3rd (United Kingdom) Division
Name Unit Campaign Date of action Place of action
Thomas Grady 004 4th Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-10-18 18 October 1854 Sevastopol , Crimea
William McWheeney 044 44th Regiment of Foot Crimean War 1854-10-20 20 October 1854 Sevastopol , Crimea
William Nickerson Royal Army Medical Corps Second Boer War 1900-04-20 20 April 1900 Wakkerstroom , South Africa
Harry Beet Derbyshire Regiment Second Boer War 1900-04-22 22 April 1900 Wakkerstroom , South Africa
Maurice Dease Royal Fusiliers First World War 1914-08-23 23 August 1914* Mons , Belgium
Sidney Godley Royal Fusiliers First World War 1914-08-23 23 August 1914 Mons , Belgium
Charles Jarvis Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1914-08-23 23 August 1914 Jemappes , Belgium
Theodore Wright Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1914-08-23 23 August 1914 14 September 1914* Mons , Belgium
Charles Garforth 015 15th The King 's Hussars First World War 1914-08-23 23 August 1914 Harmingnies , France
Cyril Martin Corps of Royal Engineers First World War 1915-03-12 12 March 1915 Spanbroek Molen , Belgium
Edward Mellish Royal Army Chaplains ' Department First World War 1916-03-27 27-29 March 1916 St. Eloi , Belgium
Billy Congreve Prince Consort 's Own ( Rifle Brigade ) First World War 1916-07-06 6-20 July 1916 Longueval , France
Sidney Bates Royal Norfolk Regiment Second World War 1944-08-06 6 August 1944* Sourdeval , France
James Stokes King 's Shropshire Light Infantry Second World War 1945-03-01 1 March 1945* Kervenheim , Germany
Johnson Beharry Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment Iraq War 2004-05-01 1 May 2004 11 June 2004 Al-Amarah , Iraq
James Ashworth Grenadier Guards War in Afghanistan 2012-06-13 13 June 2012* Nahr-e Saraj District , Afghanistan
Recipients of the Victoria Cross
The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars. The division fought at the Battle of Waterloo, as well as during the Crimean War and the Second Boer War. As a result of bitter fighting in 1916, during the First World War, the division became referred to as the 3rd (Iron) Division, or the Iron Division or Ironsides. During the Second World War, the division (now known as the 3rd Infantry Division) fought in the Battle of France including a rearguard action during the Dunkirk Evacuation, and played a prominent role in the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944. The division was to have been part of a proposed Commonwealth Corps, formed for a planned invasion of Japan in 1945-46, and later served in the British Mandate of Palestine. During the Second World War, the insignia became the pattern of three - a black triangle trisected by an inverted red triangle, created by Bernard Montgomery to instil pride in his troops.