Gloucestershire Regiment - Gloucestershire Regiment Victoria Crosses

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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