Famous Members
- Ensign (later General Sir) John Moore: Commissioned into the 51st in 1777, Moore went on to command the battalion in 1790. A forward thinking tactician, he was the father of the British light infantry, and is a significant figure to all light infantry and rifle regiments.
- Ensign Joseph Dyas: Dyas twice volunteered to take part in the storming party of the San Christobal fort at Badajoz in 1811. For this brave action he is still toasted by the officers of the KOYLI and LI.
- Captain Basil Liddell Hart: Originally commissioned into the KOYLI and serving in World War I, Liddell Hart went on to become a military writer. He is most noted for his highly influential work on the theory of armoured warfare in the inter-war period.
- Corporal Ernest Hayes: Hayes joined the KOYLI in 1916 and was awarded three Military Medals in 1918 for acts of bravery at the Western Front in France.
- Stuart Cloete: Cloete was commissioned into the KOYLI in 1914. He served in the regiment during the Battle of the Somme before transferring to the Coldstream Guards. After the war Cloete became a famous and prolific writer, publishing fourteen novels, eight non-fictional books and eight volumes of short stories.
The following members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross:
- Pte C. Ward, South Africa 1900
- Maj C.A.L. Yate, France 1914
- L/Cpl F.W. Holmes, France 1914
- Pte H. Waller, France 1917
- Sgt J.W. Ormsby, France 1917
- Pte W. Edwards, Belgium 1917
- Lt Col O.C.S. Watson, France 1918
- Sgt L. Calvert, France 1918
- Lt Col H. Greenwood, France 1918
The following members of the regiment were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal:
- Sgt Henry M. Bond, World War I - Le Catelet, Gouy, Villers Farm & as C.S.M. Le Cateau France, Oct 1918
- Cpl Charles Langfield, World War I - Western Front
The following members of the regiment were awarded the Military Medal:
- Ernest Hayes, Military Medal and two bars, World War I - Western front
- 2nd Lt H.W. Gudgin, World War I - Western front
- L/Cpl Philip Toplis, World War I - Western front
- Edward Francis Scollay, World War I - Western front
- Walter Hidon, World War I - Western front
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