List of Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients - Recipients

Recipients

This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously

Name Date of action Conflict Unit Place of action Province of origin Notes
Algie, WallaceWallace Algie 1918* First World War 020b !20th Battalion, CEF Cambrai, France Ontario
Barker, WilliamWilliam Barker 1918 First World War 201s !No. 201 Squadron RAF Forêt de Mormal, France Manitoba
Barron, ColinColin Barron 1917 First World War 003b !3rd Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Ontario
Bazalgette, IanIan Bazalgette 1944* Second World War 115s !No. 115 Squadron RAF Trossy St. Maximin, France Alberta
Bellew, EdwardEdward Bellew 1915 First World War 007b !7th Battalion, CEF Kerselaere, Belgium British Columbia
Bent, PhilipPhilip Bent 1917* First World War Leicestershire Regiment !The Leicestershire Regiment Polygon Wood, Belgium Nova Scotia
Bishop, WilliamWilliam Bishop 1917 First World War 060s !No. 60 Squadron RAF Cambrai, France Ontario
Bourke, RowlandRowland Bourke 1918 First World War Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ostend, Belgium British Columbia
Brereton, AlexanderAlexander Brereton 1918 First World War 008b !8th Battalion, CEF Amiens, France Manitoba
Brillant, JeanJean Brillant 1918* First World War 022b !22nd Battalion, CEF Meharicourt, France Quebec
Brown, HarryHarry Brown 1917* First World War 010b !10th Battalion, CEF Loos, France Ontario
Cairns, HughHugh Cairns 1918* First World War 046b !46th Battalion, CEF Valenciennes, France Saskatchewan
Campbell, FrederickFrederick Campbell 1915* First World War 001b !1st Battalion, CEF Givenchy, France Ontario
Clarke, LeoLeo Clarke 1916* First World War 002b !2nd Battalion Pozières, France Manitoba
Clark-Kennedy, WilliamWilliam Clark-Kennedy 1918 First World War 024b !24th Battalion, CEF Fresnes, France Quebec
Cockburn, HampdenHampden Cockburn 1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Ontario
Combe, RobertRobert Combe 1917* First World War 027b !27th Battalion, CEF Acheville, France Saskatchewan
Coppins, FrederickFrederick Coppins 1918 First World War 008b !8th Battalion, CEF Hackett Woods, France Manitoba
Cosens, AubreyAubrey Cosens 1945* Second World War Queen's Own Rifles of Canada !The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Mooshof, Germany Ontario
Croak, JohnJohn Croak 1918* First World War 013b !13th Battalion, CEF Amiens, France Nova Scotia
Cruickshank, RobertRobert Cruickshank 1918 First World War London Regiment Jordan, Palestine Manitoba
Currie, DavidDavid Currie 1944 Second World War 29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (The South Alberta Regiment) Battle of Falaise, France Saskatchewan
De Wind, EdmundEdmund De Wind 1918* First World War Royal Irish Rifles Groagie, France Alberta
Dinesen, ThomasThomas Dinesen 1918 First World War 042b !42nd Battalion, CEF Parvillers, France n/a
Douglas, CampbellCampbell Douglas 1867 Bravery at Sea 024r !24th Regiment of Foot Little Andaman, India Ontario
Dunn, AlexanderAlexander Dunn 1854 Battle of Balaclava 033r !33rd Regiment of Foot Balaclava, Crimea Ontario
Fisher, FrederickFrederick Fisher 1915* First World War 013b !13th Battalion, CEF St. Julien, Belgium Ontario
Flowerdew, GordonGordon Flowerdew 1918* First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Bois de Moreuil, France British Columbia
Foote, JohnJohn Foote 1942 Second World War Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Dieppe, France Ontario
Good, HermanHerman Good 1918 First World War 013b !13th Battalion, CEF Hangard Wood, France New Brunswick
