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Victoria's Cross

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by Gary Mead


  Nicholson, James

  awarded VC ref1

  Nightingale, Florence ref1, ref2

  Nile, River ref1

  non-commissioned officers (NCOs) ref1, ref2

  VCs awarded to ref1

  Norris, Michelle

  awarded MC (2006) ref1

  Norris, Sergeant J. W. ref1

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ref1

  Norway ref1

  Narvik ref1

  Ogilvy, Sir Angus ref1

  O’Hea, Private Timothy ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  Order of the Bath ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Knight Grand Cross (CGB) ref1

  Order of the British Empire ref1

  Order of the Garter ref1

  Order of the Thistle ref1

  Ottoman Empire

  Moldavia ref1

  Sublime Porte ref1

  Wallachia ref1

  Outram, Major General Sir James ref1

  Paine, Major General Sir Godfrey ref1

  Palestine

  Ain Kanish ref1

  Palmer, Rear Admiral Norman Craig ref1

  Palmer, Roundell Cecil Palmer ref1

  Palmerston, Lord (Henry John Temple)

  administration of ref1

  death of ref1

  Panetta, Leon

  role in establishment of Distinguished Warfare Medal (2013) ref1

  Panmure, Lord (Fox Maule-Ramsay) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Secretary of State for War ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  view of VC ref1

  Patton, General George ref1, ref2, ref3

  Peel, Captain ref1

  Peel, General Jonathan

  role in extension of VC eligibility ref1

  Secretary of State for War ref1

  Pennington, Edward ref1

  Phipps-Hornby, Major Edund ref1

  Pile, General Sir Frederick

  Commander of Air Defence in Britain ref1

  Place, Lieutenant Godfrey ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  Plowman, Max ref1

  Pollard, Alfred Oliver ref1, ref2

  awarded VC ref1, ref2, ref3

  Fire-Eater: The Memoirs of V. C, ref1

  Ponsonby, Sir Frederick ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Acting Private Secretary to

  Queen Victoria ref1

  Keeper of the Privy Purse ref1

  Presbyterians ref1

  Probyn, General Sir Dighton MacNaughton

  awarded VC ref1

  Profumo, John

  Secretary of State for War ref1

  signing of revised warrant for VC (1961) ref1

  Punch ref1

  Purple Heart

  eligibility standards of ref1

  Quinton, James Wallace ref1

  Chief Commissioner in Assam ref1

  Raby, Commander Henry James

  awarded VC ref1

  Raglan, Lord ref1, ref2

  Reed, Captain Hamilton Lyster

  recommended for VC ref1

  Reed, General ref1

  Reid, Flight Lieutenant William

  awarded VC (1943) ref1

  military service of ref1

  Reeve, Henry ref1

  Religious Tract Society

  Boy’s Own Paper ref1

  Rennie, William

  sale of medal set of ref1

  Republic of Ireland ref1

  Dublin ref1

  Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) ref1

  Kon Tum Province ref1

  Quang Ngai Province

  Tra Bong Valley ref1

  Resistance Medal ref1

  Reynolds’s Newspaper ref1

  Richards, Frank

  Old Soldiers Never Die (1933) ref1, ref2

  von Richtofen, Baron Manfred ref1

  Roberts, First Lieutenant Peter ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  Roberts, Frederick ref1

  death of ref1, ref2

  family of ref1

  gazetted for VC (1900) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Roberts, General ref1, ref2

  Roberts, Lady ref1

  Roberts, Lord ref1

  family of ref1

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. ref1

  Royal Air Force (RAF) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  249 Squadron ref1

