Cpl W Cosgrove VC
Early on 25 April 1915 the collier SS River Clyde ran ashore on V Beach, Cape Helles, carrying 2,000 troops who were to support the initial landings. The 1st Munster Fusiliers were amongst the first...
View ArticleLt John S Dunville VC
Near Epehy, France, 24/25 June. On 24/25 June 1917 2nd Lt John Dunville (1st Royal Dragoons) won a posthumous VC. Although he was a member of a cavalry unit, he won his award for his role as an...
View ArticleSergeant Thomas Steele VC
Near Sannai-y-Yat, Mesopotamia, 22 February 1917 The slow advance towards the town of Kut-el-Amara had reached Sannai-y-Yat by 22 February. On this day, according to the war diary of the 1st Seaforths...
View ArticleMajor George Campbell Wheeler VC
In the early part of 1917 one of the tasks of the British troops was to clear the enemy from the important bends in the River Tigris in the progress towards Baghdad. Such an operation was mounted at...
View ArticleSidney Frank Godley VC
Sidney Frank Godley was awarded his Victoria Cross in Belgium for valour during the Battle of Mons on 23 August 1914. As a result, he became the first private soldier to be awarded the decoration in...
View ArticleHarry Sherwood Ranken VC
Captain Harry Ranken will be the first Glasgow-born VC winner from the Great War to have a commemorative paving stone erected to his memory in the Scottish city this September (2014). It was an award...
View ArticleLt Frank Alexander de Pass VC
Frank Alexander de Pass VC has been remembered with a centenary commemorative paving stone laid in London on 24 November 2014. Despite being born in Kensington, the place chosen for the stone turned...
View ArticlePrivates Abraham Acton VC and James Smith VC
Six men won the Victoria Cross on the Western Front in December 1914, of whom two were from Cumberland. Both men were served with the 2nd Border Regiment of 20th Infantry Brigade, 7th Division. Their...
View ArticleCaptain Eustace Jotham VC
The only serviceman to win the VC during the First World War in January 1915 was Captain Eustace Jotham. A centenary commemorative paving stone iss due to be unveiled one hundred years later on 7...
View ArticleLance-Corporal M J O'Leary VC
On 1 February 2015 a commemorative paving stone will be dedicated at Macroom, County Cork to mark the centenary of L/Cpl Michael O'Leary's VC winning action. This is the second such stone to...
View Article14 February 1916 How Lieutenant Eric McNair won his VC
Eric McNair Eric Archibald McNair, Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment. by Gerald Gliddon This account is based upon the entry for McNair in VCs of the First World War: Cambrai 1917 published...
View ArticleThe story of how 2nd Lieut. Edward Felix Baxter was awarded the VC
Edward Felix Baxter VC from a cigarette card The short biography that follows is based on the account which appears in Gerald Gliddon's 'VCs of the First World War: Cambrai 1917' (The History...
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