Victoria Cross
The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross:
- Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, later General) Frederick Francis Maude, Crimean War
- Private (later Corporal) John Connors, Crimean War
- Corporal (later Colour-Sergeant) James Smith, First Mohmand Campaign
- Lance Corporal (acting Corporal) William Richard Cotter, World War I
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