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The schools of Britain, the British Empire, and later the Commonwealth, have contributed greatly to their armed forces, with some schools having lost hundreds of former pupils, especially in the First and Second World Wars. Some schools boast Victoria Cross recipients among their alumni, and more than thirty schools are known to have educated more than one VC recipient. These are listed in the table below, along with the campaigns for which the VCs were awarded. The order of the schools is by the number of Victoria Crosses received.¹

^ Three schools educated the only boys who went on to win the Victoria Cross and Bar, Christ's College, Canterbury, New Zealand (Charles Upham), Magdalen College School (Noel Godfrey Chavasse) and Westminster School (Arthur Martin-Leake). The bars are included as separate awards in the columns of the table.
^ Eton College: Source = Eton College Website.
^ Eton College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Etonians in the Military#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ Harrow School: Source = Harrow School website - History.
^ Harrow School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Harrovians#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Haileybury College: Source = Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour.
^ Haileybury College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Haileybury and Imperial Service College#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders. Please also note the following two items: (a) The count for Haileybury includes the VC recipients of Haileybury's antecedent schools which are made up of the East India College, the United Services College and also the Imperial Service College. (b) The number of VC recipients can arguably be increased to 18 because one of the school masters also received a VC for an act performed during the First World War.
^ Wellington College: Source = Wellington College, (2007), Wellington Prospectus, page 11, (Wellington College:Trade Winds).
^ Wellington College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Wellingtonians#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Cheltenham College: Source = Michael Croke Morgan, (1968), Cheltenham College: The First Hundred Years, page 219, (published for the Cheltonian Society by Sadler).
^ Cheltenham College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Cheltenham College#Victoria Crosses won by Old Cheltonians.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Citation neededNote that the total number represented here is based upon the summation of the number of Victoria Crosses that have been verified as having been received by alumni of the school. A citation is missing for a verified total figure.
^ Marlborough College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Marlburians#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ Edinburgh Academy : Source = Edinburgh Academy Website - VC Holders.
^ Edinburgh Academy Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Edinburgh Academy#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Clifton College: Source = Bland, R.L., Clifton's V.C.s, Old Cliftonian Society, pages 57 - 60 .
^ Clifton College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Clifton College#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Dulwich College : Source = Old Alleynian website.
^ Dulwich College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Alleynians#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ Stonyhurst College: Source = From Stonyhurst College Website.
^ Stonyhurst College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of Stonyhurst Alumni#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Westminster School: Source = Development Office of Westminster School, (2005), The Elizabethan Newsletter 2004/2005, page 4, (Westminster School) .
^ Westminster School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Westminster School#Victoria Cross holders.Please also note that despite having 7 VCs awarded to its alumni, there are only 6 individual recipients, because Westminster School has amongst its alumni one of only three men to have been awarded the VC twice (i.e. the VC with Bar).
^ Arthur Martin-Leake(1874–1953) awarded a VC during the Second Boer War and Bar during World War I
^ Winchester College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old Wykehamists#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ Bromsgrove School: Source = Nicholas Lovell , (1996), V.C.s of Bromsgrove School : : the stories of five Victoria Crosses won by old Bromsgrovians , (ISBN-10: 0-9521362-3-6 / 0952136236).
^ Bromsgrove School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Bromsgrove School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ King's College School, Wimbledon Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see King's College School#Victoria Cross Holders.
^ Sherborne School: Source = Old Shirburnian Editorial Team, (2004), The OS Record, pages 20-21 , (Shelleys The Printers, Sherborne).
^ Sherborne School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Sherborne School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Victoria College, Jersey : Source = Editorial Team, Société Jersiaise, (Autumn 2006), Société Jersiaise Newsletter, vol.45, page 7, (Société Jersiaise: Jersey) .
^ Victoria College, Jersey Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Victoria College, Jersey#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Bedford School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Bedford School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Clongowes Wood College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Clongowes Wood College#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Fettes College : Source = Old Fettesian Association, (January 2004), Old Fettesian Newsletter, Number 46, (Old Fettesian Association) .
^ Fettes College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Fettes College#Famous Old Fettesians.
^ Liverpool College :
^ Liverpool College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Liverpool College#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Charterhouse School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Charterhouse School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Christ's Hospital: Source = Christ's Hospital Association.
^ Christ's Hospital Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Christ's Hospital Old Blues#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ Framlingham College: Source = www.oldframlinghamian.com.
^ Framlingham College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Framlingham College#Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders.
^ King William's College : Source = Michael Hoy, (2006), A Blessing to this Island.
^ King William's College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see King William's College#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Oundle School: Source = The Oundle Society Editorial Team, (Spring 2006), The Oundle Society Spring Newsletter, page 7, (The Oundle Society) .
^ Oundle School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Oundle School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Royal High School (Edinburgh): Source = William C. A. Ross (ed.), 1914-1918 Roll of Honour of the Royal High School of Edinburgh (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1920), pp. 5, 88, Additional Names (1922), p. 12; J. B. Barclay, The Tounis Scule: The Royal High School of Edinburgh (Edinburgh: The Royal High School Club, 1974), pp. 76-7.
^ Royal High School (Edinburgh) Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Royal High School (Edinburgh)#Military and civil honours.
^ St Bees School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see History of St. Bees School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ St Paul's School (London): Source = , Pauline Magazine No.239, (June 1918), page 59 and 64 and 71.
^ St Paul's School (London) Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see St Paul's School (London)#Victoria Cross holders.
^ The King's School, Canterbury: Source = www.kings-school.co.uk.
^ The King's School, Canterbury Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see List of notable Old King's Scholars#Victoria Cross.
