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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 TurnerDelhi, 1857
Colour Sergeant Stephen GarvinDelhi, 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 PhillippsDelhi, 1857
Rifleman Valentine BambrickIndia, 1858
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Redvers Henry Buller CBZululand, 1879
Rifleman Frederick CorbettIndia, 1882
Lieutenant Percival Scrope MarlingSudan, 1884
Lieutenant the Honourable Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (p)South Africa, 1889
Lieutenant Llewellyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies DSOSouth Africa, 1901
Lieutenant John Henry Stephen DimmerBelgium, 1914
Captain John Fitzhardinge Paul ButlerWest Africa, 1914
2nd Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley (QVR)Belgium, 1915
Rifleman William MarinerFrance, 1915
Rifleman George Stanley Peachment (p)France, 1915
Sergeant Albert GillFrance, 1916
Sergeant Edward CooperBelgium, 1917
Rifleman Albert Edward ShepherdFrance, 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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