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Victoria Cross recipients

Victoria Cross

These 81 members of the Canadian Armed Forces were awarded the Victoria Cross through acts of valour. They were among 1,351 crosses and 3 bars awarded throughout the British Empire. The 81 include:

Full citations to these awards are recorded in 1000 Brave Canadians, published by The Unitrade Press.

In 1992, the Queen approved a Canadian Victoria Cross. Read about it in Pro Valore: Canada's Victoria Cross.

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Name War Date of action

Cockburn, Hampden Z.C.

 South African War November 7, 1900

Holland, Edward J.G.

 South African War November 7, 1900

Richardson, Arthur H.L.

 South African War July 5, 1900

Turner, Richard E.W.

 South African War November 7, 1900

Algie, Wallace Lloyd

 First World War October 11, 1918

Barker, William George

 First World War October 27, 1918

Barron, Colin Fraser

 First World War November 6, 1917

Bellew, Edward Donald

 First World War April 24, 1915

Bishop, William Avery

 First World War September 30, 1914

Brereton, Alexander P.

 First World War August 9, 1918

Brillant, Jean

 First World War August 8, 1918

Brown, Harry

 First World War August 16, 1917

Cairns, Hugh

 First World War November 1, 1918

Campbell, Frederick W.

 First World War June 15, 1915

Clarke, Leo

 First World War September 9, 1916

Clark-Kennedy, William. Hew

 First World War August 27 to 28, 1918

Combe, Robert Grierson

 First World War May 3, 1917

Coppins, Frederick G.

 First World War August 9, 1918

Croak, John Bernard

 First World War August 8, 1918

Dinesen, Thomas

 First World War August 12, 1918

Fisher, Fred

 First World War April 23, 1915

Flowerdew, Gordon M.

 First World War March 30, 1918

Good, Herman James

 First World War August 8, 1918

Gregg, Milton Fowler

 First World War September 27 to October 1, 1918

Hall, Frederick William

 First World War April 24, 1915

Hanna, Robert

 First World War August 21, 1917

Harvey, Frederick M.W.

 First World War March 27, 1917

Hobson, Frederick

 First World War August 18, 1917

Holmes, Thomas William

 First World War October 26, 1917

Honey, Samuel Lewis

 First World War September 27 to 30, 1918

Hutcheson, Bellenden S.

 First World War September 2, 1918

Kaeble, Joseph

 First World War June 8 to 9, 1918

Kerr, George Fraser

 First World War September 27, 1918

Kerr, John Chipman

 First World War September 16, 1916

Kinross, Cecil John

 First World War October 30, 1917

Knight, Arthur George

 First World War September 2, 1918

Konowal, Filip

 First World War August 22 to 24, 1917

Learmonth, Okill M.

 First World War August 18, 1917

Lyall, Graham Thomson

 First World War September 27, 1918

Macdowell, Thain W.

 First World War April 9, 1917

Macgregor, John

 First World War September 29 to October 3, 1918

Mckenzie, Hugh

 First World War October 30, 1917

Mckean, George Burdon

 First World War April 27 to 28, 1918

Merrifield, William

 First World War October 1, 1918

Metcalf, William Henry

 First World War September 2, 1918

Milne, William Johnstone

 First World War April 9, 1917

Miner, Harry G.B.

 First World War August 8, 1918

Mitchell, Coulson N.

 First World War October 8 to 9, 1918

Mullin, George Harry

 First World War October 30, 2017

Nunney, Claude J.P.

 First World War September 1 to 2, 1918

O'Kelly, Christopher P.J.

 First World War October 26, 1917

O'Rourke, Michael James

 First World War August 15 to 17, 1917

Pattison, John George

 First World War April 10, 1917

Pearkes, George Randolph

 First World War October 30 to 31, 1917

Peck, Cyrus Wesley

 First World War September 2, 1918

Rayfield, Walter Leigh

 First World War September 2 to 4, 1918

Richardson, James C.

 First World War October 8, 1916

Ricketts, Thomas

 First World War October 14, 1918

Robertson, James Peter

 First World War November 6, 1917

Rutherford, Charles S.

 First World War August 26, 1918

Scrimger, Francis A.C.

 First World War April 25, 1915

Shankland, Robert

 First World War October 26, 1917

Sifton, Ellis Wellwood

 First World War April 9, 1917

Spall, Robert

 First World War August 12 to 13, 1918

Strachan, Harcus

 First World War November 20, 1917

Tait, James Edward

 First World War August 8 to 11, 1918

Young, Francis

 First World War September 2, 1918

Zengel, Raphael Louis

 First World War August 9, 1918

Cosens, Aubrey

 Second World War February 25 to 26, 1945

Currie, David Vivian

 Second World War August 18, 1944

Foote, John Weir

 Second World War August 19, 1942

Gray, Robert Hampton

 Second World War August 9, 1945

Hornell, David Ernest

 Second World War June 24, 1944

Mahony, John Keefer

 Second World War May 24, 1944

Merritt, Charles C.I.

 Second World War August 14, 1942

Mynarski, Andrew C.

 Second World War June 12 to 13, 1944

Osborn, John Robert

 Second World War December 19, 1941

Smith, Ernest Alvia

 Second World War October 21 to 22, 1944

Tilston, Frederick Albert

 Second World War March 1, 1945

Topham, Frederick George

 Second World War March 24, 1945

Triquet, Paul

 Second World War December 14, 1943

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