Victoria Crosses
The Victoria Cross is the highest military honour in the British and Commonwealth system of honours. It is awarded for acts of the highest valour in the face of the enemy in battle. For their actions at Flers-Courcelette four Victoria Crosses were awarded:
- New Zealander, Serjeant Donald Forrester Brown of the Otago Infantry Regiment was awarded the VC for his heroic actions in battle southeast of High Wood on 15 September.
- On the same day, Scottish Lieutenant Colonel John Vaughan Campbell of the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards, Guards Division, earned his VC for his part in the fighting at Ginchy.
- Again on the 15th, close to the village of Ginchy, Lance-Sergeant Frederick McNess of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards, Guards Division, earned the VC.
- On the 16th of September, Canadian Private John Chipman Kerr of the 49th (Edmonton) Battalion earned the VC for gallant actions fighting near Courcelette.
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