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List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients#Recipients

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The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other Orders, decorations and medals; it may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilians under military command.Ashcroft, Michael; preface; XI–XIII The award was officially constituted when Queen Victoria issued a warrant under the Royal sign-manual on 29 January 1856 that was gazetted on 5 February 1856.The Gazette publishing the original Royal Warrant
{{London Gazette |issue=21846 |pages=410–411 |date=5 February 1856 }} The order was backdated to 1854 to recognise acts of valour during the Crimean War.Ashcroft, Michael; pp. 7–10 The first awards ceremony was held on 26 June 1857, where Queen Victoria invested 62 of the 111 Crimean recipients in a ceremony in Hyde Park.Ashcroft, Michael; Preface to Victoria Cross Heroes

The Victoria Cross was awarded 182 times to 181 recipients for action in the Second World War. The war, also known as World War II (WWII), was a global military conflict that involved a majority of the world's nations, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilisation of more than 100 million military personnel, making it the most widespread war in history. In a state of "total war", the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Throughout the six-year duration of the war, weapons and technology improved rapidly, including the use of jet aircraft, radar and nuclear weapons. More than 70 million people, the majority of whom were civilians, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.Ashcroft, Michael; p. 255

The start of the war is generally held to be 1 September 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by most of the Crown Colonies of the British Empire and Commonwealth, and by France. The first Victoria Cross of the war was awarded to Gerard Roope for action whilst in command of HMS Glowworm (although not gazetted until 1945). The war at sea began immediately after war was declared with the Battle of the Atlantic, in which German U-boats attempted to disrupt and destroy allied convoys. Throughout the war the Royal Navy was tasked with guarding vital shipping lanes and enabling amphibious operations across the globe; the St Nazaire Raid saw five Victoria Crosses awarded.Arthur, Max; pp. 419–422 The Battle of the Mediterranean was fought throughout the war and included the Battle of Taranto and Battle of Matapan, as well as protecting convoys including the Malta convoys. In total, 23 servicemen from the Royal Navy were awarded the Victoria Cross including one Royal Marine. Aerial warfare came into its own in World War II with several distinct roles emerging. The role of fighter planes developed during the Battle of Britain, where the Royal Air Force fought for air superiority against the Luftwaffe. The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces. It was the largest and most sustained bombing campaign until that date. Initially, RAF airfields were attacked, however as the battle progressed, operations were extended to the strategic level with The Blitz. Britain also conducted controversial strategic bombing campaigns in Europe and Asia; they involved hundreds of aircraft dropping tens of thousands of tons of munitions over a single city. Tactical strikes were also carried out by the RAF including Operation Chastise, where No. 617 Squadron RAF attacked German dams in the Ruhr valley using "bouncing bombs"; Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action.

The war on the land did not begin until May 1940, as Britain and France were involved in a Phoney War between Germany and the Franco-British alliance. The phoney war ended with the Battle of France where Germany invaded Benelux and subsequently France, which forced British troops to escape from Dunkirk. In 1941, war spread to the Middle East and North Africa as well as the East African Campaign. The United States officially joined the war in December 1941 after the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, British forces under Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Axis forces of General Erwin Rommel in the Second Battle of El Alamein, which marked a major turning point in the Western Desert campaign and the North African campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. Nine VCs were awarded for action in the Western Desert Campaign. By 1943, the war was being fought in several theatres, including the Pacific, North Africa and Southeast Asia. The Burma campaign of the Pacific War took place from 1942 to 1945, and saw 29 Victoria Crosses awarded. By 1944 and the Allied invasion of Normandy, the Allies were making ground in several theatres including advances in the Burma campaign. In Europe, the unsuccessful raid on Arnhem saw five soldiers awarded the Victoria Cross, four posthumously.Arthur, Max; pp. 497–501 In May 1945, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of German forces, celebrated with VE Day. Actions after VE Day until the war in the Pacific was ended with the surrender of Japan on board USS Missouri on 2 September 1945.Aschcroft, Michael; pp. 255–256 saw seven Commonwealth servicemen awarded the VC.

