The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,356 times to 1,353 individuals.
A total of 1,353 individuals have been awarded the Victoria Cross.
no women have been awarded a Victoria Cross
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The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories.
Did you mean: How many Medals of Honor were awarded in WWII? If so, it was around 432, plus about a dozen more since then for WWII.
four Australians were awarded this medal nine went to British men.
There have been 13.
Noel Godfrey Chavasse, Arthur Martin-Leake and Charles Hazlitt Upham have been awarded it twice.
The so called Australian VC has never been awarded.
11 Gurkhas got VC in 2nd World War.
Five Medals of Honor have been awarded, all posthumously, since September 11th, 2001.
There are 1356 recipients, the most recent is LCpl Johnson Beharry VC. New Zeelander