Lance Corporal Thomas Bryan, 35, serving with the Northumberland Fusiliers, was also from a mining family, and worked at Askern Colliery.
He was awarded a VC after advancing alone up a communication trench to silence a German machine gun post in France in 1917 He approached the gun from behind, disabled it, and shot two of the enemy crew, forcing the rest to abandon the post.
He died in 1945 in Bentley, Doncaster.
Sgt Laurence Calvert was 26 and serving with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in France in 1918 when he stormed two machine gun posts alone, killing both crews, capturing the positions and saving his battalion.
Although he grew up in Leeds, Calvert was a miner, and moved to Doncaster in 1910 to work at Cadeby and Maltby collieries. He died in 1964.
Lance Corporal Thomas Norman Jackson’s medal was awarded after his death in 1918 at the age of 20. He and a senior officer crossed a canal to capture two machine guns and 12 prisoners, but he was killed later that day.
Before joining up, he worked on the railways at the locomotive depot near Mexborough Station.
The World War Two VC was awarded to Cpl John William Harper, 28, in Belgium. He led his section across exposed ground under heavy fire, and was killed.
He grew up in the village of Hatfield Woodhouse, where he and his father worked as peat cutters, and after his marriage lived in Thorne.
The event will include displays of Victoria Cross heritage, artefacts and history. Local historians will be attendance alongside the trust’s patron Rusty Firmin, an SAS veteran who led a team into the Iranian Embassy to release hostages being held there in 1980.
During World War One, 628 VCs were awarded, a quarter posthumously, and 181 soldiers received a Victoria Cross following World War Two.
Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones, said: “On the eve of Remembrance, this special event gives us an opportunity to reflect and give thanks to the brave soldiers who fought for our country.
“Doncaster’s seven Victoria Cross recipients came from all walks of life and I hope many people, young and old, will take this opportunity to find out more about them and their most significant roles during two world wars.”