Charles Upham received the Victoria Cross and Bar; two awards for two acts. Upham was only the third recipient of the Victoria Cross and Bar, and the first for combatant actions; the previous two recipients were medical officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps.Ashcroft, Michael; p. 259

Of the 181 recipients 85 (46.96%) were awarded posthumously.

Recipients

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!Name!!Unit!!Date of action!!Place of action

{{sortname|Arthur|Aaron|Arthur Louis Aaron}}No. 218No. 218 Squadron RAFstyle="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-08-1212 August 1943*Turin, Italy{{Ref label|Air|A
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|{{sortname|Michael|Allmand}}||0066th Gurkha Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-06-1111 June 1944
23 June 1944*||Pin Hmi Road Bridge, Burma

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|{{sortname|Charles|Anderson|Charles Groves Wright Anderson}}||002.192/19th Battalion, AIF||1942-01-1818–22 January 1942||Muar, Malaya

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|{{sortname|Eric|Anderson|dab=VC}}||East Yorkshire Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-04-066 April 1943*||Battle of Wadi Akarit, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|John|Anderson|John Thompson McKellar Anderson}}||Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)||1943-04-2323 April 1943||Longstop Hill, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|Richard|Annand}}||Durham Light Infantry||1940-05-1515–16 May 1940||River Dyle, Belgium

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|{{sortname|Cyril|Barton|Cyril Joe Barton}}||No. 578No. 578 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-03-3030 March 1944*||Nuremberg, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|John|Baskeyfield}}||South Staffordshire Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-2020 September 1944*||Arnhem, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|Sidney|Bates}}||Royal Norfolk Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-08-066 August 1944*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Sourdeval, France

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|{{sortname|Ian|Bazalgette|Ian Willoughby Bazalgette}}||No. 635No. 635 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-08-044 August 1944*||Trossy St. Maximin, France{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Stephen|Beattie|Stephen Halden Beattie}}||HMS Campbeltown||1942-03-2727 March 1942||St Nazaire, France

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|{{sortname|John|Beeley}}||King's Royal Rifle Corps||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-11-2121 November 1941*||Sidi Rezegh, Libya

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|{{sortname|Premindra|Bhagat|Premindra Singh Bhagat}}||Corps of Indian Engineers||1941-01-3131 January 1941 to
1 February 1941||Gallabat, Abyssinia

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|{{sortname|Frank|Blaker}}||0099th Gurkha Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-07-099 July 1944*||Taunggyi, Burma

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|{{sortname|John|Brunt}}||Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-12-099 December 1944*||Faenza, Italy

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|{{sortname|Richard|Burton|Richard Henry Burton}}||Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment||1944-10-088 October 1944||Monte Ceco, Italy

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|{{sortname|Robert|Cain|Robert Henry Cain}}||South Staffordshire Regiment||1944-09-1717–25 September 1944||Arnhem, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|George|Cairns|George Albert Cairns}}||South Staffordshire Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-03-1313 March 1944*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Henu Block, Burma

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|{{sortname|Donald|Cameron|dab=VC}}||HMS X6||1943-09-2222 September 1943||Kåfjord, Norway

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|{{sortname|John|Campbell|John Charles Campbell}}||Royal Horse Artillery||1941-11-2121–23 November 1941||Sidi Rezegh, Libya

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|{{sortname|Kenneth|Campbell|dab=soldier}}||No. 022No. 22 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-04-066 April 1941*|||Brest, France{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Lorne|Campbell|Lorne MacLaine Campbell}}||Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)||1943-04-066 April 1943||Wadi Akarit, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|Edward|Chapman|Edward Thomas Chapman}}||Monmouthshire Regiment||1945-04-022 April 1945||Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

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|{{sortname|Edward|Charlton|Edward Colquhoun Charlton}}||Irish Guards||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-04-2121 April 1945*||Wistedt, Germany

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|{{sortname|Leonard|Cheshire}}||No. 035No. 35 Squadron RAF
No. 76 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF||1940-00-00June 1940–July 1944{{Ref label|Extended|D|}}||Over Europe{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Albert|Chowne}}||002.022/2nd Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-2525 March 1945*||Dagua, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|Aubrey|Cosens}}||Queen's Own Rifles of Canada||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-02-2625–26 February 1945*||Mooshof, Germany

