List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality
Recipients by nationality
Rows highlighted in orange contain links to separate pages which contain the recipients of countries with over 75 recipients This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously

List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality

Section Title: Recipients by nationality
Table Section Text: Rows highlighted in orange contain links to separate pages which contain the recipients of countries with over 75 recipients This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously

Name	Nationality	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Notes

Bellenden Hutcheson	American	1918	First World War	75th Bn Canadian Expeditionary Force	Drocourt-Quéant Support Line, France

William Metcalf	American	1918	First World War	Canadian Expeditionary Force	Arras, France

George Mullin	American	1917	First World War	Canadian Expeditionary Force	Passchendaele, Belgium

William Seeley	American	1864	Bombardment of Shimonoseki	HMS Euryalus	Shimonoseki, Japan

Raphael Zengel	American	1918	First World War	Canadian Expeditionary Force	Warvillers, France

List of 91 Australian recipients

Adrian Carton de Wiart	Belgian	1916	First World War	4th Dragoon Guards	La Boiselle, France

Samuel Hodge	British Virgin Islander	1866	Gambia Campaign	4th West India Regiment	Tubabecelong, Gambia

List of 96 Canadian recipients

William Bruce	Channel Islander	1914	First World War	59th Scinde Rifles	Givenchy, France

Lewis Halliday	Channel Islander	1900	Boxer Rising	Royal Marine Light Infantry	Peking, China

Duncan Home	Channel Islander	1857	Indian Mutiny	Bengal Sappers and Miners	Delhi, India

George Ingouville	Channel Islander	1855	Crimean War	HMS Arrogant	Vyborg, Russia

Herbert Le Patourel	Channel Islander	1942	Second World War	Hampshire Regiment	Tebourba, Tunisia

Ferdinand Le Quesne	Channel Islander	1889	British rule in Burma	Royal Army Medical Corps	Voklaak, Burma

John McCrea	Channel Islander	1881	Basuto Gun War	1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry	Tweefontein, South Africa

Allastair McReady-Diarmid	Channel Islander	1917	First World War	Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)	Moeuvres, France

George Nurse	Channel Islander	1899	Second Boer War	Royal Field Artillery	Colenso, South Africa

Euston Sartorious	Channel Islander	1859	Second Afghan War	59th Regiment of Foot	Shahjui, Afghanistan

Reginald Sartorious	Channel Islander	1874	First Ashanti Expedition	6th Bengal Cavalry	Obugu, Ashanti

Thomas Dinesen	Danish	1918	First World War	42nd Bn CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force	Parvillers, France

Percy Hansen	Danish	1915	First World War	6th Lincolnshire Regiment	Gallipoli, Turkey

Anders Lassen	Danish	1945*	Second World War	Special Boat Service	Comacchio, Italy

List of 600+ English recipients (may be incomplete)

Sefanaia Sukanaivalu	Fijian	1944*	Second World War	Fiji Infantry Regiment	Mawaraka, Bougainville Island

Charles Wooden	German	1854	Crimean War	17th Lancers	Balaklava, Crimea

Johnson Beharry	Grenadian	2004	Iraq War	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	Amarah, Iraq

William Johnstone	Hanoverian	1854	Crimean War	HMS Arrogant, RN	Åland Islands, Finland

Premindra Bhagat	Indian	1941	Second World War	Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners	Gallabat, Abyssinia

Yeshwant Ghadge	Indian	1944*	Second World War	5th Mahratta Light Infantry	Upper Tiber Valley, Italy

Abdul Hafiz	Indian	1944*	Second World War	9th Jat Regiment	Imphal, India

Namdeo Jadav	Indian	1945	Second World War	5th Mahratta Light Infantry	Senio River, Italy

Karamjeet Judge	Indian	1945*	Second World War	15th Punjab Regiment	Meiktila, Burma

Lala	Indian	1916	First World War	41st Dogras	El Orah, Mesopotamia

Darwan Negi	Indian	1914	First World War	39th Garhwal Rifles	Festubert, France

Gabar Singh Negi	Indian	1915*	First World War	39th Garhwal Rifles	Neuve Chapelle, France

Bhandari Ram	Indian	1944	Second World War	10th Baluch Regiment	Arakan State, Burma

