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Ypres (3,679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dutch: Ieper [ˈipər] ; West Flemish: Yper; German: Ypern [ˈyːpɐn] ) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. Though the Dutch

World Military Cross Country Championships (173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports

Military Cross (1,920 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British

Richard Sykes (diplomat) (793 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1940 to 1946, attaining the rank of major. In 1945 he was awarded the Military Cross as well as the French Croix de Guerre. Sykes joined HM Foreign Service

James Marshall (VC) (502 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre (Belgium) and was made a Chevalier of the Order of Leopold (Belgium). His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Guards

Alan Cunningham (938 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

World War, he served with the Royal Horse Artillery, and was awarded a Military Cross in 1915 and the Distinguished Service Order in 1918. For two years after

Henry Reynolds (soldier) (243 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

for which he was awarded the VC. On 20 September 1917 near Frezenberg, Belgium, Captain Reynolds' company was suffering heavy casualties from enemy machine

Léon Schots (1,101 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

sharing in the team bronze, and was a three-time champion at the World Military Cross Country Championships. Born in Halen, he began training with the R.F

John Aidan Liddell (645 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

trenches in command of the machine gun section and was awarded the Military Cross at Le Maisnil, France, before training as a pilot and joining No. 7

Eugène Allonsius (232 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

championships and won that race. He won the long race at the 1963 World Military Cross Country Championships. He was the victor at the 1966 Volkscross in Brussels

Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (2,490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(Training) Wing at RAF Grantham in August 1918. Portal was awarded the Military Cross in January 1917, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry

Norman Stronge (2,930 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

lieutenant and later as captain. He was decorated with the Military Cross and the Belgian croix de guerre. He survived the first day of the Battle of

Stanley Kirby (571 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(US, 14 May 1948) Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Citation for second Military Cross: Attached 46th (North Midland) Divisional Signal Company

Wilfred Clement Von Berg (234 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery outside of Ypres in Belgium. On leaving the Commission, he began practising architecture in France

Brian Horrocks (7,585 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

prisoner-of-war camp. His resistance in captivity would earn him the Military Cross (MC), awarded in 1920 and backdated to 5 May 1919. Repatriated at the

Arthur Barratt (381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michael and St George Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (6) Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Grand Cross of the

Eric Nottingham (173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was born in Streatham, London, in 1891. He received the Military Cross while serving in Belgium with the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War.

Miles Dempsey (8,329 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the First World War, where he was wounded, and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he served in Iraq during the Iraqi revolt of 1920, in

European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country (952 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Championships). Only the International Cross Country Championships and World Military Cross Country Championships are older than these two events. It also pre-dates

List of World War I aces from South Africa (250 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Grub Street

Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside (1,949 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

joined No. 18 Squadron at Montrose in January 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross on 14 January 1916. Douglas went on to be officer commanding No. 43

John Slessor (3,002 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Middle East, earning the Military Cross, and with No. 5 Squadron on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Between the

I. S. O. Playfair (397 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1913. He served in France and Belgium during the First World War and was mentioned in despatches, awarded the Military Cross and Bar and the Distinguished

Drummond Shiels (282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(Scottish) Division. He was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He ended the war as a captain. He was a member

Henry Pownall (1,541 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Western Front in France and Belgium. He was promoted to captain on 30 October 1914, and awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1917. and major on

David Fleming, Lord Fleming (551 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Infantry) during World War I, for which he was awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He took silk in October 1921. He served as

Henry Kelly (VC) (1,029 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1916. He was awarded a Military Cross and later a Bar to that medal in Italy in 1918. Other Military awards include the Belgian Croix de guerre, the French

Bertine Sutton (656 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (4) Croix de guerre (Belgium)

Arthur Coningham (RAF officer) (2,688 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

emerged from the war with two awards, a Distinguished Service Order and a Military Cross, both earned during his time with 32 Squadron. During that time he had

Joseph Baillon (627 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1941) Military Cross 2 April 1919 Mentioned in Despatches 24 May 1918, 23 December 1943 Commander of the Order of the Crown with Palm (Belgium) 15 February

André Devigny (775 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Évadés Commandeur du Mérite Sportif Military Cross (UK) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium) Military service Allegiance France

Percival Molson (743 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Canadian Divisions suffered 8,430 casualties, Percival Molson received the Military Cross for his valour. After recovering from his wounds, he returned to the