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|{{sortname|John|Cruickshank}}||No. 210No. 210 Squadron RAF||1944-07-1717–18 July 1944||Atlantic Ocean{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Arthur|Cumming|Arthur Edward Cumming}}||Frontier Force Regiment||1942-01-033 January 1942||Kuantan, Malaya

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|{{sortname|David|Currie|David Vivian Currie}}||South Alberta Regiment||1944-08-1818–20 August 1944||Battle of Falaise, France

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|{{sortname|Roden|Cutler}}||Royal Australian Artillery||1941-06-1919 June 1941 to
6 July 1941||Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon

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|{{sortname|Tom|Derrick}}||002.482/48th Battalion, AIF||1943-11-2424 November 1943||Sattelberg, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|Fazal|Din}}||01010th Baluch Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-022 March 1945*||Meiktila, Burma

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|{{sortname|Dennis|Donnini}}||Royal Scots Fusiliers||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-01-1818 January 1945*||Stein, (Selfkant) Germany

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|{{sortname|Thomas|Durrant|Thomas Frank Durrant}}||Corps of Royal Engineers||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-03-2727 March 1942*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||St Nazaire, France

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|{{sortname|George|Eardley|George Harold Eardley}}||King's Shropshire Light Infantry||1944-10-1616 October 1944||Overloon, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|John|Edmondson|John Hurst Edmondson}}||002.172/17th Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-04-1313–14 April 1941*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Tobruk, Libya

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|{{sortname|Hughie|Edwards}}||No. 105No. 105 Squadron RAF||1941-07-044 July 1941||Bremen, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Keith|Elliott}}||02222nd Battalion, NZEF||1942-07-1515 July 1942||Ruweisat, Egypt

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|{{sortname|Harold|Ervine-Andrews|Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews}}||East Lancashire Regiment||1940-05-3131 May 1940 to
1 June 1940||Dunkirk, France

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|{{sortname|Eugene|Esmonde}}||825825 Naval Air Squadron||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-02-1212 February 1942*||Straits of Dover, England{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Edward|Fegen|Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen}}||HMS Jervis Bay||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-11-055 November 1940*||Atlantic Ocean

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|{{sortname|Henry|Foote|Henry Robert Bowreman Foote}}||0077th Royal Tank Regiment||1942-05-2727 May 1942 to
15 June 1942||Libya

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|{{sortname|John|Foote|John Weir Foote}}||Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps||1942-08-1919 August 1942||Dieppe, France

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|{{sortname|Ian|Fraser|Ian Edward Fraser}}||HMS XE3||1945-07-3131 July 1945||Johore Straits, Singapore

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|{{sortname|John|French|John Alexander French}}||002.092/9th Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-09-044 September 1942*||Milne Bay, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|Christopher|Furness|dab=VC}}||Welsh Guards||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-05-1717–24 May 1940*||Arras, France

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|{{sortname|Philip|Gardner|Philip John Gardner}}||0044th Royal Tank Regiment||1941-11-2323 November 1941||Tobruk, Libya

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|{{sortname|Donald|Garland|Donald Edward Garland}}||No. 012No. 12 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-05-1212 May 1940*||Albert Canal, Belgium{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Yeshwant|Ghadge}}||Maratha Light Infantry||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-07-1010 July 1944*||Upper Tiber Valley, Italy

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|{{sortname|Gaje|Ghale}}||0055th Gurkha Rifles||1943-05-2424 May 1943||Chin Hills, Burma

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|{{sortname|Guy|Gibson}}||No. 617No. 617 Squadron RAF||1943-05-1616 May 1943{{Ref label|Gibson|E|}}||Möhne Dam, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|James|Gordon|James Heather Gordon}}||002.312/31st Battalion, AIF||1941-07-1010 July 1941||Djezzine, Syria

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|{{sortname|Thomas|Gould|Thomas William Gould}}||HMS Thrasher||1942-02-1616 February 1942||Crete, Mediterranean Sea