Chhelu Ram	Indian	1943*	Second World War	6th Rajputana Rifles	Djebel Garci, Tunisia

Kamal Ram	Indian	1944	Second World War	8th Punjab Regiment	River Gari, Italy

Richhpal Ram	Indian	1941*	Second World War	6th Rajputana Rifles	Keren, Eritrea

Badlu Singh	Indian	1918*	First World War	14th Murray's Jat Lancers	River Jordan, Palestine

Chatta Singh	Indian	1916	First World War	9th Bhopal Infantry	Battle of the Wadi, Mesopotamia

Gian Singh	Indian	1945	Second World War	15th Punjab Regiment	Myingyan, Burma

Gobind Singh	Indian	1917	First World War	28th Light Cavalry	Pezières, France

Ishar Singh	Indian	1921	Waziristan Campaign	28th Punjabis	Haidari Kach, India

Nand Singh	Indian	1944	Second World War	11th Sikh Regiment	Maungdaw–Buthidaung Road, Burma

Parkash Singh	Indian	1943	Second World War	8th Punjab Regiment	Donbaik, Burma

Prakash Singh Chib	Indian	1945*	Second World War	13th Frontier Force Rifles	Kanlan Ywathit, Burma

Ram Singh	Indian	1944*	Second World War	1st Punjab Regiment	Kennedy Peak, Burma

Mir Dast	Indian	1915	First World War	55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)	Wieltje, Belgium

Fazal Din	Indian	1945	Second World War	10th Baluch Regiment	Meiktila, Burma

Ali Haidar	Indian	1945	Second World War	13th Frontier Force Rifles	Fusignano, Italy

Khudadad Khan	Indian	1914	First World War	129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis	Hollebeke, Belgium

Shahamad Khan	Indian	1916	First World War	89th Punjabis	Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia

Sher Shah	Indian	1945*	Second World War	16th Punjab Regiment	Kyeyebyin, Burma

Umrao Singh	Indian	1944	Second World War	Royal Indian Artillery	Kaladan Valley, Burma

List of 195 Irish recipients

William Gordon	Jamaican	1892	Second Gambian Campaign	West India Regiment	Toniataba, Gambia

Nigel Leakey	Kenyan	1941*	Second World War	King's African Rifles	Colito, Abyssinia

Robert Henry Cain	Manx	1944	Second World War	2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment	Arnhem, Netherlands

Gaje Ghale	Nepalese	1943	Second World War	5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	Chin Hills, Burma

Bhanbhagta Gurung	Nepalese	1945	Second World War	2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles	Tamandu, Burma

Lachhiman Gurung	Nepalese	1945	Second World War	8th Gurkha Rifles	Taungdaw, Burma

Thaman Gurung	Nepalese	1944*	Second World War	5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	Monte San Bartolo, Italy

Ganju Lama	Nepalese	1944	Second World War	7th Gurkha Rifles	Ningthoukhong, Burma

Rambahadur Limbu	Nepalese	1965	Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation	10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles	Sarawak, Borneo

Tulbahadur Pun	Nepalese	1944	Second World War	6th Gurkha Rifles	Mogaung, Burma

Agansing Rai	Nepalese	1944	Second World War	5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	Bishenpur, India

Karanbahadur Rana	Nepalese	1918	First World War	3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles	El Kefr, Egypt

Kulbir Thapa	Nepalese	1915	First World War	3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles	Fauquissart, France

Netrabahadur Thapa	Nepalese	1944*	Second World War	5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)	Bishenpur, India

Sher Thapa	Nepalese	1944*	Second World War	9th Gurkha Rifles	San Marino, Italy

Leslie Andrew	New Zealander	1917	First World War	Wellington Infantry Regiment	La Basse Ville, Belgium

Cyril Bassett	New Zealander	1915	First World War	New Zealand Divisional Signal Company	Gallipoli, Turkey

Donald Brown	New Zealander	1916	First World War	Otago Infantry Regiment	High Wood, France

James Crichton	New Zealander	1918	First World War	Auckland Infantry Regiment	Crèvecœur, France

Cecil D'Arcy	New Zealander	1879	Anglo-Zulu War	Frontier Light Horse	Ulundi, South Africa

