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Victoria Crosses edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The four VC's listed ( and referenced ) are only those awarded to the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Regiment.

The museum has 31 VC's in its collection, including the father & son Congreves:

Pte F Wheatley VC – 12th October 1854

Lt C T Bourchier VC - 20th November 1854

Lt W J M Cuninghame VC – 20th November 1854

Pte Bradshaw VC – 22nd April 1855

Pte R McGregor VC – 22nd April 1855

C Sgt G Waller VC - 14th & 18th September 1857

Pte W J Thompson VC – 9th July 1857

Pte R Hawthorne VC - 14th September 1857

L Cpl H Smith VC – 14th September 1857

Rfn S Shaw VC – 13th June 1858

Pte H Addison VC – 2nd January 1859

Pte O’Hea VC – 9th June1866

Lt Col R H Buller VC - 28th March 1879

Pte F Corbett VC – 5th August 1882

Capt W N Congreve VC – 15th December 1899

Pte A E Durrant VC 27th August 1900

Lt L A E Price-Davies VC - 17th September 1891

Maj J E Gough VC – 22nd April 1903

Lt J H S Dimmer VC – 12th November 1914

Lt J F P Butler VC - 17th November & 27th December 1914

CSM H Daniels VC - 12th March 1915

2nd Lt G H Woolley VC – 20th/21nd April 1915

L Sgt D W Belcher VC – 13th May 1915

Maj W la T Congreve VC – 6th to 20th July 1916

2nd Lt G E Cates VC - 8th March 1917

CSM E Brooks VC – 28th April 1917

Pte A E Shepherd VC – 20th November 1917

Sgt W Gregg VC 8th May 1918

Pte W Beesley VC – 8th May 1918

Rfn J Beeley VC - 21st November 1941

Lt Col V B Turner VC - 27th October 1942

This list has been provided by the Curator of the Museum.

Richard Tennant (talk) 15:04, 29 October 2018 (UTC) Trustee of the MuseumReply

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