3rd Division (United Kingdom)
Recipients of the Victoria Cross
This along with a * indicates a posthumous award

3rd Division (United Kingdom)

Section Title: Recipients of the Victoria Cross
Table Section Text: This along with a * indicates a posthumous award

Name	Unit	Campaign	Date of action	Place of action

Thomas Grady	4th Regiment of Foot	Crimean War	18 October 1854	Sevastopol, Crimea

William McWheeney	44th Regiment of Foot	Crimean War	20 October 1854	Sevastopol, Crimea

William Nickerson	Royal Army Medical Corps	Second Boer War	20 April 1900	Wakkerstroom, South Africa

Harry Beet	Derbyshire Regiment	Second Boer War	22 April 1900	Wakkerstroom, South Africa

Maurice Dease	Royal Fusiliers	First World War	23 August 1914*	Mons, Belgium

Sidney Godley	Royal Fusiliers	First World War	23 August 1914	Mons, Belgium

Charles Jarvis	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	23 August 1914	Jemappes, Belgium

Theodore Wright	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	23 August 1914 14 September 1914*	Mons, Belgium

Charles Garforth	15th The King's Hussars	First World War	23 August 1914	Harmingnies, France

Cyril Martin	Corps of Royal Engineers	First World War	12 March 1915	Spanbroek Molen, Belgium

Edward Mellish	Royal Army Chaplains' Department	First World War	27–29 March 1916	St. Eloi, Belgium

Billy Congreve	Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)	First World War	6–20 July 1916	Longueval, France

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

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

Johnson Beharry	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	Iraq War	1 May 2004 11 June 2004	Al-Amarah, Iraq

James Ashworth	Grenadier Guards	War in Afghanistan	13 June 2012*	Nahr-e Saraj District, Afghanistan

Sentence(s)

The 3rd Division won its Victoria Cross of the Second World War, awarded in August 1944 to Sidney Bates, Royal Norfolk Regiment.

final_sentence: The 3rd Division won its Victoria Cross of the Second World War, awarded in August 1944 to Sidney Bates, Royal Norfolk Regiment.