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Victoria's Cross

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by Gary Mead


  Committee on Co-ordination etc. of Warrants Relating to the V. C. (1918) ref1

  findings of ref1

  members of ref1, ref2

  Committee on Honours, Decorations and Medals in Time of War ref1, ref2

  Commonwealth ref1, ref2, ref3

  military forces of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Congreve, Captain Walter Norris ref1

  recommended for VC ref1

  Conservative Party (Tories/Tory Party) ref1

  members of ref1, ref2, ref3

  Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) ref1, ref2

  awarding to women ref1

  eligibility standards of ref1

  establishment of (1993) ref1

  posthumous awarding of ref1

  Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM) ref1

  establishment of (1854) ref1

  Coppard, George ref1

  Cornwell, Alice ref1, ref2

  Cornwell, John (‘Jack’) Travers

  awarded VC ref1, ref2, ref3

  Courtney, William ref1

  Crerar, General Harry

  Commander of 1st Canadian Army ref1

  Crimean War (1853–6) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

  Battle of Alma (1854) ref1, ref2

  Battle of Balaclava (1854) ref1, ref2

  Battle of Inkermann (1854) ref1, ref2

  belligerents of ref1, ref2, ref3

  casualties of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Siege of Sevastopol (1854–5) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Critchley, Alexander ref1

  Croix de Guerre

  perceived cheapening of ref1, ref2

  women awarded ref1

  Crook, Michael ref1

  Croucher, Lieutenant-Corporal Matthew

  awarded GC (2008) ref1

  Cruickshank, John

  awarded VC (1944) ref1

  Cunningham Admiral Sir Andrew

  Commander-in-Chief of Mediterranean Fleet ref1

  Curtis, Henry ref1

  Daily Sketch ref1

  Dallas, George Frederick ref1

  Dalton, Hugh

  Secretary at War ref1

  Dare, Acting Major Norman Fielden ref1

  Daubeney, Lieutenant Colonel

  self-nomination for VC ref1

  Davies, Lieutenant General Sir Francis ref1

  Military Secretary at War Office ref1

  De-la-Noy, Michael

  Honours System, The ref1

  Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) ref1

  Vietcong ref1

  Dempsey, Private Dennis

  claim placed for VC ref1

  Derrick, Sergeant Thomas ref1

  awarded DCM ref1

  Desanges, Louis

  Victoria Cross Gallery ref1

  Dicey, A. V. ref1

  Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  establishment of (1854) ref1

  posthumous awarding of ref1

  Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) ref1, ref2

  awarded to women ref1

  Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) ref1, ref2, ref3

  women awarded ref1

  Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) ref1

  Distinguished Service Order (DSO) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  ban on posthumous awarding of ref1

  eligibility standards for ref1

  Distinguished Warfare Medal

  establishment of (2013) ref1

  Divane, Private J. ref1

  East India Company

  Bengal Establishment ref1

  personnel of ref1, ref2

  soldiers of ref1, ref2

  Eden, Anthony ref1, ref2

  Edward, Prince (Duke of Kent)

  death of ref1

  family of ref1

  Edward VII, King ref1

  family of ref1

  ruling on posthumous awarding of VC (1907) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Egypt ref1

  Cairo ref1

  Elizabeth II, Queen ref1

  Elliott, Lieutenant W. G. R. ref1

  Elliston, Captain George Sampson ref1

  Elton, Lieutenant Colonel F. C.

  awarded VC (1855) ref1

  Engels, Friedrich ref1

  Eton College ref1

  Everett, Admiral Sir Allen Frederic ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Naval Secretary ref1

  Examiner ref1

  Falklands Islands

  Darwin Settlement ref1

  Goose Green ref1

  Goose Settlement ref1

  Mount Longdon ref1

  Falklands War (1982)

  casualties of ref1

  MCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1

  Fieldhouse, Admiral John

  Commander of Falklands Task Force ref1

  First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42) ref1

  First World War (1914–18) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  Battle of Arras (1917) ref1

  Battle of Jutland (1916) ref1

  Battle of the Somme (1916) ref1, ref2, ref3

  belligerents of ref1, ref2, ref3

  casualties of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Croix de Guerre awarded for actions during ref1

  Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Iron Crosses awarded for actions during ref1

  MCs awarded for actions during ref1

  MMs awarded for actions during ref1

  Médailles Militaires awarded for actions during ref1

  participation of women in ref1

  Treaty of Versailles (1919) ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  Western Front ref1, ref2

  Zeebrugge Raid (1918) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Fitz-Gibbon, Spencer ref1

