Victoria Cross holder
The Victoria Cross is the most prestigious decoration in the British honours system, awarded to members of the British armed forces and to the other Commonwealth nations during the world wars. The VC is earned by acts of valour in the presence of the enemy. Tell us their stories.
Captain Anketell Moutray Read VC
Lieutenant Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC
Rifleman Thaman Gurung VC 55537, 1st Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
Lieutenant Colonel Neville Bowes Elliott-Cooper VC, DSO, MC, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Regiment
Lieutenant William Basil Weston - 'The Final Supreme Self-Sacrifice'
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