Awards & Winners

Alec George Horwood

Date of Birth 06-January-1914
Place of Birth Deptford
(London Borough of Lewisham)
Nationality United Kingdom
Profession Soldier
Alec George Horwood 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 Alec George Horwood

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1944


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on 18th-20th January, 1944 as Lieutenant in the 1/6th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, British Army, attached to 1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment during the Second World War. Posthumously awarded.)