 |
|
| Names R to Y - Alphabetical list of Victoria Cross recipients who attended the VC Centenary Review of Holders of the Decoration by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Hyde Park, London, 26th June 1956 |
| UNITED KINGDOM - R to Y |
| Title in 1956 | FName | LName | Rank/VC award | Regiment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr | William | RATCLIFFE | Private | South Lancashire Regiment | 1917 |
| Mr | John | READITT | Private | South Lancashire Regiment | 1917 |
| Mr | Ivor | REES | Sergeant | South Wales Borderers | 1917 |
| Flt-Lieutenant | William | REID | Flt-Lieutenant | Royal Air Force Vol Reserve | 1943 |
| Mr | Walter | RITCHIE | Drummer | Seaforth Highlanders | 1916 |
| Lt-Commander | Peter | ROBERTS | Lieutenant | Royal Navy | 1942 |
| Rear-Admiral | Eric | ROBINSON | Lt-Commander | Royal Navy | 1915 |
| Brigadier | George | ROUPELL | Lieutenant | East Surrey Regiment | 1915 |
| Mr | Robert E | RYDER | Private | Middlesex Regiment | 1916 |
| Captain | Robert E D | RYDER | Commander | Royal Navy | 1942 |
| Mr | Robert | SCOTT | Private | Manchester Regiment | 1900 |
| Mr | Charles | SHARPE | A / Corporal | Lincolnshire Regiment | 1915 |
| Mr | Albert | SHEPHERD | Rifleman | King's Royal Rifle Corps | 1917 |
| Rear-Admiral | Robert | SHERBROOKE | Captain | Royal Navy | 1942 |
| Mr | James A | SMITH | Private | Border Regiment | 1914 |
| Brigadier | Sir John | SMYTH | Lieutenant | 15th Ludhiana Sikhs | 1915 |
| Mr | Charles | SPACKMAN | Sergeant | Border Regiment | 1917 |
| L / Corporal | William | SPEAKMAN | Private | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 1951 |
| Captain | Richard | STANNARD | Lieutenant | Royal Naval Reserve | 1940 |
| Commander | Gordon | STEELE | Lieutenant | Royal Navy | 1919 |
| Mr | Thomas | STEELE | L / Sergeant | Seaforth Highlanders | 1917 |
| Mr | George | STRINGER | Private | Manchester Regiment | 1916 |
| Mr | Henry | TANDEY | Private | Duke of Wellington's Regiment | 1918 |
| Mr | James | TOWERS | Private | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 1918 |
| Sqdn-Leader | Leonard | TRENT | Sqdn-Leader | Royal New Zealand Air Force | 1943 |
| Lt-Colonel | Victor | TURNER | T / Lt-Colonel | Rifle Brigade | 1942 |
| Mr | Thomas | TURRALL | Private | Worcestershire Regiment | 1916 |
| Mr | Theodore | VEALE | Private | Devonshire Regiment | 1916 |
| Major | Richard | WAKEFORD | T / Captain | Royal Hampshire Regiment | 1944 |
| Mr | Samuel | WALLACE | T / Lieutenant | Royal Field Artillery | 1917 |
| Sir | Arnold | WATERS | T / Captain | Royal Engineers | 1918 |
| Major | Tasker | WATKINS | Lieutenant | Welch Regiment | 1944 |
| Mr | Henry | WEALE | L / Corporal | Royal Welch Fusiliers | 1918 |
| Mr | James | WELCH | L / Corporal | Royal Berkshire Regiment | 1917 |
| Air-Commodore | Ferdinand | WEST | Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | 1918 |
| Colonel | Archie | WHITE | T / Captain | Yorkshire Regiment | 1916 |
| Captain | William | WHITE | T / 2nd Lieutenant | Machine Gun Corps | 1918 |
| Mr | Harold | WHITFIELD | Private | King's Shropshire Light Infantry | 1918 |
| Mr | William | WILLIAMS | Seaman | Royal Naval Reserve | 1917 |
| Major | Richard | WILLIS | Captain | Lancashire Fusiliers | 1915 |
| Lt-Colonel | Eric | WILSON | A / Captain | East Surrey Regiment | 1940 |
| Mr | Wilfred | WOOD | Private | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | 1918 |
| Reverend | Geoffrey | WOOLLEY | 2nd Lieutenant | London Regiment | 1915 |
| Mr | Peter | WRIGHT | WO II | Coldstream Guards | 1943 |
| Mr | George | WYATT | L / Corporal | Coldstream Guards | 1914 |
| Colonel | Guy | WYLLY | Lieutenant | Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen | 1900 |
| Mr | Thomas | YOUNG | Private | Durham Light Infantry | 1918 |
Header
Gurkhas
Home Page