1. "The Register of the Victoria Cross" ed. By Nora Buzzell (This England 1998)

2. "The Victoria Cross at Sea" by John Winton (Michael Joseph Ltd 1978)

3. "Local Records......" by T. Fordyce (T. Fordyce, Newcastle 1866)

4. 1851 Census East Howden, Northumberland - HO 107/2409 Folio 236

5. 1851 Census St Paul, Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex - HO 107/1550 Folio 403v

6. "My Ancestor Was a Merchant Seaman" by Watts & Watts (Society of Genealogists 1991)

7. "Register of Competency of Masters & Mates" BT122/4 (PRO Kew)

8. National Maritime Museum, Maritime Information Centre, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF

9. Parish Register for Baptisms at St Peter's Church, Wallsend, Northumberland

10. "North & South Shields Gazette" 20^th January 1859

11. London Gazette 27^th April 1860

12. "The Evolution of the Victoria Cross" by M J Crook (Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells 1975)

13. "The Tower Hamlets Connection" by Harold Finch (Tower Hamlets Library Service 1996)

14. 1871 Census Bethnal Green, Middlesex - RG10/486 - Folio 105

15. Personal Correspondence with Mr Peter Hogg, Ship Broker (Ret.) of Hartlepool

16. "Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor" by John Winton (Michael Joseph Ltd 1977)

17. "The Evolution of the Victoria Cross etc" by M.J. Crook (1975)

18. "History of the Indian Navy 1613 - 1863" Vol II by Charles Rathbone Low (London 1877)

19. "The V.C. & D.S.O" by General Sir O'Moore Creagh and H M Humphris (Standard Art Book Co. 1924)

20. Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents - George Bell Chicken's Victoria Cross File

21. "Ships of the Royal Navy - Vol.1" by J J Colledge (David & Charles 1969)

22. "The History of the Indian Mutiny 1857-58" Vol VI by Kaye and Malleson (1914?)

23. PRO Kew, WO 32/7342

24. Trinity House Records - Guildhall Library - Ms.30218/4 - 1861 to 1868 - Admissions to Almshouses

25. "Register of Seamen's Tickets - 1845 to 1854" BT113/178 (PRO Kew)

8 March 1825 - Marriage of George Chicken and Elizabeth Bell at Jarrow;

2 March 1833 - Birth of George Bell Chicken at Howden Pans, Tynemouth;

12 Dec 1833 - Baptism of George Bell Chicken at Wallsend St Peters

1833 - 1839 - No known whereabouts of GBC - probably Wallsend/Tynemouth;

1839 - George Chicken Senior as "Shipping Butcher" at Cock Hill, Ratcliff, London (Directory);

June 1841 - Census at "Coal Meters Arms", Lower Shadwell - GBC with parents and siblings - his mother the Landlady;

1847 - 1852 - Apprentice aboard the "Darlington", a 207 ton snow (No. 26219) owned & managed by his father George Chicken;

31 March 1851 - Census at East Howden - Elizabeth Chicken nee Bell with her Father and family - No George, the father, or GBC;

20 Feb 1852 - Issue of Certificate of Competency as "Only Mate" - Number 3750 (residence Saugh House, Howden);

1852 - 1854 - Various voyages - West Coast of America, Valparaiso, Copenhagen, Baltic, Grimsby as Mate of "Darlington";

24 Feb 1854 - Obtained Master's Certificate, sailed as Captain of the "Darlington" to the Baltic;

6 Feb 1855 ? - "Enlisted" in the Navy, according to Phillip Pike, (Victoria Cross Commem. Society - Letter 28th Jan 1998);

22 Mar 1855 - GBC sails Irvine to Madras as Master of the "Hastings", a 595 tonner (No. 14716);

10 Jul 1855 ? - GBC sails from England (VCCS letter);

25 Jul 1855 - GBC discharged (?) from "Hastings" Calcutta;

31 Oct 1855 ? Arrives Calcutta and joins Indian Navy (VCCS letter);

10 May 1857 - Start of the Indian Mutiny (Sunday evening at Meerut);

August 1857 Sir William Peel forms his Indian Naval Brigade from the "Shannon";

31 July 1858 - Appointed Acting Master (Volunteer) in the Indian Navy, on the books of HMS "Calcutta" (Winton);

To Mar 1859 - Doing Duty at Fort William, then joined No. 3 Detachment of Naval Brigade (Winton & Low);

27 Sep 1858 - Action in which he won the Victoria Cross at Suhejnee, Peroo, Bengal - badly wounded;

6 Oct 1858 - Adjutant General of the Army recommends to the Governor General the award of the Victoria Cross to GBC;

23 Oct 1858 - Secretary to the Government of India confirms the award of the Victoria Cross (N & S S Gazette);

20 Jan 1859 - North & South Shields Gazette reports "Mr George B Chicken has since received the Victoria Cross";

April 1859 - End of the Indian Mutiny;

30 Nov 1859 - GBC returned to Calcutta (Low);

March 1860 - Given command of HM Schooner "Emily" 90 tons (2 guns);

27 April 1860 - Gazetting of the Award of the Victoria Cross to GBC;

March/May 1860 - HM Schooner "Emily" lost at sea "with all hands" including George Bell Chicken off Sandheads, Bay of Bengal;

4 March 1862 - Father George Chicken receives his son's medal by post at 35 King David Lane, Shadwell, London East;

July 1862 - HM Schooner "Emily" sold (Colledge);

26 Dec 1865 - George & Elizabeth Chicken admitted to 13 Trinity Almshouses, Mile End;

15 March 1872 - Death of his Mother, Elizabeth Chicken, age 67, at 13 Trinity Green Almshouses, Mile End, Bethnal Green;

2 October 1873 - Death of his Father, George Chicken, age 73, at 13 Trinity Green Almshouses, Mile End, Bethnal Green.