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★Victoria Cross

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Luke O'Connor — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score100955th out of 4539

Number of Medals8

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score114564 of 4539

British Army#197of 887

Crimean War#21of 151

Indian Mutiny#7of 214

Third Anglo-Ashanti War#2of 11

Luke O'Connor

Major-General, British Army

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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

Heroic Score100 pts