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The first Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Alexander Roberts Dunn for his actions at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War in 1854. William Hall, a Nova Scotian, was the first black recipient of the Victoria Cross. [6] The last living Canadian recipient of the British Victoria Cross, "Smokey" Smith, died in August 2005. [7 ...
Pages in category "Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It ...
Two Bars were awarded; Noel Godfrey Chavasse was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar for two separate actions; Arthur Martin-Leake was awarded a VC in the Second Boer War, and his Bar for actions in the First World War. C ^ 182 medals were awarded to 181 recipients; Charles Upham was awarded the Victoria Cross and Bar.
Thomas William Holmes VC (14 October 1898 – 4 January 1950) was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, during the First World War. Only 19 years old ...
Victoria Cross Lists of Victoria Cross recipients are lists of people who have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious of the orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which no longer recommend ...
Fisher was awarded the Victoria Cross (VC) for his actions on 22 April 1915. [2] The VC, instituted in 1856, was the highest award for valour that could be bestowed on a soldier of the British Empire [4] and Fisher was the first Canadian recipient from the CEF to earn the award. [1] The citation that was published in the London Gazette for his ...
Canadian World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross (2 C, 66 P) G. ... List of Victoria Cross recipients from the British 3rd Division; S. George Samson