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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth PO1 3LR |
| The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Royal Navy Museum | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Royal Naval Museum |
| Mahdi Rebellion, Sudan ( 1884 ) | |||
| Admiral of the Fleet | Sir Arthur | WILSON | Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade ) |
| First World War ( 1914 - 1918 ) | |||
| Captain | Harold | AUTEN | Royal Navy - ( HMS 'Stock Force' ) |
| Admiral | Sir Victor | CRUTCHLEY ( loan ) | Royal Navy - ( HMS 'Vindictive' ) |
| Second World War ( 1939 - 1945 ) | |||
| Lieutenant Commander | Eugene Kingsmill | ESMONDE ( loan ) | 825 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm |
| Leading Seaman | Jack Foreman | MANTLE | Royal Navy - ( HMS 'Foylebank' ) |
| Location of other Royal Naval VCs | |||
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Location |
| Crimean War ( 1854-56 ) | |||
| Captain | Cecil William | BUCKLEY | HM The King's Collection |
| Captain | Hugh Talbot | BURGOYNE | Not publicly held |
| Rear Admiral | John | BYTHESEA | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Admiral | Sir John | COMMERELL | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Boatswain | Henry | COOPER | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Boatswain's Mate | Henry | CURTIS | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Lieutenant | Edward St John | DANIEL | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain | George Fiott | DAY | Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, India |
| Captain of the Afterguard |
James | GORMAN | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Vice Admiral | Sir William | HEWETT | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Captain of the Mast | George | INGOUVILLE | Jersey Maritime Museum |
| Seaman | William | JOHNSTONE | Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles |
| Chief Boatswain | Joseph | KELLAWAY | VC withdrawn from a spink auction on 8 December 2020 |
| Rear Admiral | Charles Davis | LUCAS | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Captain | Sir William | PEEL | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Rear Admiral | Henry James | RABY | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain Foretop | Thomas | REEVES | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Chief Officer | William Thomas | RICKARD | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Gunner | John | ROBARTS | Not publicly held |
| Petty Officer | Mark | SCHOLEFIELD | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Boatswain | John | SHEPPARD | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Ch Boatswain's Mate | John | SULLIVAN | Not publicly held |
| Captain of the Foretop |
John | TAYLOR | Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, India |
| Seaman | Joseph | TREWAVAS | Penlee House Museum, Penzance |
| Indian Mutiny ( 1857-58 ) | |||
| Petty Officer | William | HALL | Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax |
| Boatswain Mate | John | HARRISON | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Midshipman | Arthur | MAYO | Not publicly held |
| Able Seaman | Edward | ROBINSON | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Admiral | Sir Nowell | SALMON | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain | Thomas James | YOUNG | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Second China War ( 1857-60 ) | |||
| Quartermaster | George | HINCKLEY | Not publicly held |
| New Zealand ( 1860-66 ) | |||
| Captain of the Foretop |
Samuel | MITCHELL | West Coast Museum, Hokitika, New Zealand |
| Quartermaster | William | ODGERS | Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patiala, India |
| Japan ( 1864 ) | |||
| Midshipman | Duncan Gordon | BOYES | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain of the Afterguard |
Thomas | PRIDE | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Ordinary Seaman | William Henry | SEELEY | Not publicly held |
| Egypt ( 1882-89 ) | |||
| Chief Gunner | Israel | HARDING | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Crete ( 1898 ) | |||
| Staff Surgeon | William Job | MAILLARD | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| China ( 1900 ) | |||
| Commander | Basil John | GUY | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| First World War ( 1914-18 ) | |||
| Major General | Daniel Marcus | BEAK | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Rear Admiral | Hon Edward | BINGHAM | North Down Heritage Centre, Northern Ireland |
| Captain | Charles George | BONNER | Not publicly held |
| Lt Commander | Roland | BOURKE | National Archives of Canada, Ottawa |
| Lt Commander | George Nicholson | BRADFORD | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Vice Admiral | Gordon | CAMPBELL | Not publicly held |
| Ordinary Seaman | John Henry | CARLESS | Walsall Council, West Midlands |
| Vice Admiral | Alfred Francis | CARPENTER | Not publicly held |
| Lt Commander | Edgar Christopher | COOKSON | Not publicly held |
| Boy ( 1st Class ) | John Travers | CORNWELL | Imperial War Museum |
| Lt Commander | Charles Henry | COWLEY | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Skipper | Thomas | CRISP | Waveney District Council, Lowestoft, Suffolk |
| Lt Commander | Percy Thompson | DEAN | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Lieutenant | George Leslie | DREWRY | Merchant Taylor's School, London |
| Lt Commander | Geoffrey Heneage | DRUMMOND | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Lieutenant | Humphrey Osbaldston | FIRMAN | York Castle Museum |
| Lt Commander | Arthur Leyland | HARRISON | Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmmouth |
| Commander | Loftus William | JONES | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain | Wilfred St Aubyn | MALLESON | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Seaman | Alfed Edward | MCKENZIE | Imperial War Museum |
| Captain | Frederick Daniel | PARSLOW | Not publicly held |
| Chief Petty Officer | Ernest Herbert | PITCHER | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Chief Petty Officer | George | PROWSE | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Captain | Henry Peel | RITCHIE | Not publicly held |
| Rear Admiral | Eric Gascoigne | ROBINSON | Not publicly held |
| Petty Officer | George McKenzie | SAMSON | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Lt Commander | William Edward | SANDERS | Auckland Museum, Auckland |
| Captain | Archibald Bissett | SMITH | P & O Heritage Collection, London |
| Captain | Ronald Neil | STUART | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Sub Lieutenant | Arthur Walderne | TISDALL | Not publicly held |
| Captain | Edward | UNWIN | Not publicly held |
| Chief Skipper | Joseph | WATT | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Seaman | William | WILLIAMS | National Museum of Wales, Cardiff |
| Able Seaman | William Charles | WILLIAMS | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Kronstadt Harbour, North Russia ( 1919 ) | |||
| Captain | Augustus Willington | AGAR | Imperial War Museum |
| Rear Admiral | Claude Congreve | DOBSON | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Commander | Gordon Charles | STEELE | Trinity House, London |
| Second World War ( 1939-45 ) | |||
| Captain | Stephen Halden | BEATTIE | Not publicly held |
| Captain | Edward Stephen | FEGEN | Not publicly held ( HM AMC 'Jervis Bay' ) |
| Captain | Frederick Thornton | PETERS | Lord Ashcroft Victoria Cross Collection |
| Lt Commander | Gerard Broadmead | ROOPE | Not publicly held ( HMS 'Glowworm' ) |
| Captain | Robert Edward | RYDER | Imperial War Museum |
| Able Seaman | William Alfred | SAVAGE | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich |
| Petty Officer | Alfred Edward | SEPHTON | VC stolen from Coventry Cathedral in 1990 |
| Rear Admiral | Rupert St Vincent | SHERBROOKE | Not publicly held ( HMS 'Onslow' ) |
| Captain | Richard Been | STANNARD | Not publicly held ( HMS 'Arab' ) |
| Captain | Bernard Armitage | WARBURTON-LEE | Not publicly held ( HMS 'Hardy' ) |
| Lieutenant | Thomas | WILKINSON | Not publicly held ( HMS 'Li Wo' ) |
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