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IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUMS
( IWM London / IWM North / IWM Duxford )
Lambeth Road |
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| The Lord Ashcroft Gallery, located in the Imperial War Museum, closed its doors to the public on Tuesday, 30th September 2025. The gallery had previously included the IWM's Victoria Cross Collection ( 17 groups ) and various other Victoria Cross groups ( 27 ) on 'loan'. |
| CRIMEAN WAR ( 1854-56 ) | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Thomas | ESMONDE ( loan ) | 18th Regiment ( Royal Irish Regiment ) |
| 2ND BOER WAR ( 1899-1902 ) * = VC only | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Captain | John | NORWOOD ( loan ) | 5th Dragoon Guards |
| FIRST WORLD WAR ( 1914-18 ) * = VC only | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Royal Navy | |||
| Vice Admiral | Alfred Francis | CARPENTER ( loan ) | Royal Navy ( Raid on Zeebrugge ) |
| Boy ( 1st Class ) | John Travers | CORNWELL | Royal Navy ( HMS 'Chester' ) |
| Lieutenant | George Leslie | DREWRY ( loan ) * | Royal Naval Reserve ( SS 'River Clyde' ) ( on loan from Merchant Taylors' School ) |
| Seaman | Albert Edward | MCKENZIE | Royal Navy ( Raid on Zeebrugge ) |
| Captain | Edward | UNWIN ( loan ) | Royal Navy ( SS 'River Clyde' ) |
| Army - Belgium | |||
| Sergeant | William Francis | BURMAN | 16th Bn, Rifle Brigade |
| Major | William Henry | HEWITT ( loan ) * | 2nd South African Light Infantry ( other medals held by Castle Military Museum, Cape Town ) |
| Private | William | RATCLIFFE ( loan ) | 2nd Bn, South Lancashire Regiment |
| Army - France | |||
| 2nd Lieutenant | Edward Felix | BAXTER * | 8th Bn, King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment |
| Captain | George | CARTWRIGHT | 33rd Bn, Australian Imperial Force |
| Private | Christopher Augustus | COX ( loan ) | 7th Bn, Bedfordshire Regiment |
| Corporal | John Thomas | DAVIES | 11th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment |
| Co Sergeant Major | George | EVANS ( loan ) | 18th Bn, Manchester Regiment |
| Lieutenant | Gordon Muriel | FLOWERDEW ( loan ) * | Lord Strathcona's Horse ( Royal Canadians ) |
| Sergeant | Charles Ernest | GARFORTH | 15th The King's Hussars |
| Brigadier General | George St George | GROGAN ( loan ) | Worcestershire Regiment Comd 23rd Infantry Brigade |
| Corporal | James | MCPHIE | Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Lance Corporal | Harold Sandford | MUGFORD ( loan ) * | 8th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps ( on loan from Furness Withy & Company Ltd ) |
| Lieutenant General | Sir Phillip | NEAME | Corps of Royal Engineers |
| Sergeant | Robert Edward | RYDER | 12th Bn, Middlesex Regiment |
| Brigadier | Sir John George | SMYTH | 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, Indian Army |
| Lieutenant | Thomas Orde | WILKINSON ( loan ) | 7th Bn, The Loyal Regiment ( North Lancashire ) |
| Captain | Joseph Edward | WOODALL ( loan ) | 1st Bn, Rifle Brigade |
| Royal Air Force | |||
| Air Commodore | Ferdinand Maurice | WEST | 8 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
| KRONSTADT HARBOUR, NORTH RUSSIA ( 1919 ) | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Captain | Augustus Willington | AGAR | Royal Navy ( HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 ) |
| SECOND WORLD WAR ( 1939-45 ) * = VC only | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Royal Navy / HM Submarines / Fleet Air Arm | |||
| Captain | Stephen Halden | BEATTIE ( loan ) | Royal Navy ( Raid on St Nazaire ) |
| Lieutenant Commander | Eugene Kingsmill | ESMONDE ( loan ) | 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm |
| Rear Admiral | Basil Chales | PLACE | Royal Navy ( HM Midget Submarine XE.7 ) |
| Captain | Robert Edward Dudley | RYDER ( loan ) | Royal Navy ( Raid on St Nazaire ) |
| Lieutenant | Thomas | WILKINSON * | Royal Naval Reserve ( HMS 'Li Wo' ) |
| Army | |||
| Captain | Philip | GARDNER ( loan ) | 4th Royal Tank Regiment |
| Major | PARKASH SINGH ( loan ) | 8th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army | |
| Captain | John Neil | RANDLE ( loan ) * | 2nd Bn, Royal Norfolk Regiment |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Derek Anthony | SEAGRIM ( loan ) | Comd 7th Bn, Green Howards |
| Royal Air Force | |||
| Group Captain | Geoffrey Leonard | CHESHIRE | 617 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
| IRAQ ( 2004 ) | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Lance Corporal | Johnson | BEHARRY | 1st Bn, Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment ( copy VC and campaign medals ) |
| On permanent loan to the Army Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Captain | Charles Hazlitt | UPHAM | 20th Bn ( Canterbury Regiment ) 2nd NZEF |
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