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Victoria Cross

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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".
Holdershttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/victoriacross.asp
Captain Richard Kirby Ridgeway awarded 8 May 1880. <ref>   ==Notes==<references />  ==External Link== </ref> *[http://www.londonVictoria Cross Register, Volume 1, 20 February 1856 -gazette.co.uk/issues/24843/pages6 August 1864 (WO 98/2968]London Gazette 11 May 18803)
Victoria Cross Register, Volume 2, 16 August 1864 - 31 January 1900 (WO 98/4)
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