Complete Clue List
Across
1. Rorke's Drift officer recipient from 24th Regiment
7. Engineer officer at Rorke's Drift
10. First name of Falklands Sgt. McKay
11. First 3 letters of surname of RNVR Lieutenant Commander whose 1916 VC at Kut cost his life
13. Lieutenant Commander who led Swordfish attack during the Channel Dash
14. Rorke's Drift private Henry, who was misrepresented in the film version
16. Sepoy ___ Haidar, Italy 1945
18. Initials of Australian medical Boer War recipient, later member of government
19. Gurkha rifleman _______ Gurung, Burma May 1945
20. Naval lieutenant Nowell, who rose to rank of admiral after 1857 award
23. Initials of lieutenant commander of HMS Vengeance who destroyed enemy guns in 1915
24. Irish Ensign Patrick ______ of the Bengal Army, 1858 in India
26. Durham Light Infantry 2nd Lt. Richard W. Ann___, Belgium 1940
27. 9th Lancers Private Patrick Dono___, for assisting wounded comrades, India 1857
29. First name of New Zealand Signals Corporal Bassett who distinguished himself at Chunuk Bair, 1915
31. Surviving WWII recipients are this type of pensioner by now (abbreviation)
33. Northamptonshire Regiment officer, posthumous award, France 1915 - Initials and surname
36. First name of Assistant Surgeon McMaster, Lucknow, 1857
38. Bn. to which underaged recruits might be sent during WWI
39. Full initials of 67th Regiment lieutenant whose award was for Taku Forts, China, 1860
40. Brief newspaper article when a VC passes away
41. Short first name for young Canadian WWI air VC McLeod, who died of influenza
42. Australian lieutenant who led capture of nine machine-guns in 1918, and family
46. Short first name of Kiwi Sergeant Judson, France, 1918
47. Hero of Norwegian campaign in 1940, Captain Bernard Warburton-____, RN
49. Lieutenant N_____ Coghill, who died trying to save the colours in 1879
50. Australian warrant officer whose posthumous award was for Vietnam, Kevin __________
Down
1. Canadian WWI air ace Billy
2. Initials of WWII Durham Light Infantry officer recipient
3. WWI Devonshire Regiment lance-corporal, whose name sounds like vegetables
4. Full initials of Australian Wing Commander in Royal Air Force
5. Full initials of Canadian air gunner whose 1944 award was posthumous
6. Irish private in Dragoon Guards whose award was for South Africa 1881
7. WWII bomber pilot who devoted later life to helping others
8. Bedfordshire Regiment officer Tom, who survived 1916 action at Thiepval and served again in WWII
9. Royal Field Artillery driver Job, who helped save a gun in August 1914
12. Initials of Rifle Brigade corporal whose VC was for Lucknow, March 1858
15. Sepoy Khudadad _____, first native-born Indian recipient, October 1914
17. New Zealand corporal who rose to rank of brigadier in WWII, after receiving VC for 1917 action
19. Dakota pilot, received posthumous award for Arnhem
21. Initials of WWI submarine commander who later added Dunbar to his surname
22. First name of pilot who led 1943 Dams Raid, Wing Commander ____ Gibson
25. Acting Naik Fazal ____, posthumously in Burma, 1945
26. Northamptonshire Regiment lieutenant (Laing's Nek, 1881) who later added Walker to his surname (4,4)
27. Surname of Surgeon Anthony, at Lucknow, or Lieutenant Duncan, at Delhi, both in 1857
28. Full initials of South African captain in British army, a 1917 recipient for Mesopotamia
30. Indian Army Captain George ___and, for Somaliland 1903
32. Teenaged Naval Brigade midshipman, who charged the guns at Dacca in 1857
33. First name of 5 Down, or surname of 17 Down
34. Yorkshire officer and footballer, Somme 1916 -Initials and surname
35. Aussie Corporal Reginald Roy _______, Bougainville 1945
36. Devonshire private who rescued a wounded officer near High Wood in 1916
37. Canadian Sergeant _._._. Richardson, in South Africa, 1900 (initials)
43. Initials of Border Regiment private whose award was for India, 1859
44. Full initials of West Surreys officer, whose posthumous award was for Burma 1944
45. Canadian Sergeant Robert ___ll, who saved his platoon in August 1918
48. Initials of 13 Across