Alphabetical List the Following List Gives the Names of Everyone Featured in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes in Alphabetical Order of Their Surnames
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 Factory Manager 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 Bastian Barry Barefoot Bamford Baldwin Badlu Babington , John, VC , John,
Singh , Gordon, GC , Gordon, , Geoffrey, GC , Geoffrey, , Jack, GC , Jack, , Herbert, GC , Herbert, , John, GC , John, , VC Skill Sacrifice Leadership Sacrifice Skill Initiative Boldness 1943 1901 1940 1952 1942 1918 1940 Atlantic Ocean Atlantic South Africa South United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom Palestine United Kingdom SS Empire Bowman SS Royal Irish Regiment Irish Royal Engineers Royal Civilian Factory Manager Factory 29th Lancers (Deccan Horse) (Deccan Lancers 29th Reserve Volunteer Naval Royal Curtis Curtis Curtis Cunningham Croucher Cox Cosgrove Cornwell Cooper Cook Commerell Clements Clarke Chicken Cheshire Chavasse Chard Cator Cassidy Cartwright Carpenter Calvert C Bythesea Burton Burman Bryan GC Brooke-Smith, Francis, GC , John, Bridge VC Brereton, Alexander, Bradford Bradbury Boyes Blackburn Bent Beharry Beattie Beak Baxter Baxter Name ofrecipient , Christopher, VC , Christopher, , Spencer, VC , Spencer, , John, VC , John, , Daniel, VC , Daniel, , Harry, VC , Harry, , John, VC , John, , Horace, VC , Horace, VC , Henry, VC , Albert, , Thomas, VC , Thomas, , Duncan, VC , Duncan, , James, VC , James, , William, VC , William, VC , Edward, , Richard, VC , Richard, , Laurence, VC , Laurence, , Henry, VC , Henry, , Stephen, VC , Stephen, , Bernard, VC , Bernard, , Johnson, VC , Johnson, , William, VC , William, , George, VC , George, , Jack, VC , Jack, , Leonard, VC , Leonard, , Matthew, GC , Matthew, , George, VC , George, , Edward, VC , Edward, , William, VC , William, , John, VC , John, , Noel, VC and Bar VC and , Noel, , John, VC , John, , Alfred, VC , Alfred, , Richard, GC , Richard, , George, VC , George, , John, VC , John, , John, VC , John, Initiative Boldness Sacrifice Initiative Sacrifice Skill Initiative Endurance Boldness Aggression Boldness Aggression Aggression Aggression Endurance Sacrifice Endurance Aggression Endurance Aggression Leadership Aggression Boldness Aggression Aggression Initiative Skill Skill Initiative Sacrifice Skill Boldness Initiative Initiative Initiative Leadership Leadership Sacrifice Boldness Area 1918 1855 1900 1917 2008 1917 1915 1916 1855 1878 1855 1901 1918 1858 1940–44 and 1917 and 1879 1917 1918, 1918, 1918 1918 1854 1944 1917 1917 1940–41 1943 1918 1918 1914 1864 1935 1914 2004 1942 1918 1896 1916 Year 1916 1916
France Russia Africa South France Afghanistan France Turkey Jutland Russia Afghanistan Russia Africa South France India Europe and Belgium and
South Africa South France France, France Belgium France Russia Italy Belgium France United Kingdom Sicily France Belgium France Country Japan India Belgium Iraq France France Rhodesia France France
Royal Dublin Fusiliers Dublin Royal Brigade Naval Regiment Surrey East Leinster Regiment Royal Marines Royal Bedfordshire Regiment Fusiliers Munster Royal Chester HMS Miranda HMS Rifles Gurkha 5th Weser HMS Guides Rimington’s Fusiliers Lancashire Brigade Naval Indian att. volunteer Civilian RAF Volunteer Reserve Volunteer RAF King’s (Liverpool Regt) and RAMC and Regt) (Liverpool King’s Royal Engineers Royal Regiment Surrey East Fusiliers Lancashire Battalion (Australian) 33rd Vindictive HMS King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Light Yorkshire Own King’s HMS Arrogant HMS Regiment Wellington’s of Duke RifleBrigade Northumberland Fusiliers Northumberland Royal Naval Reserve Naval Royal Reserve Volunteer Naval Royal CEF Regiment, Manitoba II Iris HMS Artillery Horse Royal HMS Euryalus HMS Cheshire Regiment Cheshire East Lancashire Regiment Lancashire East Regiment Royal Wales’s of Princess HMS Campbeltown HMS Battalion Drake Scouts Grey’s Regiment) (Liverpool King’s Regiment
