List of Scottish Victoria Cross recipients

The following people are Scottish recipients of the Victoria Cross.

A

• Robert Bellew Adams – 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• Frederick Robertson Aikman – 1858; Amethi, India
• Robert Hope Moncrieff Aitken – 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Anderson – 1915; Neuve Chapelle, France
• William Herbert Anderson – 1918; Bois Favieres, France
• William Angus – 1915; Givenchy, France
• Adam Archibald – 1918; Ors, France

B

• William Babtie – 1899; Battle of Colenso, South Africa
• Thomas Beach – 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
• William Davidson Bissett – 1918; Maing, France
• James Blair – 1857; Neemuch, India
• Robert Blair – 1857; Bolandshahr, India
• Frank Blaker – 1944; Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
• William Bloomfield – 1916; Miali, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
• Andrew Cathcart Bogle – 1857; Oonao, India
• Stanley Boughey – 1917; El Burf, Palestine
• Walter Lorrain Brodie – 1914; Becelaere, Belgium
• James Anson Otho Brooke – 1914; Gheluvelt, Belgium
• William Bruce – 1914; Givenchy, France
• John Crawford Buchan – 1918; Marteville, France

C

• Thomas Cadell – 1857; Delhi, India
• Thomas Caldwell – 1918; Oudenaarde, Belgium
• Aylmer Cameron – 1858; Kotah, India
• Donald Cameron – 1943; KÃ¥fjord, Alta, Norway
• Jock Campbell – 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
• John Vaughan Campbell – 1916; Ginchy, France
• Kenneth Campbell – 1941; Brest, France
• Lorne MacLaine Campbell – 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
• John Carmichael – 1917; Zwarteleen, Belgium
• John Alexander Christie – 1917; Fejja, Palestine
• William Clamp – 1917; Poelkapelle, Belgium
• Hugh Cochrane – 1858; Jhansi, India
• John Cook – 1878; Peiwar Kotal, Afghanistan
• James Craig – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• John Manson Craig – 1917; Egypt
• John Cruickshank – 1944; Atlantic
• Arthur Cumming – 1942; Kuantan, Malaya
• William Montgomery-Cuninghame – 1854; Sebastopol, Crimea

D

• James Davis – 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• James Lennox Dawson – 1915; Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
• John Daykins – 1918; Solesmes, France
• William Dick-Cunyngham – 1879; Sherpur Pass, Afghanistan
• Robert Digby-Jones – 1900; Ladysmith, South Africa
• Angus Douglas-Hamilton – 1915; Hill 70, France
• Robert Downie – 1916; Lesboeufs, France
• James Dundas – 1865; Dewan-Giri, India
• Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore – 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• Robert Dunsire – 1915; Hill 70, France

E

• Alexander Edwards – 1917; Ypres, Belgium
• John MacLaren Erskine – 1916; Givenchy, France
• Samuel Evans – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea

F

• Donald Dickson Farmer – 1900; Nooitgedacht, South Africa
• Francis Farquharson – 1858; Lucknow, India
• Alexander Murray, Viscount Fincastle – 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• George Findlater – 1897; Dargai Heights, India
• George Findlay – 1918; Catillon, France
• David Finlay – 1915; Rue du Bois, France
• Samuel Frickleton – 1917; Messines, Belgium (in NZEF)

G

• William Gardner – 1858; Bareilly, India
• William Eagleson Gordon – 1900; Krugersdorp, South Africa
• John Reginald Noble Graham – 1917; Battle of Istabulat, Mesopotamia
• Charles James William Grant – 1891; Thobal, Burma (now Myanmar)
• John Grieve – 1854; Balaclava, Crimea

H

• John Brown Hamilton – 1917; Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium
• Thomas de Courcy Hamilton – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• John Hannah – 1940; Antwerp, Belgium
• Arthur Henderson – 1917; Fontaine-les-Croiselles, France
• George Stuart Henderson – 1920; Hillah, Mesopotamia
• Herbert Stephen Henderson – 1896; Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
• Anthony Dickson Home – 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Hope – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Palmer Huffam – 1918; St. Servin's Farm, France
• David Ferguson Hunter – 1918; Moeuvres, France
• Thomas Peck Hunter – 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy

I

• James John McLeod Innes – 1858; Sultanpore, India

J

• Charles Alfred Jarvis – 1914; Jemappes, Belgium
• William Henry Johnston – 1914; Missy, France

K

• Charles Thomas Kennedy – 1900; Dewetsdorp, South Africa
• Allan Ebenezer Ker – 1918; St. Quentin, France
• William Alexander Kerr – 1857; Kolapore, India
• Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes – 1941; Beda Littoria, Libya
• John Simpson Knox – 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea

