Lieutenant Colonel Bernard Vann VC, MC & Bar - 8th Bn, Sherwood Foresters ( comd 6th Bn, Sherwood Foresters )






Sherwood Foresters Museum
( Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment )

The Castle
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 6EL





The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Sherwood Foresters Museum
Rank First Name Last Name Sherwood Foresters Museum
Afghanistan ( 1895 - 1902 )
Captain Henry Singleton PENNELL 2nd Bn, Derbyshire Regiment
2nd Boer War ( 1899 - 1902 )
Corporal William BEES 1st Bn, Derbyshire Regiment
Captain Harry Churchill BEET 1st Bn, Derbyshire Regiment
First World War ( 1914 - 1918 )
Captain Albert BALL 7th Bn, Sherwood Foresters & 56 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps
Sergeant Ernest Albert EGERTON 16th Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Sergeant Fred GREAVES 9th Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Major General Charles Edward HUDSON 11th Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Sergeant William Henry JOHNSON 5th Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Private Jacob RIVERS 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Corporal James UPTON 1st Bn, Sherwood Foresters
Colonel Sir Geoffrey VICKERS 7th Bn, Sherwood Foresters


Location of other Sherwood Foresters & Nottinghamshire Regiment VCs
Rank First Name Last Name Location
Captain John Henry BRUNT Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Museum, Lincoln
Private Bernard MCQUIRT Not publicly held
Major General Euston Henry SARTORIUS National Army Museum, London
Lieutenant Colonel Bernard William VANN Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London

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10 August 2003