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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for bravery. Queen Victoria instigating the award on the 29th January 1856, the decoration is inscibed "For Valor".
The Victoria Cross is the highest award for bravery. Queen Victoria instigating the award on the 29th January 1856, the decoration is inscibed "For Valor".


Holders:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/victoriacross.asp


Captain Richard Kirby Ridgeway awarded 8 May 1880. <ref>
Victoria Cross Register, Volume 1, 20 February 1856 - 6 August 1864 (WO 98/3)
 
 
 
==Notes==
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==External Link==
 
</ref> *[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24843/pages/2968]London Gazette 11 May 1880


Victoria Cross Register, Volume 2, 16 August 1864 - 31 January 1900 (WO 98/4)


[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Military]]

Revision as of 23:14, 23 March 2010

The Victoria Cross is the highest award for bravery. Queen Victoria instigating the award on the 29th January 1856, the decoration is inscibed "For Valor".

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/victoriacross.asp

Victoria Cross Register, Volume 1, 20 February 1856 - 6 August 1864 (WO 98/3)

Victoria Cross Register, Volume 2, 16 August 1864 - 31 January 1900 (WO 98/4)