Gloucestershire Regiment Victoria Crosses
- Daniel Burges : World War I, also a holder of the DSO and Croix de Guerre
- James Power Carne : Korean War for action during the Battle of the Imjin River, also awarded the DSO
- Manley Angell James : World War I, survived and also served in World War II, retiring as a Brigadier
- Francis George Miles : World War I
- Hardy Falconer Parsons : World War I
- Herbert Taylor Reade : Indian Mutiny
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