List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients
Recipients
This along with a * indicates a posthumous award

List of Second World War Victoria Cross recipients

Section Title: Recipients
Table Section Text: This along with a * indicates a posthumous award

Name	Unit	Date of action	Place of action

Arthur Aaron	No. 218 Squadron RAF	12 August 1943*	Turin, Italy

Michael Allmand	6th Gurkha Rifles	11 June 1944 23 June 1944*	Pin Hmi Road Bridge, Burma

Charles Anderson	2/19th Battalion, AIF	18–22 January 1942	Muar, Malaya

Eric Anderson	East Yorkshire Regiment	6 April 1943*	Battle of Wadi Akarit, Tunisia

John Anderson	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	23 April 1943	Longstop Hill, Tunisia

Richard Annand	Durham Light Infantry	15–16 May 1940	River Dyle, Belgium

Cyril Barton	No. 578 Squadron RAF	30 March 1944*	Nuremberg, Germany

John Baskeyfield	South Staffordshire Regiment	20 September 1944*	Arnhem, the Netherlands

Sidney Bates	Royal Norfolk Regiment	6 August 1944*	Sourdeval, France

Ian Bazalgette	No. 635 Squadron RAF	4 August 1944*	Trossy St. Maximin, France

Stephen Beattie	HMS Campbeltown	27 March 1942	St Nazaire, France

John Beeley	King's Royal Rifle Corps	21 November 1941*	Sidi Rezegh, Libya

Premindra Bhagat	Corps of Indian Engineers	31 January 1941 to 1 February 1941	Gallabat, Abyssinia

Frank Blaker	9th Gurkha Rifles	9 July 1944*	Taunggyi, Burma

John Brunt	Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)	9 December 1944*	Faenza, Italy

Richard Burton	Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment	8 October 1944	Monte Ceco, Italy

Robert Cain	South Staffordshire Regiment	17–25 September 1944	Arnhem, the Netherlands

George Cairns	South Staffordshire Regiment	13 March 1944*	Henu Block, Burma

Donald Cameron	HMS X6	22 September 1943	Kåfjord, Norway

John Campbell	Royal Horse Artillery	21–23 November 1941	Sidi Rezegh, Libya

Kenneth Campbell	No. 22 Squadron RAF	6 April 1941*	Brest, France

Lorne Campbell	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)	6 April 1943	Wadi Akarit, Tunisia

Edward Chapman	Monmouthshire Regiment	2 April 1945	Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

Edward Charlton	Irish Guards	21 April 1945*	Wistedt, Germany

Leonard Cheshire	No. 35 Squadron RAF No. 76 Squadron RAF No. 617 Squadron RAF	June 1940–July 1944	Over Europe

Albert Chowne	2/2nd Battalion, AIF	25 March 1945*	Dagua, New Guinea

Aubrey Cosens	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	25–26 February 1945*	Mooshof, Germany

John Cruickshank	No. 210 Squadron RAF	17–18 July 1944	Atlantic Ocean

Arthur Cumming	Frontier Force Regiment	3 January 1942	Kuantan, Malaya

David Currie	South Alberta Regiment	18–20 August 1944	Battle of Falaise, France

Roden Cutler	Royal Australian Artillery	19 June 1941 to 6 July 1941	Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon

Tom Derrick	2/48th Battalion, AIF	24 November 1943	Sattelberg, New Guinea

Fazal Din	10th Baluch Regiment	2 March 1945*	Meiktila, Burma

Dennis Donnini	Royal Scots Fusiliers	18 January 1945*	Stein, (Selfkant) Germany

Thomas Durrant	Corps of Royal Engineers	27 March 1942*	St Nazaire, France

George Eardley	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	16 October 1944	Overloon, the Netherlands

John Edmondson	2/17th Battalion, AIF	13–14 April 1941*	Tobruk, Libya

Hughie Edwards	No. 105 Squadron RAF	4 July 1941	Bremen, Germany

Keith Elliott	22nd Battalion, NZEF	15 July 1942	Ruweisat, Egypt

Harold Ervine-Andrews	East Lancashire Regiment	31 May 1940 to 1 June 1940	Dunkirk, France

Eugene Esmonde	825 Naval Air Squadron	12 February 1942*	Straits of Dover, England

