List of cavalry recipients of the Victoria Cross

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A medal in the shape of a cross hanging from a crimson red ribbon.
The Victoria Cross

The

British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. It was established in 1856 and since then has been awarded 1,356 times, including three service personnel who were awarded the VC twice.[1]

The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by

London Gazette regarding soldiers who would have been awarded the VC had they survived. In a partial reversal of policy in 1902, six of the soldiers mentioned were granted the VC, but not "officially" awarded the medal. In 1907, the posthumous policy was completely reversed and medals were sent to the next of kin of the six officers and men.[3] The Victoria Cross warrant was not officially amended to explicitly allow posthumous awards until 1920 but one quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous.[4][5]

Due to its rarity, the VC is highly prized and the medal has fetched over

Lord Ashcroft, amassed since 1986, contains over one-tenth of all VCs awarded. Following a 2008 donation to the Imperial War Museum, the Ashcroft collection went on public display alongside the museum's Victoria and George Cross collection in November 2010.[7] Since 1990, three Commonwealth countries that retain the Queen as head of state have instituted their own versions of the VC. As a result, the original Victoria Cross is sometimes referred to as the "Commonwealth Victoria Cross" or the "Imperial Victoria Cross", to distinguish it from the newer awards.[8][9]

The first awards to cavalrymen were the nine awarded during the

First World War
.

