List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients

The following people are Scottish recipients of the Victoria Cross.

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A

• Robert Bellew Adams - 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• Frederick Robertson Aikman - 1858; Amethi, India
• Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken - 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Anderson - 1915; Neuve Chapelle, France
• William Herbert Anderson - 1918; Bois Favieres, France
• William Angus - 1915; Givenchy, France
• Adam Archibald - 1918; Ors, France

B

• William Babtie - 1899; Battle of Colenso, South Africa
• Thomas Beach - 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
• William Davidson Bissett - 1918; Maing, France
• James Blair - 1857; Neemuch, India
• Robert Blair (VC) - 1857; Bolandshahr, India
• Frank Gerald Blaker - 1944; Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
• William Anderson Bloomfield - 1916; Miali, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
• Andrew Cathcart Bogle - 1857; Oonao, India
• Stanley Henry Parry Boughey - 1917; El Burf, Palestine
• Walter Lorrain Brodie - 1914; Becelaere, Belgium
• James Anson Otho Brooke - 1914; Gheluvelt, Belgium
• William Arthur McCrae Bruce - 1914; Givenchy, France
• John Crawford Buchan - 1918; Marteville, France

C

• Thomas Cadell - 1857; Delhi, India
• Thomas Caldwell - 1918; Oudenaarde, Belgium
• Aylmer Spicer Cameron - 1858; Kotah, India
• John Charles Campbell - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
• John Vaughan Campbell - 1916; Ginchy, France
• Kenneth Campbell - 1941; Brest, France
• Lorne MacLaine Campbell - 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
• John Carmichael - 1917; Zwarteleen, Belgium
• John Alexander Christie - 1917; Fejja, Palestine
• William Clamp - 1917; Poelkapelle, Belgium
• Hugh Stewart Cochrane - 1858; Jhansi, India
• John Cook - 1878; Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan
• James Craig - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• John Manson Craig - 1917; Egypt
• John Alexander Cruickshank - 1944; Atlantic
• William James Montgomery Cuninghame - 1854; Sebastopol, Crimea

D

• James Davis - 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• James Lennox Dawson - 1915; Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
• John Brunton Daykins - 1918; Solesmes, France
• William Henry Dick-Cunyngham - 1879; Sherpur Pass, Afghanistan
• Robert James Thomas Digby-Jones - 1900; Ladysmith, South Africa
• Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton - 1915; Hill 70, France
• Robert Downie - 1916; Lesboeufs, France
• James Dundas - 1865; Dewan-Giri, India
• Robert Dunsire - 1915; Hill 70, France

E

• Alexander Edwards - 1917; Ypres, Belgium
• John MacLaren Erskine - 1916; Givenchy, France
• Samuel Evans - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea

F

• Donald Dickson Farmer - 1900; Nooitgedacht, South Africa
• Francis Edward Henry Farquharson - 1858; Lucknow, India
• Viscount, Alexander Edward Murray Fincastle - 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• George Findlater - 1897; Dargai Heights, India
• George de Cardonnel Elmsall Findlay - 1918; Catillon, France
• David Finlay - 1915; Rue du Bois, France
• Samuel Frickleton - 1917; Messines, Belgium (in NZEF)

G

• William Gardner - 1858; Bareilly, India
• William Eagleson Gordon - 1900; Krugersdorp, South Africa
• John Reginald Noble Graham - 1917; Istabulat, Mesopotamia
• Charles James William Grant - 1891; Thobal, Burma (now Myanmar)
• John Grieve - 1854; Balaclava, Crimea

H

• John Brown Hamilton - 1917; Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium
• Thomas de Courcy Hamilton - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• John Hannah - 1940; Antwerp, Belgium
• Arthur Henderson - 1917; Fontaine-les-Croiselles, France
• George Stuart Henderson - 1920; Hillah, Mesopotamia
• Herbert Stephen Henderson - 1896; Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
• Anthony Dickson Home - 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Hope - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Palmer Huffam - 1918; St. Servin's Farm, France
• David Ferguson Hunter - 1918; Moeuvres, France
• Thomas Peck Hunter - 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy

I

• James John McLeod Innes - 1858; Sultanpore, India

J

• Charles Alfred Jarvis - 1914; Jemappes, Belgium
• William Henry Johnston - 1914; Missy, France

K

• Charles Thomas Kennedy - 1900; Dewetsdorp, South Africa
• Allan Ebenezer Ker - 1918; St. Quentin, France
• William Alexander Kerr - 1857; Kolapore, India
• Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes - 1941; Beda Littoria, Libya
• John Simpson Knox - 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea

