Daniel Cambridge VC

The first Investiture of the Victoria Cross was held in Hyde Park, London, on Friday, 26^th June, 1857.

The ranks stated below are the ranks held on the date the recipient was recommended for the Victoria Cross, which differs for those recipients who were promoted following the date of their heroic action, and/or promoted following the date of their recommendation prior to the Investiture. For example:-

• Danny was a Bombardier during the final assault on the Redan on 8^th September, 1855, the date of his heroic action.
  
• He was promoted to Serjeant on 21^st April, 1856.
• Serjeant Daniel Cambridge was recommended for the Victoria Cross on 19^th December, 1856.
• He was promoted to Master Gunner on 18^th April, 1857.
• Serjeant Daniel Cambridge was Gazetted the Victoria Cross on 23^rd June, 1857, Issue 22014, Page 3.
  
• Therefore, on 26^th June, 1857, Master Gunner Daniel Cambridge received from The Queen his Victoria Cross correctly engraved to Sjt. Daniel Cambridge, which he won when he was a Bombardier.

The following recipients are listed in order of Service and Regimental Precedence, and in the order Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, pinned the Cross on to their uniform:-

ROYAL NAVY.

[INCLUDING THE NAVAL BRIGADE EMPLOYED ASHORE.]

1. Commander Henry James Raby.
2. Commander John Bythesea (Baltic).
3. Commander Hugh Talbot Burgoyne.
4. Lieutenant Charles Davis Lucas (Baltic) - The first to be awarded the VC.
5. Lieutenant William Nathan Wright Hewett.
6. Gunner Mr. John Roberts.
7. Boatswain Mr. Joseph Kellaway.
8. Boatswain Mr. Henry Cooper.
9. Seaman Joseph Trewavas.
10. Seaman Thomas Reeves.
11. Boatswain's Mate Henry Curtis.
12. Captain of the Mast George Ingouville (Baltic).

ROYAL MARINES.

13. Royal Marine Artillery — First Lieutenant George Dare Dowell, (Baltic).
14. Royal Marine Artillery — Bombardier Thomas Wilkinson.

ARMY.
15. 2^nd Dragoons — Serjeant-Major John Grieve.
16. 4^th Dragoons — Private Samuel Parkes.
17. 11^th Hussars (late) — Lieutenant Alexander Robert Dunn.
18. 17^th Lancers — Troop Sergeant-Major John Berryman.
19. Royal Artillery — Colonel Collingwood Dickson, C.B.
20. Royal Artillery — Capt. Andrew Henry, Quartermaster (late, Land Transport Corps).
21. Royal Artillery — Captain Gronow Davis.
22. Royal Artillery — Sergeant Daniel Cambridge.
23. Royal Artillery — Gunner and Driver Thomas Arthur.
24. Royal Engineers — Lieutenant Gerald Graham.
25. Royal Engineers — Corporal John Ross.
26. Royal Engineers — Corporal William J. Lendrim.
27. Royal Engineers — Sapper John Perie.
28. Grenadier Guards — Colonel the Hon. Henry Hugh Manvers Percy.
29. Grenadier Guards — Brevet-Major Sir Charles Russell, Bart.
30. Grenadier Guards — Sergeant Alfred Ablett.
31. Grenadier Guards — Private Anthony Palmer.
32. Coldstream Guards — Brevet-Major Gerald Littlehales Goodlake.
33. Coldstream Guards — Brevet-Major John Augustus Conelly (late, 49^th Regiment).
34. Coldstream Guards — Private George Strong.
35. Scots Fusilier Guards — Brevet-Major Robert James Lindsay.
36. Scots Fusilier Guards — Sergeant James M'Kechnie.
37. Scots Fusilier Guards — Private William Reynolds.
38. 4^th Regiment — Private Thomas Grady.
39. 7^th Regiment (late) — Lieutenant William Hope.
40. 7^th Regiment — Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Egerton Hale, M.D.
41. 7^th Regiment — Private Matthew Hughes.
42. 7^th Regiment — Private William Noonan.
43. 8^th Regiment — Ensign Andrew Moynihan.
44. 19^th Regiment — Private Samuel Evans.
45. 19^th Regiment — Private John Lyons.
46. 23^rd Regiment (late) — Corporal Robert Shields.
47. 23^rd Regiment — Lieutenant Luke O'Connor.
48. 34^th Regiment — Private William Coffey.
49. 34^th Regiment (late) — Private John Sims.
50. 44^th Regiment — Sergeant William M'Wheeney.
51. 49^th Regiment (late) — Sergeant George Walters.
52. 49^th Regiment — Corporal James Owens.
53. 97^th Regiment — Brevet-Major Charles Henry Lumley.
54. 97^th Regiment — Sergeant John Coleman.
55. Rifle Brigade, 1^st Battalion — Brevet-Major Hon. Henry H. Clifford.
56. Rifle Brigade, 1^st Battalion — Private Francis Wheatley.
57. Rifle Brigade, 2^nd Battalion — Captain William James Cuninghame.
58. Rifle Brigade, 2^nd Battalion — Lieutenant John Knox.
59. Rifle Brigade, 2^nd Battalion — Private Roderick McGregor.
60. Rifle Brigade, 2^nd Battalion — Private Robert Humpston.
61. Rifle Brigade, 2^nd Battalion — Private Joseph Bradshaw.
62. Rifle Brigade, 3^rd Battalion — Brevet-Major Claude Thomas Bouchier.