WSir Michael Caine is an English actor. Known for his distinctive Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films during a career spanning over 60 years, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which he has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. He is ranked at No. 20 on the list of highest-grossing box office stars.
WColonel James Power Carne was a British Army officer in the Second World War and the Korean War. He was 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, for actions during the Battle of the Imjin River during which Carne led The Glorious Glosters in a famous stand against an overwhelming Chinese attack on Gloster Hill.
WField Marshal Sir Archibald James Halkett Cassels, was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff (CGS), the professional head of the British Army, from 1965 to 1968. As a young man he was a first-class cricket player, initially playing in India for the Europeans against the Hindus in the Lahore Tournament and going on to play for a Punjab Governor's XI against Northern India team and for a Viceroy's XI against the Roshanara Club. He later played for the British Army cricket team against the RAF at The Oval and then played for the Egyptian national side against HM Martineau's XI in Alexandria.
WMajor General Basil Aubrey Coad, was a senior British Army officer. He held battalion, brigade and divisional commands during the Second World War and immediately after, but is best known as the commander of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade during the Korean War.
WJohn Hurrell Crook was a British ethologist who filled a pivotal role in British primatology.
WColonel John Harold Greenway Deighton, MC, OBE was an English army officer and cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1947 to 1962.
WGeneral Sir Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley,, nicknamed "Farrar the Para", was a British Army officer and a military historian who fought a number of British conflicts. He held a number of senior commands, ending his career as Commander-in-Chief of NATO's Allied Forces Northern Europe. Throughout his four decades of army life, he spoke plainly, and both before and after his retirement in 1982 wrote on the conflicts he had experienced and the First World War.
WHenry "Harry" Joseph Gallagher,, was awarded the DCM for his gallantry during the epic defence of Castle Hill on the Imjin River, during the Korean War.
WWilliam Henry Wilson Hanna MM was a high-ranking Ulster loyalist who founded and led the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) until he was killed, allegedly by Robin Jackson, who took over command of the brigade.
WGeneral Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from 1988 to 1990.
WP.J. Kavanagh FRSL was an English poet, lecturer, actor, broadcaster and columnist. His father was the ITMA scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh.
WDonald "Lofty" Large was a British soldier and author.
WJohn Mayall, OBE is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.
WBrigadier Mervyn Noel Samuel McCord, CBE, MC, ADC was a decorated Irish officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Korean War and rose to be Commanding Officer of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
WColin Campbell Mitchell was a British Army soldier and politician. He became a public figure in 1967 as the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Forces under his command reoccupied the Crater district of Aden which had been taken over by local police mutineers in what became known as "the last battle of the British empire". The reoccupation and subsequent control of the Crater were controversial and Mitchell resigned his army commission in 1968. Subsequently, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament and served one term from 1970 to February 1974. After participation in a failed business venture he subsequently worked as a security and military consultant. In 1989 Mitchell took a leading role in the Halo Trust, a not-for-profit organisation undertaking mine clearance in former war zones.
WWO2 John Thomas Morris MM was a British Army soldier of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment who won the Military Medal in Korea in 1951 in an action against the Chinese at Maryang San.
WGeneral Sir Horatius Murray, was a senior British Army officer who served with distinction during the Second World War and later in the Korean War.
WBrigadier Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, more commonly known as Eddie, was a British Army officer who fought in World War II. Myers was an officer in the Royal Engineers.
WRowland Denys Guy Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald MC DL, was a British soldier and Conservative politician.
WWilliam Speakman-Pitt, VC, known as Bill Speakman, was a British Army soldier 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. He was the first person to receive an honour from Queen Elizabeth II.
WGeorge Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Baron Younger of Prestwick,, was a British Conservative politician and banker.