Edward Fegen	HMS Jervis Bay	5 November 1940*	Atlantic Ocean

Henry Foote	7th Royal Tank Regiment	27 May 1942 to 15 June 1942	Libya

John Foote	Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps	19 August 1942	Dieppe, France

Ian Fraser	HMS XE3	31 July 1945	Johore Straits, Singapore

John French	2/9th Battalion, AIF	4 September 1942*	Milne Bay, New Guinea

Christopher Furness	Welsh Guards	17–24 May 1940*	Arras, France

Philip Gardner	4th Royal Tank Regiment	23 November 1941	Tobruk, Libya

Donald Garland	No. 12 Squadron RAF	12 May 1940*	Albert Canal, Belgium

Yeshwant Ghadge	Maratha Light Infantry	10 July 1944*	Upper Tiber Valley, Italy

Gaje Ghale	5th Gurkha Rifles	24 May 1943	Chin Hills, Burma

Guy Gibson	No. 617 Squadron RAF	16 May 1943	Möhne Dam, Germany

James Gordon	2/31st Battalion, AIF	10 July 1941	Djezzine, Syria

Thomas Gould	HMS Thrasher	16 February 1942	Crete, Mediterranean Sea

Percival Gratwick	2/48th Battalion, AIF	25–26 October 1942*	Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt

Robert Gray	HMS Formidable	9 August 1945*	Honshū, Japan

Thomas Gray	No. 12 Squadron RAF	12 May 1940*	Albert Canal, Belgium

John Grayburn	Parachute Regiment	17–20 September 1944*	Arnhem, the Netherlands

George Gristock	Royal Norfolk Regiment	21 May 1940*	River Escaut, Belgium

George Gunn	3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery	21 November 1941*	Sidi Rezegh, Libya

Arthur Gurney	2/48th Battalion, AIF	22 July 1942*	El Alamein, Egypt

Bhanbhagta Gurung	2nd Gurkha Rifles	5 March 1945	Tamandu, Burma

Lachhiman Gurung	8th Gurkha Rifles	12–13 May 1945	Taungdaw, Burma

Thaman Gurung	5th Gurkha Rifles	10 November 1944*	Monte San Bartolo, Italy

Abdul Hafiz	9th Jat Infantry	6 April 1944*	Imphal, India

Ali Haidar	13th Frontier Force Rifles	9 April 1945	Fusignano, Italy

John Hannah	No. 83 Squadron RAF	15 September 1940	Antwerp, Belgium

Eric Harden	Royal Army Medical Corps	23 January 1945*	Brachterbeek, the Netherlands

John Harman	Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment	8–9 April 1944*	Kohima, India

John Harper	York and Lancaster Regiment	29 September 1944*	Antwerp, Belgium

Jack Hinton	2nd Division, NZEF	29 April 1941	Kalamai, Greece

Charles Hoey	Lincolnshire Regiment	16 February 1944*	Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma

Stanley Hollis	Green Howards	6 June 1944	Normandy, France

David Hornell	No. 162 Squadron RCAF	24 June 1944*	Faroes, Atlantic Ocean

Alec Horwood	Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)	18–20 January 1944*	Kyauchaw, Burma

Clive Hulme	2nd Division, NZEF	20–28 May 1941	Crete, Greece

Thomas Hunter	43 Commando	2 April 1945*	Lake Comacchio, Italy

James Jackman	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	25 November 1941*	Tobruk, Libya

Norman Jackson	No. 106 Squadron RAF	26 April 1944	Schweinfurt, Germany

Namdeo Jadav	Maratha Light Infantry	9 April 1945	Senio River, Italy

David Jamieson	Royal Norfolk Regiment	7–8 August 1944	Grimbosq, France

Francis Jefferson	Lancashire Fusiliers	16 May 1944	Monte Cassino, Italy

Karamjeet Judge	15th Punjab Regiment	18 March 1945*	Meiktila, Burma

Richard Kelliher	2/25th Battalion, AIF	13 September 1943	New Guinea

Edward Kenna	2/4th Battalion, AIF	15 May 1945	Wewak, New Guinea

John Kenneally	Irish Guards	28 April 1943	Dj. Arada, Tunisia

Geoffrey Keyes	No. 11 (Scottish) Commando	17–18 November 1941*	Beda Littoria, Libya

