Thirteen members of the Regiment have been awarded the Victoria Cross, and there has been one award of the George Cross.
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The Crimean War |
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Major Sir Charles Russell Bt | Sandbag Battery | 5 Nov 1854 |
Private Anthony Palmer | Sandbag Battery | 5 Nov 1854 |
Sergeant Alfred Ablett | Siege of Sevastopol | 2 Sep 1855 |
Colonel The Hon Henry Percy | Battle for Inkerman | 5 Nov 1857 |
The First World War |
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Private Edward Barber | Neuve Chapelle | 12 Mar 1915 |
Lance Corporal Wilfred Fuller | Neuve Chapelle | 12 Mar 1915 |
Lance Sergeant John Rhodes DCM | Cambrai (crossing the Broembeek) | 8 Oct 1917 |
Captain George Paton MC | Gouzeacourt | 1 Dec 1917 |
Captain Thomas Pryce MC | VieuxBerquin, La Couronne | 13 Apr 1918 |
Lt Colonel Viscount Gort MVO DSO MC | Flesquieres | 27 Sep 1918 |
Private William Holmes | Cattenieres | 9 Oct 1918 |
The Second World War |
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Lance Corporal Harry Nicholls | River Escaut | 21 May 1940 |
Major The Hon William Sidney | Carroceto, Anzio | 7 Feb 1944 |
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Captain Robert Nairac | Northern Ireland | 15 May 1977 |