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As of 22 November 2005 there are twelve living Victoria Cross recipients:
[edit] Living recipients
| Name |
Year of award |
Location of gallantry |
| Eric Charles Twelves Wilson |
1940 |
Observation Hill, Somaliland (now Somalia) |
| John Alexander Cruickshank |
1944 |
Atlantic |
| Tulbahadur Pun |
1944 |
Mogaung, Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Tasker Watkins |
1944 |
Barfour, France |
| Ian Edward Fraser |
1945 |
Johore Straits, Singapore |
| Bhanbhagta Gurung |
1945 |
Tamandu, Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Lachhiman Gurung |
1945 |
Taungdaw, Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Edward Kenna |
1945 |
Wewak, New Guinea |
| William Speakman |
1951 |
Korea |
| Rambahadur Limbu |
1965 |
Sarawak, Borneo |
| Keith Payne |
1969 |
Ben Het, Vietnam |
| Johnson Beharry |
2005 |
Al-Amarah, Iraq |
[edit] Recently deceased
[edit] See also
