Historedia
Group or institution

62 Recipients

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1857

Every event in Historedia whose sources name 62 Recipients, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. First Victoria Cross investiture in Hyde Park

    1857

    Role: Decorated Veterans

    1. 26 June 1857 · Hyde ParkFirst Victoria Cross Investiture

      Queen Victoria personally decorated 62 men in Hyde Park, London, for valour during the Crimean War, establishing the tradition of monarch-led presentations.

Sources

  1. Victoria Cross Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-14
  2. Hyde Park, London Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09