Awards & Winners

Arthur Leyland Harrison

Date of Birth 03-February-1886
Place of Birth Torquay
(United Kingdom, England, Devon, Torbay)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Leyland Harrison VC was an English Royal Navy officer, and World War I 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. Harrison was born in Torquay, Devon, and educated at Brockhurst Preparatory School, where he is remembered every Armistice Day and at Dover College. At school Harrison was a tremendous all-round games player and, whilst in the Navy, he played rugby union and was capped several times for England. He is the only England rugby international to have been awarded the VC.

Awards by Arthur Leyland Harrison

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1918


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 22nd - 23th April 1918 as Lieutenant Commander of the HMS Vindictive during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)