Vc Collection (page 3)

Colonel Gordon VC, Gordon Highanders, British Army

Colonel Gordon VC and the Gordon Highlanders during WW1

Memorial to CSM Stan Hollis VC Green Howards
Stan Hollis was the only man to win the VC on D-Day. He landed here with D Company of the 6th Battalion. Thinking that the original hut was a German pill box he fired the entire drum of his Lewis gun

The War Budget - Piper Laidlaw
Front cover of The War Budget featuring a portrait of Piper Daniel Laidlaw, who won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Loos

Jemadar Ram Sarup Singh
Ram Sarup Singh (1912-1944), Jemadar in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment in the British Indian Army. Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in February 1945 for courage on 25th October 1944 in

Naik Darwan Sing Negi in Great War Deeds, WW1
Naik Darwan Sing Negi of the Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army, leading round the traverses at Festubert on the Western Front, winning the Victoria Cross for his bravery

Tempest, WJ, VC, fighter pilot

Morane-Saulnier Type L of Lt Warneford VC
Morane-Saulnier Type L, serial no. 3253, of Flight Sub-Lieutenant Warneford VC, which he used to destroy the German Zeppelin LZ 37 over Ghent, Belgium, on 7 June 1915. Date: circa 1915

James Thomas Byford McCudden, pilot
James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918), British air ace with a confirmed overall score of 57, who rose to the rank of Major, seen here in the cockpit of his Royal Aircraft Factory SE 5a

Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher V. C
Lance-Sergeant Douglas Belcher of the London Rifle Brigade, the first Territorial, other than an officer to receive the Victoria Cross in the First World War

How Todger Jones won the VC at Morval
How Todger Jones, 1st Battalion Cheshires, won the VC at Morval - 25th September 1916. By Stanley Llewellyn Wood (1866-1928). Date: 1916

Glorious L Battery, Gunner Derbyshire, Driver Osborne
Three members of " L" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, which gallantly maintained fire using three guns against surprise fire from a strong German force comprising ten field guns

Captain James McCudden V. C
Captain James McCudden (1895 - 1918), R.F.C, V.C. D.S.O. (with bar), M.C. (with bar), M.M. Croix de Guerre, British WWI flying ace and recipient of the Victoria Cross

Jemadar Mir Dast, WW1
Jemadar Mir Dast V.C. (1874 - 1945), soldier and Victoria Cross winner in the British Indian Army. During the First World War Dast was a Jemadar in the 55th Cokes Rifles (Frontier Force)

British soldiers decorated with VCs, WW1
Three British soldiers who were decorated with the Victoria Cross on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are, from left to right, Captain J. J

Supermarine Spitfire VC BR202
Supermarine Spitfire VC, BR202, fitted with a long range belly tank. June 1942. Date: 1942

Mr. James Stuart, appointed a companion of honour
JAMES STUART as featured in the Illustrated London News on his appointment as a Companion of Honour to the new Conservative Cabinet in 1957

Lt. -Gen. Sir George White, V. C. on horseback
Lieutenant General Sir George White, V.C. announced as commander of the British Forces in Natal, just prior to the Second Boer War which began in October 1899. Date: 1899

Colour photograph of graves, including that of Lt Col Herbert ?H? Jones VC, 2nd Bn Parachute Regiment, Ajax Bay. From a collection of photographs relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982)

The exploit of Michael O Leary, V. C. of the Irish Guards
Capturing the position practically by himself: the exploit of Michael O Leary, V.C. of the Irish Guards in 1915. A deed of valour which probably saved a whole British company: Sergeant O Leary

General Prendergast winning the Victoria Cross at Betwah
General Sir Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (1834-1913) winning the Victoria Cross for his actions at Mundisore (where he saved the life of Lieutenant Dew) and at Betwah (Betwa)

Second Boer War - British Military Commanders - Victory card
A victory celebration card showing British Commanders in South Africa at the end of the Second Boer War (1899-1902) (from left): Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The garden party to V. C.s at Buckingham Palace
A procession of V.C.s, some in uniform, some in civilian dress, marching in Buckingham Palace for the King afternnon party to recipients of the Victoria Cross, held on 26th June 1920. Date: 1920

London, England - Lord Roberts - Soldier in full dress uniform marching a long street. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Frederick Sleigh Roberts

