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Victoria Cross Recipients

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Mostly names of VC recipients, with some other suitable words included. When only initials are required, this is indicated.
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      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 __________

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      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