Captain Charles Upham VC & Bar - 20th Bn ( Canterbury Regiment ), 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force


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

Nine of the New Zealand VC contingent arriving by air for the 1956 VC Centenary Celebrations held in Hyde Park. The High Commissioner, Sir Clifton Webb, is fifth from the left.


NEW ZEALAND

FName LName Rank / VC award Regiment Year





Leslie FRICKLETON Corporal 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1917
Cyril BASSETT Corporal N.Z. Divisional Signal Company 1915
James CRICHTON Private 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment 1918
Keith ELLIOTT Sergeant 22nd Bn, 2nd NZEF 1942
Samuel FRICKLETON Lance Corporal 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1917
John GRANT Sergeant 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment 1918
John HINTON Sergeant 20th Bn, ( Canterbury Regiment ) 2nd NZEF 1941
Alfred HULME Sergeant 23rd Bn, ( Canterbury Regiment ) 2nd NZEF 1941
Harry LAURANT Sergeant 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1918
Charles UPHAM Captain 20th Bn, ( Canterbury Regiment ) 2nd NZEF 1941 & 1942

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