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|{{sortname|Percival|Gratwick|Percival Eric Gratwick}}||002.482/48th Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-10-2525–26 October 1942*||Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt

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|{{sortname|Robert|Gray|Robert Hampton Gray}} (RCNVR) ||{{HMS|Formidable|67|6}}||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-08-099 August 1945*||Honshū, Japan{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Thomas|Gray|dab=VC}}||No. 012No. 12 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-05-1212 May 1940*||Albert Canal, Belgium{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|John|Grayburn|John Hollington Grayburn}}||Parachute Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-1717–20 September 1944*||Arnhem, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|George|Gristock}}||Royal Norfolk Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-05-2121 May 1940*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||River Escaut, Belgium

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|{{sortname|George|Gunn|George Ward Gunn}}||0033rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-11-2121 November 1941*||Sidi Rezegh, Libya

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|{{sortname|Arthur|Gurney|Arthur Stanley Gurney}}||002.482/48th Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-07-2222 July 1942*||El Alamein, Egypt

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|{{sortname|Bhanbhagta|Gurung}}||0022nd Gurkha Rifles||1945-03-055 March 1945||Tamandu, Burma

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|{{sortname|Lachhiman|Gurung}}||0088th Gurkha Rifles||1945-05-1212–13 May 1945||Taungdaw, Burma

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|{{sortname|Thaman|Gurung}}||0085th Gurkha Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-11-1010 November 1944*||Monte San Bartolo, Italy

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|{{sortname|Abdul|Hafiz|dab=VC}}||0099th Jat Infantry||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-04-066 April 1944*||Imphal, India

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|{{sortname|Ali|Haidar|dab=military}}||01313th Frontier Force Rifles||1945-04-099 April 1945||Fusignano, Italy

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|{{sortname|John|Hannah|dab=VC}}||No. 083No. 83 Squadron RAF||1940-09-1515 September 1940||Antwerp, Belgium{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Eric|Harden|Henry Eric Harden}}||Royal Army Medical Corps||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-01-2323 January 1945*||Brachterbeek, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|John|Harman|John Pennington Harman}}||Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-04-088–9 April 1944*||Kohima, India

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|{{sortname|John|Harper|John William Harper}}||York and Lancaster Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-2929 September 1944*||Antwerp, Belgium

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|{{sortname|Jack|Hinton}}||0022nd Division, NZEF||1941-04-2929 April 1941||Kalamai, Greece

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|{{sortname|Charles|Hoey|Charles Ferguson Hoey}}||Lincolnshire Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-02-1616 February 1944*||Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma

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|{{sortname|Stanley|Hollis}}||Green Howards||1944-06-066 June 1944||Normandy, France

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|{{sortname|David|Hornell|David Ernest Hornell}}||No. 162No. 162 Squadron RCAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-06-2424 June 1944*||Faroes, Atlantic Ocean{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Alec|Horwood|Alec George Horwood}}||Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-01-1818–20 January 1944*||Kyauchaw, Burma

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|{{sortname|Clive|Hulme}}||0022nd Division, NZEF||1941-05-2020–28 May 1941||Crete, Greece

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|{{sortname|Thomas|Hunter|Thomas Peck Hunter}}||04343 Commando||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-04-022 April 1945*||Lake Comacchio, Italy

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|{{sortname|James|Jackman}}||Royal Northumberland Fusiliers||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-11-2525 November 1941*||Tobruk, Libya

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|{{sortname|Norman|Jackson|Norman Cyril Jackson}}||No. 106No. 106 Squadron RAF||1944-04-2626 April 1944||Schweinfurt, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Namdeo|Jadav}}||Maratha Light Infantry||1945-04-099 April 1945||Senio River, Italy

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|{{sortname|David|Jamieson|David Auldjo Jamieson}}||Royal Norfolk Regiment||1944-08-077–8 August 1944||Grimbosq, France

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|{{sortname|Francis|Jefferson|Francis Arthur Jefferson}}||Lancashire Fusiliers||1944-05-1616 May 1944||Monte Cassino, Italy

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|{{sortname|Karamjeet|Judge|Karamjeet Singh Judge}}||01515th Punjab Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-1818 March 1945*||Meiktila, Burma

