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Royal Artillery Museum Offices
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| The Royal Artillery Museum, based at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, South East London, has now closed. A new purpurse built museum is planned for construction in the vicinity of Larkhill, on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, which is recognised as the 'home' of the Royal Artillery. |
| The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Royal Artillery Museum | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Royal Artillery Museum |
| Crimean War - 1854-1856 | |||
| Gunner | Thomas | ARTHUR ( MCARTHUR ) | 5th Bn, Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| Master Gunner | Daniel | CAMBRIDGE | 4th Bn, Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| Major General | Gronow | DAVIS | 5th Bn, Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| General | Sir Collingwood | DICKSON | Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| Captain | Andrew | HENRY | Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| Indian Mutiny - 1857-1858 | |||
| Lieutenant General | Sir James | HILLS-JOHNES ( loan ) | Bengal Horse Artillery |
| Gunner | Thomas | LAUGHNAN ( loan ) | 2nd Troop, 3rd Brigade, Bengal Artillery ( from 148 Commando Forward Observation Bty, R. A. ) |
| General | William | OLPHERTS ( loan ) | Bengal Artillery |
| Egypt - 1882-1889 | |||
| Gunner | Alfred | SMITH | Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| 2nd Boer War - 1899-1902 | |||
| 2nd Lieutenant | George Edward | NURSE | 159 ( Colenso ) Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Sergeant | Charles Edward | PARKER | 'Q' Bty, Royal Horse Artillery |
| Brigadier | Edmund John | PHIPPS-HORNBY | 'Q' Bty, Royal Horse Artillery |
| First World War - 1914-1918 | |||
| Captain | Cyril Edward | GOURLEY | 'D' Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Bty Sergeant Major | John Crawshaw | RAYNES | 'A' Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Major | Douglas | REYNOLDS | 37th ( Le Cateau ) Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Bombadier | Charles Edwin | STONE | 'C' Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Captain | Samuel Thomas | WALLACE | 'C' Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Second World War - 1939-1945 | |||
| Major General | John Charles | CAMPBELL | Royal Horse Artillery |
| 2nd Lieutenant | George Ward | GUNN | 'J' ( Sidi Rezegh ) Bty, Royal Horse Artillery |
| Location of other Artillery VCs | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Location |
| Major General | Ernest Wright | ALEXANDER | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Major | Frederick Henry | BRADLEY | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Sergeant | Joseph Charles | BRENNAN | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Gunner | James | COLLIS | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Major General | Matthew Charles | DIXON | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Captain | Eric Stuart | DOUGALL | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Sergeant | Job Henry | DRAIN | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Driver | Horace Henry | GLASOCK | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Lieutenant | Robert Vaughan | GORLE | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Major | William | GOSLING | Not publicly held |
| Farrier Sergeant | Alfred Ernest | IND | Not publicly held |
| Bombadier | Isaac | LODGE | National Army Museum |
| Sergeant | Frederick | LUKE | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Surgeon General | William George | MANLEY | Not publicly held |
| Colonel | Francis Cornwallis | MAUDE | Not publicly held |
| Captain | Thomas Harold | MAUFE | Not publicly held |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Frederick | MILLER | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Sergeant Major | Patrick | MULLANE | Not publicly held |
| Colonel | Arthur Frederick | PICKARD | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Colonel | Patrick Anthony | PORTEOUS | Not publicly held |
| Major General | Hamilton Lyster | REED | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Group Captain | Lionel Wilmot | REES | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Harry Norton | SCHOFIELD | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Captain | George | SYMONS | HQ RLC Officers' Mess, Camberley |
| Major General | Sir Christopher | TEESDALE | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Lieutenant Colonel | William | TEMPLE | Not publicly held |
| Captain | Garth Neville | WALFORD | Not publicly held |
| Location of Indian Army Artillery VCs | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Location |
| Gunner | William | CONNOLLY | Not publicly held |
| Sergeant | Bernard | DIAMOND | Army Museum Waiouru, New Zealand |
| Gunner | Richard | FITZGERALD | Bristol Museum & Art Gallery |
| Captain | Hastings Edward | HARINGTON | Not publicly held |
| Lieutenant General | Richard Harte | KEATINGE | Not publicly held |
| Gunner | Hugh | MCINNES | Not publicly held |
| Gunner | James | PARK | Not publicly held |
| Major General | George Alexander | RENNY | Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Imperial War Museum |
| Field Marshal | Frederick Sleigh - Earl | ROBERTS | National Army Museum, London |
| Colonel | Patrick | RODDY | Not publicly held |
| Major General | Sir Henry | TOMBS | Not publicly held |
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