Harold Ackroyd

Captain Harold Ackroyd was a British physician, scientific researcher, and army officer who served with distinction during the First World War. Attached to the Royal Army Medical Corps, Ackroyd served as a medical officer and became renowned for his extraordinary bravery while tending to wounded soldiers under intense enemy fire.

He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In addition to this supreme honor, his courage was recognized with the award of the Military Cross.

Captain Ackroyd was killed in action in August 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. His decorated legacy is preserved through the display of his medals at the Imperial War Museum in London, and his alma mater, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, honors his memory with an annual medical scholarship and memorial lecture.