# Victoria Cross Awarded with no confirmation of the deed

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victoria-cross-awarded-with-no-confirmation-of-the-deed/468721 "2008-10-20T10:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victoria-cross-awarded-with-no-confirmation-of-the-deed/468721/1 "2008-10-20T10:20:53Z")

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I found out tonight that there have been two cases of the VC being awarded with no confirmation.

One was to Billy Bishop, the Canadian fighter ace, and the other to the the “Unknown Soldier” in the USA.

[Link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dei5gI7I65M&feature=related)

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/victoria-cross-awarded-with-no-confirmation-of-the-deed/468721/2 "2008-10-20T10:23:19Z")

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The later was reciprocal.