- List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
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Victoria Cross es were awarded to 181 service personnel for gallant acts carried out during theSecond World War . The following 180 recipients were awarded theVictoria Cross for theSecond World War (1939–1945).Charles Upham received theVictoria Cross and bar; two awards for two separate acts.A to E
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Arthur Louis Aaron - 1943; Turin, Italy-air action
*Abdul Hafiz - 1944; Imphal, India
*Agansing Rai - 1944; Bishenpur, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Ali Haidar - 1945; Fusignano, Italy
*Michael Allmand - 1944; Pin Hmi Road Bridge, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Charles Groves Wright Anderson - 1942; Muar River, Malaya
*Eric Anderson - 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
*John Thompson McKellar Anderson - 1943; Longstop Hill, Tunisia
*Richard Wallace Annand - 1940; River Dyle, Belgium
*Cyril Joe Barton - 1944; Nuremberg, Germany-air action
*John Daniel Baskeyfield - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
*Sidney Bates - 1944; Sourdeval, France
*Ian Willoughby Bazalgette - 1944; Trossy St. Maximin, France-air action
*Stephen Halden Beattie - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
*John Beeley - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
*Bhanbhagta Gurung - 1945; Tamandu, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Bhandari Ram - 1944; Arakan, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Frank Gerald Blaker - 1944; Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
*John Henry Cound Brunt - 1944; Faenza, Italy
*Richard Henry Burton - 1944; Monte Ceco, Italy
*Robert Henry Cain - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
*George Albert Cairns - 1944; Henu Block, Burma (now Myanmar)
* Donald Cameron - 1943; Kaafjord, Norway
*John Charles Campbell - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
*Kenneth Campbell - 6 April 1941; Brest, France
*Lorne MacLaine Campbell - 6 April 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
*Edward Colquhoun Charlton - 21 April 1945; Wistedt Germany
*Edward Thomas Chapman - 1945; Dortmund-Ems canal, Germany
*Leonard Geoffrey Cheshire — 1940; Germany
*Chhelu Ram - 1943; Djebel Garci, Tunisia
*Albert Chowne - 1945; Dagua, New Guinea
*Wilwood Alexander Sandys Clarke - 1943; Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia
*Aubrey Cosens - 1945; Mooshof, Germany
*John Alexander Cruickshank - 1944; Atlantic-air action
*Arthur Edward Cumming - 1942; Kuantan, Malaya
*David Vivian Currie - 1944; Battle of Falaise, France
*Arthur Roden Cutler - 1941; Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon
*Thomas Currie Derrick - 1943; Sattelberg, New Guinea
*Dennis Donnini - 1945; Roer, Holland
*Thomas Frank Durrant - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
*George Harold Eardley - 1944; Overloon, Holland
*John Hurst Edmondson - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
*Hughie Idwal Edwards - 1941; Bremen, Germany-air action
*Keith Elliott - 1942; Ruweisat, Egypt
*Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews - 1940; Dunkirk, France
*Eugene Esmonde - 1942; Straits of Dover, England-air actionF to L
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Fazal Din - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen - 1940; Atlantic
*Henry Robert Bowreman Foote - 1942; Libya
*John Weir Foote - 1942; Dieppe, France
*Ian Edward Fraser - 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore
*John Alexander French - 1942; Milne Bay, New Guinea
*The Hon. Christopher Furness - 1940; Arras, France
*Gaje Ghale - 1943; Chin Hills, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Ganju Lama - 1944; Ningthoukhong, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Philip John Gardner - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
*Donald Edward Garland - 1940; Albert Canal, Belgium-air combat
*Gian Singh - 1945; Kamye, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Guy Penrose Gibson - 1943; Mohne Dam, Germany-air combat
*James Heather Gordon - 1941; Djezzine, Syria
*Thomas William Gould - 1942; Crete, Mediterranean
*Percival Eric Gratwick - 1942; Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
*Robert Hampton Gray - 1945; Honshū, Japan-air combat
*Thomas Gray - 1940; Albert Canal, Belgium-air combat
*John Hollington Grayburn - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
*George Gristock - 1940; River Escaut, Belgium
*George Ward Gunn - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
*Arthur Stanley Gurney - 1942; Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt
*John Hannah - 1940; Antwerp, Belgium-air combat
*Henry Eric Harden - 1945; Brachterbeek, Holland
*John Pennington Harman - 1944; Kohima, India
*John William Harper - 1944; Antwerp, Belgium
*John Daniel Hinton - 1941; Kalamai, Greece
*Charles Ferguson Hoey - 1944; Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Stanley Elton Hollis - 1944; Normandy, France
*David Ernest Hornell - 1944; Faroes, Atlantic-air combat
*Alec George Horwood - 1944; Kyauchaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Alfred Clive Hulme - 1941; Crete, Greece
*Thomas Peck Hunter - 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy
*James Joseph Bernard Jackman - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
*Norman Cyril Jackson - 1944; Schweinfurt, Germany-air combat
*David Auldjo Jamieson - 1944; Grimbosq, France
*Francis Arthur Jefferson - 1944; Monte Casino, Italy
*Kamal Ram - 1944; River Gari, Italy
*Karamjeet Singh Judge - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Richard Kelliher - 1943; New Guinea
*Edward Kenna - 1945; Wewak, New Guinea
*John Patrick Kenneally - 1943; Dj. Arada, Tunisia
*Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes - 1941; Beda Littoria, Libya
