Lieutenant Colonel David Currie VC - 29th Canadian Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, ( South Alberta Regiment ), Canadian Armoured Corps

Alphabetical list of Victoria Cross recipients who attended the VC Centenary Review of Holders of the Decoration by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Hyde Park, London, 26th June 1956

On their arrival at Portsmouth, Canadian Victoria Cross holders on board the liner Homeric on the 20th June 1956.


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FName LName Rank / VC award Service Year





Colin BARRON Corporal 3rd Bn, ( 1st Central Ontario Regiment ) 1917
Edward BELLEW Captain 7th Bn, ( 1st British Columbia ) 1915
Roland BOURKE Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1918
Alexander BRERETON Private 8th Bn, ( 90th Winnipeg Rifles ) 1918
William CLARKE-KENNEDY Lieutenant Colonel 24th Bn, ( Victoria Rifles ) 1918
David CURRIE Major South Alberta Regiment 1944
Thomas DINESON Private 42nd Bn, ( Royal Highlanders of Canada ) 1918
John FOOTE Hon Captain Canadian Chaplain's Service 1942
Benjamin GEARY 2nd Lieutenant 4th Bn, East Surrey Regiment 1915
Milton GREGG Lieutenant Royal Canadian Regiment 1918
Robert HANNA Co Sgt Major 29th Bn, ( Vancouver ) 1917
Frederick HARVEY Lieutenant Lord Strathcona's Horse 1917
John KERR Private 49th Bn, ( Edmonton Regiment ) 1916
Cecil KINROSS Private 49th Bn, ( Edmonton Regiment ) 1917
Filip KONOWAL A / Corporal 47th Bn, ( British Columbia ) 1917
Thain MACDOWELL Captain 38th Bn, ( Ottawa ) 1917
John MAHONEY Major Westminster Regiment ( Motor ) 1944
Cecil MERRITT Lieutenant Colonel South Saskatchewan Regiment 1942
William METCALFE Lance Corporal 16th Bn, ( Canadian Scottish ) 1918
Coulson MITCHELL Captain 4th Canadian Engineers 1918
George MULLIN Sergeant Princess Patricia's Canadian LI 1917
George PEARKES Captain 5th Bn, Canadian Mounted Rifles 1917
Cyrus PECK Lieutenant Colonel 16th Bn, ( Canadian Scottish ) 1918
Henry ROBSON Private 2nd Bn, Royal Scots 1914
Charles RUTHERFORD Lieutenant 5th Bn, Canadian Mounted Rifles 1918
Robert SHANKLAND Lieutenant 43rd Bn, ( Cameron Highlanders of Canada ) 1917
Ernest SMITH Private Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1944
Harcus STRACHAN Lieutenant Fort Garry Horse 1917
Frederick TILSON A / Major The Essex - Scottish Regiment 1945
Joseph TOMBS Lance Corporal 1st Bn, King's (Liverpool) Regiment 1915
Frederick TOPHAM Corporal 1st Bn, Canadian Parachute Battalion 1945
Charles TRAIN Corporal 14th Bn, London Regiment ( London Scottish ) 1917
Paul TRIQUET A / Major Royal 22nd Regiment ( Canadien Francais ) 1943
Richard TURNER Lieutenant Royal Canadian Dragoons 1900
Raphael ZENGEL Sergeant 5th Bn, ( Western Cavalry ) 1918

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