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Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC

Si Biggs

Apr 4, 20223 min read

Major Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VC

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 4 April 1917 Brigadier General...

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Captain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – Boxer Rebellion China

Si Biggs

Jun 24, 20212 min read

Captain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – Boxer Rebellion China

Unit/ Formation : Victoria Cross Location : China Period/ Conflict : Boxer Rebellion Year : 1900 Date/s : 24 June 1900 Halliday was 30...

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Captain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge

Si Biggs

Apr 23, 20211 min read

Captain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - Zeebrugge

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Bamford was 30 years...

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Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria Cross

Si Biggs

Apr 2, 20213 min read

Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria Cross

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 9 April 1945 Hunter was 21 years old,...

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Corporal John Prettyjohns - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd Nov 1854 – Battle of Inkerman

Si Biggs

Nov 2, 20203 min read

Corporal John Prettyjohns - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd Nov 1854 – Battle of Inkerman

John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...

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Lieutenant George Dare Dowell RMA VC - Viborg, Baltic Sea

Si Biggs

Jul 13, 20203 min read

Lieutenant George Dare Dowell RMA VC - Viborg, Baltic Sea

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855 Date/s: 13 July 1855 Dowell was 24 years...

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Si Biggs

Jun 7, 20202 min read

Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC

Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC – Crimea Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855...

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Major Francis Harvey RMLI - Battle Of Jutland

Si Biggs

Jun 1, 20202 min read

Major Francis Harvey RMLI - Battle Of Jutland

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Jutland Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 31 May 1916 A long serving Royal...

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Lance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - Gallipoli

Si Biggs

Apr 29, 20205 min read

Lance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - Gallipoli

Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Gallipoli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 30 April 1915 In April 1915, the...

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L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands

Simon Biggs

Jan 23, 20202 min read

L/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - Netherlands

Henry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...

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Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inke

Simon Biggs

Nov 5, 20193 min read

Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inke

John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...

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Pte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the Sea

Simon Biggs

Dec 1, 20181 min read

Pte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the Sea

On 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people took part in Pages of the Sea – a commissioned art project by filmmaker Danny Boyle,...

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Simon Biggs

Nov 5, 20183 min read

Corporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of Inke

John Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...

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Major Anders Lassen VC - SBS - Lake Commachio 8 - 9th April 1945

Simon Biggs

Jan 18, 20183 min read

Major Anders Lassen VC - SBS - Lake Commachio 8 - 9th April 1945

On the night of 8th – 9th April 1945 eighteen men from the Special Boat Service set out across Lake Comacchio to attack heavily defended...

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David Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC Victoria Cross 19th September 1944 - Battle of Arnhem

Si Biggs

Sep 19, 20172 min read

David Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC Victoria Cross 19th September 1944 - Battle of Arnhem

As it is my Birthday I though I would remember a VC Winner from today who sacrificed his life for others: David Samuel Anthony Lord VC,...

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Victoria Cross won on the Kokoda Track -
Private Bruce Steel Kingsbury VC, Australian 2/14th Infant

Si Biggs

Aug 30, 20172 min read

Victoria Cross won on the Kokoda Track - Private Bruce Steel Kingsbury VC, Australian 2/14th Infant

High in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, in treacherous conditions of ankle deep mud the battle for the Kokoda Track again...

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