Keith Elliott	New Zealander	1942	Second World War	22nd, 2nd New Zealand Division	Ruweisat, Egypt

Samuel Forsyth	New Zealander	1918*	First World War	Royal New Zealand Engineers	Grévillers, France

Bernard Freyberg	New Zealander	1916	First World War	63rd (Royal Naval) Division	Beaucourt sur Ancre, France

Samuel Frickleton	New Zealander	1917	First World War	New Zealand Rifle Brigade	Messines, Belgium

John Grant	New Zealander	1918	First World War	Wellington Infantry Regiment	Bancourt, France

William Hardham	New Zealander	1901	Second Boer War	4th New Zealand Contingent	Naauwpoort, South Africa

Charles Heaphy	New Zealander	1864	New Zealand Wars	Auckland Militia	Mangapiko River, New Zealand

John Hinton	New Zealander	1941	Second World War	20th, 2nd New Zealand Division	Kalamai, Greece

Clive Hulme	New Zealander	1941	Second World War	23rd, 2nd New Zealand Division	Crete, Greece

Reginald Judson	New Zealander	1918	First World War	Auckland Infantry Regiment	Bapaume, France

Harry Laurent	New Zealander	1918	First World War	New Zealand Rifle Brigade	Gouzeaucourt Wood, France

Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu	New Zealander	1943*	Second World War	28th, 2nd New Zealand Division	Tebaga Gap, Tunisia

Henry Nicholas	New Zealander	1917	First World War	Canterbury Infantry Regiment	Polderhoek, Belgium

William Sanders	New Zealander	1917*	First World War	HMS Prize (HMS Prize)	Atlantic

Alfred Shout	New Zealander	1915*	First World War	First Australian Imperial Force	Gallipoli

Richard Travis	New Zealander	1918*	First World War	Otago Infantry Regiment	Rossignol Wood, France

Leonard Trent	New Zealander	1943	Second World War	No. 487 Squadron RNZAF	Amsterdam, Netherlands

Willie Apiata	New Zealander	2004	Afghanistan War	New Zealand Special Air Service	Afghanistan, Afghanistan

Lloyd Trigg	New Zealander	1943*	Second World War	No. 200 Squadron RAF	Atlantic

Charles Upham	New Zealander	1941 1942	Second World War	20th, 2nd New Zealand Division	Crete, Greece, (1941), Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt (1942)

James Ward	New Zealander	1941*	Second World War	No. 75 Squadron RNZAF	Munster, Germany

John Croak	Newfoundlander	1918*	First World War	13th Battalion, CEF	Amiens, France

Thomas Ricketts	Newfoundlander	1918	First World War	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Ledeghem, Belgium

Frank Baxter	Rhodesian	1896*	Matabeleland Rebellion	Bulawayo Field Force	Umguza, Rhodesia

Frederick Booth	Rhodesian	1917	First World War	British South Africa Police	Johannesburg, German East Africa

Herbert Henderson	Rhodesian	1897	Matabeleland Rebellion	Bulawayo Field Force	Bulawayo, Rhodesia

List of 164 Scottish recipients

Herman Albrecht	South African	1900*	Second Boer War	Imperial Light Horse	Ladysmith, South Africa

Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor	South African	1918	First World War	No. 84 Squadron RFC	Western Front, France

John Clements	South African	1901	Second Boer War	Rimington's Guides	Strijdenburg, South Africa

Joseph Crowe	South African	1857	Indian Mutiny	78th Regiment of Foot	Boursekee Chowkee, India

Cecil D'Arcy	South African	1879	Zulu War	Frontier Light Horse	Ulundi, South Africa

William Faulds	South African	1916	First World War	1st South African Infantry	Delville Wood, France

George Gristock	South African	1940*	Second World War	Royal Norfolk Regiment	Tournai, Belgium

Edmund Hartley	South African	1879	Zulu War	Cape Mounted Riflemen	Morosi's Mountain, South Africa

Reginald Hayward	South African	1918	First World War	Wiltshire Regiment	Fremicourt, France

William Hewitt	South African	1917	First World War	2nd South African Light Infantry	Ypres, Belgium

Horace Martineau	South African	1899	Second Boer War	Protectorate Regiment	Mafeking, South Africa

