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Friday, 3 November 2017

Remembrance Day and The VictoriaCrooss





The Victoria Cross has been presented to 96 Canadians, or people closely associated with Canada, between its creation for acts performed during the Crimean War and 1993 when the Canadian Victoria Cross was instituted. No Canadian has received either honour since 1945.
Seventy-one Victoria Crosses were awarded to Canadians for their actions in the First World War, and Canadians won sixteen VCs during the Second World War. The remaining recipients were awarded the medal for actions performed in the Crimean War (Battle of Balaclava), the Indian Rebellion of 1857, in a native uprising at a remote Indian Ocean island and the Second Boer War.
The first Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Alexander Roberts Dunn for his actions at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War in 1854. WILLIAM HALL, A NOVA SCOTIAN, WAS THE FIRST BLACK RECIPIENT OF THE VICTORIA CROSS.
THE LAST LIVING CANADIAN RECIPIENT OF THE BRITISH VICTORIA CROSS, "SMOKEY" SMITH, DIED IN AUGUST 2005. “Smokey” was
Comrade and a good friend
Timothy O'Hea, a 23-year-old Irishman in the British army, fought a fire in a railway car containing 900 kilograms of ammunition stationed at Danville, Quebec during the Fenian raids.[8] O'Hea is the only VC recipient awarded for actions on Canadian soil.
Seven Canadians were awarded VCs individually on one single day, 2 September 1918, for actions they performed along the 30 km long Drocourt-Quéant Line near Arras, France: Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Henry Metcalf, Claude Nunney, Cyrus Wesley Peck, Walter Leigh Rayfield and John Francis Young. Their acts of exceptional performed during Canada's Hundred Days of successful offensive campaigning that helped end the war
List of Individual Recipients
Name    Date of action    Conflict Unit       Perpetuating Unit            Place of action   Province of origin             Alexander Dunn     1854       Battle of Balaclava            33rd Regiment of Foot   Yorkshire Regiment         Balaclava, Crimea                Ontario
Raymond de Montmorency         1898       Battle of Omdurman       21st Lancers       17th/21st Lancers            Omdurman, Sudan   Quebec
Campbell Douglas            1867       Bravery at Sea   24th Regiment of Foot   South Wales Borderers  Little Andaman, India                Ontario
Raphael Zengel 1918       First World War 5th Battalion, CEF            North Saskatchewan Regiment  Warvillers, France                Saskatchewan
John Young         1918       First World War 87th Battalion, CEF          Canadian Grenadier Guards        Dury-Arras Sector, France  Quebec
Thomas Wilkinson            1916*    First World War Loyal North Lancashire Regiment              Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)         La Boiselle, France                          
James Tait           1918*    First World War 78th Battalion, CEF          Winnipeg Grenadiers     Amiens, France N.W.T[97]               
Harcus Strachan                1917       First World War Fort Garry Horse               Fort Garry Horse               Masnières, France                Manitoba Alberta
Robert Spall        1918*    First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry             Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry     Parvillers, France              Manitoba           
John Sinton         1916       First World War Indian Medical Service                   Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia            British Columbia
Ellis Sifton           1917*    First World War 18th Battalion, CEF          Essex and Kent Scottish Neuville-St.-Vaast, France                Ontario
Robert Shankland            1917       First World War 43rd Battalion, CEF          Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada                Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba
Francis Scrimger               1915       First World War Canadian Army Medical Corps                    St. Julien, Belgium                Quebec
Charles Rutherford          1918       First World War 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF         Sherbrooke Hussars                Monchy, France Ontario
James Robertson             1917*    First World War 27th Battalion, CEF          Royal Winnipeg Rifles     Passchendaele, Belgium                Nova Scotia
James Richardson            1916*    First World War 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF  Canadian Scottish Regiment                Somme, France British Columbia              
Walter Rayfield 1918       First World War 7th Battalion, CEF            British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)     Arras, France      Ontario
Cyrus Peck          1918       First World War 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF  Canadian Scottish Regiment                Cagnicourt, France          New Brunswick
George Pearkes 1917       First World War 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF         Sherbrooke Hussars                Passchendaele, Belgium Yukon  
John Pattison     1917*    First World War 50th Battalion, CEF          King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)      Vimy Ridge, France  Alberta
Michael O'Rourke            1917       First World War 7th Battalion, CEF            British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)           Hill 70, France   British Columbia              
Michael O'Leary                1915       First World War Irish Guards        Irish Guards        Cuinchy, France Saskatchewan
Christopher O'Kelly         1917       First World War 52nd Battalion, CEF         Lake Superior Scottish Regiment                Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba           
Claude Nunney 1918*    First World War 38th Battalion, CEF          Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)     Drocourt-Queant Line, France    Ontario[75]        
George Mullin   1917       First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry             Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry     Passchendaele, Belgium Saskatchewan[72]           [note 10]
