Recipients | Unit | Campaign | Dates | Location |
000 a111 Crimean War recipients‡ | 000 a— | Crimean WarCrimean War | 1854–18561854–1856 | 000 a— |
John Wood | 02020th Bombay Native Infantry | Anglo-Persian War | 1856-08-099 August 1856 | Bushire, Persia |
John Malcolmson | 0033rd Bombay Light Cavalry | Anglo-Persian War | 1857-02-088 February 1857 | Khoosh-ab, Persia |
Arthur Moore | 0033rd Bombay Light Cavalry | Anglo-Persian War | 1858-02-078 February 1857 | Khoosh-ab, Persia |
000.1182 Indian Mutiny recipients‡ | 000.1— | Indian MutinyIndian Mutiny | 18581857–1859 | 000.1— |
Nathaniel Burslem | 06767th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
John Chaplin | 06767th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
Andrew Fitzgibbon | 06767th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
Thomas Lane | 06767th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
Edmund Lenon | 06767th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
John McDougall | 04444th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
Robert Rogers | 04444th Regiment of Foot | Third China War | 1860-08-2121 August 1860 | Taku Forts, China |
000.1515 New Zealand Wars recipients‡ | 000.15— | New Zealand Land WarsNew Zealand Wars | 1860–18651860–1865 | 000.15— |
George Hinckley | Naval Brigade | Taiping Rebellion | 1862-10-099 October 1862 | Fenghua, China |
George Fosbery | 0044th Bengal European Regiment | Umbeyla Campaign | 1863-10-3030 October 1863 | Crag Picquet, India |
Henry Pitcher | 0044th Punjab Infantry | Umbeyla Campaign | 1863-10-3030 October 1863 | Crag Picquet, India |
Duncan Boyes | HMS Euryalus | Bombardment of Shimonoseki | 1864-09-066 September 1864 | Kanmon Straits, Japan |
Thomas Pride | Royal Navy | Bombardment of Shimonoseki | 1864-09-066 September 1864 | Kanmon Straits, Japan |
William Seeley | HMS Euryalus | Bombardment of Shimonoseki | 1864-09-066 September 1864 | Kanmon Straits, Japan |
James Dundas | Bengal Engineers | Bhutan War | 1865-04-3030 April 1865 | Dewan-Giri, India |
William Trevor | Bengal Engineers | Bhutan War | 1865-04-3030 April 1865 | Dewan-Giri, India |
Timothy O'Hea | Rifle Brigade | —[A] | 1866-06-099 June 1866 | Danville, Quebec |
Samuel Hodge | West India Regiment | The Gambia | 1866-06-3030 June 1866 | Tubabecelong, Gambia| |
David Bell | 02424th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 1867-05-077 May 1867 | Little Andaman |
Campbell Douglas | 02424th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 1867-05-077 May 1867 | Little Andaman |
James Cooper | 02424th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 1867-05-077 May 1867 | Little Andaman |
Thomas Murphy | 02424th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 1867-05-077 May 1867 | Little Andaman |
William Griffiths | 02424th Regiment of Foot | Andaman Islands Expedition | 1867-05-077 May 1867 | Little Andaman |
James Bergin | 03333rd Regiment of Foot | Abyssinian War | 1868-04-1313 April 1868 | Battle of Magdala, Abyssinia |
Michael Magner | 03333rd Regiment of Foot | Abyssinian War | 1868-04-1313 April 1868 | Battle of Magdala, Abyssinia |
Donald Macintyre | 0022nd Gurkha Rifles | Looshai Expedition | 1872-01-044 January 1872 | Lalgnoora, India |
Edric Gifford | 02424th Regiment of Foot | First Ashanti Expedition | 1873–1874 | Becquah, Ashanti |
Reginald Sartorius | 0066th Bengal Cavalry | First Ashanti Expedition | 1874-01-1717 January 1874 | Abogu, Ashanti |
Samuel McGaw | 04242nd Regiment of Foot | First Ashanti Expedition | 1874-01-2121 January 1874 | Amoaful, Ashanti |
