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| Name | Alexander Roberts, DUNN |
RICHHPAL RAM | Nigel Gray, LEAKEY |
John Fitzhardinge Paul, BUTLER |
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| Rank | Colonel | Subadar ( Captain ) | Sergeant | Captain |
| Force | 11th Hussars ( Prince Albert's Own ) | 4th Bn, 6th Rajputana Rifles, Indian Army | 1st / 6th Bn, King's African Rifles | King's Royal Rifle Corps ( att'd Gold Coast Regiment ) |
| VC won | Balaclava, Crimea, 25 October 1854 |
Keren, Abyssinia, 7 February 1941 |
Colito, Abyssinia, 19 May 1941 |
The Cameroons, West Africa, 17 November 1914 |
| London Gaz | 24 February 1857 | 4 July 1941 | 15 February 1945 | 23 August 1915 |
| Born | Dunstable, Ontario, Canada, 15 September 1833 |
Barda, Patiala State, India, 20 August 1899 |
Kiganjo, Kenya, 1 January 1913 |
Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 20 December 1888 |
| Died | 25 January 1868, Senafe, Eritrea ( Ethiopia ) |
12 February 1941, Keren, Eritrea ( Ethiopia ), |
19 May 1941, Colito, Abyssinia ( Ethiopia ) |
5 September 1916, Matombo, German East Africa |
| Grave | Military Cemetery, Senafe, Abyssinia ( Eritrea ) | Cremated Keren, Abyssinia Name on the Keren Memorial |
No known grave, Ethiopia Name on East Africa Memorial, Nairobi |
Morogoro Cemetery, Tanzania |
| Location of VC |
Upper Canada College, Toronto Loan: Canadian War Museum, Ottawa |
Not publicly held | Not publicly held | Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester |
| Remarks | First Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross | None | None | DSO |
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