Gray, RobertRobert Gray 1945* Second World War Fleet Air Arm Honshū, Japan British Columbia
Gregg, MiltonMilton Gregg 1918 First World War Royal Canadian Regiment Cambrai, France New Brunswick
Hall, FrederickFrederick Hall 1915* First World War 027b !27th Battalion, CEF Ypres, Belgium Manitoba
Hall, WilliamWilliam Hall 1857 Indian rebellion of 1857 HMS Shannon Lucknow, India Nova Scotia
Hanna, RobertRobert Hanna 1917 First World War 029b !29th Battalion, CEF Lens, France British Columbia
Harvey, FrederickFrederick Harvey 1917 First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Guyencourt, France Alberta
Hobson, FrederickFrederick Hobson 1917* First World War 020b !20th Battalion Lens, France Ontario
Hoey, CharlesCharles Hoey 1944 Second World War Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar) British Columbia
Holland, EdwardEdward Holland 1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Ontario
Holmes, ThomasThomas Holmes 1917 First World War 002b !2nd Battalion Passchendaele, Belgium Ontario
Honey, SamuelSamuel Honey 1918* First World War 078b !78th Battalion, CEF Bourlon Wood, France Ontario
Hornell, DavidDavid Hornell 1944 Second World War 162s !No. 162 Squadron RCAF Faroes, Atlantic Ontario
Hutcheson, BellendenBellenden Hutcheson 1918 First World War 075b !75th Battalion, CEF Arras, France Ontario
Kaeble, JosephJoseph Kaeble 1918* First World War 022b !22nd Battalion, CEF Neuville-Vitasse, France Quebec
Kerr, GeorgeGeorge Kerr 1918 First World War 003b !3rd Battalion, CEF Bourlon Wood, France Ontario
Kerr, JohnJohn Kerr 1916 First World War 049b !49th Battalion, CEF Courcelette, France Nova Scotia
Kinross, CecilCecil Kinross 1917 First World War 049b !49th Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Alberta
Knight, ArthurArthur Knight 1918* First World War 010b !10th Battalion, CEF Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France Alberta
Konowal, FilipFilip Konowal 1917 First World War 047b !47th Battalion, CEF Lens, France n/a
Learmonth, OkillOkill Learmonth 1917* First World War 002b !2nd Battalion, CEF Loos, France Quebec
Lyall, GrahamGraham Lyall 1918 First World War 102b !102nd Battalion, CEF Cambrai, France Ontario
MacDowell, ThainThain MacDowell 1917 First World War 038b !38th Battalion, CEF Vimy Ridge, France Ontario
MacGregor, JohnJohn MacGregor 1918 First World War 002c !2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Cambrai, France British Columbia
Mahony, JohnJohn Mahony 1944 Second World War Westminster Regiment (Motor) River Melfa, Italy British Columbia
McKean, GeorgeGeorge McKean 1918 First World War 014b !14th Battalion, CEF Gavrelle Sector, France Alberta
McKenzie, HughHugh McKenzie 1917* First World War Canadian Machine Gun Corps Meetscheele Spur, Belgium Alberta
McLeod, AlanAlan McLeod 1918* First World War 002s !No. 2 Squadron RFC Albert, France Manitoba
Merrifield, WilliamWilliam Merrifield 1918 First World War 004b !4th Battalion, CEF Abancourt, France Ontario
Merritt, CharlesCharles Merritt 1942 Second World War South Saskatchewan Regiment Dieppe, France British Columbia
Metcalf, WilliamWilliam Metcalf 1918 First World War 016b !16th Battalion, CEF Arras, France n/a
Milne, WilliamWilliam Milne 1917* First World War 016b !16th Battalion, CEF Thelus, France Saskatchewan
Miner, HarryHarry Miner 1918* First World War 058b !58th Battalion, CEF Demuin, France Ontario
Mitchell, CoulsonCoulson Mitchell 1918 First World War 004c !4th Canadian Engineers Canal de L'Escaut, France Manitoba
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin 1917 First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Passchendaele, Belgium Saskatchewan
