Victoria Crosses Of The Regiment
Twenty-four Victoria Crosses have been awarded to members of the Regular, Service and Territorial battalions of The King's Royal Rifle Corps.
| Rifleman Samuel Turner |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Colour Sergeant Stephen Garvin |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Lieutenant Alfred Spencer Heathcote (e) |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Colour Sergeant George Waller (e) |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Rifleman James Thompson (e) |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Rifleman John Divane (e) |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Bugler William Sutton (e) |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Ensign Everard Aloysius Lisle Phillipps |
Delhi, 1857 |
| Rifleman Valentine Bambrick |
India, 1858 |
| Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Redvers Henry Buller CB |
Zululand, 1879 |
| Rifleman Frederick Corbett |
India, 1882 |
| Lieutenant Percival Scrope Marling |
Sudan, 1884 |
| Lieutenant the Honourable Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (p) |
South Africa, 1889 |
| Lieutenant Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies DSO |
South Africa, 1901 |
| Lieutenant John Henry Stephen Dimmer |
Belgium, 1914 |
| Captain John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler |
West Africa, 1914 |
| 2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley (QVR) |
Belgium, 1915 |
| Rifleman William Mariner |
France, 1915 |
| Rifleman George Stanley Peachment (p) |
France, 1915 |
| Sergeant Albert Gill |
France, 1916 |
| Sergeant Edward Cooper |
Belgium, 1917 |
| Rifleman Albert Edward Shepherd |
France, 1917 |
| Lance-Corporal John Alexander Christie (Finsbury Rifles) |
Palestine, 1917 |
| Rifleman John Beeley (p) |
North Africa, 1941 |
Notes:
Ranks and decorations were those held at the time of the act of gallantry for which the Victoria Cross was awarded. Privates were known as Riflemen, although the rank was not formally approved until 1923.
(e) = Elected by Ballot
(p) = Posthumous
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