  Foot, M. R. D. ref1

  Foote, Reverend John Weir awarded VC ref1

  Ford Motor Company ref1

  France ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

  Marseilles ref1

  Occupied (1940–4) ref1, ref2

  Paris ref1

  Saint-Jorioz ref1

  Tomb of the Unknown Warrior ref1

  Fraser, George Macdonald

  Flashman in the Great Game (1975) ref1

  Fraser, Sir William ref1, ref2

  Frederick, Prince (Duke of York and Albany)

  appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Army (1795) ref1

  French, General Sir John ref1

  French, Sir John ref1

  Fry, Willy ref1

  Gammage, Prof Bill ref1

  Gardner, Captain Allen ref1

  Garnett, Flight Sergeant Jack

  awarded DFC ref1

  Geddes, John ref1

  Geneva Conventions ref1

  George, Prince (Duke of Cambridge) ref1

  George Cross (GC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

  common view of ref1

  eligibility standards of ref1

  establishment of (1940) ref1, ref2, ref3

  posthumous ref1, ref2, ref3

  George III, King

  appointment of Prince Frederick as Commander-in-Chief of Army (1795) ref1

  George IV, King ref1, ref2

  George Medal (GM) ref1

  awarded to women ref1

  establishment of (1940) ref1

  George V, King ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  George VI, King ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  establishment of GC and GM (1940) ref1, ref2

  Germany ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Bavaria

  Augsburg ref1

  Düsseldorf ref1

  Hamburg ref1


  Hochwald Forest ref1

  Schweinfurt ref1

  Gibson, Wing Commander Guy awarded VC ref1

  Glasgow Herald ref1

  Godfrey, John

  family of ref1

  Goodman, Flight Lieutenant Michelle

  awarded DFC (2008) ref1

  Gorst, Sir John Eldon ref1

  Gough, Lord Henry ref1

  Gould, Petty Officer Tommy ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  Graham, Colonel ref1, ref2

  Grant, Lieutenant Charles ref1

  Graphic, The ref1

  Greece

  Crete ref1, ref2

  Grey, Sir George

  Governor General of New Zealand ref1

  Griffiths, Private W. ref1

  Grimwood, Ethel ref1, ref2, ref3

  debates regarding issuing of VC to ref1, ref2

  family of ref1

  Grimwood, Frank St Clair ref1

  family of ref1

  Grimshaw, Sergeant John

  raised to VC ref1

  Gubbins, Brigadier Colin ref1

  Head of SOE ref1

  Gunn, Herbert ref1

  Gurung, Lachhiman

  awarded VC ref1

  Guy, Lieutenant General Sir Roland ref1

  Hagel, Chuck

  US Defense Secretary ref1

  Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  view of ‘civilized war’ ref1

  Haldane, Captain James ref1

  Hall, Virginia

  awarded DSC ref1

  service in SOE F Section ref1

  Hambly, Leading Seaman Cyril

  posthumous awarding of Albert Medal ref1

  Hamilton, Captain Gavin John ref1

  awarded MC ref1

  Hamilton, General Sir Ian ref1, ref2, ref3

  Harding, Israel

  gazetted VC (1882) ref1

  Hardinge, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3

  Commander-in-Chief of Army ref1

  Harris, Elizabeth Desborough

  family of ref1

  Harris, Lieutenant Colonel Webber Desborough

  family of ref1

  Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber’

  RAF Marshal ref1

  Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command ref1

  Hartley, Edmund Barron

  sale of VC awarded to ref1

  Hastings, Macdonald

  family of ref1

  Men of Glory (1959) ref1

  Hastings, Sir Max

  family of ref1

  Havelock, Brigadier General Henry

  death of ref1

  family of ref1

  Havelock, Lieutenant Henry ref1

  Marsham

  family of ref1

  Hayward, J. B. ref1

  Heaphy, Charles ref1

  recommendation for VC ref1

  Henty-Creer, Lieutenant Henty ref1

  Hero of the Soviet Union ref1, ref2

  Hitch, F. ref1

  Hitler, Adolf

  ‘Commando Order’ (1942) ref1

  Hollingsworth, Sergeant Jon

  posthumous awarding of CGC ref1

  Holmes, Sir John ref1

  Horsford, General Sir Alfred

  Military Secretary ref1

  Illingsworth, Private Stephen ref1, ref2

  posthumous awarding of DCM ref1

  Illustrated London News ref1

  Imperial War Museum ref1

  Lord Ashcroft Gallery ref1

  India ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Agra ref1

  Allahabad ref1

  Amritsar ref1

  British Raj (1858–1947) ref1

  Calcutta ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Delhi ref1, ref2, ref3

  Delhi Durbar (1877) ref1

  government of ref1

  Indian Mutiny (1857–8) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Sarah Sands incident ref1, ref2

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Kandahar ref1, ref2

  Lucknow ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Manipur ref1, ref2

  Imphal ref1

  Simla ref1

  Indian Naval Brigade ref1

  Iran

  Tehran ref1

  Iraq

  Baghdad ref1

  Basra ref1, ref2

  Mosul ref1

  Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–11) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Bronze Stars awarded for actions during ref1

  CGCs awarded for actions during ref1

  Silver Stars awarded for actions during ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1

