Victoria Crosses
The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross:
- Lieutenant (later Major) James Edward Ignatius Masterson, Second Boer War
- Private (later Corporal) Theodore Veale, Great War
- Lance-Corporal (later Captain) George Onions, Great War
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Soldier of the 11th Foot in 1742. The red coat displays the regiment's green facings.
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Soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment at the Relief of Ladysmith, 1900. They are facing Pepworth Hill, firing from behind boulders which provided for an effective cover.
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The Devonshire cemetery at Mansell Copse, Mametz, Northern France, location of the famous sign left after the battle: 'The Devonshires held this trench; the Devonshires hold it still'
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