22 Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers

Samuel Vyvyan Trerice Adams, known as Vyvyan Adams, was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1931 to 1945, when he was defeated by the swing to Labour. He stood unsuccessfully in the Fulham East constituency in 1950. He had been adopted for the safe Conservative seat of Darwen early in 1951, but died later that year.

General Sir Henry Edward ap Rhys Pryce, KCB, CMG, DSO was a Welsh officer in the Indian Army who served Master-General of the Ordnance in British India.

Major Ernest Albert Belcher was the Assistant general manager of the British Empire Exhibition which was held at Wembley in 1924 and 1925. He was leader of the 1922 tour around the world to promote this event. Agatha Christie and her husband Archie were members of this group and Christie mentions him in her notes and biographies. A 2013 book The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery gives an outline of this tour and describes Major Belcher in depth.

Lieutenant colonel Claude Evelyn Bowden was a British military officer, RFC pilot and one of the most well-known aeromodellers in the 1920s to 1950s.

Sir John Gawen Carew Pole, 12th Baronet was a Cornish landowner, soldier and politician. He was Chairman of Cornwall County Council from 1952 to 1963 and Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall from 1962 to 1977, briefly serving in both roles simultaneously. His name until 1926 was John Gawen Pole-Carew.

Major Herbert Augustine Carter VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the son of the vicar of St Erth in Cornwall and served in two campaigns in East Africa.

Major-General John Bryan Churcher was a senior British Army officer who, during World War II, commanded the 159th Infantry Brigade during the campaign in Northwest Europe and later commanded the 3rd Infantry Division.

Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman,, was a British businessman. His interest in the Middle East, formed during the Second World War, was the focus for most of his business endeavours.

Major General Vyvyan Evelegh, was a senior officer of the British Army during the Second World War, commanding the 78th Infantry Division and the 6th Armoured Division in Tunisia and Italy.

Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland, was a senior officer of the British Army who served in both the First and Second World Wars. He was Military Secretary from 1940 to 1942. In later life, he was High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.

General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale, was a senior officer in the British Army who served in both world wars. In the First World War he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a junior officer in the Machine Gun Corps. During the Second World War he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne Division during the D-Day landings and Operation Tonga in 1944. After the end of the conflict, Gale remained in the army and eventually, in 1958, succeeded Field Marshal The Viscount Montgomery as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

Sir Gerard Edward James Gent was the first appointed Governor of the Malayan Union in 1946. He was most famous for heading early British attempts to crush a pro-independence uprising in Malaya led by the Malayan Communist Party during the Malayan Emergency, before dying during the first year of the war in an aviation accident.

General Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen was a British Army officer who served during World War I and World War II.

Ernest William Lyons Holt or E. W. L. Holt was an eminent English marine naturalist and biologist who specialized in ichthyology, the study of fish. His work helped lay a scientific foundation for the fishery management in Ireland, and together with William Spotswood Green, he strongly influenced the development of the Irish Fisheries in its early years.

Colonel Henry Elliott Chevallier Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener, was a British soldier and peer.

Brigadier General Clement Leslie Smith, was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Sir Kenneth Whistler Street, was the 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. These viceregal offices were held before and after him by his father Sir Philip Whistler Street and his son Sir Laurence Whistler Street, the only such case in Australian history.

Sir Harry Herbert Trusted was a British colonial Attorney-General and Chief Justice.

Major General Robert Elliott "Roy" Urquhart, was a British Army officer who saw service during the Second World War and Malayan Emergency. He became prominent for his role as General Officer Commanding the 1st Airborne Division, which fought with great distinction, although suffering very severe casualties, in the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.

Major John Edgar Grahame Vivian MC and Bar was a British Army officer who won the Military Cross in Burma in 1944 and again in Malaya in 1956. He later served as an officer in the army of the Sultan of Oman.

General Sir Daril Gerard Watson was a senior British Army officer who saw service during both World War I and World War II.

Sir David Valentine Willcocks, was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, which he directed from 1957 to 1974, making frequent broadcasts and recordings. Several of the descants and carol arrangements he wrote for the annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols were published in the series of books Carols for Choirs which he edited along with Reginald Jacques and John Rutter. He was also director of the Royal College of Music in London.