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| The Lord Ashcroft VC Collection on display in the: Lord Ashcroft Gallery |
| FIRST WORLD WAR ( 1914 - 1918 ) ( 73 Victoria Cross Groups ) |
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| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Force |
| Army - Belgium | |||
| Captain | Harold | ACKROYD | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Major General | Ernest Wright | ALEXANDER | 119th Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Reg Sergeant Major | Spencer John | BENT | 1st Bn, East Lancashire Regiment |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Bertram | BEST-DUNKLEY | 5th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Captain | Noel Godfrey | CHAVASSE | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Corporal | Alfred George | DRAKE | 8th Bn, Rifle Brigade |
| Brigadier General | Lewis Pugh | EVANS | The Black Watch ( Comd 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment ) |
| Lieutenant | Robert Vaughan | GORLE | 'A' Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Subadar | KHUDADAD KHAN | 129th Duke of Connaught's own Baluchis | |
| Sergeant | Joseph | LISTER | 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Sergeant | Arnold | LOOSEMORE | 8th Bn, Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding ) Regiment |
| Private | George Imlach | MCINTOSH | 6th Bn, Gordon Highlanders |
| Private | Martin | MOFFAT | 2nd Bn, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment |
| Major | Montague Shadworth | MOORE | 15th Bn, Hampshire Regiment |
| Captain | Clement | ROBERTSON | 'A' Bn, Tank Corps |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Sidney Clayton | WOODROFFE | 8th Bn, Rifle Brigade |
| Army - France | |||
| Lieutenant | Wallace Lloyd | ALGIE | 20th Bn ( Central Ontario ), CEF |
| A / Lieutenant Colonel | William Herbert | ANDERSON | 12th ( S ) Bn, Highland Light Infantry |
| Warrant Officer II | Alexander | BRERETON | 8th Bn ( 90th Winnipeg Rifles ), CEF |
| Private | William Boynton | BUTLER | 17th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment |
| Lance Corporal | Thomas | BRYAN | 25th Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Sergeant | Laurence | CALVERT | 5th Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| Lieutenant | Frederick William | CAMPBELL | 1st Bn, ( Ontario Regiment ), CEF |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Bernard Matthew | CASSIDY | 2nd Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Captain | Harry | CATOR | 7th Bn, East Surrey Regiment |
| Sergeant | James | CLARKE | 15th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Corporal | John | CUNNINGHAM | 2nd Bn, Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment |
| Sergeant | Horace Augustus | CURTIS | 2nd Bn, Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
| Corporal | Sidney | DAY | 11th Bn, Suffolk Regiment |
| Lieutenant | Thomas | DINESEN | 42nd Bn ( Royal Highlanders of Canada ), CEF |
| Co Sergeant Major | Martin | DOYLE | 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers |
| Sergeant | Job Henry | DRAIN | 37th Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Sergeant | Samuel | FORSYTH | New Zealand Engineers att'd 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
| Corporal | Edward | FOSTER | 13th Bn, East Surrey Regiment |
| Sergeant | Albert | GILL | 1st Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Sergeant | Jack | HARVEY | 22nd ( County of London ) Bn, London Regiment |
| Captain | Arthur | HENDERSON | 4th Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders |
| Brigadier | Manley Angell | JAMES | 8th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Sergeant | Henry Edward | KENNY | 1st Bn, The Loyal Regiment ( North Lancashire ) |
| Major | Allan Ebenezer | KER | 3rd Bn, Gordon Highlanders & 61st Bn, Machine Gun Corps |
| Captain | Arthur Forbes | KILBY | 2nd Bn, South Staffordshire Regiment |
| Captain | James | LEACH | 2nd Bn, Manchester Regiment |
| Private | Frank | LESTER | 10th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Private | Hubert William | LEWIS | 11th Bn, Welch Regiment |
| Major | Stewart Walker | LOUDOUN-SHAND | 10th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment |
| Sergeant | Frederick | LUKE | 37th Bty, Royal Field Artillery |
| Captain | George Allan | MALING | Royal Army Medical Corps |
| Private | Francis George | MILES | 5th Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Private | George Stanley | PEACHMENT | 2nd Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps |
| Private | Walter | RITCHIE | 2nd Bn, Seaforth Highlanders |
| Captain | George | SANDERS | 7th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment |
| Lieutenant | Edward Benn | SMITH | 5th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Private | James | TOWERS | 2nd Bn, Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Bernard William | VANN | 8th Bn, Sherwood Foresters |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Frank Bernard | WEARNE | 3rd Bn ( att'd 11th Bn ), Essex Regiment |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Richard Annesley | WEST | North Irish Horse & 6th Bn, Tank Corps |
| Captain | William Allison | WHITE | 38th Bn, Machine Gun Corps |
| Lance Corporal | Alfred | WILCOX | 4th Bn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
| Private | Alfred | WILKINSON | 5th Bn, Manchester Regiment |
| Army - Gallipoli, Turkey | |||
| Staff Sergeant | William | COSGROVE | 1st Bn, Royal Munster Fusiliers |
| Lieutenant Colonel | John Elisha | GRIMSHAW | 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Brigadier | Percy Howard | HANSEN | 6th Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment |
| Private | David | LAUDER | 1 / 4th Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| Captain | Gerald Robert | O'SULLIVAN | 1st Bn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
| Sergeant | Alfred Joseph | RICHARDS | 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Major | Richard Raymond | WILLIS | 1st Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers |
| Army - Mesopotamia | |||
| Captain | Angus | BUCHANAN | 4th Bn, South Wales Borderers |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Edward Elers | HENDERSON | 7th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment command 9th Bn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| Sergeant | John | READITT | 6th Bn, South Lancashire Regiment |
| Jemadar | SHAHAMAD KHAN | 89th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army | |
| Sergeant | Thomas | STEELE | 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders |
| Army - Palestine | |||
| Ressaidar | BADLU SINGH | 14th Murray's Jat Lancers att'd 29th Lancers ( Deccan Horse ) |
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| Army - Italy | |||
| Sergeant | William | MCNALLY | 8th Bn, Yorkshire Regiment |
| 2nd Lieutenant | John Scott | YOULL | 1st Bn, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers |
Second World War
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