25 Volunteer Force officers

Lieutenant Colonel Edward Akroyd (1810–1887), English manufacturer, was born into a textile manufacturing family in 1810, and when he died in 1887, he still owned the family firm. He inherited "James Akroyd & Sons Ltd." from his father in 1847, and he became the owner of one of the country's largest worsted manufacturers.

Herbert Rowse Armstrong TD MA was an English solicitor and convicted murderer, the only solicitor in the history of the United Kingdom to have been hanged for murder. He was living in Cusop Dingle, Herefordshire, England and practising in Hay-on-Wye, on the border of England and Wales, from 1906 until his arrest on 31 December 1921 for the attempted murder of a professional rival by arsenic poisoning. He was later also charged with and tried for the murder of his wife.

Colonel Eustace James Anthony Balfour was a London-based Scottish architect. The brother of one British Prime Minister and nephew of another, his career was built on family connections. His mother was the daughter of a Marquess, and his wife Frances, a noted suffragist, was the daughter of a Duke. Frances's sister in-law was Princess Louise, daughter of the reigning Queen Victoria.

John Thomas Barber Beaumont (1774–1841) was a British army officer, painter, author, and philanthropist. He was successful in the insurance business, and projected a settlement in South America.

Captain William Charles Bonaparte-Wyse was an Irish soldier and poet.

Colonel Rowland Burdon, VD, DL, JP was an English landowner and Conservative Party politician from County Durham. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922.

Sir William Thomas Charley was a British judge and Conservative Party politician.

The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD, was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll. He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name.

Lt-Col Henry Fishwick was a British soldier, politician and antiquary.

Sir (Charles) Douglas Fox was an English civil engineer.

Sir William Henry Neville Goschen, 1st Baronet,, known as Harry Goschen, was a British businessman and banker from the prominent Goschen family.

William Henry Fitzroy, 6th Duke of Grafton, styled Viscount Ipswich until 1847 and Earl of Euston between 1847 and 1863, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician. He was born in London and educated at Harrow, and after went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

Sir Ernest Gray was a British educational reformer and Conservative politician.

John Clarke Hawkshaw was a British civil engineer.

Colonel Lord Arthur William Hill PC, DL, JP, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Conservative politician. He served three times as Comptroller of the Household between 1885 and 1898 in the Conservative administrations headed by Lord Salisbury.

Colonel William Hope VC was a Scottish 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.

Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Henry Lenon 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.

Colonel John James Mellor was a British industrialist and Conservative politician.

George Melly was an English merchant and shipowner and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1875.

Anthony Palmer 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.

Colonel James Dampier Palmer MP, was an English businessman, British Army officer, and a Progressive-Conservative politician.

William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran,, known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, of Bradfield House, Uffculme, Devon, was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury between 1895 and 1902 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1902 and 1905.

Eugene Wason was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in three periods between 1885 and 1918.

Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO DL GCVO, styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician. He founded the Liberty and Property Defence League.

Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet 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 also a Conservative Party politician.