Canadian Heroes - Atlantic Memorial Park

Victoria Cross Recipients

Established in 1856, the Victoria Cross has been awarded to service personnel for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty while facing a hostile force. Between 1858 and 1881 the Victoria Cross could also be awarded for actions taken “under circumstances of extreme danger” not in the face of the enemy. Six people were awarded Victoria Crosses under this clause – one Irish man in 1866 for actions taken during the Fenian raids; five (a Canadian, three Irish and an English man) for a single incident in 1867 during the Andaman Islands Expedition. In 1881, VC regulations were amended to only allow acts “in the presence of the enemy”.

Since 1993, Canadians have no longer been eligible for the Victoria Cross: that medal has been superseded by the Canadian Victoria Cross – of equal honour, but yet to be awarded. The scroll of the Canadian medal differs in that the inscription is in Latin rather than English; by using a language that is an ancestor of French and has greatly contributed to the development of English, the medal avoids linguistic discrimination between Canada’s two official languages. The fleur-de-lis, in heraldry long associated with the French crown has been added at the end each scroll. The actual metal of the medal is a distinct Canadian composition.

Name	Date of Action	Conflict	Unit	Perpetuating Unit	Place of Action	Province of Origin
Wallace Algie	1918	First World War	20th Battalion, CEF	The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Cambrai, France	Ontario
William Barker	1918	First World War	No. 201 Squadron RAF	None	Forêt de Mormal, France	Manitoba
Colin Barron	1917	First World War	3rd Battalion, CEF	Royal Regiment of Canada	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario
Ian Bazalgette	1944*	Second World War	No. 115 Squadron RAF	No. 115 Squadron RAF	Trossy St. Maximin, France	Alberta
Edward Bellew	1915	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Kerselaere, Belgium	British Columbia
Philip Bent	1917	First World War	Leicestershire Regiment	B Company, Second Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment	Polygon Wood, Belgium	Nova Scotia
William Bishop	1917	First World War	No. 60 Squadron RAF	No. 60 Squadron RAF	Cambrai, France	Ontario
Rowland Bourke	1918	First World War	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ostend, Belgium	British Columbia
Alexander Brereton	1918	First World War	8th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Amiens, France	Manitoba
Jean Brillant	1918*	First World War	22nd Battalion, CEF	Royal 22nd Regiment	Meharicourt, France	Quebec
Harry Brown	1917*	First World War	10th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders	Loos, France	Ontario
Hugh Cairns	1918*	First World War	46th Battalion, CEF	Saskatchewan Dragoons	Valenciennes, France	Saskatchewan
Frederick Campbell	1915*	First World War	1st Battalion, CEF	Royal Canadian Regiment	Givenchy, France	Ontario
William Clark-Kennedy	1918	First World War	24th Battalion, CEF	Victoria Rifles of Canada	Fresnes, France	Quebec
Leo Clarke	1916*	First World War	2nd Battalion, CEF	Governor General's Foot Guards	Pozières, France	Manitoba
Hampden Cockburn	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario
Robert Combe	1917*	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Acheville, France	Saskatchewan
Frederick Coppins	1918	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Hackett Woods, France	Manitoba
Aubrey Cosens	1945*	Second World War	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	Mooshof, Germany	Ontario
John Croak	1918*	First World War	13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Amiens, France	Nova Scotia
Robert Cruickshank	1918	First World War	London Regiment	London Regiment	Jordan, Palestine	Manitoba
David Currie	1944	Second World War	29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment)	South Alberta Light Horse	Battle of Falaise, France	Saskatchewan
Raymond de Montmorency	1898	Battle of Omdurman, Sudan Campaign	21st Lancers	17th/21st Lancers	Omdurman, Sudan	Quebec
Edmund De Wind	1918*	First World War	Royal Irish Rifles	Royal Irish Regiment (1992)	Groagie, France	Alberta
Thomas Dinesen	1918	First World War	42nd Battalion, CEF	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Parvillers, France	n/a
