Twenty-three members of The Regiment have been awarded the Victoria Cross. They are representative of all ranks and battalions, from Private soldier to Lieutenant Colonel – Regular, Territorial and Wartime.

HENDERSON, GEORGE STUART

Captain. 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
 

London Gazetted on 29th October 1920.

VC Medal's Custodian is in the King's Regiment Collection (Museum of Liverpool Life)

Born on 5th December, 1893 at East Gordon, Berwickshire.

Killed in action on 24th July, 1920 at Hillah, Mesopotamia – no known grave.

Memorials in Basra Military Cemetery, Iraq and on memorial at the crossroads in Gordon, Berwickshire.

Digest of Citation reads:

On 24th July, 1920 near Hillah, Mesopotamia, Captain Henderson led his company in three charges against the enemy who had opened fire from the flank.   At one time when the situation was extremely critical the Captain, by sheer pluck and coolness, steadied on his command and prevented his company from being cut up.  During the second charge he fell wounded but refused to leave his command and just as the company reached the trench, he was again wounded, this time a mortally.

Additional information:.

Captain Henderson also holds the Distinguished Service Order (8^th March 1916) and Bar (8^th March 1916) and the Military Cross (26^th April 1915), all with the 1st Battalion.  He was also mentioned in dispatches on five occasions.