffolk Regiment St. John de Sepulchre, Norwich 1786

Cpl. Charles Garforth 15th Hussars Roxeth & Harrow 3534

Pte. Norman Harvey Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers St. Peter, Newton-le-Willows, 2970

Pte. James Hutchinson Lancashire Fusiliers Radcliffe Parish Church 2941

A/Sgt. Arthur Knight Alberta Regiment, CEF St. Mary, Magdalene, Reigate 2015

Lt. George Knowland Royal Regiment St. Paul, Grove Park, Chiswick D12/3967

Maj. Edward Mannock Royal Air Force St. Gregory, Canterbury 1991

Rev. Edward Mellish Army Chaplains' Department St. Paul, Deptford 411

Pte. John Pattison Alberta Regiment, CEF St. James, Hatcham 483

Pte. Arthur Procter King's Liverpool Regiment St. Luke, Tranmere 221

Pte. John Readitt South Christ Church Bradford, Manchester 2475

A/LCpl. Frederick Room Royal Irish Regiment St. Ambrose, Bristol 2815

Cpl. James Upton Sherwood Foresters Lincoln Church House & Institute 681

The six recipients detailed below were members of the Brigade after being awarded the V.C.

Capt. Edward Bamford Royal Marine Light Infantry St. Mary, Alverstoke 3360 Lt. Francis Brown 1st European Bengal Fusiliers St. George's Tiverton 232/225 Sgt. William Johnson Sherwood Foresters Priory Parish, Worksop 1156 Pte. Thomas Ricketts Royal Newfoundland Regiment Bishop Field, Newfoundland 1970 Lt. Frederick Roberts Bengal Artillery Brigade Vice President Maj. George White 92nd Regiment Member, Governing Body

The recipients below require verification:

Sgt. Joseph Lister Lancashire Fusiliers St Elizabeth Reddish Green 391 Pte. Thomas Sage Somerset Light Infantry

Ranks are those held at the time of VC action.

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July 2007