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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 .
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 ]
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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. [3] One recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine. [4]
It takes precedence over all other orders, decorations and medals, and may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and to civilians under military command. [1] The award was officially constituted when Queen Victoria issued a warrant under the Royal sign-manual on 29 January 1856 that was gazetted on 5 February 1856. [2]