page_title: Gloucestershire Regiment
section_title: Victoria Crosses
hierarchical_section_title: Gloucestershire Regiment / Victoria Crosses
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Lieutenant Colonel J P Carne VC DSO, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment which stemmed the enemy attack at Imjin, 22-25 April 1951. He received the Victoria Cross for gallantry during this action.
context_page_description: The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994. It traced its origins to Colonel Gibson's Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1694 and later became the 28th Regiment of Foot. The regiment was formed by the merger of the 28th Regiment with the 61st Regiment of Foot. It inherited the unique distinction in the British Army of wearing a badge on the back of its headdress as well as the front, a tradition that originated with the 28th Regiment after it fought in two ranks back to back at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. At its formation the regiment comprised two regular, two militia and two volunteer battalions, and saw its first action during the Second Boer War.
  Before the First World War, the regiment's four auxiliary battalions were converted to three Territorial Force battalions and a Special Reserve battalion, and a further 18 battalions were added to the regiment's establishment during the war.
context_section_description: The following were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest award for bravery, while serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment:
  Adrian Carton de Wiart – attached to the 8th Battalion from the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. Awarded for actions during the First World War;
  Manley Angell James – 8th Battalion. Awarded for actions during the First World War;
  Francis George Miles – 1/5th Battalion. Awarded for actions during the First World War;
  Hardy Falconer Parsons – 14th Battalion. Awarded posthumously for actions during the First World War;
  James Power Carne – 1st Battalion. Awarded for actions during the Korean War;
  Philip Curtis – attached to the 1st Battalion from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Awarded posthumously for actions during the Korean War.
  Daniel Burges, a temporary Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gloucestershire Regiment, was awarded the VC during the First World War while commanding the 7th Battalion South Wales Borderers.
caption: Lieutenant-Colonel Carne
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