L

• Daniel Laidlaw – 1915; Loos, France
• David Ross Lauder – 1915; Gallipoli, Tunisia
• Peter Leitch – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Leith – 1858; Betwa, India
• Robert James Lindsay – 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• Frederick Luke – 1914; Le Cateau, France
• Charles Lumley – 1855, Sebastopol, Crimea
• Charles Antony, The Lord, Lyell – 1943; Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia

M

• Henry MacDonald – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• David Lowe MacIntyre – 1918; Henin, France
• Donald MacIntyre – 1872; Lalgnoora, India
• David MacKay – 1857; Lucknow, India
• John Frederick MacKay – 1900; Johannesburg, South Africa
• James MacKenzie – 1914; Rouges Bancs, France
• John Mackenzie – 1900; Dompoassi, Ashanti (now Ghana)
• Donald MacKintosh – 1917; Fampoux, France
• Hector Lachlan Stewart MacLean – 1897; Nawa Kili, India
• Herbert Macpherson – 1857; Lucknow, India
• Hugh Malcolm – 1942; Chougui, Tunisia
• John Malcolmson – 1857; Battle of Khoosh-ab, Persia
• Henry May – 1914; La Boutillerie, France
• John McAulay – 1917; Fontaine Notre Dame, France
• William McBean – 1858; Lucknow, India
• Robert McBeath – 1917; Cambrai, France
• John McDermond – 1854; Battle of Inkerman, Crimea
• John McDougall – 1860; Taku Forts, China
• Samuel McGaw – 1874; Battle of Amoaful, Ashanti (now Ghana)
• David Stuart McGregor – 1918; Hoogemolen, Belgium
• Roderick McGregor – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• Louis McGuffie – 1918; Wytschaete, Belgium
• Hugh McInnes – 1857; Lucknow, India
• George McIntosh – 1917; Ypres, Belgium
• Hugh McIver – 1918; Courcelle-le Compte, France
• James McKechnie – 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• John McNeill – 1864; Ohaupu, New Zealand
• Stewart McPherson – 1857; Lucknow, India
• James McPhie – 1918; Aubencheul-au-Bac, France
• John Meikle – 1918; Marfaux, France
• Maury Meiklejohn – 1899; Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa
• Charles Melvin – 1917; Battle of Istabulat, Mesopotamia
• Anthony Miers – 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece
• Duncan Millar (or Miller) – 1859; Maylah Ghat, India
• James Miller – 1857; Futtehpore, India
• James Munro (VC) – 1857; Lucknow, India

O

• John O'Neill (or O'Niell) – 1918; Moorseele, Belgium

P

• James Park – 1857; Lucknow, India
• George Henry Tatham Paton – 1917; Gonnelieu, France
• John Paton – 1857; Lucknow, India
• John Perie – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea
• James Dalgleish Pollock – 1915; Hohenzollern Redoubt, France
• Patrick Anthony Porteous – 1942; Dieppe, France

R

• Henry Ramage – 1854; Balaclava, Crimea
• Harry Sherwood Ranken – 1914; Haute-Avesnes, France
• William Reid – 1943; Düsseldorf, Germany
• William Rennie – 1857; Lucknow, India
• William Reynolds (VC) – 1854; Battle of the Alma, Crimea
• James Cleland Richardson – 1916; Battle of the Ancre Heights, France
• John Ripley – 1915; Rue du Bois, France
• Henry Peel Ritchie – 1914; Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania)
• Walter Potter Ritchie – 1916; Beaumont Hamel, France
• William Robertson – 1899; Battle of Elandslaagte, South Africa
• George Rodgers – 1858; Marar, India
• John Ross (VC) – 1855; Sebastopol, Crimea

S

• George McKenzie Samson – 1915; Gallipoli, Turkey
• George Sellar – 1879; Asmai Heights, Afghanistan
• Same (John) Shaw – 1858; Lucknow, India
• John Simpson – 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• John Kendrick Skinner – 1917; Wijdendrift, Belgium
• Archibald Bisset Smith – 1917; Atlantic
• David Spence – 1858; Shunsabad, India
• Edward Spence – 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• George Stewart – 1857; Lucknow, India
• James Stokes – 1945; Kervenheim, Germany

T

• James Edward Tait – 1918; Amiens, France
• Alexander Thompson – 1858; Fort Ruhya, India
• George Thompson – 1945; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
• Ross Tollerton – 1914; Battle of the Aisne, France
• James Youll Turnbull – 1916; Authuille, France

V

• William John Vousden – 1879; Asmai Heights, Afghanistan

W

• Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace – 1917; Gonnelieu, France
• Joseph Watt – 1917; Straits of Otranto, Italy
• George Wilson – 1914; Verneuill, France
• John Augustus Wood – 1856; Bushire, Persia

Y

• William Young – 1915; Fonquevillers, France
• David Reginald Younger – 1900; Krugersdorp, South Africa

See also+ Peter Watt