Cavalry recipients

Name Regiment Date Conflict Location
Herman Albrecht
Imperial Light Horse
 6 January 1900 Second Boer War Ladysmith[10]
Charles Anderson 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 8 October 1858
Indian Mutiny
Sundeela Oudh[11]
William Bankes
7th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons
 19 March 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Lucknow[12]
William Beresford
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 3 July 1879 Anglo-Zulu War White Umfolozi River[13]
John Berryman
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[14]
James Blair
2nd Bombay Light Cavalry
 12 August 1857
23 October 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Neemuch
Jeerum[15]
Robert Blair 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 28 September 1857
Indian Mutiny
Bolandshahr[16]
Edward Brown
14th (King's) Hussars
 13 October 1900 Second Boer War
Geluk[17]
Sam Browne
2nd Punjab Irregular Cavalry
 31 August 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Seerporah[18]
Thomas Byrne
21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
 2 September 1898 Mahdist War Omdurman[19]
Adrian Carton de Wiart
4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards
 2–3 July 1916
First World War
 La Boiselle[20]
James Champion
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons
 8 September 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Beejapore[21]
George Clare
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
 28–29 November 1917
First World War
 Bourlon Wood[22]
John Clements Rimington's Guides 24 February 1901 Second Boer War
Strijdenburg[23]
Hampden Cockburn
 Royal Canadian Dragoons 7 November 1900 Second Boer War Komati River[24]
Harry Crandon
18th Hussars
 4 July 1901 Second Boer War Springbok Laagte[25]
Thomas Crean
Imperial Light Horse
 18 December 1901 Second Boer War Tygerkloof Spruit[26]
John Danaher Nourse's Horse (Transvaal) 16 January 1881 First Boer War Elandsfontein[27]
Henry D'Arcy Frontier Light Horse 3 July 1879 Anglo-Zulu War White Umfolozi River[28]
Patrick Donohoe
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 28 September 1857
Indian Mutiny
Bolandshahr[29]
John Doogan
1st (King's) Dragoon Guards
 28 January 1881 First Boer War Laing's Nek[27]
Alexis Doxat
 Imperial Yeomanry 20 October 1900 Second Boer War Zeerust[17]
Frederic Dugdale
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers
 3 March 1901 Second Boer War
Derby[30]
Alexander Dunn
11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[14]
John Dunville
1st (Royal) Dragoons
 24–25 June 1917
First World War
Epehy[31]
Henry Engleheart
10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
 13 March 1900 Second Boer War Bloemfontein[32]
William English Scottish Horse 3 July 1901 Second Boer War Vlakfontein[33]
John Farrell
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[34]
Gordon Flowerdew Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 31 March 1918
First World War
 Bois de Moreuil[35]
Charles Fraser
7th (The Queen's Own) Light Dragoons
 31 December 1858
Indian Mutiny
River Raptee[36]
John Freeman
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 10 October 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Agra[29]
Charles Garforth
15th (The King's) Hussars
 23 August 1914
First World War
 Harmingnies[37]
Francis Grenfell
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 24 August 1914
First World War
Audregnies[37]
John Grieve
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[14]
William Goat
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 6 March 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Lucknow[38]
Charles Gough 5th Bengal European Cavalry 15 August 1857,
18 August 1857,
27 January 1858,
3 February 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Khurkowdah
Not known
Shumshabad
Meangunge[39]
Hugh Gough
1st Bengal European Light Cavalry
 12 November 1857,
25 February 1858
Indian Mutiny
Jellalabad[40]
Walter Hamilton Guides Cavalry 2 April 1879
Second Afghan War
Futtehabad[41]
Thomas Hancock
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 19 June 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Delhi[42]
Henry Hartigan
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 8 June 1857
10 October 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Delhi
Agra[43]
Frederick Harvey Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 27 March 1917
First World War
 Guyencourt[44]
Herbert Henderson Rhodesia Horse 30 March 1896 Second Matabele War Bulawayo[45]
Clement Heneage
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons
 17 June 1858
Indian Mutiny
Gwalior[46]
Edward Holland Royal Canadian Dragoons 7 November 1900 Second Boer War Komati River[24]
George Hollis
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons
 17 June 1858
Indian Mutiny
Gwalior[46]
Charles Hull
21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
 5 September 1915
First World War
Hafiz Kor[47]
Robert Johnston
Imperial Light Horse
 21 October 1899 Second Boer War Elandslaagte[48]
Alfred Jones
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 8 June 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Delhi[16]
Robert Kells
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 28 September 1857
Indian Mutiny
Bolandshahr[29]
Paul Kenna
21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
 2 September 1898 Mahdist War Omdurman[19]
Alexander Lafone
1st County of London Yeomanry
 27 October 1917
First World War
El Buggar Ridge[49]
Brian Lawrence
17th (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 7 August 1900 Second Boer War Essenbosch Farm[17]
James Leith
14th Light Dragoons
 1 April 1858
Indian Mutiny
Betwa[29]
John Malcolmson
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
 8 February 1857 Anglo-Persian War Khoosh-ab
Joseph Malone
13th Light Dragoons
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[50]
William Marshall
19th (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars
 29 February 1884 Mahdist War
El Teb[51]
Francis Maxwell Robert's Light Horse 31 March 1900 Second Boer War
Korn Spruit[52]
John Milbanke
10th (The Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars
 5 January 1900 Second Boer War Colesberg[53]
Thomas Monaghan 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 8 October 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Jamo[11]
Raymond de Montmorency
21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
 2 September 1898 Mahdist War Omdurman[19]
Arthur Moore
3rd Bombay Light Cavalry
 8 February 1857 Anglo-Persian War Khoosh-ab[54]
James Mouat 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons 26 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[55]
Charles Mullins
Imperial Light Horse
 21 October 1899 Second Boer War Elandslaagte[48]
Alexander Murray
16th (The Queen's) Lancers
 17 August 1897
Tirah Campaign
 Nawa Kili[56]
Robert Newell
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 19 March 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Lucknow[38]
John Norwood
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards
 30 October 1899 Second Boer War Ladysmith[57]
Edmund O'Toole Frontier Light Horse 3 July 1879 Anglo-Zulu War White Umfolozi River[28]
Samuel Parkes
4th Light Dragoons
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[14]
Frank de Pass
34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse
 24 November 1914
First World War
 Festubert[58]
John Pearson
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons
 17 June 1858
Indian Mutiny
Gwalior[46]
Frederick Potts Berkshire Yeomanry 21 August 1915
First World War
 Gallipoli[59]
Dighton Probyn
2nd Punjab Cavalry
 1857 to 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Agra[16]
John Purcell
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 19 June 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Delhi[42]
Henry Ramage
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
 25 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[55]
Arthur Richardson Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 5 July 1900 Second Boer War
Wolwespruit[60]
James Roberts
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 28 September 1857
Indian Mutiny
Bolandshahr[29]
David Rushe
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 19 March 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Lucknow[38]
Reginald Sartorius
6th Bengal Cavalry
 17 January 1874 Third Ashanti War Abogu[61]
Badlu Singh 14th Murray's Jat Lancers 23 September 1918
First World War
River Jordan[62]
Gobind Singh
28th Light Cavalry
 30 November 1917
1 December 1917
First World War
 Pezières[63][64]
Nevill Smyth
 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) 2 September 1898 Mahdist War Omdurman[19]
David Spence
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
 17 January 1858
Indian Mutiny
 Shunsabad[38]
Harcus Strachan Fort Garry Horse 20 November 1917
First World War
 Masnieres[49]
Richard Turner Royal Canadian Dragoons 7 November 1900 Second Boer War Komati River[24]
William Vousden
5th Punjab Cavalry
 14 December 1879
Second Afghan War
 Asmai Heights[65]
Joseph Ward
8th (The King's Royal Irish) Light Dragoons
 17 June 1858
Indian Mutiny
Gwalior[46]
John Watson
1st Punjab Cavalry
 14 November 1857
Indian Mutiny
 Lucknow[16]
George Wheeler 7th Hariana Lancers 12–13 April 1915
First World War
 Shaiba[66]
Richard West North Irish Horse 2 September 1918
First World War
 Courcelles-le-Comte[67]
Frederick Whirlpool
1st Punjab Cavalry
 3 April 1858,
2 May 1858
Indian Mutiny
Lohari[68]
Evelyn Wood
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 19 October 1858
Indian Mutiny
Sinwaho[69]
Charles Wooden
17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers
 26 October 1854 Crimean War Balaclava[70]

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