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.

PRIVATE WILLIAM EDWARD HEATON VC

Private. 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment.
 
London Gazette on 18th January 1901.

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

Born on in 1875 at Ormskirk, Lancashire.

Died on 5th June 1941 at Southport in Lancashire.

Memorial not known.

Digest of Citation reads:

On 23rd August 1900 at Geluk, South Africa, a company of the 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool) Regiment became surrounded by the enemy and was suffering severely. Private Heaton volunteered to take a message back to explain the position of the company and he carried out this mission successfully at imminent risk to his own life. Had it not been for his courage, the remainder of his company would almost certainly have had to surrender.