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.

REID, OSWALD AUSTIN

Captain (later Major) 1st Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment attached to the
6th Bn. The Royal North Lancashire Regiment.
 

London Gazetted on 8th June 1917.
 

Born on: 2nd November 1893 at Johannesburg, South Africa.
 

Died on: 27th October 1920 at Johannesburg, South Africa.
 

Buried at Bloemfontein, S. Africa.

 

Digest of Citation reads:

On 8/10 March 1917 at Diala River, Mesopotamia, Captain Reid consolidated a small post with the advanced troops on the opposite side of the river to the main body, after his lines of communication had been cut by the sinking of the pontoons. He maintained this position for 30 hours against constant attacks by bombs, machine-guns and rifle fire, with the full knowledge that repeated attempts at relief had failed and that his ammunition was all but exhausted. It was greatly due to his tenacity that the crossing of the river was effected the next night. During the operation he was wounded.