Victoria Cross — Honouring Decorated Heroes

What we can research

★What's possible

Military service records
Medal entitlement
Victoria Cross / Medal of Honor / gallantry awards
Campaign medals
Gazette citations
Regimental / unit history
Photographs and documents
Family-provided records

The request

★Tell us about the person

About you

Your name*Email*PhoneOptional.

The person being researched

Person's full name*Country served*Service branch / regiment / unitOptional.Approximate war or periodService number (if known)Speeds research dramatically when available.Medals believed awardedIf you remember any from a photo or display.

What are you trying to find out?*0/10000

Upload photos or documents (optional)

Photos (jpg, png, webp, heic), PDFs, or documents. 10 MB per file.

I give permission for the archive to use the findings — and any photographs or documents I've uploaded — to build a public hero profile, if appropriate.You can withdraw permission at any time.

Pricing

★Roughly what does it cost?

Name-only research

Only a name (and maybe a country) to work from. Most expensive because we have to identify the person from scratch.

Service number or unit known

You have a service number, regimental name, or sufficient identifying detail to anchor the records search.

Fuller family records

You have substantial family documentation — discharge papers, medal index card, photos with captions — and want it organised into a finished profile.

Custom quote

Unusual case (multi-nation service, foreign awards, archives outside our usual sources). We'll quote after a free preliminary look.

Final price is confirmed in writing after we've scoped the work. You only pay once you've approved the quote.

What happens next

★The process