Keith Caldwell (1,491 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Cross and, in addition to his Military Cross, was twice mentioned in despatches and received the Croix de Guerre from Belgium. Transferred to the Unemployed

Raoul Magrin-Vernerey (1,689 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(Romania) Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (UK) Military Cross (UK) [1] Division General Commandant of the French Foreign Legion, Les

Jean Chaput (580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

times in orders." Chaput was awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre on 13 September 1917 and the British Military Cross on 17 April 1918. He also won multiple

Ivor Thomas (British Army officer) (1,866 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Western Front throughout the conflict, was wounded twice, awarded the Military Cross in January 1917(and Bar, awarded in September 1917) and Mentioned in

William St Clair Grant (226 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

near Passchendaele, Belgium at the age of 24. He was a captain in the Cameroon Highlanders. He had just been awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de

Richard Gale (British Army officer) (4,702 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

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

Joseph de Goislard de Monsabert (481 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Military Cross (UK) Bronze Star Medal (US) Officer of the Legion of Merit (US) Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold[clarification needed] (Belgium)

Walter Lorrain Brodie (533 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

when the following deed took place on 11 November 1914 near Becelaere, Belgium, for which he was awarded the VC: For conspicuous gallantry near Becelaere

Gervas Pierrepont, 6th Earl Manvers (444 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Claims Commission in Belgium from 1916–1917. He was decorated with the Military Cross, the Order of the Crown of Belgium, and the Croix de Guerre

Richard Pine-Coffin (1,963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

North Africa and the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion in Normandy, Belgium and Germany. His troops, amused by the unusual applicability of his family

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (7,580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

surviving the war with eight citations, the Legion of Honour, and the Military Cross. During the Interwar period, he took part in the Rif War in Morocco

Lionel Ellis (906 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Training Corps and saw service in the First World War. Ellis was awarded a Military Cross, the citation for which reads: For conspicuous gallantry and resource

Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer) (3,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

(Tyneside Scottish) Brigade of the 34th Division. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery in action and was wounded during the Battle of the

Stewart Menzies (2,461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

appointed adjutant by 1913. During the First World War Menzies served in Belgium. He was wounded at Zandvoorde in October 1914, and fought gallantly in

Vladimir Peniakoff (746 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

problems with the name Peniakoff. During the conflict he was awarded the Military Cross on 26 November 1942, and on 26 April 1945 he was appointed a Companion

Richard Pine-Coffin (1,963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pine-Coffin's actions during the campaign resulted in him being awarded the Military Cross. Pine-Coffin's tenure as the 3rd Battalions' commanding officer ended

Neville Gass (253 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Horse Artillery, and for his services was awarded the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Shortly after the war, he joined the British

Alfred Michael Koch (395 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

observation balloons. However, he was not awarded the Military Cross for these victories. When his Military Cross citation was gazetted on 22 June 1918, it read:

Keith Murray (ceramic artist) (2,409 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

four times in General Sir Douglas Haig's despatches, and conferred the Military Cross in September 1917: "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty on

Edward VIII (10,953 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

visited the front line as often as he could, for which he was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. His role in the war, although limited, made him popular among

Allan Adair (1,760 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fellow officers still with the battalion. Adair was awarded his first Military Cross (MC) on 2 December 1918. The citation reads: For conspicuous gallantry

Harold Ackroyd (1,366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

into the air by an exploding shell. On 19 July 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. He

Jacques Ortoli (756 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

militaire, Croix de Guerre with seven Palmes and two étoiles de bronze, Croix de guerre, British Military Cross, Mentioned in Dispatches at least five times

Roger Hay (671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

while a prisoner of the Germans the same day. He had been awarded the Military Cross in June, which was gazetted posthumously on 24 July. His citation read:

Charles Nungesser (3,073 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

28 palms Order of Leopold (Belgium) Croix de guerre (Belgium) Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Military Cross (United Kingdom) War Cross (Portugal)

Neil Ritchie (4,711 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Order and in the Sinai and Palestine campaign, where he was awarded the Military Cross. Between the wars he participated in the Occupation of the Rhineland

Robin Dunn (302 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Normandy. During the war, he was wounded three times. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1944 and was mentioned in dispatches twice. He retired his commission

