The Victoria Cross

Index
 
The Victoria Cross


Officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines upon whom the Decoration has been conferred.

Name and Rank. Place where Act of Gallantry was performed. Date of Act of Gallantry Rank at the Time. Date of London Gazette in which the Act of Gallantry is detailed.
Sir J. Edmund Commerell K.C.B. Sea of Azoff 11 Oct, 1855 Commander 24 Feb, 1857.
John Bythesea, C.B., C.I.E. Baltic ; Isle of Wardö 9 9Aug, 1854 - 24 Feb, 1857
Henry James Raby, C.B. Before Sebastopol (Naval Brigade.) 18 Jun, 1855 Lieutenant 24 Feb , 1857.
Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, K.C.B. Before Sebastopol (Naval Brigade.)

Also at Inkerman (Naval Brigade.)		 26 Oct, 1854
5 Nov, 1854		 Acting Mate
Lieutenant		 24 Feb, 1857
Nowell Salmon, C.B. Lucknow, India . 16 Nov, 1857 Lieutenant 24 Dec, 1858.
Charles Davis Lucas Bomarsund 21 Jun, 1851 Mate 24 Feb, 1857
John Sullivan Before Sebastopol ; Naval Brigade 10 Apr, 1855 Boatswain's Mate 24 Feb, 1857.
Henry Cooper Black Sea 3 Jun, 1855 Boatswain 24 Feb, 1857
Joseph Kellaway Sea of Azoff 31 Aug, 1855 Boatswain 24 Feb, 1857
John Sheppard Before Sebastopol ; Naval Brigade 15 Jul, 1855 Boatswain's Mate 24 Feb, 1857
Henry Curtis Before Sebastopol ; Naval Brigade 18 Jun, 1855 Boatswain's Mate 24 Feb, 1857.
William Rickard Black Sea 11 Oct, 1855 Quartermaster 24 Feb, 1857
Samuel Mitchell New Zealand 29 Apr, 1864 Captain of Foretop 26 Jul, 1864.
George Ingoueville Baltic 13 Jul, 1855 Captain of the Mast 24 Feb, 1857
Thomas Pride Japan 6 Sep, 1864 Captain of Afterguard 21, Apr, 1865
Joseph Trewavas Black Sea 3 Jul, 1855 Seaman 24 Feb, 1857.
James German At Inkerman ; Naval Brigade 5 Nov, 1854 Seaman 24 Feb, 1857
Mark Scholefield At Inkerman ; Naval Brigade 5 Nov, 1854 Seaman 24 Feb, 1855.
Edward Robinson Lucknow, India 13 Mar, 1858 Seaman 24 Dec, 1858
William Hall Lucknow, India 16 Nov, 1857 Seaman 1 Feb, 1859.
William Odgers New Zealand 28 Mar, 1860 Seaman 3 Aug, 1860.
George Hinckley Fung-wha, China. 9 Oct, 1862 Seaman 6 Feb, 1863
William Seeley Japan 6 Sep, 1864 Seaman 21 Apr, 1865
George Dare Dowell, RMA Near Viborg, Baltic 13 Jul, 1855 First Lieutenant 24 Feb, 1857.
John Prettyjohn, RM At Inkerman ; Marine Battalion 5 Nov, 1854 Corporal 24 Feb, 1857
Thomas Wilkinson, RMA Before Sebastopol ; Naval Brigade 7 Jun, 1855 Bombardier 24 Feb, 1857.

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