Campbell Douglas	1867	Bravery at Sea, Andaman Islands Expedition	24th Regiment of Foot	South Wales Borderers	Little Andaman, India	Ontario
Alexander Dunn	1854	Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War	33rd Regiment of Foot	Yorkshire Regiment	Balaclava, Crimea	Ontario
Frederick Fisher	1915*	First World War	13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada)	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	St. Julien, Belgium	Ontario
Gordon Flowerdew	1918*	First World War	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Bois de Moreuil, France	British Columbia
John Foote	1942	Second World War	1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)	Dieppe, France	Ontario
Herman Good	1918	First World War	13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Hangard Wood, France	New Brunswick
Robert Gray	1945*	Second World War	Fleet Air Arm	Fleet Air Arm	Honshū, Japan	British Columbia
Milton Gregg	1918	First World War	Royal Canadian Regiment	Royal Canadian Regiment	Cambrai, France	New Brunswick
Frederick Hall	1915*	First World War	8th Battalion (90th Winnipeg Rifles), CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Ypres, Belgium	Manitoba
William Hall	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	HMS Shannon	none	Lucknow, India	Nova Scotia
Robert Hanna	1917	First World War	29th Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Lens, France	British Columbia
Frederick Harvey	1917	First World War	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Guvencourt, France	Alberta
Frederick Hobson	1917*	First World War	20th Battalion, CEF	Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Lens, France	Ontario
Charles Hoey	1944	Second World War	Royal Lincolnshire	Royal Anglian Regiment	Ngakyedauk Pass, Bruma (Now Myanmar)	British Columbia
Edward Holland	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario
Thomas Holmes	1917	First World War	4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF	Governor General's Horse Guards	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario
Samuel Honey	1918*	First World War	78th Battalion, CEF	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario
David Hornell	1944	Second World War	No. 162 Squadron RCAF		Faroes, Atlantic	Ontario
Bellenden Hutcheson	1918	First World War	75th Battalion, CEF	Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)	Arras, France	Ontario
Joseph Kaeble	1918*	First World War	22nd Battalion, CEF	Royal 22e Régiment	Neuville-Vitasse, France	Quebec
George Kerr	1918	First World War	3rd Battalion, CEF	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and Royal Regiment of Canada	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario
John Kerr	1916	First World War	49th Battalion, CEF	Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)	Courcelette, France	Nova Scotia, Alberta
Cecil Kinross	1917	First World War	49th Battalion, CEF	Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)	Passchendaele, Belgium	Alberta
Arthur Knight	1918*	First World War	10th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders	Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France	Saskatchewan
Filip Konowal	1917	First World War	47th Battalion, CEF	Royal Westminster Regiment	Lens, France	n/a
Okill Learmonth	1917*	First World War	2nd Battalion, CEF	Governor General's Foot Guards	Loos, France	Quebec
Graham Lyall	1918	First World War	102nd Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Cambrai, France	Ontario
Thain MacDowell	1917	First World War	38th Battalion, CEF	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)	Vimy Ridge, France	Ontario
John MacGregor	1918	First World War	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Dragoons	Cambrai, France	British Columbia
John Mahony	1944	Second World War	Westminster Regiment (Motor)	Royal Westminster Regiment	River Melfa, Italy	British Columbia
George McKean	1918	First World War	14th Battalion, CEF	Royal Montreal Regiment	Gavrelle Sector, France	Alberta
Hugh McKenzie	1917*	First World War	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Meetsceele Spur, Belgium	Ontario, Albert
Alan McLeod	1918*	First World War	No. 2 Squadron RFC	No. 2 Squadron RAF	Albert, France	Manitoba
William Merrifield	1918	First World War	4th Battalion, CEF	56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)	Abancourt, France	Ontario
Charles Merritt	1942	Second World War	South Saskatchewan Regiment	South Saskatchewan Regiment	Dieppe, France	British Columbia
