Which Regiment has the most Victorian Crosses ?

[LawnRanger]

Hi Lads
      Was down the pub the other day after a club meeting , and one chap said that the Royal Medical Corp has the most V.C  by far But then some one mentioned the The Rifles ,Regiment .

 We worked out that     The Rifles must be very close to them IF you counted all the Amalgamation  that Poor regiment has gone through in the last 100 years ..we started to name a few and the list got Bigger and Bigger was shocking how many regiments are in that regiment now at least 15+ we named ..after 2 rounds of beers think it we could of hit 25 if we had another pint

If one of you could give us the answer, that would be great !

Happy gaming . LR

[tin shed gamer]

It all depends on the way you view the amalgamations of Regiments. The Royal Artillery Regiment. Would be my bet with around 60.

[Cubs]

The problem is, do you count the Artillery Corps as a single regiment? It is itself a body that includes several foot and horse regiments of artillery (same with the engineers and medics).

If you're talking separate regiments I think it's the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment on 57.

[SABOT]

You have answered your own question within the question. A regiment is very different from a Corps, so we are talking individual regiments here? 😁 57 to the ‘Tigers’ is thought to be the highest but it’s a mute point concerning the amount of amalgamations. My own regiment is now formed of six predecessors. ☹️

[Cubs]

It was more a rhetorical question, designed to point out that a corps isn't a regiment, but in a gentle way. I wasn't sure if the previous two members were aware that the Artillery, Engineers and Medics aren't single regiments, or if they were being conversationally flexible about the definitions for the sake of a bit of gentle quizzing.

[SABOT]

I know mate . 👍 it is a puzzling thing of many wonders the organisation of the British Army. 😁

[Derek H]

The Royal Artillery Regiment  has Regiments of artillery as its sub-units.  It's all quite British and all quite confusing. 

[tin shed gamer]

I'm most definitely aware. Got the T shirt and attached for another

[grant]

I'm most definitely aware. Got the T shirt and attached for another

Ubique.

I was armour. My regiment, reserve, had one.

[LawnRanger]

It looks like The Rifle have it in my eye .


The Rifles holds an incredible 913 battle honours, world record 117 Victoria Crosses (VC) and has a living history that is second to none.

corps or regiment thing that answers my question ..

happy game LR

[Cubs]

Yeah, I think you're right.

[tin shed gamer]

Which Rifles? Because if you mean THE Rifles. Then if memory serves that regiment is only a decade old.

While it is quite an amusing head scratcher for the pub. I think you've got to be more conscious of amalgamations . Today's forces are not the one I knew.
I barely recognise it. Nor do I feel comfortable that I could reliably comment on it anymore.
The reality is a regiment is barely the same a decade after you leave .Those who haven't gone by lead poisoning ,have left,or are on secondment,or attached else where.

[Shahbahraz]

I suspect the Royal Regiment of Scotland would run them close, considering it is virtually an amalgamation of every Scottish Regiment ever...

[Derek H]

I suspect the Royal Regiment of Scotland would run them close, considering it is virtually an amalgamation of every Scottish Regiment ever...

Infantry regiments in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.   There many other Scottish (or part Scottish) regiments  in the Artillery, Engineer and Cavalry branches of the Army.     

[Shahbahraz]

yep, realised that after I posted.. still a pretty substantial collection of VCs I would have thought. For clarity then...  all Scottish infantry regiments.