List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 3rd Division

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. The VC was introduced, in Great Britain, on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. 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. All those who earn the VC have their names published in The London Gazette.[1]

* indicates a posthumous award

Name Unit Campaign Date of action Place of action
Thomas Grady 0044th Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-10-1818 October 1854 Sevastopol, Crimea
William McWheeney 04444th Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-10-2020 October 1854 Sevastopol, Crimea
William Nickerson Royal Army Medical Corps Second Boer War 1900-04-2020 April 1900 Wakkerstroom, South Africa
Harry Beet Derbyshire Regiment Second Boer War 1900-04-2222 April 1900 Wakkerstroom, South Africa
Maurice Dease Royal Fusiliers First World War 1914-08-2323 August 1914* Mons, Belgium
Sidney Godley Royal Fusiliers First World War 1914-08-2323 August 1914 Mons, Belgium
Charles Jarvis Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1914-08-2323 August 1914 Jemappes, Belgium
Theodore Wright Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1914-08-2323 August 1914
14 September 1914*		 Mons, Belgium
Charles Garforth 01515th The King's Hussars First World War 1914-08-2323 August 1914 Harmingnies, France
Cyril Martin Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1915-03-1212 March 1915 Spanbroek Molen, Belgium
Edward Mellish Royal Army Chaplains' Department First World War 1916-03-2727–29 March 1916 St. Eloi, Belgium
Billy Congreve Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade) First World War 1916-07-066–20 July 1916 Longueval, France
Sidney Bates Royal Norfolk Regiment Second World War 1944-08-066 August 1944*[C] Sourdeval, France
James Stokes King's Shropshire Light Infantry Second World War 1945-03-011 March 1945* Kervenheim, Germany
Johnson Beharry Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Iraq War 2004-05-011 May 2004
11 June 2004		 Al-Amarah, Iraq
James Ashworth Grenadier Guards War in Afghanistan 2012-06-1313 June 2012* Nahr-e Saraj District, Afghanistan

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ashcroft 2006, pp. IX–XIII, 7.

References

  • Ashcroft, Michael (2006). Victoria Cross Heroes. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-75531-632-8.

Further reading

  • McNish, Robin; Bray, Paul; Messenger, Charles (2000). Iron Division: The History of the 3rd Division 1809-2000 (3rd ed.). Salisbury: Headquarters 3 (UK) Division. ISBN 978-0-71102-820-3.
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