Admiral John Commerell VC GCB - Royal Navy ( Putrid Sea, Crimea )

The Lord Ashcroft VC Collection on display in the:

Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum

CRIMEAN WAR ( 1854 - 1856 )
( 18 Victoria Cross Groups )
ROYAL NAVY
Rank First Name Last Name Force
Rear Admiral John BYTHESEA Royal Navy
Admiral John Edmund COMMERELL Royal Navy
Boatswain Henry COOPER Royal Navy
Boatswain's Mate Henry CURTIS Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Lieutenant Edward St John DANIEL Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Captin of Afterguard James GORMAN Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Captain William PEEL * Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Rear Admiral Henry James RABY Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Captain of Foretop Thomas REEVES Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
Chief Officer William Thomas RICKARD Royal Navy
Petty Officer Mark SCHOLEFIELD Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade )
ARMY
Major General Matthew DIXON Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major General Howard Crawfurd ELPHINSTONE Corps of Royal Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick MILLER Royal Regiment of Artillery
Major John KNOX Scots ( Fusilier ) Guards & Rifle Brigade
Captain Joseph MALONE 13th Light Dragoons
Private Samuel PARKES 4th Light Dragoons
Major General Christopher TEESDALE Royal Regiment of Artillery

* Orders, decorations and campaign medals only. Original Victoria Cross held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Indian Mutiny

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6 December 2023