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terry · 25 January 2002, 02:22 AM

Barrett,
Perhaps you could pass on your thoughts on your last comment regarding the VC being more equitably administered than the MOH.
I have always wondered how the two stacked up against each other. Not, obviously, in the individual acts of valour performed by the recipients, but more in numbers awarded, politics involved,etc.
I think around 3400 MOH's have been awarded, compared to about 1350 VC's, although the VC has been around longer, and available to be earned by more individuals (eventually the entire empire/commonwealth).
A total of 182 VC's were given for WW2 - I am not sure of the MOH total for that conflict. Canada had some 1,100,000 people in uniform in WW2, and 13 earned the VC, plus three others who were serving in the British forces, a relatively common occurence in those days.

25 January 2002, 02:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
terry Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 136	Barrett, Perhaps you could pass on your thoughts on your last comment regarding the VC being more equitably administered than the MOH. I have always wondered how the two stacked up against each other. Not, obviously, in the individual acts of valour performed by the recipients, but more in numbers awarded, politics involved,etc. I think around 3400 MOH's have been awarded, compared to about 1350 VC's, although the VC has been around longer, and available to be earned by more individuals (eventually the entire empire/commonwealth). A total of 182 VC's were given for WW2 - I am not sure of the MOH total for that conflict. Canada had some 1,100,000 people in uniform in WW2, and 13 earned the VC, plus three others who were serving in the British forces, a relatively common occurence in those days.