Gallantry Awards
Since the Victoria Cross was instituted in 1856 there have been 27 Victoria Crosses and two bars awarded to army medical personnel. A bar, indicating a subsequent award of a second Victoria Cross, has only ever been awarded three times, two of them to medical officers. Twenty-three of these Victoria Crosses are on display in the Army Medical Services Museum. The corps also has one recipient of both the Victoria Cross and the Iron Cross. One officer was awarded the George Cross in the Second World War. A young female member of the corps, Private Michelle Norris, became the first woman to be awarded the Military Cross following her actions in Iraq on 11 June 2006. One VC is in existence that is not counted in any official records. In 1856, Queen Victoria laid a Victoria Cross beneath the foundation stone of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley. When the hospital was demolished in 1966, the VC, known as "The Netley VC", was retrieved and is now on display in the Army Medical Services Museum, Ash, near Aldershot.
| Name | Award | Awarded while serving with | Medal held by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackroyd, HaroldHarold Ackroyd | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd The Royal Berkshire Regiment | Lord Ashcroft Collection |
| Allen, WilliamWilliam Allen | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd Royal Field Artillery | Army Medical Services Museum |
| Babtie, WilliamWilliam Babtie | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps | AMS Museum |
| Bradshaw, WilliamWilliam Bradshaw | VC | 90th Regiment (The Cameronians) | AMS Museum |
| Chavasse, NoelNoel Chavasse | VC and Bar |
Royal Army Medical Corps att'd The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Bar: same |
Imperial War Museum |
| Crean, ThomasThomas Crean | VC | 1st Imperial Light Horse (Natal) | AMS Museum |
| Douglas, HenryHenry Douglas | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps | AMS Museum |
| Farmer, JosephJoseph Farmer | VC | Army Hospital Corps | AMS Museum |
| Fox-Russell, JohnJohn Fox-Russell | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd The Royal Welch Fusiliers | AMS Museum |
| Green, JohnJohn Green | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd The Sherwood Foresters | AMS Museum |
| Hale, ThomasThomas Hale | VC | 7th Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers) | AMS Museum |
| Harden, HenryHenry Harden | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd 45 Royal Marine Commando | AMS Museum |
| Hartley, EdmundEdmund Hartley | VC | Cape Mounted Riflemen, SA Forces | AMS Museum |
| Home, AnthonyAnthony Home | Victoria Cross | 90th Perthshire Light Infantry | AMS Museum |
| Inkson, EdgarEdgar Inkson | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | AMS Museum |
| Jee, JosephJoseph Jee | VC | 78th Regiment (The Seaforth Highlanders) | AMS Museum |
| Le Quesne, FerdinandFerdinand Le Quesne | VC | Medical Staff Corps | Jersey Museum |
| Lloyd, OwenOwen Lloyd | VC | Army Medical Department | AMS Museum |
| Maling, GeorgeGeorge Maling | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd The Rifle Brigade | AMS Museum |
| Manley, WilliamWilliam Manley | VC Iron Cross |
Royal Regiment of Artillery Awarded Iron Cross 1870 |
AMS Museum |
| Martin-Leake, ArthurArthur Martin-Leake | VC and Bar |
VC: South African Constabulary Bar: Royal Army Medical Corps |
AMS Museum |
| McMaster, Valentine MunbeeValentine Munbee McMaster | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps Winning his VC during the relief of Lucknow, while serving with the 78th Highlanders |
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| Mouat, JamesJames Mouat | VC | 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling) | AMS Museum |
| Nickerson, WilliamWilliam Nickerson | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps | Privately held |
| Ranken, HarryHarry Ranken | VC | Royal Army Medical Corps att'd King's Royal Rifle Corps | AMS Museum |
| Reynolds, JamesJames Reynolds | VC | Army Medical Department | AMS Museum |
| Sinton, JohnJohn Sinton | VC | Indian Medical Service | AMS Museum |
| Sylvester, WilliamWilliam Sylvester | VC | 23rd Regiment (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) | AMS Museum |
Although not serving with the RAMC, Irish born Surgeon John CRIMMIN VC, CB, CIE, VD is another military medic to win the country's highest award for gallantry. He won his medal in 1889 while serving with The Bombay Medical Service of The Indian Army in the Karen Ni Expedition. John Crimmin is buried in Wells Somerset. Contrary to other sources the medal is not held by The Army Medical Services Museum.
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