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|{{sortname|Richard|Kelliher}}||002.252/25th Battalion, AIF||1943-09-1313 September 1943||New Guinea

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|{{sortname|Edward|Kenna}}||002.042/4th Battalion, AIF||1945-05-1515 May 1945||Wewak, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|John|Kenneally|John Patrick Kenneally}}||Irish Guards||1943-04-2828 April 1943||Dj. Arada, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|Geoffrey|Keyes|Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes}}||No. 011No. 11 (Scottish) Commando||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-11-1717–18 November 1941*||Beda Littoria, Libya

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|{{sortname|William|Kibby|William Henry Kibby}}||002.482/48th Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-10-2323–31 October 1942*||El Alamein, Egypt

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|{{sortname|Bruce|Kingsbury}}||002.142/14th Battalion, AIF||1942-08-2929 August 1942||Isurava, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|George|Knowland|George Arthur Knowland}}||No. 001No. 1 Commando||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-01-3131 January 1945*||Kangaw, Burma

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|{{sortname|Ganju|Lama}}||0077th Gurkha Rifles||1944-06-1212 June 1944||Ningthoukhong, India

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|{{sortname|Anders|Lassen}}||Special Air Service||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-04-088–9 April 1945*||Lake Comacchio, Italy

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|{{sortname|Herbert|Le Patourel|Herbert Wallace Le Patourel}}||Hampshire Regiment||1942-12-033 December 1942||Tebourba, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|Nigel|Leakey|Nigel Gray Leakey}}||King's African Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-05-1919 May 1941*||Colito, Abyssinia

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|{{sortname|Roderick|Learoyd|Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd}}||No. 049No. 49 Squadron RAF||1940-08-1212 August 1940||Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Ian|Liddell|Ian Oswald Liddell}}||Coldstream Guards||1945-04-033 April 1945||Lingen, Germany

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|{{sortname|John|Linton|John Wallace Linton}}||HMS Pandora
HMS Turbulent||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1939-00-00September 1939 to
23 March 1943*{{Ref label|Extended|D|}}||Mediterranean Sea

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|{{sortname|David|Lord|David Lord (officer)}}||No. 271 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-1919 September 1944*||Arnhem, the Netherlands{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Charles|Lyell|Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell}}||Scots Guards||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-04-2222–27 April 1943*||Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|John|Mackey|John Bernard Mackey}}||002.032/3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-05-1212 May 1945*||Tarakan Island, Borneo

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|{{sortname|James|Magennis|James Joseph Magennis}}||HMS XE3||1945-07-3131 July 1945||Johore Straits, Singapore

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|{{sortname|John|Mahony|John Keefer Mahony}}||Westminster Regiment||1944-05-2424 May 1944||River Melfa, Italy

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|{{sortname|Hugh|Malcolm|Hugh Gordon Malcolm}}||No. 018No. 18 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-12-044 December 1942*||Chougui, Tunisia{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Leslie|Manser|Leslie Thomas Manser}}||No. 050No. 50 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-05-3030 May 1942*||Cologne, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Jack|Mantle|Jack Foreman Mantle}}||HMS Foylebank||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-07-044 July 1940*||Portland, England

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|{{sortname|Charles|Merritt}}||South Saskatchewan Regiment||1942-08-1919 August 1942||Dieppe, France

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|{{sortname|Ron|Middleton|Ron Middleton (VC)|}} (RAAF)||No. 149No. 149 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-11-2828 November 1942*||Turin, Italy{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Anthony|Miers}}||HMS Torbay||1942-03-044–5 March 1942||Corfu, Greece

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|{{sortname|George|Mitchell|George Allan Mitchell}}||London Scottish||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-01-2323–24 January 1944*||Damiano Ridge, Italy

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|{{sortname|Andrew|Mynarski}}||No. 419No. 419 Squadron RCAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-06-1212 June 1944*||Cambrai, France{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|John|Nettleton|John Dering Nettleton}}||No. 044No. 44 Squadron RAF||1942-04-1717 April 1942||Augsburg, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Augustus|Newman|Augustus Charles Newman}}||Essex Regiment||1942-03-2828 March 1942||St Nazaire, France

