The
Friends
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Green Howards
of the
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The
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The Regiment's VCs and GCs | |||||||||||||
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 The Victoria Cross (left) and George Cross Medals |
Eighteen Victoria Crosses have been awarded to members of the regiment over the past 150 years. Three members of the regiment have been awarded the George Cross, which ranks immediately after the Victoria Cross.
The men to whom these medals were awarded are listed below. Details of each individual holder, the citation for the medal, and the details of the action in which the medal were won, are linked to each name. Information on the medal holders on this page, and linked pages, is taken from "Beyond Their Duty" by Roger Chapman. This book was specialy written to commemorate the only occasion on which all 18 Victoria Crosses won by members of the Green Howards regiment were together (April to October 2001, in the Green Howards Museum). The book may be purchased from the Green Howards Museum Shop. Additional information on VC and GC medal holders may be obtained from Ian Stewart's web site (VC holders), or Terry Hissey and Roger Hebblethwaite's web site (GC holders) |
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Lance Sergeant Thomas E Alder, GC | 16/17 November 1930 |
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Sergeant Alfred Atkinson, VC | 18 February 1900 |
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Corporal Thomas Atkinson, GC | 15 March 1939 |
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Corporal William Anderson, VC | 12 March 1915 |
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Second Lieutenant Ernest F Beal, VC | 22 March 1918 |
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Second Lieutenant Donald S Bell, VC | 5 July 1916 |
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Corporal William Clamp, VC | 9 October 1917 |
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Private Tom Dresser, VC | 12 May 1917 |
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Private Samuel Evans, VC | 13 April 1855 |
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Captain D Philip Hirsch, VC | 9 April 1917 |
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W O II Stanley E Hollis, VC | 6 June 1944 |
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Private John Lyons, VC | 10 June 1855 |
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Private Thomas McAvoy, GC | 15 March 1939 |
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Sergeant William McNally, VC MM* | 27 - 29 October 1918 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Derek A Seagrim, VC | 20/21 March 1943 |
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Major Stuart W Loudoun-Shand, VC | 1 July 1916 |
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Private William Short, VC | 6 August 1916 |
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Private Henry Tandey, VC DCM MM | 28 September 1918 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Oliver C S Watson, VC DSO | 28 March 1918 |
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Lieutenant Basil Weston, VC | 3 March 1945 |
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Captain Archie C T White, VC MC | 27 September - 1 October 1916 |