Arthur Rhys-Davids (3,628 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Crowe and Second Lieutenant Reginald Hoidge he had been awarded the Military Cross (MC). During the last battle Rhys-Davids's SE5, A4563, had its propeller

Gilbert W. M. Green (1,114 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Military Cross Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Gilbert Ware M. Green, RFC. Awarded, 1 January 1917. First bar to Military Cross Second

Ronald Scobie (601 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and served during the First World War on the Western Front in France and Belgium. He was a General Staff Officer Grade 3 in France in 1918, and a Brigade

Harold Franklyn (1,941 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

despatches and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. After the war, Franklyn was promoted to major upon transferring to

Alan Currie (243 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Field Artillery in Belgium and France; he was wounded, mentioned in despatches, and then in 1918 awarded the Military Cross. In 1920 he sold the Mount

Laurence Minot (RFC officer) (1,060 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

other in the Harlebeke New British Cemetery in West Flanders, Belgium. Minôt's Military Cross was posthumously gazetted on 19 April 1918. His citation read:

Peter Cochrane (British Army officer) (1,523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, won the Military Cross, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre avec Palme and Croix de Chevalier de l'Ordre

Rupert Atkinson (RAF officer) (607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

reconnaissance, night-bombing, and ground attacks, and was awarded the Military Cross on 18 October 1917. His citation reads: Temporary Captain Rupert Norman

Philip F. Fullard (2,154 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

blindness that grounded him for much of the month. Fullard was awarded the Military Cross and Bar in September 1917; both awards were announced in the same edition

George R. Howsam (560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1918 with eight wins. Another followed on 27 February. Howsam won a Military Cross, awarded 4 March. Within a week, he downed three more planes. On 24

Robert Saundby (2,044 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

crews. Saundby not only became an ace with this win, he was awarded the Military Cross. One of only two German survivors of the engagement, Otto Mieth, died

Geoffrey Hilton Bowman (1,522 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fought and shot down German ace Werner Voss. Bowman was awarded the Military Cross on 14 September, and a bar on 26 October. On 9 February 1918 he was

Charles Phibbs Jones (462 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

formed part of the British Expeditionary Force dispatched to France and Belgium in 1940. Following this, he was an instructor at the Staff College from

Billy Harvey (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Football League (VFL). During World War I he won the Military Cross and was killed in action in Belgium during the Battle of Passchendaele. Billy played with

Bayonet (8,374 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Military Cross for his part in the battle. In 2009, Lieutenant James Adamson of the Royal Regiment of Scotland was awarded the Military Cross for

Eric Stuart Dougall (534 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the Victoria Cross for his deeds on 10 April 1918 at Messines, Belgium. For most conspicuous bravery and skilful leadership in the field when

Hugh Meyler (907 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1915. He was gassed at Bellewarde near Ypres in 1915 and awarded the Military Cross in June 1915. He transferred to the Border Regiment in October 1915

James Guy (British politician) (98 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

War I in the Royal Marine Reserve and was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Belgium. He was elected member of parliament (MP) for Edinburgh

Armand de Turenne (1,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War II Awards Légion d'honneur Médaille militaire Croix de Guerre Military Cross (Britain) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Relations Henri de Turenne (son)

Evelyn Barker (3,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brigade. By the end of the war, he had been wounded twice, awarded the Military Cross and the Italian Silver Medal of Military Valor, and twice been mentioned

International Military Sports Council (1,656 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Week in Kingston in 2008. World Military Basketball Championship World Military Cross Country Championships World Military Cup World Military Pentathlon Championship

Maurice Arthur Pope (434 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

lieutenant-general. From 1950 to 1953, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Belgium. From 1953 to 1956, he was the Canadian Ambassador to Spain. He retired

Henry Eric Dolan (371 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

promoted to temporary lieutenant on 31 January 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1917. On 31 August 1917 he was appointed a flying officer

Charles Chapman (RFC officer) (313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

short period, commencing on 22 June 1916, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. On detachment in the United Kingdom, Chapman served in a number of

List of military awards and decorations of World War II (844 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British Empire Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Air Force Cross Distinguished Conduct Medal

Bill McCann (4,805 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and twice awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he served as commanding officer of the 10th Battalion

Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood (1,173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