Mark Bell | Corps of Royal Engineers | First Ashanti Expedition | 1874-02-044 February 1874 | Ordashu, Ashanti |
George Channer | Bengal Staff Corps | Perak War | 1875-12-2020 December 1875 | Malaya, Malaysia |
Andrew Scott | Bengal Staff Corps | Baluchistan | 1877-07-2626 July 1877 | Quetta, India |
Hans Moore | 08888th Regiment of Foot | 9th Cape Frontier War | 1877-12-2929 December 1877 | King William's Town, Cape Colony |
000.223 Zulu War recipients‡ | 000.2— | Zulu WarZulu War | 18791879 | 000.2— |
000.316 Second Afghan War recipients‡ | 000.3— | Second Afghan WarSecond Afghan War | 1878–18801878–1880 | 000.3— |
Peter Brown | Cape Mounted Riflemen | Basuto War | 1879-04-088 April 1879 | Morosi's Mountain, South Africa |
Robert Scott | Cape Mounted Riflemen | Basuto War | 1879-04-088 April 1879 | Morosi's Mountain, South Africa |
Edmund Hartley | Cape Mounted Riflemen | Basuto War | 1879-06-055 June 1879 | Morosi's Mountain, South Africa |
Francis Fitzpatrick | 94th Regiment of Foot | Campaign against Sekukuni | 1879-11-2828 November 1879 | Sekukuni's Town, South Africa |
Thomas Flawn | 94th Regiment of Foot | Campaign against Sekukuni | 1879-11-2828 November 1879 | Sekukuni's Town, South Africa |
John McCrea | 0011st Cape Mounted Yeomanry | Basuto War | 1881-01-1414 January 1881 | Tweefontein, South Africa |
Richard Ridgeway | Bengal Staff Corps | Second Naga Hills Expedition | 1879-11-2222 November 1879 | Konama, India |
John Danaher | Nourse's Horse | First Boer War | 1881-01-1616 January 1881 | Elandsfontein, South Africa |
James Murray | 94th Regiment of Foot | First Boer War | 1881-01-1616 January 1881 | Elandsfontein, South Africa |
John Doogan | 0011st King's Dragoon Guards | First Boer War | 1881-01-2828 January 1881 | Laing's Nek, South Africa |
Alan Hill | 58th Regiment of Foot | First Boer War | 1881-01-2828 January 1881 | Laing's Nek, South Africa |
James Osborne | 58th Regiment of Foot | First Boer War | 1881-02-2222 February 1881 | Wesselstroom, South Africa |
Joseph Farmer | Army Medical Department | First Boer War | 1881-02-2727 February 1881 | Majubu Hill, South Africa |
Israel Harding | HMS Alexandra | Occupation of Egypt | 1882-07-1111 July 1882 | Alexandria, Egypt |
Frederick Corbett | King's Royal Rifle Corps | Occupation of Egypt | 1882-08-055 August 1882 | Kafr Dowar, Egypt |
William Edwards | Highland Light Infantry | Occupation of Egypt | 1882-09-1313 September 1882 | Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt |
William Marshall | 01919th Hussars | Sudan Campaign | 1884-02-2929 February 1884 | El Teb, Sudan |
Arthur Wilson | HMS Hecla | Sudan Campaign | 1884-02-2929 February 1884 | El Teb, Sudan |
Thomas Edwards | Black Watch | Sudan Campaign | 1884-03-1313 March 1884 | Tamai, Sudan |
Percival Marling | King's Royal Rifle Corps | Sudan Campaign | 1884-03-1313 March 1884 | Tamai, Sudan |
Alfred Smith | Royal Regiment of Artillery | Sudan Campaign | 1885-01-1717 January 1885 | Abu Klea, Sudan |
Thomas Byrne | 02121st Lancers | Sudan Campaign | 1898-09-022 September 1898 | Omdurman, Sudan |
Raymond De Montmorency | 02121st Lancers | Sudan Campaign | 1898-09-022 September 1898 | Omdurman, Sudan |
Paul Kenna | 02121st Lancers | Sudan Campaign | 1898-09-022 September 1898 | Omdurman, Sudan |
Nevill Smyth | 0022nd Dragoon Guards | Sudan Campaign | 1898-09-022 September 1898 | Omdurman, Sudan |
Alexander Hore-Ruthven | Highland Light Infantry | Sudan Campaign | 1898-09-2222 September 1898 | Gedarif, Sudan |
John Crimmin | Bombay Medical Service | British rule in Burma | 1889-01-011 January 1889 | Karenni, Burma |
Ferdinand Le Quesne | Army Medical Department | British rule in Burma | 1889-05-044 May 1889 | Tartan, Burma |