*William Henry Kibby - 1942; Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
*Bruce Steel Kingsbury - 1942; Isurava, New Guinea
*George Arthur Knowland - 1945; Kangaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Lachhiman Gurung - 1945; Taungdaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Lalbahadur Thapa - 1943; Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia
*Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen - 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy
*Herbert Wallace Le Patourel - 1942; Tebourba, Tunisia
*Nigel Gray Leakey - 1941; Colito, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
*Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd - 1940; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany-air combat
*Ian Oswald Liddell - 1945; Lingen, Germany
*John Wallace Linton - 1943; Mediterranean
*David Samuel Anthony Lord - 1944; Arnhem, Holland-air action
*Charles Antony, The Lord, Lyell - 1943; Dj Bou Arada, TunisiaM to S
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John Bernard Mackey - 1945; Tarakan Island, Borneo
*James Joseph Magennis - 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore
*John Keefer Mahony - 1944; River Melfa, Italy
*Hugh Gordon Malcolm - 1942; Chougui, Tunisia-air combat
*Leslie Thomas Manser - 1942; Cologne, Germany-air combat
*Jack Foreman Mantle - 1940; Portland, England
*Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt - 1942; Dieppe, France
*Rawdon Hume Middleton - 1942; Turin, Italy-air combat
*Anthony Cecil Capel Miers - 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece
*George Allan Mitchell - 1944; Damiano Ridge, Italy
*Andrew Charles Mynarski - 1944; Cambrai, France-air combat
*Namdeo Jadav - 1945; Senio River, Italy
*Nand Singh - 1944; Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Netrabahadur Thapa - 1944; Bishenpur, Burma (now Myanmar)
*John Dering Nettleton - 1942; Augsberg, Germany-air combat
*Augustus Charles Newman - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
*William Ellis Newton - 1943; New Guinea-air combat
*Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu - 1943; Tebaga Gap, Tunisia
*Harry Nicholls - 1940; River Escaut, Belgium
*Eric James Brindley Nicolson - 1940; Southampton, England-air combat
*Gerard Ross Norton - 1944; Monte Gidolfo, Italy
*John Robert Osborn - 1941; Mount Butler, Hong Kong
*Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer - 1944; Cologne, Germany-air combat
*Parkash Singh - 1943; Donbaik, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Frank John Partridge - 1945; Bougainville, New Guinea
*Frederick Thornton Peters - 1942; Oran, Algeria
*Basil Charles Godfrey Place - 1943; Kaafjord, Norway
*Patrick Anthony Porteous - 1942; Dieppe, France
*Prakash Singh - 1945; Kanlan Ywathit, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Premindra Singh Bhagat - 1941; Gallabat, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
*Lionel Ernest Queripel - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
*Ram Sarup Singh - 1944; Kennedy Peak, Burma (now Myanmar)
*John Neil Randle - 1944; Kohima, India
*Reginald Roy Rattey - 1945; Bougainville, Solomon Islands
*Claude Raymond - 1945; Talaku, Burma (now Myanmar)
*William Reid - 1943; Dusseldorf, Germany-air combat
*Richhpal Ram - 1941; Keren, Eritrea
*Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts - 1942; Crete, Mediterranean
*Maurice Albert Windham Rogers - 1944; Anzio, Italy
*Gerard Broadmead Roope - 1940; West Ford, Norway
*Robert Edward Dudley Ryder - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
*William Alfred Savage - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
*Arthur Stewart King Scarf - 1941; Singora, Malaya-air combat
*Derek Anthony Seagrim - 1943; Mareth Line, Tunisia
*Alfred Edward Sephton - 1941; Crete, Mediterranean
*Sher Bahadur Thapa - 1944; San Marino, Italy
*Sher Shah - 1945; Kyeyebyin, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke - 1942; North Cape, Norway
*William Philip Sidney - 1944; Anzio, Italy
*Ernest Alvia ("Smokey") Smith - 1944; River Savio, Italy
*Quentin George Murray Smythe - 1942; Alem Hamza, Egypt
*Richard Been Stannard - 1940; Namsos, Norway
*Leslie Thomas Starcevich - 1945; Beaufort, Borneo
*James Stokes - 1945; Kervenheim, Germany
*Sefanaia Sukanaivalu - 1944; Bougainville, Solomon Islands
*Edwin Swales - 1945; Pforzheim, Germany-air combatT to Y
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Thaman Gurung - 1944; Monte San Bartolo, Italy
*George Thompson - 1945; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany-air combat
*Frederick Albert Tilston - 1945; Hochwald Forest, Germany
*Frederick George Topham - 1945; Rhine, Germany
*Leonard Henry Trent - 1943; Amsterdam, Holland-air combat
*Lloyd Allan Trigg - 1943; Atlantic-air combat
*Paul Triquet - 1943; Casa Berardi, Italy
*Tulbahadur Pun - 1944; Mogaung, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Hanson Victor Turner - 1944; Ningthoukhong, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Victor Buller Turner - 1942; El Aqqaqir, Egypt
*Umrao Singh - 1944; Kaladan Valley, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Charles Hazlitt Upham - 1941; Crete, Greece and 1942; Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
*Richard Wakeford - 1944; Cassino, Italy
*Adam Herbert Wakenshaw - 1942; Mersa Matruh, Egypt
*Malcolm David Wanklyn - 1941; Sicily, Mediterranean
*Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee - 1940; Narvik, Norway
*James Allen Ward - 1941; Munster, Germany-air combat
*Tasker Watkins - 1944; Barfour, France
*William Basil Weston - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
*Thomas Wilkinson - 1942; Java Sea, Malaya
*Eric Charles Twelves Wilson - 1940; Observation Hill, Somaliland (now Somalia)
*Peter Harold Wright - 1943; Salerno, Italy
*Yeshwant Ghadge - 1944; Upper Tiber Valley, Italyee also
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