A roll of honour in Victoria Gardens, Leeds City Centre. The two columns to the left are of "Holders born in Leeds," and that to the right is "Holders buried in Leeds."
The conflicts that the men named below won their VCs in range from the New Zealand Wars to World War Two. I've edited the last two photos to try and make the names clearer.
www.projectinspire.co.uk/leeds-victoria-cross.html
BORN IN LEEDS
Act. Flt. Sgt. ARTHUR LOUIS AARON
.................Royal Air Force
Cpl. (later Capt.) GEORGE SANDERS
......1/7 West Yorks Regt. (P.W.O.)
Act. Capt. DAVID PHILIP HIRSCH
4th Bn., West Yorks Regt. (P.W.O.)
Colour Sgt. EDWARD McKENNA
...........1st Bn., 65th Regt.
.....(later York & Lancs Regt.)
Pt. WILLIAM BOYNTON BUTLER,
17th Bn., West Yorks Regt. (P.W.O.)
Pte. JACK WHITE (WEISS)
..........6th K.O.R.L.R.
L/Sgt. FREDERICK McNESS
......1st Bn.,Scots Guards
Sgt. LAURENCE CALVERT
.......5th Bn., K.O.Y.L.I.
Sgt. ALBERT MOUNTAIN
15/17 West Yorks Regt. (P.W.O.)
Sgt. ALFRED ATKINSON
.1st Bn., The Yorks Regt.
....(Alexandra, P.W.O.)
Pte. CHARLES WARD
...2nd Bn., K.O.Y.L.I.
Pt. JOHN PEARSON
.......8th Hussars
BURIED IN LEEDS
Pt. Shoeing Smith CHARLES HULL
................21st Lancers
CSM (later Capt.) HARRY DANIELS
.................Rifle Brigade
Sgt. Maj. JOHN CRAWSHAW RAYNES
.................71 Brigade, R.A.
Pte. (later Capt.) WILFRED EDWARDS
................7th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.
Pte. ARTHUR POULTER
..1/4 Dukes (WR) Regt.