Charles Grant | Indian Staff Corps | Manipur Expedition | 1891-03-2121 March 1891 to 9 April 1891 | Thobal, Burma |
Fenton Aylmer | Corps of Royal Engineers | Hunza-Naga Campaign | 1891-12-022 December 1891 | Nilt Fort, India |
Guy Boisragon | 0055th Gurkha Rifles | Hunza-Naga Campaign | 1891-12-022 December 1891 | Nilt Fort, India |
John Smith | 0055th Gurkha Rifles | Hunza-Naga Campaign | 1891-12-2020 December 1891 | Nilt Fort, India |
William Gordon | West India Regiment | The Gambia | 1892-03-1313 March 1892 | Toniataba, Gambia |
Owen Lloyd | Army Medical Department | Kachin Hills Expedition | 1893-01-066 January 1893 | Fort Sima, Burma |
Harry Whitchurch | Indian Medical Service | Chitral Expedition | 1895-03-033 March 1895 | Chitral Fort, India |
Herbert Henderson | Bulawayo Field Force | Matabeleland Rebellion | 1896-03-3030 March 1896 | Bulawayo, Rhodesia |
Frank Baxter | Bulawayo Field Force | Matabeleland Rebellion | 1896-04-2222 April 1896* | Umguza, Rhodesia |
Randolph Nesbitt | Mashonaland Mounted Police | Mashona Rebellion | 1896-06-1919 June 1896 | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
Edmond Costello | 02222nd Punjab Infantry | Siege of Malakand | 1897-07-2626 July 1897 | Malakand, India |
James Colvin | Corps of Royal Engineers | Mohmand Campaign | 1897-09-1616 September 1897 | Bilot, India |
James Smith | Corps of Royal Engineers | Mohmand Campaign | 1897-09-1616 September 1897 | Bilot, India |
Thomas Watson | Corps of Royal Engineers | Mohmand Campaign | 1897-09-1616 September 1897 | Bilot, India |
Robert Adams | Corps of Guides | Tirah Campaign | 1897-08-1717 August 1897 | Swat, India |
Hector MacLean | Corps of Guides | Tirah Campaign | 1897-08-1717 August 1897* | Swat, India |
Alexander Fincastle | 01616th Lancers | Tirah Campaign | 1897-08-1717 August 1897 | Swat, India |
Henry Pennell | Sherwood Foresters | Tirah Campaign | 1897-10-2020 October 1897 | Dargai, India |
George Findlater | Gordon Highlanders | Tirah Campaign | 1897-10-2020 October 1897 | Dargai, India |
Edward Lawson | Gordon Highlanders | Tirah Campaign | 1897-10-2020 October 1897 | Dargai, India |
Samuel Vickery | Dorset Regiment | Tirah Campaign | 1897-10-2020 October 1897 | Dargai, India |
William Maillard | HMS Hazard | Occupation of Crete | 1898-09-066 September 1898 | Crete, Greece |
John Mackenzie | Seaforth Highlanders | Third Ashanti Expedition | 1900-06-066 June 1900 | Dompoassi, Ashanti |
Charles Melliss | Indian Staff Corps | Third Ashanti Expedition | 1900-09-3030 September 1900 | Obassa, Ashanti |
Lewis Halliday | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Boxer Rising | 1900-06-2424 June 1900 | Peking, China |
Basil Guy | Naval Brigade | Boxer Rising | 1900-07-1313 July 1900 | China |
000.478 Second Boer War recipients‡ | 000.4— | Second Boer WarSecond Boer War | 1899–19021899–1902 | 000.4— |
Alexander Cobbe | King's African Rifles | Second Somaliland Expedition | 1902-10-066 October 1902 | Erego, Somaliland |
William Walker | 0044th Gurkha Rifles | Third Somaliland Expedition | 1903-04-2222 April 1903 | Daratoleh, Somaliland |
John Gough | Rifle Brigade | Third Somaliland Expedition | 1903-04-2222 April 1903 | Daratoleh, Somaliland |
George Rolland | 0011st Bombay Grenadiers | Third Somaliland Expedition | 1903-04-2222 April 1903 | Daratoleh, Somaliland |
Herbert Carter | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | Fourth Somaliland Expedition | 1903-12-1919 December 1903 | Jidballi, Somaliland |
Clement Smith | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | Fourth Somaliland Expedition | 1904-01-1010 January 1904 | Jidballi, Somaliland |