WW1 - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, awarded the V. C
WW1 - " Going!, Going!!, Gone!!!" Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918), awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to

Sergeant Michael O Leary, VC at Cuinchy
Sergeant Michael John O Leary (29 September 1890 2 August 1961), capturing the barricade at Cuinchy on February 1st. Date: 1915

Private J. Mackenzie, 2nd Scots Guards VC
John Mackenzie (22 November 1871 17 May 1915), who was awarded a VC for the Batlle of Loos Date: 1915

Lance-Corporal F. W. Dobson, Coldstream Guards VC
Frederick William Dobson, (9 November 1886 15 November 1935), who was awarded a VC for the First Battle of the Aisne Date: 1915

Lance-Corporal W. D. Fuller, Grenadier Guards VC
Lance-Corporal Wilfred Dolby Fuller (28 July 1893 22 November 1947), Grenadier Guards, who earned the Victoria Cross for bravery at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Date: 1915

Private Edward Barber, Grenadier Guards VC
Private Edward Barber (10 June 1893 12 March 1915), Grenadier Guards VC, who was awarded the VC for his conduct at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Date: 1915

Lieutenant G. A. Boyd-Rochfort, VC
George Arthur Boyd-Rochfort (1880 1940), lieutenant in the Scots Guards and recipient of the Victoria Cross for bravery in the trenches between Cambrai and La Bass饬 painted by Herbert Draper

Vickers 1106 VC-10 (forward view)-BOAC disembarking pas
Passengers disembark from a BOAC VC-10 at London Airport. Date: late 1960s

Team of light cruiser HMS Ceres - Fleet Rowing Competition
Crew team of the HMS Ceres - winners of the all comers race at the Royal Navy Fleet Rowing Competition, 1928. In the centre is Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley VC

Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Martin-Leake, VC and Bar, VD, FRCS (4 April 1874 22 June 1953), English double recipient of the Victoria Cross

Michael O Leary, Irish Guards, in Great War Deeds, WW1
Lance-Corporal Michael O Leary of the Irish Guards, practically capturing the enemys position by himself and saving a British company by charging barricades

Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Ninth (Queens Royal) Lancers charging to recapture British guns temporarily in the hands of the Germans, a deed that won the Victoria Cross for Captain F O Grenfell

WW1 - Captain Hawker takes on three Germans in the air
WW1 - Captain Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO (1890-1916), was a British flying ace, with seven credited victories. This illustration captures an occassion on 25th July 1915

Reginald Alexander John Warneford, RNAS pilot
Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Alexander John Warneford (1892-1915), RNAS pilot who was awarded the VC and the Legion d Honneur. Date: circa 1915

Sowrey, Frederick, VC, fighter pilot

Robinson, William Leefe, VC, fighter pilot RFC

Second Lieutenant Albert Ball with Caudron G III
The 19-year-old Second Lieutenant Albert Ball (1896-1917) with a Caudron GIII of the Ruffy-Baumann School of Flying at Hendon during the summer of 1915

VCs filing past tomb of the Unknown Warrior
A hundred winners of the Victoria Cross filing past the grave of the Unknown Warrior after the burial service in Westminster Abbey on Armistice Day, 11 November 1920. Date: 1920

Zeebrugge - Petty Officer Reed rescuing Lieutenant Alleyn
One of the eight actions which earned the Victoria Cross during the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918. Petty-officer Reed found Lieutenant Sir John Alleyne was unable to leave the conning tower on board

Recruitment during WW1 - E. Dwyer VC in Trafalgar Square
Lance-Corporal Edward Dwyer V.C. (1896-1916), pictured on a recruiting drive in Trafalgar Square in December 1915. Know as the Little Corporal

Captain Angus Buchanan receiving the VC and Military Medal from King George V at the Bristol investiture. He was led to the platform, having been blinded in action in Mesopotamia. Date: 1917

Victoria Cross lace, WW1
An example of lace worked in a Victoria Cross design - a topical craft idea in a First World War era copy of The Ladys World and Fancy Work Book. Date: c.1915

Funeral of Jack Cornwell, V. C in East Ham
The funeral cortege of Jack Cornwell V.C. leaving East Ham Town Hall and progressing down the High Street towards Manor Park Cemetery where he was buried

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