Victoria Cross Recipients
There were seven Victoria Crosses awarded to British officers and Gurkhas serving with the regiment prior to 1947:
- Captain John Cook — Afghanistan, 2 December 1878
- Lieutenant Guy Boisragon — Hunza, 2 December 1891
- Lieutenant John Manners-Smith — Hunza, 20 December 1891
- Havildar Gaje Ghale — Burma, 27 May 1943
- Naik Agansing Rai — Burma, 26 June 1944
- Jemadar Netra bahadur Thapa — Burma, 26 June 1944
- Riflemann Thaman Gurung — Italy, 10 November 1944
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