List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients information
Army recruiting poster, 1915, featuring Michael O'Leary
List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipients of the Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters "VC") born on the island of Ireland, together with the date and place of their VC action. The Victoria Cross is the highest war honour of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The whole island of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom until 1922 when it was partitioned into Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. On 18 April 1949, the Dominion of Ireland became the Republic of Ireland and left the Commonwealth as a result of the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 coming into effect. Despite this, citizens of the Republic of Ireland still enlist in the British Army and thus are eligible for the Victoria Cross and other British honours.
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1971, surviving recipientsof the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal (EM) became George Crossrecipients, but unlike the EGM exchange of insignia, they...
November 1914) was an Anglo-Irishrecipientof the VictoriaCross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be...
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history. The Irish Guards claim six VictoriaCrossrecipients, four from the First World War and two from the Second World War. The Irish Guards were formed...
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The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011. ListofIrishVictoriaCrossrecipients Protestant Irish nationalists...
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