Coulson Norman Mitchell             1918       First World War 4th Battalion Canadian Engineers                             Canal de L'Escaut, France Manitoba[71]   
Harry Miner        1918*    First World War 58th Battalion, CEF          Royal Regiment of Canada            Demuin, France                Ontario[70]        
William Milne    1917*    First World War 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF  Canadian Scottish Regiment                Thelus, France   Saskatchewan[69]          
William Metcalf 1918       First World War 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF  Canadian Scottish Regiment        Arras, France  n/a         [note 10]
William Merrifield           1918       First World War 4th Battalion, CEF            56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)  Abancourt, France           Ontario[67]        
Alan McLeod      1918*    First World War No. 2 Squadron RFC        No. 2 Squadron RAF        Albert, France    Manitoba[66]               
Hugh McKenzie 1917*    First World War Canadian Machine Gun Corps     Royal Canadian Armoured Corps                Meetscheele Spur, Belgium         Ontario Alberta[65]         [note 13]
George McKean 1918       First World War 14th Battalion, CEF          Royal Montreal Regiment             Gavrelle Sector, France  Alberta[64]        
John MacGregor               1918       First World War 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF        British Columbia Dragoons             Cambrai, France               British Columbia[62]      
Thain MacDowell             1917       First World War 38th Battalion, CEF          Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)            Vimy Ridge, France          Ontario[61]        
Graham Lyall      1918       First World War 102nd Battalion, CEF       British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)     Cambrai, France               Ontario[60]        
Okill Learmonth 1917*    First World War 2nd Battalion, CEF            Governor General's Foot Guards               Loos, France                Quebec[59]       
Filip Konowal     1917       First World War 47th Battalion, CEF          Royal Westminster Regiment     Lens, France       n/a                [note 12]
Arthur Knight     1918*    First World War 10th Battalion, CEF          Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders                Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France     Saskatchewan[59]          
Cecil Kinross       1917       First World War 49th Battalion, CEF          Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)             Passchendaele, Belgium Alberta[58]        
John Kerr             1916       First World War 49th Battalion, CEF          Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)             Courcelette, France        Nova Scotia[57] [note 11]
George Kerr       1918       First World War 3rd Battalion, CEF            Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and Royal Regiment of Canada Bourlon Wood, France   Ontario[56]        
Joseph Kaeble   1918*    First World War 22nd Battalion, CEF         Royal 22e Régiment        Neuville-Vitasse, France                Quebec[55]       
Bellenden Hutcheson     1918       First World War 75th Battalion, CEF          Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)          Arras, France      Ontario[54]         [note 10]
Samuel Honey   1918*    First World War 78th Battalion, CEF          Winnipeg Grenadiers     Bourlon Wood, France                Ontario[52]        
Thomas Holmes 1917       First World War 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF         Governor General's Horse Guards Passchendaele, Belgium Ontario[51]        
Frederick Hobson             1917*    First World War 20th Battalion, CEF          Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)            Lens, France       Ontario[48]        
Frederick Harvey              1917       First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)           Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)               Guyencourt, France        Alberta[47]        
Robert Hanna    1917       First World War 29th Battalion, CEF          British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)     Lens, France       British Columbia[46]      
Frederick Hall     1915*    First World War 8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF               Royal Winnipeg Rifles                Ypres, Belgium  Manitoba[44]    [note 1]
Milton Gregg     1918       First World War Royal Canadian Regiment             Royal Canadian Regiment             Cambrai, France  New Brunswick[43]        
Herman Good    1918       First World War 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF             Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada   Hangard Wood, France  New Brunswick[41]        
Gordon Flowerdew         1918*    First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)           Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)               Bois de Moreuil, France British Columbia[39]      
Frederick Fisher 1915*    First World War 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF             Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada   St. Julien, Belgium            Ontario[38]        
Thomas Dinesen               1918       First World War 42nd Battalion, CEF         Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Parvillers, France              n/a[35] [note 6]
Edmund De Wind             1918*    First World War Royal Irish Rifles               Royal Irish Regiment (1992)         Groagie, France  Alberta[34]         [note 5]
Robert Cruickshank         1918       First World War London Regiment            London Regiment            Jordan, Palestine                Manitoba[31]    [note 3]
John Croak          1918*    First World War 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF             Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada   Amiens, France Nova Scotia[29] .[note 2][30]
Frederick Coppins            1918       First World War 8th Battalion, CEF            Royal Winnipeg Rifles     Hackett Woods, France  Manitoba[27]   
Robert Combe   1917*    First World War 27th Battalion, CEF          Royal Winnipeg Rifles     Acheville, France                Saskatchewan[26]          