William Kibby	2/48th Battalion, AIF	23–31 October 1942*	El Alamein, Egypt

Bruce Kingsbury	2/14th Battalion, AIF	29 August 1942	Isurava, New Guinea

George Knowland	No. 1 Commando	31 January 1945*	Kangaw, Burma

Ganju Lama	7th Gurkha Rifles	12 June 1944	Ningthoukhong, India

Anders Lassen	Special Air Service	8–9 April 1945*	Lake Comacchio, Italy

Herbert Le Patourel	Hampshire Regiment	3 December 1942	Tebourba, Tunisia

Nigel Leakey	King's African Rifles	19 May 1941*	Colito, Abyssinia

Roderick Learoyd	No. 49 Squadron RAF	12 August 1940	Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

Ian Liddell	Coldstream Guards	3 April 1945	Lingen, Germany

John Linton	HMS Pandora HMS Turbulent	September 1939 to 23 March 1943*	Mediterranean Sea

David Lord	No. 271 Squadron RAF	19 September 1944*	Arnhem, the Netherlands

Charles Lyell	Scots Guards	22–27 April 1943*	Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia

John Mackey	2/3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF	12 May 1945*	Tarakan Island, Borneo

James Magennis	HMS XE3	31 July 1945	Johore Straits, Singapore

John Mahony	Westminster Regiment	24 May 1944	River Melfa, Italy

Hugh Malcolm	No. 18 Squadron RAF	4 December 1942*	Chougui, Tunisia

Leslie Manser	No. 50 Squadron RAF	30 May 1942*	Cologne, Germany

Jack Mantle	HMS Foylebank	4 July 1940*	Portland, England

Charles Merritt	South Saskatchewan Regiment	19 August 1942	Dieppe, France

Ron Middleton	No. 149 Squadron RAF	28 November 1942*	Turin, Italy

Anthony Miers	HMS Torbay	4–5 March 1942	Corfu, Greece

George Mitchell	London Scottish	23–24 January 1944*	Damiano Ridge, Italy

Andrew Mynarski	No. 419 Squadron RCAF	12 June 1944*	Cambrai, France

John Nettleton	No. 44 Squadron RAF	17 April 1942	Augsberg, Germany

Augustus Newman	Essex Regiment	28 March 1942	St Nazaire, France

William Newton	No. 22 Squadron RAAF	16–18 March 1943*	New Guinea

Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu	28th Māori Battalion, NZEF	26–27 March 1943*	Tebaga Gap, Tunisia

Harry Nicholls	Grenadier Guards	21 May 1940	River Escaut, Belgium

Eric Nicolson	No. 249 Squadron RAF	16 August 1940	Southampton, England

Gerard Norton	Kaffrarian Rifles	31 August 1944	Montegridolfo, Italy

John Osborn	Winnipeg Grenadiers	19 December 1941*	Mount Butler, Hong Kong

Robert Palmer	No. 109 Squadron RAF	23 December 1944*	Cologne, Germany

Frank Partridge	8th Battalion, AIF	24 July 1945	Bougainville, New Guinea

Frederick Peters	HMS Walney	8 November 1942	Oran, Algeria

Basil Place	HMS X7	22 September 1943	Kåfjord, Norway

Patrick Porteous	Royal Regiment of Artillery	19 August 1942	Dieppe, France

Tul Pun	6th Gurkha Rifles	23 June 1944	Mogaung, Burma

Lionel Queripel	10th Parachute Battalion	19 September 1944*	Arnhem, the Netherlands

Agansing Rai	5th Gurkha Rifles	26 June 1944	Bishenpur, India

Bhandari Ram	10th Baluch Regiment	22 November 1944	Arakan, Burma

Chhelu Ram	6th Rajputana Rifles	19–20 April 1943*	Djebel Garci, Tunisia

Kamal Ram	8th Punjab Regiment	12 May 1944	River Gari, Italy

Richhpal Ram	6th Rajputana Rifles	7–8 February 1941	Keren, Eritrea

John Randle	Royal Norfolk Regiment	4–6 May 1944*	Kohima, India

Reginald Rattey	25th Battalion, AIF	22 March 1945	Bougainville, Solomon Islands

Claud Raymond	Corps of Royal Engineers	21 March 1945*	Talaku, Burma

William Reid	No. 61 Squadron RAF	3 November 1943	Düsseldorf, Germany

Peter Roberts	HMS Thrasher	16 February 1942	Crete, Mediterranean Sea

Maurice Rogers	Wiltshire Regiment	3 June 1944	Anzio, Italy

Gerard Roope	HMS Glowworm	8 April 1940	Norwegian Sea, off Trondheim

Robert Ryder	HMS Campbeltown	28 March 1942	St Nazaire, France

Willward Sandys-Clarke	Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)	23 April 1943*	Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia

