List of living Victoria Cross recipients

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As of 22 November 2005 there are twelve living Victoria Cross recipients:

[edit] Living recipients

Name	Year of award	Location of gallantry
Eric Charles Twelves Wilson	1940	Observation Hill, Somaliland (now Somalia)
John Alexander Cruickshank	1944	Atlantic
Tulbahadur Pun	1944	Mogaung, Burma (now Myanmar)
Tasker Watkins	1944	Barfour, France
Ian Edward Fraser	1945	Johore Straits, Singapore
Bhanbhagta Gurung	1945	Tamandu, Burma (now Myanmar)
Lachhiman Gurung	1945	Taungdaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
Edward Kenna	1945	Wewak, New Guinea
William Speakman	1951	Korea
Rambahadur Limbu	1965	Sarawak, Borneo
Keith Payne	1969	Ben Het, Vietnam
Johnson Beharry	2005	Al-Amarah, Iraq

[edit] Recently deceased

Name	Year of award	Location of gallantry	Deceased
Richard Wallace Annand	1940	River Dyle, Belgium	24 December 2004
Ernest Alvia Smith	1944	River Savio, Italy	3 August 2005
Umrao Singh	1944	Kaladan Valley, Burma	21 November 2005

[edit] See also

• Victoria Cross
• Wikipedia Victoria Cross Project