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.

Private James Peter Robertson VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder TYNE COT CEMETERY

Captain Anketell Moutray Read VC

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder Pre-war sportsman/woman DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS

Lieutenant Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson VC

First World War Army Canadian Victoria Cross holder THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Rifleman Thaman Gurung VC 55537, 1st Bn., 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)

Second World War Army Indian Victoria Cross holder RIMINI GURKHA WAR CEMETERY

By Donald Pease-Macaulay

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Colonel Neville Bowes Elliott-Cooper VC, DSO, MC, 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Regiment

First World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder HAMBURG CEMETERY

By Sarah Whithorn

United Kingdom

Lieutenant William Basil Weston - 'The Final Supreme Self-Sacrifice'

Second World War Army United Kingdom Victoria Cross holder TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

By MALCOLM PEEL

United Kingdom

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