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|{{sortname|William|Newton|William Ellis Newton}}||No. 022No. 22 Squadron RAAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-03-1616–18 March 1943*{{Ref label|Extended|D|}}{{Ref label|Newton|F|}}||New Guinea{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa|Ngarimu}}||02828th Māori Battalion, NZEF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-03-2626–27 March 1943*||Tebaga Gap, Tunisia

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|{{sortname|Harry|Nicholls|dab=VC}}||Grenadier Guards||1940-05-2121 May 1940||River Escaut, Belgium

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|{{sortname|Eric|Nicolson|Eric James Brindley Nicolson}}||No. 249No. 249 Squadron RAF||1940-08-1616 August 1940||Southampton, England{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Gerard|Norton|Gerard Ross Norton}}||Kaffrarian Rifles, South African Army||1944-08-3131 August 1944||Montegridolfo, Italy

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|{{sortname|John|Osborn|John Robert Osborn}}||Winnipeg Grenadiers||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-12-1919 December 1941*||Mount Butler, Hong Kong

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|{{sortname|Robert|Palmer|Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer}}||No. 109No. 109 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-12-2323 December 1944*{{Ref label|Extended|D|}}||Cologne, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

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|{{sortname|Frank|Partridge|Frank John Partridge}}||0088th Battalion, Militia (Australia) ||1945-07-2424 July 1945||Bougainville, New Guinea

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|{{sortname|Frederick|Peters|Frederick Thornton Peters}}||HMS Walney||1942-11-088 November 1942||Oran, Algeria

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|{{sortname|Basil|Place|Basil Charles Godfrey Place}}||HMS X7||1943-09-2222 September 1943||Kåfjord, Norway

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|{{sortname|Patrick|Porteous|Patrick Anthony Porteous}}||Royal Regiment of Artillery||1942-08-1919 August 1942||Dieppe, France

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|{{sortname|Tul|Pun|Tul Bahadur Pun}}||0066th Gurkha Rifles||1944-06-2323 June 1944||Mogaung, Burma

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|{{sortname|Lionel|Queripel}}||01010th Parachute Battalion||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-1919 September 1944*||Arnhem, the Netherlands

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|{{sortname|Agansing|Rai}}||0055th Gurkha Rifles||1944-06-2626 June 1944||Bishenpur, India

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|{{sortname|Bhandari|Ram}}||01010th Baluch Regiment||1944-11-2222 November 1944||Arakan, Burma

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|{{sortname|Chhelu|Ram}}||0066th Rajputana Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-04-1919–20 April 1943*||Djebel Garci, Tunisia

|-

|{{sortname|Kamal|Ram}}||0088th Punjab Regiment||1944-05-1212 May 1944||River Gari, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Richhpal|Ram}}||0066th Rajputana Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-02-077–8 February 1941||Keren, Eritrea

|-

|{{sortname|John|Randle|John Neil Randle}}||Royal Norfolk Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-05-044–6 May 1944*||Kohima, India

|-

|{{sortname|Reginald|Rattey|Reginald Roy Rattey}}||002.2525th Battalion, Militia (Australia)||1945-03-2222 March 1945||Bougainville, Solomon Islands

|-

|{{sortname|Claud|Raymond}}||Corps of Royal Engineers||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-2121 March 1945*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Talaku, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|William|Reid|William Reid (VC)}}||No. 061No. 61 Squadron RAF||1943-11-033 November 1943||Düsseldorf, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Peter|Roberts|Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts}}||HMS Thrasher||1942-02-1616 February 1942||Crete, Mediterranean Sea

|-

|{{sortname|Maurice|Rogers|Maurice Albert Windham Rogers}}||Wiltshire Regiment||1944-06-033 June 1944||Anzio, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Gerard|Roope|Gerard Broadmead Roope}}||HMS Glowworm||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-04-088 April 1940||Norwegian Sea, off Trondheim

|-

|{{sortname|Robert|Ryder}}||HMS Campbeltown||1942-03-2828 March 1942||St Nazaire, France

