Victoria Crosses
- Major Donald MacIntyre — 4 January 1872, Lalgnoora, India.
- Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa — 6 April 1943, Tunisia.
- Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung — 5 March 1945, Burma.
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