William Metcalf	1918	First World War	16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Arras, France	n/a
William Milne	1917*	First World War	16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Thelus, France	Saskatchewan
Harry Miner	1918*	First World War	58th Battalion, CEF	Royal Regiment of Canada	Demuin, France	Ontario
Coulson Norman Mitchell	1918	First World War	4th Battalion Canadian Engineers		Canal de L'Escaut, France	Manitoba
George Mullin	1917	First World War	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Passchendaele, Belgium	Saskatchewan
Andrew Mynarski	1944*	Second World War	No. 419 Squadron RCAF	419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron	Cambrai, France	Manitoba
William Nickerson	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Army Medical Corps		Wakkerstroom, South Africa	New Brunswick
Claude Nunney	1918*	First World War	38th Battalion, CEF	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)	Drocourt-Queant Line, France	Ontario
Christopher O'Kelly	1917	First World War	52nd Battalion	Lake Superior Scottish Regiment	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba
Michael O'Leary	1915	First World War	Irish Guards	Irish Guards	Cuinchy, France	Saskatchewan
Michael O'Rourke	1917	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Hill 70, France	British Columbia
John Osborn	1941	Second World War	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Mount Butler, Hong Kong	Manitoba
John Pattison	1917	First World War	50th Battalion, CEF	King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)	Vimy Ridge, France	Alberta
George Pearkes	1917	First World War	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF	Sherbrooke Hussars	Passchendaele, Belgium	Yukon
Cyrus Peck	1918	First World War	16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Cagnicourt, France	New Brunswick
Frederick Peters	1942	Second World War	HMS Walney		Oran, Algeria	P.E.I.
Walter Rayfield	1918	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Arras, France	Ontario
Herbert Reade	1857	Indian Rebellion of 1857	61st Regiment of Foot	The Rifles	Delhi, India	Ontario
Arthur Richardson	1900	Second Boer War	Strathcona's Horse	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Wolwespruit, South Africa	Saskatchewan
James Richardson	1916*	First World War	16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Somme, France	British Columbia
James Peter Robertson	1917*	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Passchendaele, Belgium	Nova Scotia, Alberta
Charles Rutherford	1918	First World War	5th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion, CEF	Sherbrooke Hussars	Monchy, France	Ontario
Francis Scrimger	1915	First World War	Canadian Army Medical Corps		St. Julien, Belgium	Quebec
Robert Shankland	1917	First World War	43rd Battalion, CEF	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba
Ellis Sifton	1917*	First World War	18th Battalion, CEF	Essex and Kent Scottish	Neuville-St.-Vaast, France	Ontario
John Sinton	1916	First World War	Indian Medical Service		Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia	British Columbia
Ernest Smith	1944	Second World War	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	River Savio, Italy	British Columbia
Robert Spall	1918*	First World War	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Parvillers, France	Manitoba
Harcus Strachan	1917	First World War	Fort Garry Horse	Fort Garry Horse	Masnières, France	Manitoba, Alberta
James Tait	1918*	First World War	78th Battalion, CEF	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Amiens, France	Manitoba
Frederick Tilston	1945	Second World War	Essex Scottish Regiment	Essex and Kent Scottish	Hochwald Forest, Germany	Ontario
Frederick Topham	1945	Second World War	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion		Rhine, Germany	Ontario
Paul Triquet	1943	Second World War	Royal 22e Régiment	Royal 22e Régiment	Casa Berardi, Italy	Quebec
Richard Turner	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Quebec
Thomas Wilkinson	1916*	First World War	Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)	La Boiselle, France	British Columbia
John Young	1918	First World War	87th Battalion, CEF	Canadian Grenadier Guards	Dury-Arras Sector, France	Quebec
Raphael Zengel	1918	First World War	5th Battalion, CEF	North Saskatchewan Regiment	Warvillers, France	Saskatchewan