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★Victoria Cross

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Luke O'Connor — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score284216th out of 4480

Number of Medals8

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score2941195 of 4480

British Army#36of 876

Crimean War#6of 151

Indian Mutiny#3of 214

Third Anglo-Ashanti War#2of 11

Luke O'Connor

Major-General, British Army

Crimean WarIndian MutinyThird Anglo-Ashanti War

Awards & Decorations

Victoria Cross
Indian Mutiny Medal
Ashantee Medal
Order of the Bath Knight Commander
Crimea Medal
Medal of Military Valor (Silver)
Turkish Crimea Medal
Order of the Medjidie-Ottoman Empire

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Major-General Sir Luke O'Connor, was a British Army officer. He was the first person to receive the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

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Score Breakdown

Victoria Cross(base 100)

+100

Order of the Medjidie-Ottoman Empire(base 80)

+80

Medal of Military Valor (Silver)(base 30)

+30

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.35 (3 medal types))

+74

Heroic Score284 pts