Question: who was the first person to get a victoria cross
Answer: Recipients Unit Campaign Dates Location 000 a111 Crimean War recipients ‡ 000 a -- Crimean War Crimean War 1854 -- 1856 1854 -- 1856 000 a -- John Wood 020 20th Bombay Native Infantry Anglo - Persian War 1856 - 08 - 09 9 August 1856 Bushire , Persia John Malcolmson 003 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry Anglo - Persian War 1857 - 02 - 08 8 February 1857 Khoosh - ab , Persia Arthur Moore 003 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry Anglo - Persian War 1858 - 02 - 07 8 February 1857 Khoosh - ab , Persia 000.