Victoria Cross
Below is a list of the recipients of the Victoria Cross with links to the London Borough of Lewisham Area
By wars:
Afghan War
| Capt. | Creagh, O'Moore | (1848 - 1923) | Bombay Staff Corps, Indian Army | Attended Royal Naval School, New Cross, Deptford | Awarded the VC 22 April 1879 |
Boer War (1)
| Pte. | Hook, Alfred Henry or Harry | ( 1850 - 1905) | 24th Regiment( South Wales Borderer's ) | Lived Sydenham Hill | Awarded the VC 2.5.1879 |
Boer War (2)
| Sgt. | Engleheart, Henry William | (1863 - 1939) | 10th Hussars | Lived in Blackheath and Sydenham | Awarded VC 3.3.1900 |
WW1
| Lt | Auten, Harold | (1891 - 1964) | Royal Naval Reserve | Lived in Lewisham | Awarded VC 30.7.1918 |
| Brig. | Coffin, Clifford | (1870 - 1959) | Corps of Royal Engineers comd 25th Infantry Brigade | Born Blackheath | Awarded VC 31.5.1917 |
| Coy. Sgt. Maj. | Evans, George | (1876 - 1937) | 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment | Lived in Sydenham | Awarded VC 30.7.1916 |
| Major | Harvey, Francis John | (1873 - 1916) | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Born Sydenham | Awarded VC 31.5.1916 Posthumous award |
| Pte. | Godley, Sidney Frank | (1889 - 1957) | The Royal Fusiliers | Lived in Lewisham | Awarded VC 23.8.1914 |
| Lt. | Jerrard, Alan | (1897 - 1968) | 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | Born Lewisham | Awarded VC 30.3.1918 |
| Lt. | Jones, Richard Basil Brandram | (1897 - 1916) | 8th Battalion The Royal North Lancashire Regiment | Born at Honor Oak | Awarded VC 21.5.1916 Posthumous award |
| 2nd Lt | Johnson, Frederick Henry | (1890 - 1917) | 73rd Field Company. Royal Engineers | Attended St Dunstan's College, Catford | Awarded the VC 18 Nov 1915 |
| Pte. | Lynn, John | (1887 - 1915) | Lancashire Fusiliers | Born Forest Hill | Awarded VC 2.5.1915 Posthumous Award |
| Lt. | Maling, George Allen | (1888 - 1929) | Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 12th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade | Died at Lee | Awarded VC 18.11.1915 |
| Capt. Rev. | Mellish, Edward Noel | (1880 - 1962) | The Royal Fusiliers, Chaplin | Vicar of St. Mark`s Lewisham | Awarded VC 27/29.3.1916 |
| Pte. | Pattison, John George | (1875 - 1917) | 50th Battalion. Canadian Infantry | Deptford | Awarded VC 10.4.1917 |
| Capt. | Stone, Walter Napleton | (1891 - 1917) | 3d Bn, Royal Fusiliers | Born Blackheath | Awarded VC 30.7.1918 |
| Lt. | Storkey, Percy Valentine | (1891 - 1969) | 19th Battalion. Australian Imperial Force | Born Blackheath | Awarded VC 17.6.1918 |
WW2
| Cmdr. RN | Campbell, Gordon | (1888 - 1953) | Royal Navy | Lived in Sydenham | Awarded VC 21.4.1917 |
| Capt. | Gardner, Philip John or Pip | (1914 - 2003) | 4th Royal Tank Regiment | Born in Sydenham | Awarded VC 23.11.1944 |
| Lt. | Horwood, Alec George | (1914 - 1944) | Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment att'd 1st Bn, Northampshire Regiment | Born Deptford | Awarded VC 18/20.1.1944 |
| Lt. | Knowlands, George Arthur | (1922 - 1945) | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Born Catford | Awarded VC 31.1.1945 Posthumous award |
By Surname
| Lt | Auten, Harold | (1891 - 1964) | Royal Naval Reserve | Lived in Lewisham | WW1 |
| Cmdr. RN | Campbell, Gordon | (1888 - 1953) | Royal Navy | Lived in Sydenham | WW2 |
| Brig. | Coffin, Clifford | (1870 - 1959) | Corps of Royal Engineers comd 25th Infantry Brigade | Born Blackheath | WW1 |
| Capt. | Creagh, O'Moore | (1848 - 1923) | Bombay Staff Corps, Indian Army | Attended Royal Naval School, New Cross, Deptford | Afghan War |
| Sgt. | Engleheart, Henry William | (1863 - 1939) | 10th Hussars | Lived in Blackheath and Sydenham | Boer War (2) |
| Coy. Sgt. Maj. | Evans, George | (1876 - 1937) | 18th Battalion, Manchester Regiment | Lived in Sydenham | WW1 |
| Capt. | Gardner, Philip John or Pip | (1914 - 2003) | 4th Royal Tank Regiment | Born in Sydenham | WW2 |
| Lt. | Godley, Sidney Frank | (1889 - 1957) | The Royal Fusiliers | Lived in Lewisham | WW1 |
| Maj. | Harvey, Francis John | (1873 - 1916) | Royal Marine Light Infantry | Born Sydenham | WW1 |
| Pte. | Hook, Alfred Henry or Harry | (1850 - 1905) | 24th Regiment( South Wales Borderers ) | Lived Sydenham Hill | Boer War |
| Lt. | Horwood, Alec George | (1914 - 1944) | Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment att'd 1st Bn, Northampshire Regiment | Born Deptford | WW2 |
| Lt. | Jerrard, Alan | (1897 - 1968) | 66 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | Born Lewisham | WW1 |
| Lt. | Jones, Richard Basil Brandram | (1897 - 1916) | 8th Battalion The Royal North Lancashire Regiment | Born at Honor Oak | WW1 |
| 2nd Lt | Johnson, Frederick Henry | (1890 - 1917) | 73rd Field Company. Royal Engineers | Attended St Dunstan's College, Catford | WW1 |
| Lt. | Knowlands, George Arthur | (1922 - 1945) | Royal Norfolk Regiment | Born Catford | WW2 |
| Pte. | Lynn, John | (1887 - 1915) | Lancashire Fusiliers | Born Forest Hill | WW1 |
| Lt. | Maling, George Allen | (1888 - 1929) | Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 12th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade | Died at Lee | WW1 |
| Capt. Rev. | Mellish, Edward Noel | (1880 - 1962) | The Royal Fusiliers, Chaplin | Vicar of St. Mark`s Lewisham | WW1 |
| Pte. | Pattison, John George | (1875 - 1917) | 50th Battalion. Canadian Infantry | Deptford | WW1 |
| Capt. | Stone, Walter Napleton | (1891 - 1917) | 3d Bn, Royal Fusiliers | Born Blackheath | WW1 |
| Lt. | Storkey, Percy Valentine | (1891 - 1969) | 19th Battalion. Australian Imperial Force | Born Blackheath | WW1 |
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