Victoria Cross Winners – Ypres Salient

Name	Initials	Rank	Unit	Brigade	Division	Cemetery or Memorial	Other awards	Death date	Year of VC
Ackroyd	H	Captain	RAMC	53	18	Birr Crossroads		11 August.1917	1917
Barratt	T	Private	7 South Staffordshire	33	11	Essex Farm		27 July, 1917	1917
Bent	P.E	T/Lt Col	9 Leicestershire	110	21	Tynecot Memorial	DSO	1 October,1917	1917
Best-Dunkley	B	Lt. Col	2/5th Lancs Fusiliers	164	55	Mendinghem		5 August,1917	1917
Birks	F	2/Lt	6Bn AIF	2 Aus	1 Aus	Perth (China Wall)	MM	21 Sept,1917	1917
Brooke	J A O	Lieut	2 Gordon Highlanders	20	7	Zantvoorde		29 October,1914	1914
Budgen	P J	Private	31 Bn AIF	8 Aus	5 Aus	Hooge Crater		28 Sept,1917	1917
Chavasse *	N G	Captain	RAMC	166	55	Brandhoek New Military	VC and MC	4 August,1917	1916-1917
Clamp	W	Corporal	6 Yorkshire	32	11	Tynecot Memorial		9 October,1917	1917
Colyer-Fergusson	T R	Captain	2 Northamptonshire	24	8	Menin Road South		31 july,1917	1917
Davies	J L	Corporal	13 Royal Welsh Fus	113	38	Canada Farm		31 July,1917	1917
Dease **	M J	Lieut	4 Royal Fusiliers	9	3	St Symphorien		23 August,1914	1914
Dougall	E S	Captain	88 Brigade RFA		19	Westoutre		14 April,1918	1918
Drake	A G	Private	2 Rifle Brigade	25	8	La Brique		23 Nov, 1915	1915
Fisher	F	L/Cpl	13 Bn CEF	3 Can	1 Can	Menin Gate Memorial		24 April,1915	1915
FitzClarence	C	Brig Gen	Irish Guards	1	1	Menin Gate Memorial		12 Nov ,1914	1899
Grenfell	F O	Captain	9 Lancers	2 Cav	Cavalry	Vlamertinghe		24 May,1915	1914
Hackett	W	Sapper	254 Tunnelling Coy			Ploegsteert Memorial		27 June,1916	1916
Hall	F W	CSM	8 Bn CEF	2 Can	1 Can	Menin Gate Memorial		25 April,1915	1915
Hallowes	R P	2/Lieut	4 Middlesex	8	3	Bedford House	MC	30 Sept, 1915	1915
Hewitt	D G W	2/Lieut	14 Hampshire Regt	116	39	Menin Gate Memorial		31 July, 1917	1917
Jeffries	C S	Captain	34 Bn AIF	9 Aus	3 Aus	Tynecot.		12 October,1917	1917
Johnston	W H	Captain	59 Field Coy, RE		5	Ploegsteert Memorial		8 June ,1915	1914
Lynn	J	Private	2 Lancs Fusiliers	12	4	Grootebeek	DCM	2 May,1915	1915
Mackenzie	J	Private	2 Scots Guards	20	7	Ploegsteert Memorial		19 Dec, 1914	1914
Maxwell	F A	Brig Gen	Indian Army	27	9	Ypres Reservoir	CSI,DSO & Bar	21 Sept,1917	1900
McGee	L	Sgt	40 Bn AIF	10 Aus	3 Aus	Tyne Cot		13 October,1917	1917
McGregor	D S	Lieut	29 Bn Machine Gun C		29	Staceghem Communal		22 October,1918	1918
McGuffie	L	Sgt	1/5th K O S B	103	34	Zantvoorde		4 October,1918	1918
McKenzie	H	Lieut	Canadian M G Corps	7 Can	3 Can	Menin Gate Memorial	DCM	30 October,1917	1917
Morrow	R	Private	1 Royal Irish Fus	10	4	White House		26 April,1915	1915
Pryce	T T	Captain	4 Grenadier Guards	4 Guards	31	Ploegsteert Memorial	MC	13 April,1918	1918
Robertson	C	Captain	Tank Corps			Oxford Road		4 Oct, 1917	1917
Robertson	J P	Private	27 Bn CEF	6 Can	2 Can	Tynecot		6 Nov, 1917	1917
Seaman	E	L/Cpl	2 Royal Inniskillings	109	36	Tynecot Memorial	MM	29 Sept,1918	1918
Skinner	J	CSM	1 K O S B	87	29	Vlamertinghe New	DCM,MM & Bar	17 March,1918	1917
Tubb	F H	Major	7 Bn AIF	2 Aus	1 Aus	Lijssenthoek		20 Sept,1917	1915
Vallentin	J F	Captain	1 South Staffs	22	7	Menin Gate Memorial		7 Nov,1917	1917
Warner	E	Private	1 Bedfordshires	15	5	Menin Gate Memorial		2 May,1915	1915
Woodroffe	S C	2/Lieut	8 Rifle Brigade	41	14	Menin Gate Memorial		30 July,1915	1915
Youens	F	2/Lieut	13 D L I	68	23	Railway Dugouts		9 July, 1917	1917

Chavasse was the only man to win two VCs in WW1.

Dease was the first VC of WW1

FitzClarence and Maxwell won VCs in the Boer War.

CSM Skinner, VC, DCM, MM and Bar was wounded eight times.

(Where a man is awarded a medal, and a bar, it means they won two of that award).

Awards for gallantry and meritorious service are as follows:

Abbreviation	Name of award	Awarded to
VC	Victoria Cross	All ranks
DSO	Distinguished Service Order	Officers’ Rank (Major and below)
DCM	Distinguished Conduct Medal	NCOs and other ranks
MC	Military Cross	Officers’ ranks (captain and below)
MM	Military Medal	NCOs and other ranks
Mentioned in Dispatches	(bronze oak leaf emblem on Victory Medal)	All ranks