Lance Sergeant John Harold Rhodes VC DCM & Bar (17 May 1891 – 27 November 1917) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Around 1910, however, he joined the Grenadier Guards of the British Army and served for three years, after which he returned to the colliery.

For most conspicuous bravery when in charge of a Lewis gun section covering the consolidation of the right front company.

He there captured nine enemy, including a forward observation officer connected by telephone with his battery.

[1]He was killed in action at Fontaine-Notre-Dame, France on 27 November 1917 and buried at Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery, Manancourt.