William Savage	HM Motor Gun Boat	28 March 1942*	St Nazaire, France

Arthur Scarf	No. 62 Squadron RAF	9 December 1941*	Singora, Malaya

Derek Seagrim	Green Howards	20–21 March 1943	Mareth Line, Tunisia

Alfred Sephton	HMS Coventry	18 May 1941*	Crete, Mediterranean Sea

Sher Shah	16th Punjab Regiment	19–20 January 1945*	Kyeyebyin, Burma

Robert Sherbrooke	HMS Onslow	31 December 1942	North Cape, Norway

William Sidney	Grenadier Guards	8–9 February 1944	Anzio, Italy

Gian Singh	15th Punjab Regiment	2 March 1945	Myingyan, Burma

Nand Singh	Sikh Regiment	11–12 March 1944	Maungdaw–Buthidaung Road, Burma

Parkash Singh	8th Punjab Regiment	6 January 1943	Donbaik, Burma

Prakash Singh Chib	13th Frontier Force Rifles	16–17 February 1945*	Kanlan Ywathit, Burma

Ram Singh	1st Punjab Regiment	25 October 1944*	Tiddim, Burma

Umrao Singh	81st West African Division	15–16 December 1944	Kaladan Valley, Burma

Ernest Smith	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	21–22 October 1944	River Savio, Italy

Quentin Smythe	Royal Natal Carabineers	5 June 1942	Alem Hamza, Egypt

Richard Stannard	HMT Arab	28 April 1940 to 2 May 1940	Namsos, Norway

Leslie Starcevich	2/43rd Battalion, AIF	28 June 1945	Beaufort, Borneo

James Stokes	King's Shropshire Light Infantry	1 March 1945*	Kervenheim, Germany

Sefanaia Sukanaivalu	Fiji Infantry Regiment	23 June 1944*	Bougainville, Solomon Islands

Edwin Swales	No. 582 Squadron RAF	23 February 1945*	Pforzheim, Germany

Lalbahadur Thapa	2nd Gurkha Rifles	5–6 April 1943	Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia

Netrabahadur Thapa	5th Gurkha Rifles	25–26 June 1944	Bishenpur, India

Sher Thapa	9th Gurkha Rifles	18–19 September 1944*	San Marino, Italy

George Thompson	No. 9 Squadron RAF	1 January 1945*	Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

Frederick Tilston	Essex Scottish Regiment	1 March 1945	Uedem, Germany

Frederick Topham	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion	24 March 1945	Rhine, Germany

Leonard Trent	No. 487 Squadron RNZAF	3 May 1943	Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Lloyd Trigg	No. 200 Squadron RAF	11 August 1943*	Atlantic Ocean

Paul Triquet	Royal 22e Régiment	14 December 1943	Casa Berardi, Italy

Hanson Turner	West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)	6–7 June 1944*	Ningthoukhong, India

Victor Turner	Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)	27 October 1942	El Alamein, Egypt

Charles Upham	2nd Division, NZEF	22–30 May 1941 14–15 July 1942	Crete, Greece El Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt

Richard Wakeford	Hampshire Regiment	13 May 1944	Cassino, Italy

Adam Wakenshaw	Durham Light Infantry	27 June 1942*	Mersa Matruh, Egypt

Malcolm Wanklyn	HMS Upholder	24 May 1941	Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

Bernard Warburton-Lee	HMS Hardy	10 April 1940*	Ofotfjord, Norway

James Ward	No. 75 Squadron RAF	7 July 1941	Munster, Germany

Tasker Watkins	Welch Regiment	16 August 1944	Barfour, France

Basil Weston	Green Howards	3 March 1945*	Meiktila, Burma

Thomas Wilkinson	HMS Li Wo	14 February 1942*	Java Sea, Malaya

Eric Wilson	East Surrey Regiment	11–15 August 1940	Observation Hill, Somaliland

Peter Wright	Coldstream Guards	25 September 1943	Salerno, Italy

Sentence(s)

Michael Allmand VC was the Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross.

final_sentence: Michael Allmand VC was the Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross.