LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION

Major Herbert James VC MC - 4th Bn, Worcestershire Regiment

"DETAILS OF RECENT VICTORIA CROSS ACQUISITIONS BY LORD ASHCROFT"


		LEWIS PUGH EVANS VC ACQUIRIED 2009	NOEL CHAVASSE VC & BAR ACQUIRIED 2009
TASKER WATKINS VC GBE ACQUIRIED 2008	JOB DRAIN VC ACQUIRED 2008	WILLIAM GARDNER VC ACQUIRED 2008	GEORGE SAMSON VC ACQUIRED 2007
JOHN BYTHESEA VC ACQUIRED 2007	GEORGE CHICKEN VC ACQUIRED 2006	WILLIAM COSGROVE VC ACQUIRED 2006	ALFRED WILKINSON VC ACQUIRED 2006
JOHN SHAUL VC ACQUIRED 2006	ALFRED RICHARDS VC ACQUIRED 2005	FRANCIS MILES VC ACQUIRED 2005	JOHN PEARSON VC ACQUIRED 2004
JOHN COOK VC ACQUIRED 2004	AGANSING RAI VC ACQUIRED 2004	NORMAN JACKSON VC ACQUIRED 2004	HAROLD ACKROYD VC ACQUIRED 2004
ISRAEL HARDING VC ACQUIRED 2003	DANIEL BEAK VC DSO MC ACQUIRED 2003	JOHN DAUNT VC ACQUIRED 2003	ARTHUR PICKARD VC ACQUIRED 2002
HORACE MARTINEAU VC ACQUIRED 2002	RICHARD WEST VC ACQUIRED 2002	FRANK LESTER VC ACQUIRED 2002	ALBERT GILL VC ACQUIRED 2000
ALBERT CURTIS VC ACQUIRED 1999	LLOYD TRIGG VC DFC ACQUIRED 1998	IAN FRASER VC DSC ACQUIRED 1988	JAMES MAGENNIS VC ACQUIRED 1986

BRIGADIER GENERAL LEWIS PUGH EVANS VC CB CMG DSO & BAR - The Black Watch ( comd 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment )
- November 2009
CAPTAIN NOEL CHAVASSE VC & BAR - RAMC, att'd King's ( Liverpool ) Regiment ( Liverpool Scottish )
- November 2009
MAJOR THE RT HON SIR TASKER WATKINS VC GBE - 5th Bn, The Welch Regiment
- 4 September 2008
SERGEANT JOB DRAIN VC - 37th Bty, Royal Field Artillery
- 22 April 2008
SERGEANT MAJOR WILLIAM GARDNER VC - 42nd Regiment ( The Black Watch )
- 17 January 2008
PETTY OFFICER GEORGE SAMSON VC - Royal Naval Reserve
- 13 December 2007
REAR ADMIRAL JOHN BYTHESEA VC - Royal Navy
- 19 April 2007
MR GEORGE CHICKEN VC - Indian Naval Brigade ( Volunteer )
- 26 October 2006
CORPORAL WILLIAM COSGROVE VC - 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 22 September 2006
LANCE CORPORAL ALFRED WILKINSON VC - 1 / 5th Bn, The Manchester Regiment
- 29 June 2006
BUGLE MAJOR JOHN SHAUL VC - 1st Bn, Highland Light Infantry
- 5 April 2006
SERGEANT ALFRED RICHARDS VC - 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers
- 21 July 2005
PRIVATE FRANCIS MILES VC - 5th Bn, The Gloucestershire Regiment
- 25 May 2005
PRIVATE JOHN PEARSON VC - 8th ( King's Royal Irish ) Hussars
- 23 November 2004
MAJOR JOHN COOK VC - 5th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army
- 17 September 2004
CAPTAIN AGANSING RAI VC - 2nd Bn, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
- 22 July 2004
SERGEANT NORMAN JACKSON VC - 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
- 30 April 2004
CAPTAIN HAROLD ACKROYD VC MC - Royal Army Medical Corps
- 01 April 2004
GUNNER ISRAEL HARDING VC - Royal Navy ( HMS Alexandra )
- 12 December 2003
COMMANDER DANIEL BEAK VC DSO MC & BAR - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve ( Royal Naval Brigade )
- 5 November 2003
COLONEL JOHN DAUNT VC - 11th Bengal Native Infantry
- 02 July 2003
COLONEL ARTHUR PICKARD VC CB - Royal Regiment of Artillery
- 01 August 2002
LIEUTENANT HORACE MARTINEAU VC - Protectorate Regiment, South African Forces
- 09 May 2002
LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD WEST VC, DSO & BAR, MC - North Irish Horse, attached 6th Bn, Tank Corps
- May 2002
PRIVATE FRANK LESTER VC - 10th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers
- 18 April 2002
SERGEANT ALBERT GILL VC - 1st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 29 March 2000
PRIVATE ALBERT CURTIS VC - 2nd Bn, East Surrey Regiment
- 20 October 1999
FLYING OFFICER LLOYD TRIGG VC, DFC - Royal New Zealand Air Force
- 21 May 1998
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER IAN FRASER VC DSC - Royal Naval Reserve
- 1988
LEADING SEAMAN JAMES MAGENNIS VC - Royal Navy
- 1986
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Iain Stewart, 27 November 2009