Mynarski, AndrewAndrew Mynarski 1944* Second World War 419s !No. 419 Squadron RCAF Cambrai, France Manitoba
Nickerson, WilliamWilliam Nickerson 1900 Second Boer War Royal Army Medical Corps Wakkerstroom, South Africa New Brunswick
Nunney, ClaudeClaude Nunney 1918* First World War 038b !38th Battalion, CEF Drocourt-Queant Line, France Ontario
O'Kelly, ChristopherChristopher O'Kelly 1917 First World War 052b !52nd Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba
O'Leary, MichaelMichael O'Leary 1915 First World War Irish Guards Cuinchy, France Saskatchewan
O'Rourke, MichaelMichael O'Rourke 1917 First World War 007b !7th Battalion, CEF Hill 70, France British Columbia
Osborn, JohnJohn Osborn 1941 Second World War Winnipeg Grenadiers Mount Butler, Hong Kong Manitoba
Pattison, JohnJohn Pattison 1917* First World War 050b !50th Battalion, CEF Vimy Ridge, France Alberta
Pearkes, GeorgeGeorge Pearkes 1917 First World War 005b !5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles Passchendaele, Belgium Yukon
Peck, CyrusCyrus Peck 1918 First World War 016b !16th Battalion, CEF Cagnicourt, France New Brunswick
Peters, FrederickFrederick Peters 1942 Second World War HMS Walney Oran, Algeria P.E.I
Rayfield, WalterWalter Rayfield 1918 First World War 007b !7th Battalion, CEF Arras, France Ontario
Reade, HerbertHerbert Reade 1857 Indian rebellion of 1857 061r !61st Regiment of Foot Delhi, India Ontario
Richardson, ArthurArthur Richardson 1900 Second Boer War Strathcona's Horse Wolwespruit, South Africa n/a
Richardson, JamesJames Richardson 1916* First World War 016b !16th Battalion, CEF Somme, France British Columbia
Robertson, JamesJames Robertson 1917* First World War 027b !27th Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Nova Scotia
Rutherford, CharlesCharles Rutherford 1918 First World War 005b !5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles Monchy, France Ontario
Scrimger, FrancisFrancis Scrimger 1915 First World War Canadian Army Medical Corps St. Julien, Belgium Quebec
Shankland, RobertRobert Shankland 1917 First World War 043b !43rd Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba
Sifton, EllisEllis Sifton 1917* First World War 018b !18th Battalion, CEF Neuville-St.-Vaast, France Ontario
Sinton, JohnJohn Sinton 1916 First World War Indian Medical Service Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia British Columbia
Smith, ErnestErnest Smith 1944 Second World War Seaforth Highlanders of Canada River Savio, Italy British Columbia
Spall, RobertRobert Spall 1918* First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Parvillers, France Manitoba
Strachan, HarcusHarcus Strachan 1917 First World War Fort Garry Horse Masnières, France Manitoba
Tait, JamesJames Tait 1918* First World War 078b !78th Battalion, CEF Amiens, France N.W.T
Tilston, FrederickFrederick Tilston 1945 Second World War Essex Scottish Regiment Hochwald Forest, Germany Ontario
Topham, FrederickFrederick Topham 1945 Second World War 001c !1st Canadian Parachute Battalion Rhine, Germany Ontario
Triquet, PaulPaul Triquet 1943 Second World War 022b !Royal 22e Régiment Casa Berardi, Italy Quebec
Turner, RichardRichard Turner 1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Quebec
Wilkinson, ThomasThomas Wilkinson 1916* First World War Loyal North Lancashire Regiment La Boiselle, France n/a
Young, JohnJohn Young 1918 First World War 087b !87th Battalion, CEF Dury-Arras Sector, France Quebec
Zengel, RaphaelRaphael Zengel 1918 First World War 005b !5th Battalion, CEF Warvillers, France Saskatchewan

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