The following 181 recipients were awarded the Victoria Cross for the Second World War (1939–1945).
A to E
- Arthur Louis Aaron - 1943; Turin, Italy
- Abdul Hafiz - 1944; Imphal, India
- Agansing Rai - 1944; Bishenpur, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Ali Haidar - 1945; Fusignano, Italy
- Michael Allmand - 1944; Pin Hmi Road Bridge, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Charles Groves Wright Anderson - 1942; Muar River, Malaya
- Eric Anderson - 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
- John Thompson McKellar Anderson - 1943; Longstop Hill, Tunisia
- Richard Wallace Annand - 1940; River Dyle, Belgium
- Cyril Joe Barton - 1944; Nuremberg, Germany
- John Daniel Baskeyfield - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
- Sidney Bates - 1944; Sourdeval, France
- Ian Willoughby Bazalgette - 1944; Trossy St. Maximin, France
- Stephen Halden Beattie - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
- John Beeley - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
- Bhanbhagta Gurung - 1945; Tamandu, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Bhandari Ram - 1944; Arakan, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Frank Gerald Blaker - 1944; Taunghi, Burma (now Myanmar)
- John Henry Cound Brunt - 1944; Faenza, Italy
- Richard Henry Burton - 1944; Monte Ceco, Italy
- Robert Henry Cain - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
- George Albert Cairns - 1944; Henu Block, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Donald Cameron - 1943; Kaafjord, Norway
- John Charles Campbell - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
- Kenneth Campbell - 1941; Brest, France
- Lorne MacLaine Campbell - 1943; Wadi Akarit, Tunisia
- Edward Thomas Chapman - 1945; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
- Edward Colquhoun Charlton - 1945; Wistedt, Germany
- Leonard Geoffrey Cheshire - 1940; Germany
- Chhelu Ram - 1943; Djebel Garci, Tunisia
- Albert Chowne - 1945; Dagua, New Guinea
- Wilwood Alexander Sandys Clarke - 1943; Guiriat El Atach, Tunisia
- Aubrey Cosens - 1945; Mooshof, Germany
- John Alexander Cruickshank - 1944; Atlantic
- Arthur Edward Cumming - 1942; Kuantan, Malaya
- David Vivian Currie - 1944; Battle of Falaise, France
- Arthur Roden Cutler - 1941; Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon
- Thomas Currie Derrick - 1943; Sattelberg, New Guinea
- Dennis Donnini - 1945; Roer, Holland
- Thomas Frank Durrant - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
- George Harold Eardley - 1944; Overloon, Holland
- John Hurst Edmondson - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
- Hughie Idwal Edwards - 1941; Bremen, Germany
- Keith Elliott - 1942; Ruweisat, Egypt
- Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews - 1940; Dunkirk, France
- Eugene Esmonde - 1942; Straits of Dover, England
F to L
- Fazal Din - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Edward Stephen Fogarty Fegen - 1940; Atlantic
- Henry Robert Bowreman Foote - 1942; Libya
- John Weir Foote - 1942; Dieppe, France
- Ian Edward Fraser - 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore
- John Alexander French - 1942; Milne Bay, New Guinea
- The Hon. Christopher Furness - 1940; Arras, France
- Gaje Ghale - 1943; Chin Hills, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Ganju Lama - 1944; Ningthoukhong, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Philip John Gardner - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
- Donald Edward Garland - 1940; Albert Canal, Belgium
- Gian Singh - 1945; Kamye, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Guy Penrose Gibson - 1943; Mohne Dam, Germany
- James Heather Gordon - 1941; Djezzine, Syria
- Thomas William Gould - 1942; Crete, Mediterranean
- Percival Eric Gratwick - 1942; Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
- Robert Hampton Gray - 1945; Honshu, Japan
- Thomas Gray - 1940; Albert Canal, Belgium
- John Hollington Grayburn - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
- George Gristock - 1940; River Escaut, Belgium
- George Ward Gunn - 1941; Sidi Rezegh, Libya
- Arthur Stanley Gurney - 1942; Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt
- John Hannah - 1940; Antwerp, Belgium
- Henry Eric Harden - 1945; Brachterbeek, Holland
- John Pennington Harman - 1944; Kohima, India
- John William Harper - 1944; Antwerp, Belgium
- John Daniel Hinton - 1941; Kalamai, Greece
- Charles Ferguson Hoey - 1944; Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Stanley Elton Hollis - 1944; Normandy, France
- David Ernest Hornell - 1944; Faroes, Atlantic
- Alec George Horwood - 1944; Kyauchaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Alfred Clive Hulme - 1941; Crete, Greece
- Thomas Peck Hunter - 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy
- James Joseph Bernard Jackman - 1941; Tobruk, Libya
- Norman Cyril Jackson - 1944; Schweinfurt, Germany
- David Auldjo Jamieson - 1944; Grimbosq, France
- Francis Arthur Jefferson - 1944; Monte Casino, Italy
- Kamal Ram - 1944; River Gari, Italy
- Karamjeet Singh Judge - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Richard Kelliher - 1943; New Guinea
- Edward Kenna - 1945; Wewak, New Guinea
- John Patrick Kenneally - 1943; Dj. Arada, Tunisia
- Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes - 1941; Beda Littoria, Libya
- William Henry Kibby - 1942; Miteiriya Ridge, Egypt
- Bruce Steel Kingsbury - 1942; Isurava, New Guinea