L

• Daniel Laidlaw - 1915; Loos, France
• David Ross Lauder - 1915; Gallipoli, Tunisia
• Peter Leitch - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Leith - 1858; Betwa, India
• Robert James Lindsay - 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• Frederick Luke - 1914; Le Cateau, France
• Charles Lumley - 1855, Sebastopol, Crimea
• Charles Antony, The Lord, Lyell - 1943; Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia

M

• Henry MacDonald - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• David Lowe MacIntyre - 1918; Henin, France
• Donald MacIntyre - 1872; Lalgnoora, India
• David MacKay - 1857; Lucknow, India
• John Frederick MacKay - 1900; Johannesburg, South Africa
• James MacKenzie - 1914; Rouges Bancs, France
• John Mackenzie - 1900; Dompoassi, Ashanti (now Ghana)
• Donald MacKintosh - 1917; Fampoux, France
• Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean - 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• Herbert Taylor MacPherson - 1857; Lucknow, India
• Hugh Gordon Malcolm - 1942; Chougui, Tunisia
• John Grant Malcolmson - 1857; Battle of Khoosh-ab, Persia
• Henry May - 1914; La Boutillerie, France
• John McAulay - 1917; Fontaine Notre Dame, France
• William McBean - 1858; Lucknow, India
• Robert McBeath - 1917; Cambrai, France
• John McDermond - 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
• John McDougall - 1860; Taku Forts, China
• Samuel McGaw - 1874; Battle of Amoaful, Ashanti (now Ghana)
• David Stuart McGregor - 1918; Hoogemolen, Belgium
• Roderick McGregor - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• Louis McGuffie - 1918; Wytschaete, Belgium
• Hugh McInnes - 1857; Lucknow, India
• George Imlach McIntosh - 1917; Ypres, Belgium
• Hugh McIver - 1918; Courcelle-le Compte, France
• James McKechnie - 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• John Carstairs McNeill - 1864; Ohaupu, New Zealand
• Stewart McPherson - 1857; Lucknow, India
• James McPhie - 1918; Aubencheul-au-Bac, France
• John Meikle - 1918; Marfaux, France
• Charles Melvin - 1917; Istabulat, Mesopotamia
• Anthony Cecil Capel Miers - 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece
• Duncan Millar (or Miller) - 1859; Maylah Ghat, India
• James Miller - 1857; Futtehpore, India
• James Munro (VC) - 1857; Lucknow, India

O

• John O'Neill (or O'Niell) - 1918; Moorseele, Belgium

P

• James Park - 1857; Lucknow, India
• George Henry Tatham Paton - 1917; Gonnelieu, France
• John Paton - 1857; Lucknow, India
• John Perie - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Dalgleish Pollock - 1915; Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
• Patrick Anthony Porteous - 1942; Dieppe, France

R

• Henry Ramage - 1854; Balaclava, Crimea
• Harry Sherwood Ranken - 1914; Haute-Avesnes, France
• William Reid - 1943; Düsseldorf, Germany
• William Rennie - 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Reynolds (VC) - 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• John Ripley - 1915; Rue du Bois, France
• Henry Peel Ritchie - 1914; Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
• Walter Potter Ritchie - 1916; Beaumont Hamel, France
• William Robertson - 1899; Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa
• George Rodgers - 1858; Marar, India
• John Ross (VC) - 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea

S

• George McKenzie Samson - 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
• George Sellar - 1879; Asmai Heights, Afghanistan
• Same (John) Shaw - 1858; Lucknow, India
• John Simpson (VC) - 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• John Kendrick Skinner - 1917; Wijdendrift, Belgium
• Archibald Bisset Smith - 1917; Atlantic
• David Spence - 1858; Shunsabad, India
• Edward Spence - 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• William George Drummond Stewart - 1857; Lucknow, India
• James Stokes - 1945; Kervenheim, Germany

T

• Alexander Thompson - 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• George Thompson - 1945; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
• Ross Tollerton - 1914; Battle of the Aisne, France
• James Youll Turnbull - 1916; Authuille, France

V

• William John Vousden - 1879; Asmai Heights, Afghanistan

W

• Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace - 1917; Gonnelieu, France
• Joseph Watt - 1917; Straits of Otranto, Italy
• George Wilson - 1914; Verneuill, France
• John Augustus Wood - 1856; Bushire, Persia

Y

• William Young - 1915; Fonquevillers, France
• David Reginald Younger - 1900; Krugersdorp, South Africa

See also

Victoria Cross Victoria Cross for Australia for Canada for New Zealand Recipients by nationality Australian Canadian English Irish Scottish Uncertain by armed force Royal Navy Royal Air Force Indian Army Gurkhas by campaign Crimean War Indian Mutiny New Zealand Wars Zulu War Second Afghan War Second Boer War First World War Second World War by Name A–F G–M N–Z Other Living By school