Talk:List of Victoria Cross recipients by nationality

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Right, well since it was said in VfD that changes should be discussed here - I feel the non British Empire/Commonwealth country lists are just too short. My opinion is that it would be better off having one list by nationality of all the non-commonwealth countries. Average Earthman 16:33, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I think it's better to just have one single list, organised by nationality - British first, then all others alphabetically. Chris 22:03, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

That makes sense to me too. This project seems to have lapsed for the last couple of months, but there were several keen people working on it back in July. They may be back, but we can't rely on when. The site this material came from is closing owing to time overcommitment of the participants!

In view of that, if we are to restructure their index system, we need to be prepared to do the work of consistently changing it, rather than just deleting parts of the existing structure, see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of Swedish Victoria Cross recipients. Assuming that there is that commitment, I'd support the restructure. Andrewa 00:27, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I'd be happy to spare some time to rearrange the list onto one page (or at least nations with few awards). Chris 04:14, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Confirming nationality by including birth dates & country place names

I agree with the above statements it would be better to include all countries who have a very small number of VC recipients in one separate list.

Would others interested in constructing Lists of VC recipients by nationality not agree that for confirmation & biographical reasons it is necessary that birth, dates and place names should be included to confirm nationality.

To define whether a VC is to be listed under Scottish, Welsh, English or Irish recipients lists their birth dates & place names must be inclosed to define their countries of origin. Remembering all UK VCs were classed as British citizens (Including those born in Ireland before 1949 (Nationality Act)

Likewise if a VC has been born in one country and then naturalised in another commonwealth country like many Australian and Canadian VCs were, then they can be included on two lists.

Information regards births dates and place names can be found in all three editions of 'The Register of the Victoria Cross' 1981, 1988 & 1997.

I have inserted birth dates, place names and death records to all 168 Irish Recipients of the Victoria Cross.

George Fleming