Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

This list was was originally created by Mike Chapman of (mikec@chapter-one.com). Re-created here by Keith Petvin-Scudamore.

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All Recipients in Royal Navy - 84 Awards

List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
This is a list of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy.

Midshipman Edward St. John Daniel VC (17 January 1837 – 20 May 1868) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

HMS Alexandria
Israel Harding 1882; Alexandria, Egypt

HMS Ardent
John Roberts 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea

HMS Arrogant
John Bythesea 1854; Aland Islands, Finland
George Ingouville 1855; Fort of Viborg, Finland
William Johnstone 1854; Aland Islands, Finland

HMS B11
Norman Douglas Holbrook 1914; Dardanelles, Turkey

HMS Beagle
William Nathan Wrighte Hewett 1854; Sebastopol, Crimea
Joseph Trewavas 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea

HMS C.3
Richard Douglas Sandford 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium

HMS Caledon
John Henry Carless 1917; Battle of Heligoland, Germany

HMS Campbletown
Stephen Halden Beattie (1942; St. Nazaire, France)
Robert Edward Dudley Ryder (1942; St. Nazaire, France)

HMS Chester
John Cornwell 1916; Battle of Jutland, Denmark

HM Coastal Motor Boat 4
Augustine William Shelton Agar (1919; Kronstadt, Russia)

HM Coastal Motor Boat 31
Claude Congreve Dobson 1919; Kronstadt, Russia

HM Coastal Motor Boat 88
Gordon Charles Steele 1919; Kronstadt, Russia

HMS Comet
Edger Christopher Cookson 1915; Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia

HMS Coventry
Alfred Edward Sephton 1941; Crete, Mediterranean

HMS Diamond
Edward St. John Daniel 1854; Sebastopol, Crimea

HMS Dumraven
Ernest Herbert Pitcher 1917; Bay of Biscay, Atlantic

HMS E.11
Martin Eric Nasmith 1915; Dardanelles, Turkey

HMS E.14
Edward Courtney Boyle (1915; Dardanelles, Turkey)
Geoffrey Saxton White 1918; Dardanelles, Turkey

HMS Euryalus
Duncan Gordon Boyes (1864; Shimonoseki, Japan)
Thomas Pride (1864; Shimonoseki, Japan)
William Henry Harrison Seeley (1864; Shimonoseki, Japan)

HMS Foylebank
Jack Foreman Mantle 1940; Portland, England

HMS Glowworm
Gerard Broadmead Roope 1940; West Ford, Norway

HMS Goliath
Henry Peel Ritchie 1914; Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)

HMS Hardy
Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee 1940; Narvik, Norway

HMS Harrier
Samuel Mitchell 1864; Te Papa, New Zealand

HMS Hazard
William Job Maillard 1898; Crete, Greece

HMS Hecla
Charles Davis Lucas 1854; Aland Islands, Finland
Arthur Knyvet Wilson 1884; Battle of El Teb, Sudan

HMS Iris II
George Nicholson Bradford (1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium)

HMS Jervis Bay
Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen 1940; Atlantic

SS Julnar
Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman 1916; Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia

HMS Miranda
Cecil William Buckley 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea
Henry Cooper 1855; Taganrog, Crimea

HM Motor Gun Boat 314
William Alfred Savage 1942; St. Nazaire, France

HMS Nestor
Edward Bingham (1916; Battle of Jutland, Denmark)

HMS Niger
William Odgers 1860; Omata, New Zealand

HMS Onslow
Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke 1942; North Cape, Norway

HMS Q.5
Gordon Campbell 1917; Atlantic

HMS Recruit
George Fiott Day 1855; Genitichi, Crimea

SS River Clyde
Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
Edward Unwin 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
William Charles Williams 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey

HMS Shannon
William Hall 1857; Lucknow, India

HMS Sphinx
George Hinckley 1862; Fung Wha, China

HMS Shark
Loftus William Jones 1916; Battle of Jutland, Denmark

HMS Swallow
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea

HMS Thrasher
Thomas William Gould 1942; Crete, Mediterranean
Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts 1942; Crete, Mediterranean

HMS Torbay
Anthony Cecil Capel Miers 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece

HMS Turbulent
John Wallace Linton 1943; Mediterranean

HMS Upholder
Malcolm David Wanklyn 1941; Sicily, Mediterranean

HMS Vengeance
Eric Gascoigne Robinson 1915; Dardanelles, Turkey

HMS Vindictive
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium
Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley 1918; Ostend, Belgium
Arthur Leyland Harrison 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium
Albert Edward McKenzie 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium

HMS Walney
Frederick Thornton Peters 1942; Oran, Algeria

HMS Weser
John Edmund Commerell 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea
William Thomas Rickard 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea

HMS Wrangler
Joseph Kellaway 1855; Sea of Azov, Crimea

HMS X.3
James Joseph Magennis 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore

HMS X.7
Basil Charles Godfrey Place 1943; Kaafjord, Norway

Naval Brigade
Henry Curtis 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
James Gorman 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
Basil John Douglas Guy 1900; Tientsin, China
John Harrison 1857; Lucknow, India
William Peel 1854; Sebastopol, Crimea
Henry James Raby 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
Thomas Reeves 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
Edward Robinson (VC) 1858; Lucknow, India
Nowell Salmon 1857; Lucknow, India
Mark Scholefield 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
John Sheppard 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
John Sullivan (VC) 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
John Taylor 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
Thomas James Young 1857; Lucknow, India

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (7 awards)

BEAK, Daniel Marcus William 1918; Logeast Wood, France
BOURKE, Roland Richard Louis 1918; Ostend, Belgium
COWLEY, Charles Henry 1916; Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia
DEAN, Percy Thompson 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium
DRUMMOND, Geoffrey Heneage 1918; Ostend, Belgium
PROWSE, George 1918; Pronville, France
TISDALL, Arthur Walderne St. Clair 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey

Royal Naval Reserve (15 awards)

AUTEN, Harold 1918; English Channel, England
BONNER, Charles George 1917; Bay of Biscay, Atlantic
CAMERON, Donald 1943; Kaafjord, Norway
CRISP, Thomas 1917; North Sea, Atlantic
DREWRY, George Leslie 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
FRASER, lan Edward 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore
PARSLOW, Frederick Daniel 1915; Atlantic
SAMSON, George McKenzie 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
SANDERS, William Edward 1917; Atlantic
SMITH, Archibald Bissett 1917; Atlantic
STANNARD, Richard Been 1940; Namsos, Norway
STUART, Ronald Niel 1917; Atlantic
WATT, Joseph 1917; Straits of Otranto, Italy
WILKINSON, Thomas 1942; Java Sea, Malaya
WILLIAMS, William 1917; Atlantic

Royal Naval Air Service (1 award)

BELL-DAVIES, Richard - 1915; Ferrijik Junction, Bulgaria

Royal Marines (10 awards)

BAMFORD, Edward Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium
DOWELL, George Dare Royal Marine Artillery; 1855; Fort of Viborg, Finland
FINCH, Norman Augustus Royal Marine Artillery; 1918; Zeebrugge, Belgium
HALLIDAY, Lewis Stratford Tollemache Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1900; Peking, China
HARVEY, Francis John William Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1916; Battle of Jutland, Denmark
HUNTER, Thomas Peck 43 Commando; 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy
LUMSDEN, Frederick WilliamRoyal Marine Artillery; 1917; Francilly, France
PARKER, Walter Richard Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
PRETTYJOHN, John Royal Marine Light Infantry; 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
WILKINSON, Thomas Royal Marine Artillery; 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea