Editing Harefield (section)

==Victoria Cross recipients==
Harefield is associated with three recipients of the [[Victoria Cross]]. Two booklets in the Reference section of Harefield library give details of the three recipients of the award.

* Lieutenant-General [[Gerald Goodlake]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1832–1890), who served with the [[Coldstream Guards]] in the [[Crimean War]], is buried in St Mary's parish churchyard.
* Private [[Cecil John Kinross]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1896–1957), who distinguished himself at [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] in [[World War I]], was born in Harefield; he moved with his family in 1912 to [[Lougheed, Alberta]].
* Sergeant [[Robert Edward Ryder]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1895–1978), who served in [[World War I]] in the [[Middlesex Regiment]], was born and is buried in Harefield. A [[blue plaque]] on The Old Workhouse marks his birthplace.

A gold plaque in the [[Royal British Legion]] Hall honours the exceptional bravery of both [[Gerald Goodlake|Goodlake]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] and [[Robert Edward Ryder|Ryder]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]]. In 2011, Hillingdon Council erected a [[blue plaque]] in honour of the courage of [[Cecil John Kinross|Kinross]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] at the place of his birth on the anniversary of his birthday, 17 February.