Sergeant Issy Smith VC - 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment




Museum of the Manchester Regiment

Portland Basin Museum
Portland Place
Heritage Wharf
Ashton-under-Lyne
Lancashire
OL7 OQA



The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Manchester Regiment Museum
Rank First Name Last Name Manchester Regiment Museum
2nd Boer War ( 1899 - 1902 )
Corporal James PITTS 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment
Private Robert SCOTT 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Lieutenant Colonel Wilfrith ELSTOB Comd 16th Bn, Manchester Regiment
Major William Thomas FORSHAW 9th Bn, Manchester Regiment
Private George STRINGER 1st Bn, Manchester Regiment
Mesopotamia ( Iraq ) ( 1920 )
Captain George Stuart HENDERSON 2nd Bn, Manchester Regiment


Location of other Manchester Regiment VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
2nd Lieutenant Charles Henry COVERDALE Not publicly held
Co Sergeant Major George EVANS Imperial War Museum, Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Sergeant John HOGAN Oldham Civic Centre
2nd Lieutenant James KIRK Military Medal Museum, San Jose, California
Captain James LEACH Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum
Private Walter MILLS Not publicly held
Sergeant Issy SMITH Not publicly held
Private Alfred Robert WILKINSON Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum

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3 March 2022