|-

|{{sortname|Willward|Sandys-Clarke|Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke}}||Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-04-2323 April 1943*||Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia

|-

|{{sortname|William|Savage|William Alfred Savage}}||HM Motor Gun BoatHM Motor Gun Boat||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-03-2828 March 1942*||St Nazaire, France

|-

|{{sortname|Arthur|Scarf|Arthur Stewart King Scarf}}||No. 062No. 62 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-12-099 December 1941*||Singora, Malaya{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Derek|Seagrim|Derek Anthony Seagrim}}||Green Howards||1943-03-2020–21 March 1943||Mareth Line, Tunisia

|-

|{{sortname|Alfred|Sephton|Alfred Edward Sephton}}||HMS Coventry||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1941-05-1818 May 1941*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Crete, Mediterranean Sea

|-

|{{sortname|Sher|Shah|Sher Shah (VC)}}||01616th Punjab Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-01-1919–20 January 1945*||Kyeyebyin, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Robert|Sherbrooke|Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke}}||HMS Onslow||1942-12-3131 December 1942||North Cape, Norway

|-

|{{sortname|William|Sidney|William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle}}||Grenadier Guards||1944-02-088–9 February 1944||Anzio, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Gian|Singh|Gian Singh (soldier)}}||01515th Punjab Regiment||1945-03-022 March 1945||Myingyan, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Nand|Singh}}||Sikh Regiment||1944-03-1111–12 March 1944||Maungdaw–Buthidaung Road, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Parkash|Singh}}||0088th Punjab Regiment||1943-01-066 January 1943||Donbaik, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Prakash|Singh Chib}}||01313th Frontier Force Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-02-1616–17 February 1945*||Kanlan Ywathit, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Ram|Singh|Ram Sarup Singh}}||0011st Punjab Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-10-2525 October 1944*||Tiddim, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Umrao|Singh}}||Royal Indian Artillery||1944-12-1515–16 December 1944||Kaladan Valley, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Ernest|Smith}}||Seaforth Highlanders of Canada||1944-10-2121–22 October 1944||River Savio, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Quentin|Smythe|Quentin George Murray Smythe}}||Royal Natal Carabineers, South African Army||1942-06-055 June 1942||Alem Hamza, Egypt

|-

|{{sortname|Richard|Stannard|Richard Been Stannard}}||HMT Arab||1940-04-2828 April 1940 to
2 May 1940||Namsos, Norway

|-

|{{sortname|Leslie|Starcevich|Leslie Thomas Starcevich}}||002.432/43rd Battalion, AIF||1945-06-2828 June 1945||Beaufort, Borneo

|-

|{{sortname|James|Stokes}}||King's Shropshire Light Infantry||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-011 March 1945*||Kervenheim, Germany

|-

|{{sortname|Sefanaia|Sukanaivalu}}||Fiji Infantry Regiment||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-06-2323 June 1944*||Bougainville, Solomon Islands

|-

|{{sortname|Edwin|Swales}} (SAAF)||No. 582No. 582 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-02-2323 February 1945*||Pforzheim, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Lalbahadur|Thapa}}||0022nd Gurkha Rifles||1943-04-055–6 April 1943||Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia

|-

|{{sortname|Netrabahadur|Thapa}}||0055th Gurkha Rifles||1944-06-2525–26 June 1944||Bishenpur, India

|-

|{{sortname|Sher|Thapa|Sher Bahadur Thapa}}||0099th Gurkha Rifles||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-09-1818–19 September 1944*||San Marino, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|George|Thompson|George Thompson (VC)}}||No. 009No. 9 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-01-011 January 1945*{{Ref label|wounddied|C|}}||Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Frederick|Tilston|Frederick Albert Tilston}}||Essex Scottish Regiment||1945-03-011 March 1945||Uedem, Germany

|-

|{{sortname|Frederick|Topham|Frederick George Topham}}||0011st Canadian Parachute Battalion||1945-03-2424 March 1945||Rhine, Germany