  44 (Rhodesia) Squadron ref1

  97 Squadron ref1

  Bomber Command ref1, ref2

  Coastal Command ref1, ref2

  Medical Service ref1

  RAF Shipdham ref1

  VCs awarded to personnel of ref1

  Volunteer Reserve ref1

  Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) ref1, ref2

  Royal Army Corps ref1

  Royal Australian Naval Reserve ref1

  HMAS Armidale ref1

  Royal Flying Corps (RFC) ref1, ref2

  60 Squadron ref1, ref2

  85 Squadron ref1

  Royal Navy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

  HMS Chester ref1

  HMS Hampshire ref1

  HMS Hardy ref1

  HMS Hecla ref1, ref2

  HMS Kandahar ref1

  HMS Pargust ref1

  Mediterranean Fleet ref1

  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) ref1

  Thrasher ref1

  Royal Red Cross ref1

  Royal Victory Hospital ref1

  Rudellat, Yvonne

  service in SOE F Section ref1

  Ruggles-Brise, General ref1

  Russell, Lord John

  Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ref1

  Russell, William Howard ref1

  Russian Empire ref1, ref2

  Sandhurst, Lord

  Under-Secretary of State at War Office ref1

  Sansom, Odette ref1

  awarded GC (1946) ref1

  objections to ref1

  media depictions of ref1

  Sardinia ref1

  Saturday Review ref1

  Schmid, Sergeant Olaf

  death of (2009) ref1

  gazetted posthumous GC ref1

  Schofield, Captain Harry Norton ref1

  Scobell, Captain George Treweeke

  support for establishment of ‘Order of Merit’ (1854) ref1, ref2

  Scot, Major A. J. L. (Scott) ref1

  Seagrim, Hugh Paul ref1

  awarded DSO ref1

  awarded GC ref1

  Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–80) ref1, ref2

  Battle of Kandahar (1880) ref1

  Battle of Killa Kazi (1879) ref1

  Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–9) ref1

  Battle of Gujrat (1849) ref1

  Second Opium War (1856–60) ref1

  Second World War (1939–45) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

  Battle of El Alamein (1942) ref1, ref2

  belligerents of ref1, ref2, ref3

  Bergen-Belsen concentration camp ref1

  Blitz, The (1940–1) ref1, ref2, ref3

  casualties of ref1, ref2

  Colditz Prison ref1

  Dachau concentration camp ref1

  Dambuster Raid (1943) ref1

  DCMs awarded for actions during ref1

  Dieppe Raid (1942) ref1, ref2

  Dunkirk Evacuation (1940) ref1, ref2

  Hero of the Soviet Union awarded for actions during ref1

  Normandy Landings (D-Day/Operation Neptune)(1944) ref1

  Operation Source (1943) ref1

  Pacific Theatre ref1

  Ravensbrück concentration camp ref1, ref2

  Resistance activity in ref1

  service of women in ref1, ref2

  Tehran Conference (1943) ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  Selborne, Lord

  Minister of Economic Warfare ref1

  self-sacrifice ref1, ref2, ref3

  Seven Years’ War (1756–63)

  Battle of Quebec (1759) ref1


  Sheean, Teddy

  case for retrospective awarding of VC ref1

  Sherwood DFC, Squadron Leader J. S.

  recommended for VC ref1

  Shout, Captain Alfred John

  medals awarded to ref1

  Silver Stars ref1

  Simonds, Lieutenant General Guy ref1, ref2

  directive on military honours and awards (1943) ref1, ref2, ref3

  GOC of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division ref1

  Simpson, Lieutenant ref1

  Simpson, Warrant Officer Ray

  awarded DCM ref1

  recommended for VC (1967) ref1

  Sinclair, Sir Archibald

  Secretary of State for Air ref1

  Singapore ref1

  Skene, Lieutenant Colonel Charles ref1

  Smith, F. E. ref1

  Smith-Dorrien, General Sir Horace ref1

  Smyth, John

  President of VC Association ref1

  Sotheby’s

  VCs sold at ref1

  South Africa ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Bloemfontein ref1

  Cape Town ref1

  Colenso ref1

  Estcourt ref1

  Ladysmith ref1

  Natal ref1, ref2

  Pretoria ref1

  South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) (1899–1902) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

  Battle of Colenso (1899) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Battle of Spion Kop (1900) ref1

  Black Week (1899) ref1

  casualties of ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2, ref3

  South Georgia ref1

  Southborough, Lord ref1

  Soviet Union (USSR) ref1, ref2

  Red Army ref1

  Special Honours Committee ref1

  Special Operations Executive (SOE) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  arguments over eligibility of personnel for VC receipt ref1, ref2

  F Section ref1, ref2, ref3

  service of women in ref1, ref2

  Spectator ref1

  Spence, Private Edward

  posthumous awarding of VC ref1

  Stalin, Josef ref1

  Stamfordham, Lord

  Private Secretary to George V ref1

  Stanlack, Private William

  awarded VC ref1

  Stannus, Lieutenant General Henry James ref1, ref2, ref3

  criticisms of VC ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Curiosities of the Victoria Cross ref1

  My Reasons for Leaving the British Army ref1

  Stewart, Donald ref1

  St Helier, Lady Mary ref1

  Stirling, Major ref1

  Stokes, Kerry ref1

  Sudan ref1

  Sun, The ref1

  Sunday Pictorial ref1

  Swanton, Warrant Officer ref1

  Swift, Jonathan

  Gulliver’s Travels ref1

  Switzerland ref1

  Sydenham, Lord ref1

  Sylvester, Henry Thomas ref1

  awarded VC ref1

  Szabo, Violette

  campaign for posthumous awarding of VC to ref1, ref2, ref3

  death of ref1

  posthumous awarding of GC ref1, ref2

  service in SOE ref1, ref2

  Taliban ref1, ref2

  Taylor, Edward ref1

  Taylor, Elizabeth

  family of ref1

  Taylor, John ref1

  death of ref1

  family of ref1

  Tenko (TV Series) ref1

  Territorial Army ref1

  Thangal ref1, ref2

  Thatcher, Margaret ref1

  Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) ref1

  Third Reich (1933–45) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Abwehr ref1

  Gestapo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Luftwaffe ref1

  Schutzstaffel (SS) ref1, ref2

  Waffen-SS

  Liebstandarte Adolf Hitler regiment ref1

  Thomas, Lance-Corporal Justin

  awarded CGC ref1

  Thompson, Private Alexander ref1

  Thomson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert

  Commander of 2nd Rifles Battle Group ref1

  Tikendrajit ref1, ref2

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

  Tinsley’s Magazine ref1

  Toomey, T. E.

  Victoria Cross and How Won (1889) ref1

  Trant, Lieutenant General Sir Richard

  Land Deputy Commander in Falklands ref1

  Trenchard, Air Marshal Sir Hugh ref1, ref2

  Trinity College, Dublin ref1

  Tulloch, Colonel Alex ref1

  Tunisia

  Tunis ref1

  Turkey ref1, ref2

  Turner, Margot

  death of (1993) ref1

  media depictions of ref1

  military career of ref1

  United Kingdom (UK) ref1, ref2

  Air Ministry ref1

  Colonial Office ref1

  Foreign Office ref1, ref2

  government of ref1

  Lanarkshire Hamilton ref1

  London ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

  military budget of ref1

  Ministry of Defence (MoD) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  Examination of the Standards of Australian Citations for the Award of the Victoria Cross ref1

  Women in the Armed Forces (2002) ref1

  Northern Ireland ref1

  Belfast ref1

  Office of Public Information ref1

  Parliament ref1, ref2, ref3

  House of Commons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

  House of Lords ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Poor Law ref1

  Royal Military Academy Sandhurst ref1, ref2, ref3

  Secret Intelligence Service (SIS/MI6) ref1

  Southampton ref1

  Treasury ref1, ref2, ref3

  War Office ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  Westminster Abbey Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ref1

  Whitehall ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  United States of America (USA) ref1

  Air Force (USAF) ref1

  use of drone technology ref1

  Arlington Cemetery Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ref1, ref2

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ref1

  Civil War (1861–5) ref1

  Office of Strategic Services (OSS) ref1

  service of women in military of ref1

  Upham, Captain Charles

  awarded bar for VC ref1

  awarded second VC (1942) ref1

  Urmson, J. O. ref1

  Vause, Stephen ref1

  VC Association

  personnel of ref1

  VC Register ref1

  names removed from ref1

  Vichy France (1940–4) ref1

  Victoria, Queen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

  accession of (1837) ref1

  death of (1901) ref1, ref2, ref3

  family of ref1, ref2, ref3

  Victoria Cross (VC) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref24, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44, ref45, ref46

  bars ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

  citations for ref1, ref2

  criticisms of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  duplicate ref1, ref2

  eligibility standards ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

  control over ref1

  exte
nsions (1858) ref1

  inconsistencies in ref1, ref2, ref3

  establishment of/warrant issued (1856) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19

  development of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  revised warrant (1920) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  revised warrant (1961) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

  first investiture (1857) ref1

  for Australia ref1

  holders of ref1

  issues regarding awarding of to women ref1, ref2, ref3

  monetary value of ref1

  pensions associated with ref1

  posthumous awarding of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

  pre-gazetting ref1

  quota systems for ref1, ref2, ref3

  retrospective ref1, ref2

  social view of ref1

  terms for awarding of ref1, ref2, ref3

  Vietnam War (1955–75)

  belligerents of ref1, ref2, ref3

  DCMs awarded for actions during ref1

  VCs awarded for actions during ref1, ref2

  Wake, Nancy

  death of (2011) ref1

  service in SOE ref1

  Walsh, Private Andrew ref1

  application for awarding of VC ref1

  Walters, Sergeant George awarded VC ref1

  War of the Austrian Succession (1740–8)

  Battle of Dettingen (1743) ref1

  Warburton-Lee, Captain Bernard

  awarded VC ref1

  death of ref1

  Ward, Dame Irene ref1, ref2

  lobbying activity of ref1, ref2, ref3

  objection to awarding of GC to Odette Samson ref1

  Warren, Lieutenant General Sir Charles ref1

  Wellington, Duke of (Arthur Wellesley) ref1, ref2, ref3

  Wheatley, Warrant Officer Kevin

  posthumous awarding of VC ref1

  Whitmore, Lieutenant General Sir Edmund Augustus ref1

  Military Secretary ref1

  Wilkinson, John ref1

  Wilson, Major General Archdale ref1

  Wilson, Woodrow ref1

  Windsor Castle

  Royal Archives ref1

  Witherington, Pearl ref1

  Wolseley, General Sir Garnet ref1

  Wood, Lieutenant Henry Evelyn ref1, ref2

  awarded VC ref1

  women ref1, ref2, ref3

  awarding of Croix de Guerre to ref1

  awarding of DFC to ref1

  awarding of DSC to ref1

  awarding of GCM ref1

  awarding of GM to ref1

  awarding of MC to ref1, ref2

  awarding of MM to ref1

  issues regarding awarding of VC to ref1, ref2, ref3

  military service of ref1, ref2, ref3

  service in SOE ref1, ref2

  Wotherspoon, Lieutenant Colonel G. D. ref1

  ‘X’, Lieutenant Colonel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

  Yeo-Thomas, Wing Commander Forest ref1

  citation for GC (1946) ref1

  Yugoslavia

  NATO bombing of (1999) ref1

  Zululand ref1

  Zulus ref1, ref2

 

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