Awards & Winners

Thomas Mottershead

Date of Birth 17-January-1892
Place of Birth Widnes
(United Kingdom)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Thomas Mottershead VC, DCM was an English 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.

Awards by Thomas Mottershead

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1917


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery, endurance and skill, that took place on 7 January 1917, acting on patrol in FE-2d (serial number A39) during the first world war. Mottershead was awarded the only V.C. ever awarded to a non-commissioned RFC officer during the First World War. Posthumously awarded.)