Leo Clarke           1916*    First World War 2nd Battalion, CEF            Governor General's Foot Guards               Pozières, France  Manitoba[24]    [note 1]
William Clark-Kennedy  1918       First World War 24th Battalion, CEF          Victoria Rifles of Canada               Fresnes, France  Quebec[23]       
Frederick Campbell         1915*    First World War 1st Battalion, CEF             Royal Canadian Regiment             Givenchy, France  Ontario[22]        
Hugh Cairns        1918*    First World War 46th Battalion, CEF          Saskatchewan Dragoons               Valenciennes, France                Saskatchewan[21]          
Harry Brown       1917*    First World War 10th Battalion, CEF          Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders    Loos, France  Ontario[20]        
Jean Brillant        1918*    First World War 22nd Battalion, CEF         Royal 22nd Regiment     Meharicourt, France                Quebec[19]       
Alexander Brereton        1918       First World War 8th Battalion, CEF            Royal Winnipeg Rifles     Amiens, France                Manitoba[18]   
Rowland Bourke               1918       First World War Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve                Ostend, Belgium               British Columbia[17]      
William Bishop  1917       First World War No. 60 Squadron RAF     No. 60 Squadron RAF     Cambrai, France                Ontario[16]        
Philip Bent          1917*    First World War Leicestershire Regiment B Company, Second Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment            Polygon Wood, Belgium Nova Scotia[15]
Edward Bellew  1915       First World War 7th Battalion, CEF            British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)     Kerselaere, Belgium        British Columbia[14]      
Colin Barron       1917       First World War 3rd Battalion, CEF            Royal Regiment of Canada            Passchendaele, Belgium                Ontario[12]        
William Barker  1918       First World War No. 201 Squadron RAF   None     Forêt de Mormal, France              Manitoba[11]               
Wallace Algie     1918*    First World War 20th Battalion, CEF          The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)  Cambrai, France               Ontario[10]        
Herbert Reade  1857       Indian rebellion of 1857 61st Regiment of Foot    The Rifles            Delhi, India         Ontario[85]               
William Hall        1857       Indian rebellion of 1857 HMS Shannon   none     Lucknow, India  Nova Scotia[45]
Richard Turner  1900       Second Boer War              Royal Canadian Dragoons             Royal Canadian Dragoons                Komati River, South Africa            Quebec[101]     
Arthur Richardson            1900       Second Boer War              Strathcona's Horse          Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)          Wolwespruit, South Africa            n/a[86] [note 15]             
William Nickerson           1900       Second Boer War              Royal Army Medical Corps                            Wakkerstroom, South Africa    New Brunswick[74]         [note 3]
Edward Holland 1900       Second Boer War              Royal Canadian Dragoons             Royal Canadian Dragoons                Komati River, South Africa            Ontario[50]        
Hampden Cockburn        1900       Second Boer War              Royal Canadian Dragoons             Royal Canadian Dragoons                Komati River, South Africa            Ontario[25]        
Paul Triquet        1943       Second World War           Royal 22e Régiment        Royal 22e Régiment        Casa Berardi, Italy                Quebec[100]     
Frederick Topham            1945       Second World War           1st Canadian Parachute Battalion                              Rhine, Germany             Ontario[99]        
Frederick Tilston               1945       Second World War           Essex Scottish Regiment Essex and Kent Scottish Hochwald Forest, Germany              Ontario[98]        
Ernest Smith       1944       Second World War           Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Seaforth Highlanders of Canada River Savio, Italy           British Columbia[94]      
Frederick Peters               1942       Second World War           HMS Walney                      Oran, Algeria      P.E.I[83]              
John Osborn       1941       Second World War           Winnipeg Grenadiers     Winnipeg Grenadiers     Mount Butler, Hong Kong      Manitoba[79]   
Andrew Mynarski            1944*    Second World War           No. 419 Squadron RCAF 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron            Cambrai, France               Manitoba[73]   
Charles Merritt  1942       Second World War           South Saskatchewan Regiment  South Saskatchewan Regiment                Dieppe, France  British Columbia[68]      
John Mahony     1944       Second World War           Westminster Regiment (Motor) Royal Westminster Regiment     River Melfa, Italy         British Columbia[63]      
David Hornell     1944       Second World War           No. 162 Squadron RCAF                Faroes, Atlantic Ontario[53]        
Charles Hoey      1944       Second World War           Royal Lincolnshire Regiment       Royal Anglian Regiment Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)      British Columbia[49]      
Robert Gray        1945*    Second World War           Fleet Air Arm      Fleet Air Arm      Honshū, Japan   British Columbia[42]                [note 9]
John Foote          1942       Second World War           1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) Dieppe, France  Ontario[40]        
David Currie       1944       Second World War           29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment)                South Alberta Light Horse             Battle of Falaise, France Saskatchewan[32]          
Aubrey Cosens  1945*    Second World War           Queen's Own Rifles of Canada    Queen's Own Rifles of Canada                Mooshof, Germany        Ontario[28]        
Ian Bazalgette   1944*    Second World War           No. 115 Squadron RAF   No. 115 Squadron RAF   Trossy St. Maximin, France  Alberta[13]         




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