Wallace Wright | 002Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | Kano-Sokoto Expedition | 1903-02-2626 February 1903 | Northern Nigeria |
John Grant | 0088th Gurkha Rifles | Armed Mission to Tibet | 1904-07-066 July 1904 | Gyantse Fortress |
000.5627 First World War recipients‡[B] | 000.5— | First World WarFirst World War | 1914–19181914–1918 | 000.5— |
Augustus Agar | HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 | North Russia Relief Force | 1919-06-1717 June 1919 | Kronstadt, Russia |
Arthur Sullivan | Royal Fusiliers | North Russia Relief Force | 1919-08-1010 August 1919 | Sheika River, Russia |
Claude Dobson | HM Coastal Motor Boat 31 | North Russia Relief Force | 1919-08-1818 August 1919 | Kronstadt, Russia |
Gordon Steele | HM Coastal Motor Boat 88 | North Russia Relief Force | 1919-08-1818 August 1919 | Kronstadt, Russia |
Samuel Pearse | Royal Fusiliers | North Russia Relief Force | 1919-08-2929 August 1919* | Emtsa, Russia |
Henry Andrews | Indian Medical Service | Waziristan Campaign | 1919-10-2222 October 1919* | Khajuri, Waziristan |
William Kenny | 03939th Garhwal Rifles | Waziristan Campaign | 1920-01-022 January 1920* | Kot Kai, Waziristan |
Ishar Singh | 02828th Punjab Regiment | Waziristan Campaign | 1921-04-1010 April 1921 | Haidari Kach, Waziristan |
George Henderson | Manchester Regiment | Arab Revolt | 1920-07-2424 July 1920* | Hillah, Mesopotamia |
Godfrey Meynell | 01212th Frontier Force Regiment | Second Mohmand Campaign | 1935-09-2929 September 1935* | Mamund Valley, India |
000.6181 Second World War recipients‡[C] | 000.6— | Second World WarSecond World War | 1939–19451939–1945 | 000.6— |
Kenneth Muir | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Korean War | 1950-09-2323 September 1950* | Songju, Korea |
James Carne | Gloucestershire Regiment | Korean War | 1950-04-2222–23 April 1951 | Imjin River, Korea |
Philip Curtis | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry | Korean War | 1950-04-2222–23 April 1951* | Imjin River, Korea |
Bill Speakman | Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) | Korean War | 1951-11-044 November 1951 | Hill 217, Korea |
Rambahadur Limbu | 01010th Gurkha Rifles | Malaysia-Indonesia Confrontation | 1965-11-2121 November 1965 | Sarawak, Borneo |
Kevin Wheatley | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam | Vietnam War | 1965-11-1313 November 1965* | Tra Bong, Vietnam |
Peter Badcoe | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam | Vietnam War | 1967-02-2323 February 1967 7 March 1967 7 April 1967* | Huong Tra, Vietnam |
Ray Simpson | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam | Vietnam War | 1969-05-066–11 May 1969 | Kon Tum province, Vietnam |
Keith Payne | Australian Army Training Team Vietnam | Vietnam War | 1969-05-2424 May 1969 | Ben Het, Vietnam |
Herbert Jones | Parachute Regiment | Falklands War | 1982-05-2828 May 1982* | Goose Green, Falkland Islands |
Ian McKay | Parachute Regiment | Falklands War | 1982-06-1212 June 1982* | Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands |
Johnson Beharry | Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | Iraq War | 2004-05-011 May 2004 11 June 2004 | Al-Amarah, Iraq |
Bryan Budd | Parachute Regiment | War in Afghanistan | 2006-07-2727 July 2006 20 August 2006* | Sangin, Afghanistan |
James Ashworth | Grenadier Guards | War in Afghanistan | 2012-06-1313 June 2012* | Nahiri Saraj District, Afghanistan |
Joshua Leakey | Parachute Regiment | War in Afghanistan | 2013-08-2222 August 2013 | Helmand Province, Afghanistan |