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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