VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917

VCs of the First World War - Passchendaele 1917

The following eleven soldiers received the Victoria Cross as a result of deeds during the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 during World War I:

*Colin Fraser Barron
*Alexander Edwards
*Thomas William Holmes
*Clarence Smith Jeffries
*Cecil John Kinross
*Lewis McGee
*George Harry Mullin
*Christopher Patrick John O'Kelly
*George Randolph Pearkes
*James Peter Robertson
*Robert Shankland

For a list of all VCs awarded during the War, see List of First World War Victoria Cross recipients


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