^ The Portsmouth Grammar School : Source = TO BE CONFIRMED.
^ The Portsmouth Grammar School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see The Portsmouth Grammar School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Dover College:
^ Dover College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Dover College.
^ Ionic Lodge (25 GRC); Bro Colonel Alexander Roberts Dunn VC (Canada's 1st)
^ Harvey, David (1999). Monuments to courage : victoria cross headstones and memorials. Vol.1, 1854-1916. K & K Patience. OCLC 59437297.
^ Berkhamsted Collegiate School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Berkhamsted Collegiate School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Eastbourne College: Source = Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, (Butler & Tanner: London).
^ Eastbourne College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Eastbourne College#Victoria Cross holders.
^ William Donovan Joynt and William Ellis Newton, see also Melbourne Grammar#Notable alumni
^ Brigadier George Rowland Patrick Roupell and Captain George S. Henderson
^ Ian Edward Fraser and Frederick Youens, vide The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)
^ St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa): Source = Edmund Burke, (1917), Annual Register, page 171, (Rivingtons)
^ Ronald Fairbridge Currey, (1955), St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, 1855-1955, page 117, (Blackwell).
^ St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa) Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)#Victoria Cross holders.
^ St Peter's College, Adelaide: Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (1892 - 1960), soldier by R. A. Blackburn in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1979) and Guy George Egerton Wylly (1880 - 1962), army officer by A.J Sweeting in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1990)
^ Uppingham School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Uppingham School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Wimbledon College Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see Wimbledon College#Notable alumni.
^ ^a ^b Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and Bar
^ ^a ^b Charles Upham (1908–1994), Captain, VC and Bar
^ George Mitchell School : Source = VC placed in care of Regimental Museum and Royal Naval Museum - John Cornwell Biography
^ George Mitchell School Recipients: For details of the recipients and the campaigns in which they won their VCs please see George Mitchell School#Victoria Cross holders.
^ Shrewsbury School: Source = Thomas Tannatt Pryce and Harold Ackroyd.
^ Shrewsbury School Recipients: The total number of VCs recipients for this school has not been confirmed.
^ All Saints College, Bathurst: Arthur Charles Hall (1896 - 1978), soldier by George Hall in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1983)
^ Royal Military College: Billy Bishop; Buzzell, Nora. The Register of the Victoria Cross Third Edition. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK: This England, 1997. ISBN 0-906324-27-0
^ William Hall (1827–1904), sailor by James W. Bancroft in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Caulfield Grammar School: Robert Cuthbert Grieve (1889 - 1957), soldier by Darryl McIntyre in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1983)
^ Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham: John Bernard Mackey (1922 - 1945), soldier by Harry Taplin in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 2000)
^ Selborne College: Gerard Norton (1915 - 2005) by http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/bbnorton.htm CAPTAIN GERARD NORTON VC ] (Stewart, 2004 )
^ Saint Joseph's Technical College, Abbotsford (previously Christian Brothers' School in Abbotsford): Maurice Buckley Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
^ Saint Joseph's Technical College, Abbotsford Recipients The full number of recipients for this school has not been confirmed.
^ Theodore Bayley Hardy (1863–1918), army chaplain by N. T. A. Cave in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Roland Boys Bradford (1892–1917), army officer by Lesley Collins in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ James Williams Adams (1839–1903), army chaplain by H. M. Vibart & James Falkner in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Hurlstone Agricultural High School: John Hurst Edmondson (1914 - 1941), soldier by Ian Grant in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1996)
^ Magnus Grammar School: Source = Gonville Bromhead.
^ Magnus Grammar School Recipients: The total number of VCs recipients for this school has not been confirmed.
^ William Avery [Billy] Bishop (1894–1956), air force officer and businessman in Canada by Marc Milner in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Prince Alfred College: Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell (1884 - 1933), soldier by Suzanne Welborn in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1983)
^ Pulteney Grammar School: Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (1892 - 1960), soldier by R. A. Blackburn in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1979)
^ Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh (1848–1923), army officer by C. V. Owen, rev. T. R. Moreman in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley (1893–1986), naval officer by Paul G. Halpern in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
'^ St Dunstan's College, Catford:Frederick Henry Johnson (1890-1917) Nigel Watson (1989), St Dunstan's College, A Centenary History (St Dunstan's Educational Foundation)
'^ Saffron Walden Grammar School:Edward Mellish (1880-1962) Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
^ Sydney Boys High School: Arthur Roden Cutler (1916 - 2002) by Register of War Memorials in New South Wales (NSW Government, 2008)
^ The Hutchins School: Guy George Egerton Wylly (1880 - 1962), army officer by A.J Sweeting in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1990)
^ Albert Ball (1896–1917), airman by David Gunby in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ University High School, Melbourne: Clifford William King Sadlier (1892–1964), soldier by Merrilyn Lincoln in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1988)
^ John Travers Cornwell (1900–1916), naval hero by Richard Davenport-Hines in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
^ Waverley College: Thomas James Bede Kenny (1896–1953), soldier by Matthew Higgins in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1983)
^ Wellington School, Timperley (then Wellington Boys' County Secondary School): Private William Speakman (born 1927), 4 November 1951 in Korea (Manchester Evening News)
^ Wesley College, Melbourne: Robert Cuthbert Grieve (1889–1957), soldier by Darryl McIntyre in Australian Dictionary of Biography (Melbourne University Press, 1983)
^ Well done S. Thomas’ Esto perpetua, By T. D. S. A. Dissanayaka
^ Gravesend Grammar School (then The County School for Boys, Gravesend): Squadron Leader Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer VC DFC & Bar (1920-1944).

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