Victoria Cross

6/21 — The first Victoria Cross is awarded during the bombardment of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands.

1/29 — La reina Victoria emite un warrant bajo el sello real que establece la Cruz Victoria para reconocer actos de valentía por parte del personal militar británico durante la Guerra de Crimea.

6/26 — The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.

11/16 — Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.

11/7 — Second Boer War:Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

7/25 — RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.

4/28 — William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1904)

11/5 — Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1869)

2/1 — John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1901)

4/11 — Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)

9/17 — Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)

7/1 — Arthur Borton, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1933)

1/2 — Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

11/6 — Martin O'Meara, sargento irlandés-australiano, galardonado con la Cruz de Victoria (f. 1935)

5/24 — Mick Mannock, soldado y piloto irlandés, galardonado con la Cruz de Victoria (f. 1918)

9/21 — Charles William Train, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1965)

4/13 — Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1921)

1/10 — Albert Jacka, capitán australiano, galardonado con la Cruz de Victoria (f. 1932)

9/20 — Colin Fraser Barron, Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1958)

11/3 — William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930)

10/14 — Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)

4/20 — Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)

11/10 — Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

4/2 — Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)

1/1 — Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

8/12 — Guy Gibson, Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)

11/18 — Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2007)

5/20 — John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient

9/22 — Anders Lassen, Danish-English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1945)

12/6 — John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)

5/7 — Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)

7/16 — Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2006)

1/26 — Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)

7/14 — John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1813)

6/27 — John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)

1/8 — John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

1/6 — Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)

11/6 — Alan Arnett McLeod, teniente canadiense, galardonado con la Cruz de Victoria (n. 1899)

3/12 — William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)

1/17 — Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)

12/20 — Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)

1/12 — Edward Smith, teniente inglés, galardonado con la Cruz Victoria (n. 1899)

2/12 — Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

9/19 — Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

12/10 — John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)

8/9 — Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

7/2 — Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

12/27 — Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

8/8 — Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)

5/28 — H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1940)

6/12 — Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)

3/23 — Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1913)

7/12 — Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1908)

10/9 — Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

11/28 — William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1921)

8/20 — Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)