Victoria Crosses
The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross:
- Captain (later Colonel) Conwyn Mansel-Jones, Second Boer War
- Sergeant William Bernard Traynor, Second Boer War
- Private William Boynton Butler, Great War
- Corporal (later Major) Samuel Meekosha, Great War
- Sergeant Albert Mountain, Great War
- Corporal (later Captain) George Sanders, Great War
- Acting Sergeant Hanson Victor Turner, Second World War
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