France, Belgium (1940), Malaya (1942), India and Burma (1942–43), North Africa and Italy (1943–44). In 1940 he was awarded the Military Cross; was knighted

Charles Sargeant Jagger (1,761 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Western Front, and was wounded three times. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. Jagger's style tended towards realism, especially his

Willie Doyle (994 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for his conduct was mentioned in dispatches. A recommendation for a Military Cross was rejected as "he had not been long enough at the front". Doyle was

Joseph Maxwell (2,904 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

three dead and one wounded prisoner of war. Maxwell was awarded the Military Cross for his actions during this engagement, news of which was published

W. B. R. King (574 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

suitable sites for airfields and the D-Day landings. He was awarded a Military Cross in 1940. In 1943 he became Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University

Bill Hinman (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a distinguished military career in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross in December 1916 for displaying "energy and initiative in reconnoitering

George G. Blackburn (326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

November 15, 2006) was a decorated Canadian veteran of World War II (Military Cross; French Legion of Honour), a playwright and author. Born in Wales, Ontario

Montagu Stopford (4,658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of major, and had been twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. Remaining in the army during the difficult interwar period, spent mainly

Lionel Carter (237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

April 1917 and winning the Military Cross after being the last man to withdraw after an enemy attack near Zonnebeke in Belgium on 12 October. He lost his

Bill Hinman (367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a distinguished military career in World War I, and was awarded the Military Cross in December 1916 for displaying "energy and initiative in reconnoitering

Ron Larking (1,122 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Despatch rider, he was soon promoted to captain. He was twice awarded a Military Cross (M.C.) for bravery; thus, M.C. and bar. He was killed in a motorcycling

List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories (2,098 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Oxford:

Georges Vanier (9,550 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

March 1967: Chief of the Blackfoot Tribe Decorations 1916: Military Cross (MC) 1919: Military Cross (MC & Bar) 27 July 1950: Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)

George G. Blackburn (326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

November 15, 2006) was a decorated Canadian veteran of World War II (Military Cross; French Legion of Honour), a playwright and author. Born in Wales, Ontario

William Odell (cricketer) (836 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

in the First World War at Broodseinde in the Passchendaele salient in Belgium. Odell's father was Rev Joseph Odell, a Primitive Methodist minister who

Talbot Mercer Papineau (403 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

published in The Times of London. He was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in Belgium and he eventually rose to the rank of major. He was hit

George M. Cox (768 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

last one recorded while flying Camel no. C8272. Cox was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery and success. He then was transferred within theatre

John Munro (poet) (284 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Isle of Lewis – 16 April 1918 Ploegsteert, Belgium), was a Scottish soldier and poet who won the Military Cross during the First World War. He was killed

Alexander Stanier (2,125 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

that followed the crumbling of the German defences. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) (dated 2 April 1919) for his actions during the Second Battle of

Ord Tidbury (626 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

First World War; he was mentioned in dispatches three times, received the Belgian Order of the Crown (4th Class) and the Italian Order of the Crown (5th

William Binnie (architect) (585 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). His actions gained him the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry" in 1916 when he took command of a company

Tubby Clayton (869 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Talbot opened "Talbot House", a rest house for soldiers at Poperinge, Belgium. It became known as Toc H, this being signal terminology for "T H" or "Talbot

Tom Cecil Noel (779 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War infantry officer turned aerial observer, notable for winning a Military Cross for bravery on both land and air. In conjunction with his pilots, he

Milton Fowler Gregg (1,366 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

During combat on the Western Front in 1917, his actions earned him the Military Cross and in 1918 further valour added a bar to the Cross. Near Cambrai, Nord

Edgar Towner (2,760 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

reaching its objectives under heavy fire, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. In September, again commanding a machine gun section, he was involved

Adrian Becher (1,367 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the acting rank of captain and command of a company. He received the Military Cross on 16 August 1917 for his actions in leading his company in an assault

John Le Rougetel (314 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the First World War, joining its 3rd Battalion. He was awarded the Military Cross and Bar for his actions during the war, in which he served on the Western

Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan (1,342 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"under heavy fire and in full view of the enemy" and was awarded the Military Cross but received a leg wound which left him with a permanent disability

Ralph Bouverie Deedes (502 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

July 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross in the London Gazette of 14 January 1916 for his actions in France & Belgium. From 27 April to 7 October 1918

