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Accession Number

NAM.1993-02-148-1

Description

Embroidery showing the names of Victoria Cross recipients, 1951 (c). Embroidery lists in concentric circles winners of the prestigious Victoria Cross, from 1856 - 1951 (c). The central circle is reserved for members of the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment); at the very centre is the name of the embroidery’s first owner Sgt Robert Edward Ryder VC and the details of his VC action.

Campaigns

Transvaal War (1880-1881), Boer War (1899-1902), Zulu War (1879), Iraqi Revolt (1920), Basuto Wars (1877-1882), 5th Ashanti War (1900-1901), Indian Mutiny (1857-1859), India, North West Frontier, Tirah Expeditionary Force (1897-1898), India, North West Frontier, Waziristan (1919-1920), Korea (1950-1953), 9th Cape Frontier War (1877-1879), Egyptian War (1882), 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 3rd China War (Boxer Rebellion) (1900-1901), Younghusband Expedition, Tibet (1903-1904), World War One (1914-1918), World War Two (1939-1945), Crimean War (1854-1856), Persian War (1856-1857), Perak War (1875-1876), Sudan-Abyssinian Frontier (1885-1891), Mashona War (1896-1897), 2nd Matabele War (1896-1897), Somaliland (1901-1904), Russia (1918-1919)

Events

Taku Forts, 1860 (2nd China War 1856-1860), Magdala, Capture of, 1868 (Abyssinia 1867-1868), Malakand, 2nd Battle of, 1897 (India, North West Frontier, Malakand Field Force 1897-1898), Chitral, Siege of, 1895 (India, North West Frontier, Chitral Expedition 1895)