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.

SERGEANT JOHN HOGAN VC

2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

London Gazetted on 22nd December, 1914.

Born on 8th April, 1884 at Oldham, Lancashire.

Died on 6th October, 1943 at Oldham, Lancashire.
 
Memorial on grave at Chadderton cemetery, Oldham, Lancashire.


Digest of Citation reads:

On 29th October 1914 near Festubert, France, after their trench had been taken by the enemy and two attempts to recapture it had failed, Sergeant Hogan went with Second Lieutenant James Leach and a party of 10 volunteers to recover it themselves. They took the Germans by surprise with a sudden bayonet attack and then, working from traverse to traverse, they gradually succeeded in regaining possession, killing eight of the enemy, wounding two and taking 16 prisoners.