List of Old Etonians in the Military

Military

Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders

Thirty-seven Old Etonians have been awarded the Victoria Cross, and the conflicts in which they performed those acts range from the Crimean War to the Falklands War. There have also been four Old Etonians eligible for the George Cross, although one of those eligible did not convert his Empire Gallantry Medal to a George Cross.

• Victoria Cross
• Crimean War
• Lieutenant-General Lord Henry Percy VC, (1817–1877)
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Russell, VC (1826–1883) and politician
• Gerald Goodlake VC, (1832–1890)
• Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, 1st Baron Wantage, VC (1832–1901), and politician
• Indian Mutiny
• Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Fraser VC, (1829–1895)
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