John McCrea	South African	1881	First Boer War	1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry	Tweefontein, South Africa

Charles Mullins	South African	1899	Second Boer War	Imperial Light Horse	Elandslaagte, South Africa

Randolph Nesbitt	South African	1896	Mashona Rebellion	Mashonaland Mounted Police	Salisbury, Rhodesia

John Nettleton	South African	1942	Second World War	No. 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF	Augsburg, Germany

Gerard Norton	South African	1944	Second World War	Kaffrarian Rifles	Monte Gidolfo, Italy

Oswald Reid	South African	1917	First World War	King's (Liverpool) Regiment	Dialah River, Mesopotamia

Clement Robertson	South African	1917	First World War	Queen's Royal Regiment	Zonnebeke, Belgium

John Sherwood-Kelly	South African	1917	First World War	Norfolk Regiment	Marcoing, France

Quentin Smythe	South African	1942	Second World War	Natal Carbineers	Alem Hamza, Egypt

Edwin Swales	South African	1945	Second World War	South African Air Force	Pforzheim, Germany

Basil Horsfall	Sri Lankan (Ceylonese)	1918*	First World War	East Lancashire Regiment	Ablainzevelle, France

Peter Brown	Swedish	1879	Basuto Gun War	Cape Mounted Riflemen	Morosi's Mountain, South Africa

Christian Schiess	Swiss	1879	Anglo-Zulu War	Natal Native Contingent	Rorke's Drift, South Africa

Filip Konowal	Ukrainian	1917	First World War	47th (British Columbia)	Lens, France

List of 58 uncertain nationality recipients

Frederick Barter	Welsh	1915	First World War	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Festubert, France

Stephen Beattie	Welsh	1942	Second World War	HMS Campbeltown	Saint-Nazaire, France

Robert Bye	Welsh	1917	First World War	Welsh Guards	Yser Canal, Belgium

Edward Chapman	Welsh	1945	Second World War	Monmouthshire Regiment	Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany

James Davies	Welsh	1917*	First World War	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Polygon Wood, Belgium

Lewis Evans	Welsh	1917	First World War	Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)	Zonnebeke, Belgium

John Fox-Russell	Welsh	1917*	First World War	Royal Army Medical Corps	Tel-el-Khuweilfeh, Palestine

William Fuller	Welsh	1914	First World War	Welch Regiment	Chivy-sur-Aisne, France

Robert Jones	Welsh	1879	Zulu War	24th Regiment of Foot	Rorke's Drift, South Africa

Hubert Lewis	Welsh	1916	First World War	Welch Regiment	Macukovo, Greece

John Linton	Welsh	1943*	Second World War	HMS Turbulent	At sea

Thomas Monaghan	Welsh	1858	Indian Mutiny	2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)	Jamo, India

Ivor Rees	Welsh	1917	First World War	South Wales Borderers	Pilkem, Belgium

Lionel Rees	Welsh	1916	First World War	Royal Flying Corps	Double Crassieurs, France

Hugh Rowlands	Welsh	1854	Crimean War	41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot	Battle of Inkerman, Crimea

Robert Shields	Welsh	1855	Crimean War	23rd Regiment	Sebastopol, Crimea

Jacob Thomas	Welsh	1857	Indian Mutiny	Bengal Artillery	Lucknow, India

Richard Wain	Welsh	1917*	First World War	"A" Battalion, Tank Corps	Cambrai/Marcoing, France

Bernard Warburton-Lee	Welsh	1940*	Second World War	British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla	Narvik, Norway

William Waring	Welsh	1918*	First World War	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Ronssoy, France

Tasker Watkins	Welsh	1944	Second World War	Welch Regiment	Barfour, France

Henry Weale	Welsh	1918	First World War	Royal Welch Fusiliers	Bazentin-le-Grand, France

Jack Williams	Welsh	1918	First World War	South Wales Borderers	Villers Outreaux, France

John Williams	Welsh	1879	Zulu War	24th Regiment of Foot	Rorke's Drift, South Africa

William Williams	Welsh	1917	First World War	HMS Pargust (HMS Pargust)	Atlantic, near France

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Filip Konowal is the only Eastern European recipient of the Victoria Cross.

final_sentence: Filip Konowal is the only Eastern European recipient of the Victoria Cross.