Victoria's Cross (40 page)

Crerar, General Harry

Commander of 1st Canadian Army
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Crimean War (1853–6)
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Battle of Alma (1854)
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Battle of Balaclava (1854)
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Battle of Inkermann (1854)
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belligerents of
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casualties of
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Siege of Sevastopol (1854–5)
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Critchley, Alexander
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Croix de Guerre

perceived cheapening of
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women awarded
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Crook, Michael
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Croucher, Lieutenant-Corporal Matthew

awarded GC (2008)
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Cruickshank, John

awarded VC (1944)
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Cunningham Admiral Sir Andrew

Commander-in-Chief of Mediterranean Fleet
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Curtis, Henry
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Daily Sketch
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Dallas, George Frederick
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Dalton, Hugh

Secretary at War
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Dare, Acting Major Norman Fielden
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Daubeney, Lieutenant Colonel

self-nomination for VC
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Davies, Lieutenant General Sir Francis
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Military Secretary at War Office
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De-la-Noy, Michael

Honours System, The
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Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
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Vietcong
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Dempsey, Private Dennis

claim placed for VC
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Derrick, Sergeant Thomas
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awarded DCM
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Desanges, Louis

Victoria Cross Gallery
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Dicey, A. V.
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Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
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establishment of (1854)
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posthumous awarding of
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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
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awarded to women
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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
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women awarded
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Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
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Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
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ban on posthumous awarding of
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eligibility standards for
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Distinguished Warfare Medal

establishment of (2013)
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Divane, Private J.
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East India Company

Bengal Establishment
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personnel of
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soldiers of
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Eden, Anthony
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Edward, Prince (Duke of Kent)

death of
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family of
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Edward VII, King
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family of
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ruling on posthumous awarding of VC (1907)
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Egypt
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Cairo
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Elizabeth II, Queen
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Elliott, Lieutenant W. G. R.
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Elliston, Captain George Sampson
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Elton, Lieutenant Colonel F. C.

awarded VC (1855)
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Engels, Friedrich
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Eton College
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Everett, Admiral Sir Allen Frederic
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Naval Secretary
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Examiner
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Falklands Islands

Darwin Settlement
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Goose Green
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Goose Settlement
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Mount Longdon
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Falklands War (1982)

casualties of
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MCs awarded for actions during
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Fieldhouse, Admiral John

Commander of Falklands Task Force
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First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–42)
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First World War (1914–18)
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Battle of Arras (1917)
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Battle of Jutland (1916)
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Battle of the Somme (1916)
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belligerents of
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casualties of
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Croix de Guerre awarded for actions during
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Gallipoli Campaign (1915–16)
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Iron Crosses awarded for actions during
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MCs awarded for actions during
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MMs awarded for actions during
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Médailles Militaires awarded for actions during
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participation of women in
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Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Western Front
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Zeebrugge Raid (1918)
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Fitz-Gibbon, Spencer
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Foot, M. R. D.
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Foote, Reverend John Weir awarded VC
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Ford Motor Company
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France
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Marseilles
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Occupied (1940–4)
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Paris
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Saint-Jorioz
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Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
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Fraser, George Macdonald

Flashman in the Great Game
(1975)
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Fraser, Sir William
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Frederick, Prince (Duke of York and Albany)

appointed as Commander-in-Chief of Army (1795)
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French, General Sir John
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French, Sir John
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Fry, Willy
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Gammage, Prof Bill
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Gardner, Captain Allen
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Garnett, Flight Sergeant Jack

awarded DFC
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Geddes, John
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Geneva Conventions
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George, Prince (Duke of Cambridge)
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George Cross (GC)
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common view of
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eligibility standards of
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establishment of (1940)
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posthumous
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George III, King

appointment of Prince Frederick as Commander-in-Chief of Army (1795)
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George IV, King
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George Medal (GM)
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awarded to women
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establishment of (1940)
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George V, King
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George VI, King
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establishment of GC and GM (1940)
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Germany
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Bavaria

Augsburg
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Düsseldorf
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Hamburg
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Hochwald Forest
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Schweinfurt
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Gibson, Wing Commander Guy awarded VC
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Glasgow Herald
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Godfrey, John

family of
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Goodman, Flight Lieutenant Michelle

awarded DFC (2008)
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Gorst, Sir John Eldon
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Gough, Lord Henry
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Gould, Petty Officer Tommy
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awarded VC
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Graham, Colonel
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Grant, Lieutenant Charles
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Graphic, The
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Greece

Crete
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Grey, Sir George

Governor General of New Zealand
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Griffiths, Private W.
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Grimwood, Ethel
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debates regarding issuing of VC to
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family of
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Grimwood, Frank St Clair
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family of
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Grimshaw, Sergeant John

raised to VC
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Gubbins, Brigadier Colin
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Head of SOE
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Gunn, Herbert
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Gurung, Lachhiman

awarded VC
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Guy, Lieutenant General Sir Roland
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Hagel, Chuck

US Defense Secretary
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Haig, Field Marshal Sir Douglas
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view of ‘civilized war'
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Haldane, Captain James
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Hall, Virginia

awarded DSC
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service in SOE F Section
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Hambly, Leading Seaman Cyril

posthumous awarding of Albert Medal
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Hamilton, Captain Gavin John
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awarded MC
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Hamilton, General Sir Ian
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Harding, Israel

gazetted VC (1882)
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Hardinge, Henry
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Commander-in-Chief of Army
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Harris, Elizabeth Desborough

family of
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Harris, Lieutenant Colonel Webber Desborough

family of
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Harris, Sir Arthur ‘Bomber'

RAF Marshal
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Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command
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Hartley, Edmund Barron

sale of VC awarded to
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Hastings, Macdonald

family of
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Men of Glory
(1959)
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Hastings, Sir Max

family of
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Havelock, Brigadier General Henry

death of
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family of
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Havelock, Lieutenant Henry
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Marsham

family of
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Hayward, J. B.
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Heaphy, Charles
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recommendation for VC
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Henty-Creer, Lieutenant Henty
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Hero of the Soviet Union
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Hitch, F.
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Hitler, Adolf

‘Commando Order' (1942)
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Hollingsworth, Sergeant Jon

posthumous awarding of CGC
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Holmes, Sir John
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Horsford, General Sir Alfred

Military Secretary
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Illingsworth, Private Stephen
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posthumous awarding of DCM
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Illustrated London News
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Imperial War Museum
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Lord Ashcroft Gallery
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India
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Agra
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Allahabad
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Amritsar
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British Raj (1858–1947)
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Calcutta
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Delhi
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Delhi Durbar (1877)
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government of
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Indian Mutiny (1857–8)
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