- List of Old Etonians in the Military
=Military=
Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders
Thirty-seven Old Etonians have been awarded the
Victoria Cross , and the conflicts in which they performed those acts range from theCrimean War to theFalklands War . There have also been four Old Etonians eligible for theGeorge Cross , although one of those eligible did not convert hisEmpire Gallantry Medal to aGeorge Cross . [ [http://www.etoncollege.com/ Eton College website] ]
*Victoria Cross
**Crimean War
*** Lieutenant-General Lord Henry Percy VC, (1817–1877)
*** Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, VC (1826–1883) andpolitician
***Gerald Goodlake VC, (1832–1890)
***Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage , VC (1832–1901), andpolitician
**Indian Mutiny
*** Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Fraser VC, (1829–1895)
***Clement Walker Heneage , VC (1831–1901)
*** Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts VC, (1832–1914),Commander-in-Chief ,Madras , 1881–1885,India , 1885–1893,Ireland , 1895–1899, andSouth Africa , 1899–1900,Commander-in-Chief , 1901–1904,
**Umbeyla Expedition
***George Fosbery (1832–1907), VC andfirearm sexpert
**Zulu War
*** General Sir Redvers Buller, VC (1839–1908),Adjutant General , 1890–1897,General Officer Commanding Natal, 1899–1900, and I Corps, 1901–1906,
***Lord William Beresford , VC (1847–1900)
**Sudan Campaign
*** Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson VC, (1842–1921),Third Sea Lord , 1897–1901,Flag Officer Commanding Channel Squadron , 1901–1908, andHome Fleet , 1903–1907,First Sea Lord , 1909–1912
*** William Edwards VC, (1855–1912)
*** Brigadier General Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, VC (1872–1955),Governor of South Australia , 1928–1934, and New South Wales, 1935–1936,Governor-General of Australia , 1936–1944.
**Malakand Campaign
***Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore VC, (1871–1962)
**Boer War
***Charles FitzClarence , VC (1865–1914)
*** Frederick Roberts, VC (1872–1899)
**Somaliland Campaign
*** Major-General Sir John Gough VC, (1871–1915)
**First World War
*** Brigadier-General John Campbell VC, (1876–1944)
***George Boyd-Rochfort VC, (1880–1940)
***Francis Grenfell VC, (1880–1915)
***Arthur Batten-Pooll VC, (1891–1971),
*** William Congreve VC, (1891–1916)
*** Sir John Graham VC, (1892–1980)
***John Dunville VC, (1896–1917)
***Julian Royds Gribble VC, (1897–1918)
***Lieutenant-ColonelLewis Pugh Evans VC, (1881–1962)
***Lieutenant-ColonelArthur Borton VC, (1883–1933)
***Lieutenant-ColonelNeville Elliott-Cooper VC, (1889–1918)
***Lieutenant Geoffrey Drummond VC, RNVR (1886–1941)
***CaptainPercy Hansen VC, (1890–1951)
**North West Frontier
***Godfrey Meynell VC, (1904–1935)
**Second World War
***William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle VC, (1909–1991)
***Christopher Furness VC, (1912–1940)
***Charles Anthony Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell VC, (1913–1943)
***Geoffrey Keyes VC, (1917–1941)
***David Jamieson VC, (1920–2001)
**Falklands War
***H. Jones VC, (1940–1982)*
George Cross
***Squadron Leader G. C. N. Close GCRAF
***Cadet D.G.M. Hay GC RNR (later 12thMarquess of Tweeddale )
***Squadron Leader A. H. H. Tollemache GC,R.Aux.A.F.
**Eligible but did not convertEmpire Gallantry Medal
***Flying Officer G. R. Branch ,RAF References
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