Awards & Winners

Richard Ridgeway

Date of Birth 18-August-1848
Place of Birth Oldcastle, County Meath
(Ireland, County Meath)
Nationality United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
Profession Soldier
Colonel Richard Kirby Ridgeway VC CB was an Irish 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 Richard Ridgeway

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1879


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 22nd November, 1879 as Captain of the Bengal Staff Corps during the Second Naga Hills Expedition.)