- George Arthur Knowland - 1945; Kangaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Lachhiman Gurung - 1945; Taungdaw, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Lalbahadur Thapa - 1943; Rass-es-Zouai, Tunisia
- Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen - 1945; Lake Comacchio, Italy
- Herbert Wallace Le Patourel - 1942; Tebourba, Tunisia
- Nigel Gray Leakey - 1941; Colito, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
- Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd - 1940; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
- Ian Oswald Liddell - 1945; Lingen, Germany
- John Wallace Linton - 1943; Mediterranean
- David Samuel Anthony Lord - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
- Charles Antony, The Lord, Lyell - 1943; Dj Bou Arada, Tunisia
M to S
- John Bernard MacKey - 1945; Tarakan Island, Borneo
- James Joseph Magennis - 1945; Johore Straits, Singapore
- John Keefer Mahony - 1944; River Melfa, Italy
- Hugh Gordon Malcolm - 1942; Chougui, Tunisia
- Leslie Thomas Manser - 1942; Cologne, Germany
- Jack Foreman Mantle - 1940; Portland, England
- Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt - 1942; Dieppe, France
- Rawdon Hume Middleton - 1942; Turin, Italy
- Anthony Cecil Capel Miers - 1942; Corfu Harbour, Greece
- George Allan Mitchell - 1944; Damiano Ridge, Italy
- Andrew Charles Mynarski - 1944; Cambrai, France
- Namdeo Jadav - 1945; Senio River, Italy
- Nand Singh - 1944; Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Netrabahadur Thapa - 1944; Bishenpur, Burma (now Myanmar)
- John Dering Nettleton - 1942; Augsberg, Germany
- Augustus Charles Newman - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
- William Ellis Newton - 1943; New Guinea
- Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu - 1943; Tebaga Gap, Tunisia
- Harry Nicholls - 1940; River Escaut, Belgium
- Eric James Brindley Nicolson - 1940; Southampton, England
- Gerard Ross Norton - 1944; Monte Gidolfo, Italy
- John Robert Osborn - 1941; Mount Butler, Hong Kong
- Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer - 1944; Cologne, Germany
- Parkash Singh - 1943; Donbaik, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Frank John Partridge - 1945; Bougainville, Solomon Islands
- Frederick Thornton Peters - 1942; Oran, Algeria
- Basil Charles Godfrey Place - 1943; Kaafjord, Norway
- Patrick Anthony Porteous - 1942; Dieppe, France
- Prakash Singh - 1945; Kanlan Ywathit, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Premindra Singh Bhagat - 1941; Gallabat, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)
- Lionel Ernest Queripel - 1944; Arnhem, Holland
- Ram Sarup Singh - 1944; Kennedy Peak, Burma (now Myanmar)
- John Neil Randle - 1944; Kohima, India
- Reginald Roy Rattey - 1945; Bougainville, Solomon Islands
- Claude Raymond - 1945; Talaku, Burma (now Myanmar)
- William Reid - 1943; Dusseldorf, Germany
- Richhpal Ram - 1941; Keren, Eritrea
- Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts - 1942; Crete, Mediterranean
- Maurice Albert Windham Rogers - 1944; Anzio, Italy
- Gerard Broadmead Roope - 1940; West Ford, Norway
- Robert Edward Dudley Ryder - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
- William Alfred Savage - 1942; St. Nazaire, France
- Arthur Stewart King Scarf - 1941; Singora, Malaya
- Derek Anthony Seagrim - 1943; Mareth Line, Tunisia
- Alfred Edward Sephton - 1941; Crete, Mediterranean
- Sher Bahadur Thapa - 1944; San Marino, Italy
- Sher Shah - 1945; Kyeyebyin, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke - 1942; North Cape, Norway
- William Philip Sidney - 1944; Anzio, Italy
- Ernest Alvia ("Smokey") Smith - 1944; River Savio, Italy
- Quentin George Murray Smythe - 1942; Alem Hamza, Egypt
- Richard Been Stannard - 1940; Namsos, Norway
- Leslie Thomas Starcevich - 1945; Beaufort, Borneo
- James Stokes - 1945; Kervenheim, Germany
- Sefanaia Sukanaivalu - 1944; Bougainville, Solomon Islands
- Edwin Swales - 1945; Pforzheim, Germany
T to Y
- Thaman Gurung - 1944; Monte San Bartolo, Italy
- George Thompson - 1945; Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany
- Frederick Albert Tilston - 1945; Hochwald Forest, Germany
- Frederick George Topham - 1945; Rhine, Germany
- Leonard Henry Trent - 1943; Amsterdam, Holland
- Lloyd Allan Trigg - 1943; Atlantic
- Paul Triquet - 1943; Casa Berardi, Italy
- Tulbahadur Pun - 1944; Mogaung, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Hanson Victor Turner - 1944; Ningthoukhong, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Victor Buller Turner - 1942; El Aqqaqir, Egypt
- Umrao Singh - 1944; Kaladan Valley, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Charles Hazlitt Upham - 1941; Crete, Greece and 1942; Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt
- Richard Wakeford - 1944; Cassino, Italy
- Adam Herbert Wakenshaw - 1942; Mersa Matruh, Egypt
- Malcolm David Wanklyn - 1941; Sicily, Mediterranean
- Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton-Lee - 1940; Narvik, Norway
- James Allen Ward - 1941; Munster, Germany
- Tasker Watkins - 1944; Barfour, France
- William Basil Weston - 1945; Meiktila, Burma (now Myanmar)
- Thomas Wilkinson - 1942; Java Sea, Malaya
- Eric Charles Twelves Wilson - 1940; Observation Hill, Somaliland (now Somalia)
- Peter Harold Wright - 1943; Salerno, Italy
- Yeshwant Ghadge - 1944; Upper Tiber Valley, Italy
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