  Iron Cross ref1

  perceived cheapening of ref1, ref2

  Italy ref1

  Jackson, Flight Sergeant Norman ref1

  gazetting of VC (1945) ref1

  sale of VC awarded to ref1

  Japan

  Imperial (1868–1947) ref1

  Kempei Tai ref1

  Jepson, Selwyn ref1, ref2

  Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert ref1

  death of ref1

  posthumous awarding of VC ref1, ref2

  Kabul Field Force ref1

  Kavanagh, Thomas Henry ref1, ref2

  Assistant Commissioner in Oudh ref1, ref2

  How I Won the Victoria Cross (1860) ref1

  Keane, Lieutenant Colonel Bob

  Keane ref1

  Keane, Private John ref1

  Keeble, Major Chris ref1

  Keegan, Sir John ref1, ref2

  Kenneally, John

  awarded VC (1943) ref1

  desertion ref1

  Khan, Noor Inayat

  posthumous awarding of GC (1949) ref1

  Kipling, Rudyard ref1, ref2, ref3,

  Kitchener, Sir Horatio Herbert ref1, ref2

  death of ref1

  role in development of MC ref1

  Secretary of State for War ref1

  view of VCs ref1

  Knight Grand Cross ref1

  Korean War (1950–3) ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1

  Kosovo War (1998–9)

  NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (Operation Allied Force) (1999) ref1

  Labour Party

  members of ref1

  Laos ref1

  Laurie, Lieutenant-General John Wimburn ref1

  Lawrence, Sir John ref1

  Lawson, Jack

  Secretary of State for War ref1

  Le Matin ref1

  Légion d’Honneur ref1

  Leopold I of Belgium, King ref1

  Liberal Party

  members of ref1, ref2

  Libya

  Tripoli ref1

  Limbu, Rambadahadur

  awarded VC ref1

  Lindsay, Sir Martin ref1

  military career of ref1

  Little Andaman Island incident (1867)

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1

  Liverpool Mercury ref1

  Lloyd George, David

  administration of ref1

  Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper ref1

  London Gazette ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

  Long, Colonel Chris ref1

  Lucas, Charles ref1

  Lugard, Sir Edward ref1

  Lyndhurst, Lord (John Copley) ref1

  MacArthur, General Douglas ref1

  Mackenzie, Lieutenant Hugh ref1

  Magennis, Leading Seaman James

  price history of VC awarded to ref1

  Mahdist War (1881–99) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Battle of Omdurman (1898) ref1, ref2

  casualties of ref1

  Major, John

  reform of honours system (1993) ref1

  Malaya ref1

  Mangles, Ross Lowis ref1

  Assistant Magistrate at Patna ref1

  Mansfield, Sir William

  Commander-in-Chief of British Military in India ref1

  Mans
on, Reverend J. ref1

  Marx, Karl ref1

  Mary, Queen ref1

  Mauritius

  Port Louis ref1

  McCandlish, Major General John

  Director of Personnel Administration at War Office ref1

  McCarthy, Corporal James

  death of (1918) ref1

  McDonald, Christopher ref1

  eligibility for VC ref1

  McDonnell, William Fraser ref1

  McDowell, George Patrick

  posthumous awarding of Albert Medal ref1

  McFadzean, Billy ref1

  posthumous awarding of VC to ref1

  McKay, Sergeant Ian

  death of ref1

  posthumous awarding of VC ref1

  McNaughton, Lieutenant General Andrew

  GOC of First Canadian Army ref1

  McNeill, Sir John ref1

  McWheeny, Sergeant William

  awarded VC ref1

  Medal of Honor ref1, ref2, ref3

  establishment of (1862) ref1

  Médailles Militaires ref1

  establishment of (1852) ref1

  Melvill, Lieutenant Teignmouth ref1

  posthumous awarding of VC ref1

  Mentioned in Dispatches (MiD) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Michel, Colonel ref1

  Military Covenant

  concept of ref1

  Military Cross (MC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  awarded to women ref1, ref2

  citations for ref1, ref2

  establishment of (1916) ref1, ref2

  development of ref1

  extension to all ranks (1993) ref1

  Military General Service Medal (MGSM) ref1

  Military Medal (MM) ref1, ref2

  abolition of (1993) ref1

  establishment of (1916) ref1, ref2

  issuing to women ref1

  Miller, William I. ref1, ref2, ref3

  Moncel, Brigadier R. E. ref1

  Montgomery, General Bernard ref1, ref2

  de Montmorency, Captain Raymond

  awarded VC (1898) ref1

  More, Colonel ref1

  Morris-Jones, Henry ref1

  Morning Post ref1

  Napier, Lord ref1

  Viceroy of India ref1

  Napoleon III

  establishment of Médailles Militaires (1852) ref1

  Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) ref1

  Battle of Waterloo (1815) ref1, ref2, ref3

  National Archive ref1, ref2

  National Film Board of Canada

  Kid Who Couldn’t Miss, The ref1

  National Service Act (1941) ref1

  Nesbitt, Kate ref1

  awarded MC (2009) ref1

  Netherlands ref1

  Nettleton, John ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  New Guinea

  Sattelberg ref1

  New York Post ref1

  New York Times ref1

  New Zealand ref1, ref2

  General Assembly ref1

  indigenous population of ref1

  River, Mangapiko ref1

  New Zealand Company (NZC)

  establishment of (1837) ref1

  New Zealand Wars (1845–72) ref1

  Newcastle, Duke of (Henry Pelham-Clinton)

  role in development of VC ref1

  Secretary of State for War and the Colonies ref1, ref2, ref3

 

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