Si BiggsApr 33 minMajor Frederick William Lumsden RMA - VCUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: France Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1917 Date/s: 4 April 1917 Brigadier General...
Si BiggsJun 24, 20212 minCaptain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – ChinaHalliday was 30 years old, and a captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, during the Boxer Rebellion in China when the following deed...
Si BiggsApr 23, 20211 minCaptain Edward Banford RMLI - Victoria Cross - ZeebruggeUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Belgium Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1918 Date/s: 23 April 1918 Bamford was 30 years...
Si BiggsApr 1, 20213 minCorporal Thomas Peck Hunter RM - Victoria CrossUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Italy Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1945 Date/s: 9 April 1945 Hunter was 21 years old,...
Si BiggsNov 2, 20203 minCpl John Prettyjohn - First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of InkermanJohn Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Si BiggsJul 13, 20203 minLieutenant George Dare Dowell RMA VC - Viborg, Baltic SeaUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855 Date/s: 13 July 1855 Dowell was 24 years...
Si BiggsJun 25, 20201 minCaptain Halliday RMLI VC - Boxer RebellionUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: China Period/ Conflict: Boxer Rebellion Year: 1900 Date/s: 24 June 1900 Lewis Stratford...
Si BiggsJun 6, 20201 minBombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VCBombardier Thomas Wilkinson RMA VC – Crimea Unit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Russia Period/ Conflict: Crimean War Year: 1855...
Si BiggsMay 31, 20202 minMajor Francis Harvey RMLI - Battle Of JutlandUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Jutland Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1916 Date/s: 31 May 1916 A long serving Royal...
Si BiggsApr 29, 20205 minLance Corporal Parker RMLI VC - GallipoliUnit/ Formation: Victoria Cross Location: Gallipoli Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 30 April 1915 In April 1915, the...
Simon BiggsJan 23, 20202 minL/Cpl HE Harden VC (RAMC) - attached to 45 (Royal Marine) Commando - 23rd January 1945 - NetherlandsHenry Eric Harden VC (23 February 1912 – 23 January 1945), 32 years old. Harden was a lance corporal in the Royal Army Medical Corps...
Simon BiggsNov 5, 20193 minCorporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of InkeJohn Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Simon BiggsJun 24, 20192 minCaptain Lewis ST Halliday - Victoria Cross - 24th June 1900 – ChinaHalliday was 30 years old, and a captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, during the Boxer Rebellion in China when the following deed...
Simon BiggsDec 1, 20181 minPte Stanley Robert McDougall VC (1890-1968) - Pages of the SeaOn 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people took part in Pages of the Sea – a commissioned art project by filmmaker Danny Boyle,...
Simon BiggsNov 5, 20183 minCorporal John Prettyjohn the First Royal Marine Victoria Cross - 2nd November 1854 – Battle of InkeJohn Prettyjohns VC (sometimes misspelled Prettyjohn) (11 June 1823 – 20 January 1887) was the first Royal Marine to win the Victoria...
Simon BiggsJan 18, 20183 minMajor Anders Lassen VC - SBS - Lake Commachio 8 - 9th April 1945On the night of 8th – 9th April 1945 eighteen men from the Special Boat Service set out across Lake Comacchio to attack heavily defended...
Si BiggsSep 19, 20172 minDavid Samuel Anthony Lord VC, DFC Victoria Cross 19th September 1944 - Battle of ArnhemAs it is my Birthday I though I would remember a VC Winner from today who sacrificed his life for others: David Samuel Anthony Lord VC,...
Si BiggsAug 30, 20172 minVictoria Cross won on the Kokoda Track - Private Bruce Steel Kingsbury VC, Australian 2/14th InfantHigh in the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, in treacherous conditions of ankle deep mud the battle for the Kokoda Track again...