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Pages in category "Recipients of the Royal Victorian Medal" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) is a decoration established by Queen Victoria in April 1896. [1] A part of the Royal Victorian Order , it is a reward for personal service to the Sovereign or the royal family, and is the personal gift of the Sovereign. [ 2 ]
The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the First World War, for which 628 medals were awarded to 627 recipients. [10] The largest number awarded for actions on a single day was 24 on 16 November 1857, at the Second Relief of Lucknow, during the Indian ...
Victoria Cross Lists of Victoria Cross recipients are lists of people who have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious of the orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which no longer recommend ...
The following is a partial list of English recipients of the Victoria Cross. ** Holders of VC and bar (twice awarded the VC). ... Royal Navy: 1918: First World War ...
Recipients of the Royal Victorian Medal (8 P) ... Royal Victorian Medal This page was last edited on 24 January 2019, at 20:53 (UTC). ...
The Victoria Cross. This is a list of recipients of the Victoria Cross by nationality. It does not include the Victoria Cross awarded to the American Unknown Soldier of World War I buried in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. He was awarded the VC posthumously in 1921.
A number of public and private collections are devoted to the Victoria Cross. The private collection of Lord Ashcroft , amassed since 1986, contains over one-tenth of all VCs awarded. Following a 2008 donation to the Imperial War Museum , the Ashcroft collection went on public display alongside the museum's Victoria and George Cross collection ...