Twenty-three members of The Regiment have been awarded the Victoria Cross. They are representative of all ranks and battalions, from Private soldier to Lieutenant Colonel – Regular, Territorial and Wartime.

JONES, DAVID
 

Sergeant 12th Battalion. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment.
 

London Gazetted on 26 October 1916.
 

VC, Medal's Custodian is in the King's Regiment Collection. (Museum of Liverpool Life)
 

Born on 10th January 1891 at Liverpool, Lancashire.
 

Killed in action on 7th October 1916 at Bancourt, Somme, France.
 

Memorial on grave at Bancourt Cemetery, France.

 

Digest of Citation reads:
 

On 3rd September 1916 at Guillemont, France, the platoon to which Sergeant Jones belonged was ordered to a forward position and during the advance came under heavy machine-gun fire, the officer being killed and the platoon suffering a great many casualties. The sergeant led forward of the survivors, occupied the position and held it for two days and two nights, without food or water, until relieved. On the second day he drove back three counter-attacks, inflicting heavy losses.