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.

CORPORAL ISSY SMITH VC

1st Battalion. Manchester Regiment.

London Gazetted on 23rd August, 1915.
 
VC Medal's Custodian is unknown.

Born on the 16th September, 1886 at London.

Died on 11th September 1940 at Melbourne, Australia.

Memorial on grave at Fawkner Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia.


Digest of Citation reads:

On 26th April 1915 East and South of the city of Ypres, Belgium, Corporal Smith went, on his own initiative, a considerable way forward towards the enemy positions, to the assistance of a severely wounded man. He then carried the man to safety, a distance of 250 yards, all of the time under extremely heavy machine gun and rifle fire. He further displayed great gallantry, in assisting, voluntarily, in bringing in many more wounded men throughout the day, during a time when casualties were heavy. He attended to them with the greatest devotion to duty and without regard for his personal safety.

Cpl Smith also received Russian Order of St George (4th Class) and the French Croix de Guerre