List of Victoria Cross recipients by unit
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This is a list of Victoria Cross recipients by unit.
[edit] Australian Flying Corps (1 award)
- No. 1 Squadron
- Lieutenant Frank Hubert McNamara (1917; Egypt)
[edit] Australian Forces (7 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Australian Imperial and Military Forces
[edit] Australian Imperial Force (64 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Australian Imperial and Military Forces
[edit] Australian Military Forces (17 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Australian Imperial and Military Forces
[edit] British Army (819 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the British Army
[edit] Canadian Army (16 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Canadian Army and Expeditionary Forces
[edit] Canadian Expeditionary Force (59 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Canadian Army and Expeditionary Forces
[edit] Fijian Military Forces (1 award)
- Fiji Infantry Regiment
- Corporal Sefanaia Sukanaivalu (1944; Bouganville, Solomon Islands)
[edit] Fleet Air Arm (1 award)
- No. 825 Squadron
- Lieutenant-Commander Eugene Esmonde (1942; Straits of Dover, England)
[edit] Indian Army (143 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Indian Army
[edit] Indian Naval Brigade (2 awards)
- George Bell Chicken (1858; Suhejnee, Bengal)
- Midshipman Arthur Mayo (1857; Dacca, India)
[edit] King's African Rifles (1 award)
- 1/6th Battalion, The King's African Rifles
- Sergeant Nigel Gray Leakey (1941; Colito, Abyssinia)
[edit] New Zealand Expeditionary Force (16 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the New Zealand Expeditionary and Military Forces
[edit] New Zealand Military Forces (2 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the New Zealand Expeditionary and Military Forces
[edit] Royal Air Force (15 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Air Force
[edit] Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (11 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
[edit] Royal Australian Air Force (2 awards)
- No. 22 Squadron
- Flight Lieutenant William Ellis Newton (1943; New Guinea)
- No. 149 Squadron Royal Air Force
- Flight Sergeant Rawdon Hume Middleton (1942; Turin, Italy)
[edit] Royal Canadian Air Force (2 awards)
- No. 162 Squadron
- Flight Lieutenant David Ernest Hornell (1944; Faroes, Atlantic)
- No. 419 Squadron
- Warrant Officer Class II Andrew Charles Mynarski (1944; Cambrai, France)
[edit] Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (1 award)
- Attached to British No. 1841 Squadron
- Temporary Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray (1945; Honshu, Japan)
[edit] Royal Flying Corps (11 awards)
- See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the RoyaL Flying Corps
[edit] Royal Marines (10 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Marines
[edit] Royal Naval Air Service (2 awards)
- No. 1 Squadron
- Reginald Alexander John Warneford (1915; Ghent, Belgium)
- No. 3 Squadron
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Bell-Davies (1915; Ferrijik Junction, Bulgaria)
[edit] Royal Naval Reserve (15 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Naval Reserve
[edit] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (7 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
[edit] Royal Navy (83 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy
[edit] Royal New Zealand Air Force (3 awards)
- No. 75 (NZ) Squadron
- Sergeant James Allen Ward (1941; Munster, Germany)
- No. 200 Squadron
- Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg (1943; Atlantic)
- No. 487 Squadron
- Squadron Leader Leonard Henry Trent (1943; Amsterdam, Holland)
[edit] Royal Newfoundland Regiment (1 award)
- First Battalion
- Pte. Thomas Ricketts (1918; Ledeghem, Belgium)
[edit] South African Air Force (1 award)
- No. 582 Squadron
- Captain Edwin Swales (1945; Pforzheim, Germany)
[edit] South African Forces (28 awards)
See: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the South African Forces
