1943–45, Malta 1941–42, Rathedaung, Htizwe, Kohima, Naga Village, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943–45 Victoria Cross recipients The following members of the Regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross: Captain (Temporary Major) Cuthbert Bromley, Great War Sergeant Frank Edward Stubbs, Great War Lance-Corporal (later Lieutenant-Colonel) John Elisha Grimshaw, Great War Captain (later Major) Richard Raymond Willis, Great War Sergeant Alfred Joseph Richards, Great War Private (later Lance-Sergeant) William Stephen Kenealy, Great War Private John Lynn, Great War Private (later Corporal) James Hutchinson, Great War Captain (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Bertram Best-Dunkley, Great War Sergeant Joseph Lister, Great War Second Lieutenant Bernard Matthew Cassidy, Great War Temporary Second Lieutenant John Schofield, Great War Lance-Corporal Joel Halliwell, Great War Lance-Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Edward Benn Smith, Great War Acting Sergeant Harold John Colley, Great War Private Frank Lester, Great War Sergeant (later Regimental Sergeant-Major) James Clarke, Great War Acting Lieutenant-Colonel James Neville Marshall, Great War Fusilier (later Lance-Corporal) Francis Arthur Jefferson, Second World War Colonels of the Regiment Colonels of the regiment were: 1688–1689: Col. Sir Robert Peyton 1689–1706: Maj-Gen. Gustavus Hamilton, 1st Viscount Boyne 1706–1714: Maj-Gen. John Newton 1714–1719: Lt-Gen. Thomas Meredyth 1719–1732: Col. Hon. William Egerton 1732–1737: Brig-Gen. Francis Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham 1737–1740: Lt-Gen. Richard St. George 1740: Col. Alexander Rose 1740–1746: Lt-Gen. Thomas Bligh 1746–1749: Lt-Gen. George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville 1749–1755: Lt-Gen. George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, KG (Viscount Bury) The 20th Regiment of Foot 1755–1756: Gen. Philip Honeywood 1756–1769: Lt-Gen. William Kingsley 1769–1773: Gen. Bernard Hale 1773–1782: Lt-Gen. Hon. George Lane Parker The 20th (East Devon) Regiment of Foot 1782–1789: Lt-Gen. William Wynyard 1789–1797: Lt-Gen. West Hyde 1797–1809: Gen. Charles Leigh 1809–1815: Lt-Gen Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida GCB 1815–1842: Gen Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet GCB GCH 1842–1850: Lt-Gen. Sir James Stevenson Burns KCB 1850–1853: Lt-Gen. Sir Andrew Pilkington, KCB 1853: Lt-Gen. Sir William Chalmers, CB, KCH 1853: Maj-Gen. Henry Godwin, CB 1853–1854: Lt-Gen. Sir Nathaniel Thorn, KCB, KH 1854-1858: Lt-Gen. Henry Thomas, CB 1858–1876: Gen. Marcus Beresford 1876–1894: Gen. Sir Frederick Horn, GCB The Lancashire Fusiliers 1894–1897: Gen. Sir William Pollexfen Radcliffe, KCB 1897–1909: Gen. Sir Edward Alan Holdich, GCB 1909–1914: Maj-Gen. Sir William Drummond Scrase-Dickins, KCB 1914–1926: Maj-Gen. Charles James Blomfield, CB, DSO 1926–1945: Maj-Gen. George Henry Basil Freeth, CB, CMG, DSO 1945–1955: Maj-Gen. George Surtees, CB, CBE, MC 1955–1965: Brig. Percy Geoffrey Bamford, CBE, DSO 1965–1968: Lt-Gen. Sir George Harris Lea, KCB, DSO, MBE 1968: