Name	John Alexander, CHRISTIE	Harry George, CRANDON	Robert, HAWTHORNE	William, JONES
Rank	Lance-Corporal	Corporal	Bugler	Private
Force	1/11th ( County of London ) Bn London Regiment ( Finsbury Rifles )	18th Hussars, ( Queen Mary's Own )	52nd Regiment ( Oxfordshire & Bucks Light Infantry )	24th Regiment ( South Wales Borderers )
VC won	Fejja, Palestine, 21-22 December 1917	Springbok Laagte, 2nd Boer War, 4 July 1901	Kashmir Gate, Delhi, Indian Mutiny, 14 September 1857	Rorke's Drift, Natal, 22-23 January 1879
London Gaz	27 February 1918	18 October 1901	27 April 1858	2 May 1879
Born	Edmonton, N London, 14 May 1895	Wells, Somerset, 12 February 1874	Maghera, N Ireland, 1822	Evesham, Worcestershire, 1839
Died	10 September 1967, Stockport	2 January 1953, Manchester	2 February 1879, Manchester	15 April 1913, Manchester
Grave	Stockport Crematorium	Swinton Cemetery, Manchester	Ardwick Cemetery, Manchester ( grave now unmarked )	Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester
Location of VC	Not publicly held	Not publicly held	Royal Green Jackets Museum, Winchester	South Wales Borderers Museum, Brecon
Remarks	None	None	None	None

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TABLE-2 : MANCHESTER

Name	Henry, KELLY	William, NORMAN	John, PRETTYJOHN	John, READITT
Rank	Major	Corporal	Colour-Sergeant	Sergeant
Force	10th Bn The Duke of Wellington's ( West Riding ) Regiment	7th Regiment ( Royal Fusiliers )	Royal Marine Light Infantry	6th Bn The South Lancashire Regiment
VC won	Le Sars, Somme, France, 4 October 1916	Sebastopol, Crimea, 19 December 1854	Inkermann, Crimea, 5 November 1854	Alqayat-al-Gaharbigah Bend, Mesopotamia, 25 February 1917
London Gaz	25 October 1916	24 February 1857	24 February 1857	5 July 1917
Born	Manchester, 10 July 1887	Warrington, Lancashire, 1832	Dean Prior, Devon, 11 June 1823	Manchester, 19 January 1897
Died	18 January 1960, Prestwich	13 March 1896, Salford	20 January 1887, Manchester	9 June 1964, Manchester
Grave	Southern Cemetery, Manchester	Weaste Cemetery, Salford ( common grave - not marked )	Southern Cemetery, Manchester	Gorton Cemetery, Manchester
Location of VC	Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum, Halifax	Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower of London	Royal Marine Museum, Southsea	Not publicly held
Remarks	MC & Bar	None	None	None

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TABLE-3 : MANCHESTER

Name	George, STRINGER	John, THOMAS	Jack, WHITE	Alfred Robert, WILKINSON
Rank	Private	Sergeant	Lance-Corporal	Lieutenant
Force	1st Bn The Manchester Regiment	2/5th Bn The North Staffordshire Regiment	6th Bn The King's Own ( Royal Lancaster ) Regiment	1/5th Bn The Manchester Regiment
VC won	Es Sinn, Mesopotamia, 8 March 1916	Fontaine, France, 30 November 1917	Dialah River, Mesopotamia, 7-8 March 1917	Marou, France, 20 October 1918
London Gaz	5 August 1916	13 February 1918	27 June 1917	6 January 1919
Born	Manchester, 24 January 1889	Manchester, 10 May 1886	Leeds, 23 December 1896	Leigh, 5 December 1896
Died	10 November 1957, Oldham	28 February 1954, Stockport	27 November 1949, Manchester	18 October 1940, Bickershaw Colliery, Leigh (mining accident)
Grave	Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester	Stockport Borough Cemetery, Manchester	Jewish Cemetery, Blackley, Manchester	Leigh Borough Cemetery
Location of VC	Manchester Regiment Museum, Ashton-under-Lyne	Not publicly held	Not publicly held	Not publicly held
Remarks	None	None	None	None

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TABLE-4 : MANCHESTER

Name	Wilfred, WOOD
Rank	Private
Force	10th Bn The Northumberland Fusiliers
VC won	Casa Vana, Italy, 28 October 1918
London Gaz	27 November 1918
Born	Stockport, 2 February 1897
Died	3 January 1982, Stockport
Grave	Stockport Crematorium
Location of VC	Not publicly held
Remarks	None

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