District Notes
NORTH EAST

Victoria Cross winners
Since the introduction of the Victoria Cross, the following men from the North-East, or with North-East connections, have received the highest award for gallantry:

CRIMEA
Private John Byrne
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Captain T. de Courcy Hamilton
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NEW ZEALAND
Sgt. John Murray
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INDIA 1858
George Chicken
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INDIA 1897
Private Edward Lawson
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SOUTH AFRICA
Lieutenant Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson
Sergeant James Firth
Lieutenant Robert James Thomas Digby Jones
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THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
Lieutenant Commander George Nicholson Bradford
Brigadier General Roland Boys Bradford
Sergeant Hugh Cairns
Lieutenant Joseph Henry Collin
Sergeant Edward Cooper
Lance Corporal Frederick William Dobson
Private Michael Heaviside
Second Lieutenant J.P. Huffam
Second Lieutenant James Bulmer Johnson
Private Thomas Kenny
Piper Daniel Logan Laidlaw
Captain John Aidan Liddell
Captain George Burdon Mckean
Sergeant William McNally
Captain George Allan Maling

Private Henry Howey Robson
Second Lieutenant John Scott Youll
Private Thomas Morrell Young
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SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
Captain Richard W. Annand
Pilot Office Cyril Joe Barton
Fusilier Dennis Donnini
Second Lieutenant George Ward Gunn
Private Adam Wakenshaw

Bibliography:
The Victoria Cross Roll of Honour; James W. Bancroft; 1989; Aim High Productions; ISBN 1 85421 058 0

The Complete Victoria Cross: A full chronological record of all holders of Britain’s highest award for gallantry; Kevin Brazier; Pen & Sword; 2010; ISBN 978 1 84884 150 5

VCs of the North Cumbria, Durham and Northumberland; Alan Whitworth, Pen and Sword; 2015; ISBN 978 1 47384 822 1