Victoria's Cross (41 page)

Sarah Sands
incident
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Kandahar
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Lucknow
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Manipur
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Imphal
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Simla
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Indian Naval Brigade
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Iran

Tehran
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Iraq

Baghdad
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Basra
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Mosul
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Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–11)
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Bronze Stars awarded for actions during
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CGCs awarded for actions during
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Silver Stars awarded for actions during
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Iron Cross
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perceived cheapening of
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Italy
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Jackson, Flight Sergeant Norman
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gazetting of VC (1945)
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sale of VC awarded to
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Japan

Imperial (1868–1947)
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Kempei Tai
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Jepson, Selwyn
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Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert
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death of
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posthumous awarding of VC
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Kabul Field Force
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Kavanagh, Thomas Henry
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Assistant Commissioner in Oudh
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How I Won the Victoria Cross
(1860)
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Keane, Lieutenant Colonel Bob

Keane
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Keane, Private John
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Keeble, Major Chris
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Keegan, Sir John
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Kenneally, John

awarded VC (1943)
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desertion
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Khan, Noor Inayat

posthumous awarding of GC (1949)
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Kipling, Rudyard
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Kitchener, Sir Horatio Herbert
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death of
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role in development of MC
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Secretary of State for War
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view of VCs
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Knight Grand Cross
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Korean War (1950–3)
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VCs awarded for actions during
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Kosovo War (1998–9)

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia (Operation Allied Force) (1999)
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Labour Party

members of
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Laos
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Laurie, Lieutenant-General John Wimburn
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Lawrence, Sir John
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Lawson, Jack

Secretary of State for War
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Le Matin
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Légion d'Honneur
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Leopold I of Belgium, King
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Liberal Party

members of
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Libya

Tripoli
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Limbu, Rambadahadur

awarded VC
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Lindsay, Sir Martin
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military career of
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Little Andaman Island incident (1867)

VCs awarded for actions during
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Liverpool Mercury
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Lloyd George, David

administration of
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Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper
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London Gazette
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Long, Colonel Chris
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Lucas, Charles
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Lugard, Sir Edward
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Lyndhurst, Lord (John Copley)
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MacArthur, General Douglas
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Mackenzie, Lieutenant Hugh
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Magennis, Leading Seaman James

price history of VC awarded to
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Mahdist War (1881–99)
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Battle of Omdurman (1898)
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casualties of
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Major, John

reform of honours system (1993)
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Malaya
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Mangles, Ross Lowis
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Assistant Magistrate at Patna
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Mansfield, Sir William

Commander-in-Chief of British Military in India
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Manson, Reverend J.
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Marx, Karl
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Mary, Queen
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Mauritius

Port Louis
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McCandlish, Major General John

Director of Personnel Administration at War Office
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McCarthy, Corporal James

death of (1918)
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McDonald, Christopher
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eligibility for VC
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McDonnell, William Fraser
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McDowell, George Patrick

posthumous awarding of Albert Medal
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McFadzean, Billy
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posthumous awarding of VC to
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McKay, Sergeant Ian

death of
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posthumous awarding of VC
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McNaughton, Lieutenant General Andrew

GOC of First Canadian Army
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McNeill, Sir John
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McWheeny, Sergeant William

awarded VC
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Medal of Honor
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establishment of (1862)
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Médailles Militaires
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establishment of (1852)
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Melvill, Lieutenant Teignmouth
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posthumous awarding of VC
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Mentioned in Dispatches (MiD)
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Michel, Colonel
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Military Covenant

concept of
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Military Cross (MC)
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awarded to women
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citations for
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establishment of (1916)
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development of
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extension to all ranks (1993)
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Military General Service Medal (MGSM)
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Military Medal (MM)
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abolition of (1993)
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establishment of (1916)
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issuing to women
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Miller, William I.
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Moncel, Brigadier R. E.
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Montgomery, General Bernard
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de Montmorency, Captain Raymond

awarded VC (1898)
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More, Colonel
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Morris-Jones, Henry
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Morning Post
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Napier, Lord
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Viceroy of India
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Napoleon III

establishment of Médailles Militaires (1852)
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Napoleonic Wars (1803–15)
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Battle of Waterloo (1815)
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National Archive
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National Film Board of Canada

Kid Who Couldn't Miss, The
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National Service Act (1941)
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Nesbitt, Kate
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awarded MC (2009)
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Netherlands
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Nettleton, John
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awarded VC
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New Guinea

Sattelberg
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New York Post
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New York Times
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New Zealand
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General Assembly
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indigenous population of
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River, Mangapiko
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New Zealand Company (NZC)

establishment of (1837)
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New Zealand Wars (1845–72)
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Newcastle, Duke of (Henry Pelham-Clinton)

role in development of VC
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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
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Nicholson, James

awarded VC
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Nightingale, Florence
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Nile, River
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non-commissioned officers (NCOs)
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VCs awarded to
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Norris, Michelle

awarded MC (2006)
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Norris, Sergeant J. W.
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Norway
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Narvik
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Ogilvy, Sir Angus
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O'Hea, Private Timothy
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awarded VC
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Order of the Bath
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Knight Grand Cross (CGB)
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Order of the British Empire
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Order of the Garter
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Order of the Thistle
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Ottoman Empire

Moldavia
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Sublime Porte
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Wallachia
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Outram, Major General Sir James
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Paine, Major General Sir Godfrey
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Palestine

Ain Kanish
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Palmer, Rear Admiral Norman Craig
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Palmer, Roundell Cecil Palmer
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Palmerston, Lord (Henry John Temple)

administration of
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death of
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Panetta, Leon

role in establishment of Distinguished Warfare Medal (2013)
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Panmure, Lord (Fox Maule-Ramsay)
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Secretary of State for War
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view of VC
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Patton, General George
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Peel, Captain
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Peel, General Jonathan

role in extension of VC eligibility
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Secretary of State for War
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Pennington, Edward
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Phipps-Hornby, Major Edund
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Pile, General Sir Frederick

Commander of Air Defence in Britain
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Place, Lieutenant Godfrey
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awarded VC
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Plowman, Max
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Pollard, Alfred Oliver
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awarded VC
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Fire-Eater: The Memoirs of V
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Ponsonby, Sir Frederick
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Acting Private Secretary to

Queen Victoria
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Keeper of the Privy Purse
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Presbyterians
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Probyn, General Sir Dighton MacNaughton

awarded VC
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Profumo, John

Secretary of State for War
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signing of revised warrant for VC (1961)
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Punch
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Purple Heart

eligibility standards of
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Quinton, James Wallace
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Chief Commissioner in Assam
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Raby, Commander Henry James

awarded VC
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Raglan, Lord
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Reed, Captain Hamilton Lyster

recommended for VC
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Reed, General
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Reid, Flight Lieutenant William

awarded VC (1943)
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military service of
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Reeve, Henry
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Religious Tract Society

Boy's Own Paper
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Rennie, William

sale of medal set of
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Republic of Ireland
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Dublin
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Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
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Kon Tum Province
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Quang Ngai Province

Tra Bong Valley
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Resistance Medal
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Reynolds's Newspaper
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Richards, Frank

Old Soldiers Never Die
(1933)
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von Richtofen, Baron Manfred
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Roberts, First Lieutenant Peter
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awarded VC
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Roberts, Frederick
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death of
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family of
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gazetted for VC (1900)
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Roberts, General
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