LIST Name of recipient Area Year Country Regiment
D
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 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, VC 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 Fraser, Ian, VC Boldness 1945 Singapore HM Midget Submarine XE.3 Freeman, John, VC Boldness 1857 India 9th Lancers Horwood VC , Alexander, Hore-Ruthven K Jones Jerrard James Jackson J Hughes Hewitt Henderson Henderson Hay Harvey Hart Harding Hansen Hammond Hamilton Haine Hackett H Guy Guise Grogan Grimshaw Gough Kenny Gorle Gledhill Kamal Glasock Gill Garforth Gardner Gardner G Name ofrecipient , Albert, VC , Albert, , David, GC , David, , Basil, VC , Basil, , Reginald, VC , Reginald, , Robert, VC , Robert, , Robert, VC , Robert, , Reginald, VC , Reginald, , John, VC , John, , Manley, VC , Manley, , Henry, VC , Henry, , Ram, VC , Ram, , William, VC , William, , Jack, VC , Jack, , Charles, VC , Charles, , Alan, VC , Alan, , Percy, VC , Percy, , George, VC , George, , Kim, GC , Kim, , Thomas, VC , Thomas, , Israel, VC , Israel, , Anthony, GC , Anthony, , Norman, VC , Norman, , William, VC , William, VC , Philip, , Horace, VC , Horace, , Charles, VC , Charles, , Walter, VC , Walter, , Alec, VC , Alec, , John, VC , John, , Arthur, VC , Arthur, , Edward, VC , Edward, VC , Arthur, Skill Sacrifice Skill Endurance Aggression Leadership Sacrifice Initiative Leadership Leadership Sacrifice Initiative Boldness Boldness Boldness Skill Leadership Endurance Boldness Sacrifice Initiative Endurance Initiative Aggression Skill Sacrifice Aggression Sacrifice Boldness Leadership Boldness Aggression Initiative Area 1944 1898 2009 1879 1918 1918 1944 1917 1917 1917 1941 1918 1879 1882 1915 1879 1879 1917 1857 1900 1857 1918 1915 1857–58 1918 1915 1944 1966 1900 1916 1914 1858 1941 Year Burma Sudan Afghanistan South Africa South Italy France Germany Belgium Mesopotamia France Ocean Atlantic France Afghanistan Egypt Turkey Afghanistan Afghanistan France India Country China India France Turkey India Belgium France Italy United Kingdom Africa South France France and Belgium India Libya Northamptonshire Regiment Infantry Light Highland Royal Logistic Corps Logistic Royal 2nd Bn, 24th Regiment Bn, 2nd RFC Squadron 66 Gloucestershire Regiment RAF 106 Squadron Infantry Light African South Royal Warwickshire Regiment Highlanders Sutherland and Argyll Eurylochus SS London Regiment Engineers Royal Alexandra HMS Lincolnshire Regiment Guides of Corps Guides of Corps Company Artillery Honourable Regiment 23rd Naval Brigade Naval Regiment 90th Worcestershire Regiment Fusiliers Lancashire Cavalry European Bengal 5th Artillery Field Royal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Lancashire North Loyal Regiment Punjab 8th Police Metropolitan Artillery Horse Royal King’s Royal Rifle Corps Rifle Royal King’s 15th Hussars Regiment 42nd Tank Regiment Royal Regiment
LIST Name of recipient Area Year Country Regiment
K
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 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 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 Q Norwood Newnham Newman Newgass Newell Nelson Purvis Prowse Potts O’Sullivan Neame N Place Pitcher Pickard Phillipps Quinton Peters Pearson Pearson Peachment P O Mullins Mugford Mottershead Moss Moffat Miller Miles Miers Name ofrecipient , Frederick, VC , Frederick, , Brandon, GC , Brandon, , Godfrey, VC , Godfrey, , Francis, VC , Francis, , Anthony, VC , Anthony, , Frederick, VC , Frederick, , Sydney, GC , Sydney, , Frederick, VC , Frederick, , Robert, VC , Robert, , Martin, VC , Martin, , Philip, VC , Philip, , David, VC , David, , Ernest, VC , Ernest, , George, VC , George, , Charles, VC , Charles, , Arthur, VC , Arthur, , John, GC , John, , John, VC , John, GC , Daphne, , Charles, VC , Charles, , Harold, VC , Harold, , Everard, VC , Everard, , Harold, GC , Harold, , John, VC , John, , Lanceray, GC , Lanceray, , Gerald, VC , Gerald, , George, VC , George, , Thomas, VC , Thomas, Initiative Endurance Leadership Boldness Sacrifice Skill Endurance Endurance Aggression Initiative Boldness Leadership Endurance Boldness Skill Aggression Sacrifice Aggression Boldness Sacrifice Leadership Endurance Sacrifice Endurance Boldness Leadership Initiative Aggression Area 1899 1943 1942 1940 1858 1914 1914 1929 1918 1915 1943 1915 1917 1863 1857 1942 1951 1858 1940 1915 1901 1917 1917 1940 1918 1854 1918 1942 Year South Africa South Kong Hong France United Kingdom India France France United Kingdom France Turkey Norway Turkey Atlantic Ocean Atlantic New Zealand New India Algeria United Kingdom India United Kingdom France South Africa South France Belgium United Kingdom Country Belgium Russia France Mediterranean 5th Dragoon Guards Dragoon 5th Middlesex Regiment No 2Commando No Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Volunteer Naval Royal Lancers 9th Artillery Horse Royal Royal Engineers Royal Miner Division Naval Royal Battalion, Drake Yeomanry Berkshire X-7 Submarine Midget HM Fusiliers Inniskilling Royal HMS Dunraven HMS Royal Artillery Royal 11th Bengal Native Infantry 11th Native Bengal HMS Walney HMS RAF 228Ope Hussars 8th WAAF Corps Rifle Royal King’s Imperial Light Horse Light Imperial Machine Gun Corps Gun Machine RFC Squadron 20 Coventry Special Constabulary Special Coventry Leinster Regiment Artillery Royal Gloucestershire Regiment HM Submarine Torbay Submarine HM Regiment rational Conversion Unit, Unit, Conversion rational
LIST Name of recipient Area Year Country Regiment
R
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 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 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 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 Woodroffe Woodall Wilson Wilson Willis Williams Wilkinson Wilkinson Wilkinson Wilcox White Whitchurch West West Wearne Trigg W V U Taylor T Young Youll Yeo-Thomas Y Watson Watkins Waller Vann Unwin Name ofrecipient , Bernard, VC , Bernard, , Lloyd, VC , Lloyd, , John, VC , John, , Richard, VC , Richard, , Frederick, VC , Frederick, , Richard, VC , Richard, , William, VC , William, , Robert, GC , Robert, , Edward, VC , Edward, , William, VC , William, , Alexander, VC , Alexander, , Alfred, VC , Alfred, , Harry, GC , Harry, VC , Eric, , John, VC , John, , Frank, VC , Frank, , Tasker, VC , Joseph, VC , Joseph, , William, VC , William, , Thomas, VC RNR , Thomas, VC , Thomas, VC , Alfred, , Sidney, VC , Sidney, , Harry, VC , Harry, , Forest, GC , Forest, Leadership Initiative Sacrifice Endurance Initiative Boldness Leadership Skill Boldness Aggression Aggression Endurance Leadership Endurance Skill Sacrifice Skill Aggression Boldness Skill Endurance Leadership Aggression Leadership Boldness Area 1915 1918 1924 1940 1915 1915 1942 1916 1918 1918 1918 1895 1918 1918 1917 1943 1950 1857 1901 1918 1943–45 1944 1858 1918 1915 Year Belgium France United Kingdom Somaliland Turkey Turkey Java Sea Java France France France France India France France France Atlantic Ocean Atlantic United Kingdom India South Africa South Italy France France India France Turkey Country RifleBrigade RifleBrigade Miner Infantry Mounted Somali Fusiliers Lancashire Clyde River SS Li Wo Li HMS Regiment Lancashire North Loyal Regiment Manchester Infantry Light Oxford and Buckinghamshire Corps Gun Machine Service Medical Indian Tank Corps 8 Squadron RAF 8Squadron Essex Regiment Essex 200 Squadron RAF Squadron 200 Civilian 1st Punjab Cavalry 1st Punjab Cape Police, South African Forces African South Police, Cape Fusiliers Northumberland SOE Regiment Welch Infantry Light Bombay 25th Sherwood Foresters River Clyde River SS Regiment
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