|-

|{{sortname|Leonard|Trent|Leonard Henry Trent}}||No. 487No. 487 Squadron RNZAF||1943-05-033 May 1943||Amsterdam, the Netherlands{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Lloyd|Trigg|Lloyd Allan Trigg}} (RNZAF)||No. 200No. 200 Squadron RAF||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1943-08-1111 August 1943*||Atlantic Ocean{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Paul|Triquet}}||Royal 22e Régiment||1943-12-1414 December 1943||Casa Berardi, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Hanson|Turner|Hanson Victor Turner}}||West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1944-06-066–7 June 1944*||Ningthoukhong, India

|-

|{{sortname|Victor|Turner|Victor Buller Turner}}||Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)||1942-10-2727 October 1942||El Alamein, Egypt

|-

|{{sortname|Charles|Upham}}||0022nd Division, NZEF||1941-05-2222–30 May 1941
14–15 July 1942{{Ref label|Bar|B|}}||Crete, Greece
El Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt

|-

|{{sortname|Richard|Wakeford}}||Hampshire Regiment||1944-05-1313 May 1944||Cassino, Italy

|-

|{{sortname|Adam|Wakenshaw|Adam Herbert Wakenshaw}}||Durham Light Infantry||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-06-2727 June 1942*||Mersa Matruh, Egypt

|-

|{{sortname|Malcolm|Wanklyn|Malcolm David Wanklyn}}||HMS Upholder||1941-05-2424 May 1941||Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

|-

|{{sortname|Bernard|Warburton-Lee}}||HMS Hardy||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1940-04-1010 April 1940*||Ofotfjord, Norway

|-

|{{sortname|James|Ward|James Allen Ward}} RNZAF||No. 075No. 75 Squadron RAF||1941-07-077 July 1941||Munster, Germany{{Ref label|Air|A|}}

|-

|{{sortname|Tasker|Watkins}}||Welch Regiment||1944-08-1616 August 1944||Barfour, France

|-

|{{sortname|Basil|Weston|William Basil Weston}}||Green Howards||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1945-03-033 March 1945*||Meiktila, Burma

|-

|{{sortname|Thomas|Wilkinson|Thomas Wilkinson (Royal Naval Reserve officer)}}||HMS Li Wo||style="background:#e3d9ff;"|1942-02-1414 February 1942*||Java Sea, Malaya

|-

|{{sortname|Eric|Wilson|Eric Charles Twelves Wilson}}||East Surrey Regiment||1940-08-1111–15 August 1940||Observation Hill, Somaliland

|-

|{{sortname|Peter|Wright|Peter Harold Wright}}||Coldstream Guards||1943-09-2525 September 1943||Salerno, Italy

|}

Notes

  • A {{note|Air}}Victoria Cross was awarded for actions during air combat.
  • B {{note|Bar}}This was a Bar to the Victoria Cross
  • C {{note|wounddied}}Recipient died of their wounds
  • D {{note|Extended}}Recipient awarded the Victoria Cross for an extended period of sustained courage and outstanding leadership, rather than a single act of valour.
  • E {{note|Gibson}}Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross primarily for the raid, but also for leadership and valour demonstrated as master bomber on many previous sorties.
  • F {{note|Newton}}Newton was captured by Japanese Forces and beheaded 11 days later.Arthur, Max; p. 38
  • G  Sergeant H.V. Turner, Subedar Netrabahadur Thapa, Naik Agansing Rai and Rifleman Ganju Lama won their VCs in combat in the state of Manipur in India but the citations wrongly referred to the locations as being in Burma. These errors have been rectified in the list above.

References

;General

  • {{cite book |last=Arthur |first=Max |author-link=Max Arthur |title=Symbol of Courage; Men behind the Medal |publisher=Pan Books |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-330-49133-4}}
  • {{cite book |last = Ashcroft |first = Michael |author-link = Michael Ashcroft |title = Victoria Cross Heroes |publisher = Headline Book Publishing |year = 2006 |isbn = 0-7553-1632-0 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/victoriacrossher0000ashc }}
  • {{cite book |last=Crook |first=M. J. |title=The Evolution of the Victoria Cross |publisher=Midas Books |year=1975 |isbn=0-85936-041-5}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/victoriacross.asp |title=Victoria Cross Registers |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=11 April 2008}}

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