Robert Barrington-Ward (1,208 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

France and Belgium, where he was mentioned in despatches three times and awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. In the 1920s

World Military Track and Field Championships (392 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Inter-Allied Games World Military Championships Military World Games World Military Cross Country Championships "44th World Military Track & Field Championships"

List of World War I flying aces from the United States (2,119 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Croix de guerre (Belgium) Francis Peabody Magoun Lieutenant No. 1 Squadron RAF 5 victories (3 shared) Awarded: Military Cross James William Pearson

Hugh Lister (307 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commanded a support company. Lister was killed by German fire at Hechtel, Belgium, on 9 September 1944. CWGC entry Cameron, Alice. In Pursuit of Justice:

Roger Le Fleming (605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1917 to November 1918. During the war he was wounded and earned the Military Cross. He served in Somaliland during the 1920 operations and was mentioned

Gerald Spencer Pryse (1,028 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Third Battle of Ypres where he won the Military Cross, the 1914 Star, the Order of the Crown of Belgium, the Croix de Guerre. By the end of 1916, Pryse

List of World War I aces credited with 15–19 victories (1,512 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914–1918. Oxford:

Edward Denman Clarke (513 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Although he was credited with six aerial victories, he was granted a Military Cross for his valour in a ground attack mission. In later life, Clarke was

Herbert George Hegarty (465 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant John Griffith, and later that day was recommended for the Military Cross, which cited his six confirmed victories and mentions several other

Gerard Bucknall (1,340 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

August 1916 where he took command of the battalion and was awarded the Military Cross (MC). The citation for the MC reads: For conspicuous gallantry in action

Norman Macmillan (RAF officer) (1,598 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

to England, where he served as a flying instructor. He received the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty" in February 1918, and

Jesse Wallingford (1,612 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

trophies in the world. [Auckland Weekly News 10.06.1915, p. 21] He won a Military Cross for his actions at Gallipoli in 1915. Officially his citation of 3 July

Bernard Paget (2,235 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brigade's brigade major on 20 November 1915. Paget was awarded the Military Cross in November 1915, and the Distinguished Service Order in January 1918

Ronald Penney (3,194 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

war came to an end on 11 November 1918 Penney had been awarded the Military Cross (MC) and was mentioned in despatches on 18 May 1917. On 22 November

Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (905 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

January 1917 when he took command of a field company. He was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours list. From 15 July 1918 until the end of

Hugh Ward (bacteriologist) (547 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

awarded the Military Cross for attending to wounded men in the battlefield. In June 1917, Ward was taken as a prisoner at Nieuport, Belgium. He received

Charles Medhurst (498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) Commander's Cross with Star of the Order

Colin Gubbins (2,248 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

July 1916 he participated in the Battle of the Somme and received the Military Cross, the citation for which, appearing in The London Gazette in September

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (8,690 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

2nd Battalion as a company officer and, in January 1916, received the Military Cross for his bravery at Loos. For service in the Battle of the Somme on 15

Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington (1,534 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the Middle East and Italy, during which time he was awarded the Military Cross, and promoted to the war substantive rank of captain. Following the

Airey Neave (2,978 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1942, shortly after his return to England, he was decorated with the Military Cross. He was subsequently promoted to war substantive captain and to the

William Ramsden (British Army officer) (660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

with the regiment on the Western Front, in France and Belgium, where he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) while attached to the 35th Battalion of the Machine

Lashmer Whistler (5,699 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

long-awaited offensive on the Western Front. The battalion moved to the Belgian border and to Courtrai. Under constant German bombardment, Whistler had

Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell (827 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

brigade major. He was four times mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the Military Cross in 1916, Distinguished Service Order in 1918, Croix de Guerre in 1918

Derek Cooper (884 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Guards. He was transferred to Palestine in 1947. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1948 for his service defending the Arab population in Jaffa from

John Lloyd (brigadier) (337 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

War, served at Gallipoli and later on the Western Front in France and Belgium. He was wounded during his service. Lloyd held the rank of major in the

Bedford House Cemetery (679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Western Front in Belgium. The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the

John Forfar (1,313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

On 22 March 1945, it was gazetted that Forfar had been awarded the Military Cross (MC) and had been mentioned in dispatches 'in recognition of gallant

Robert Loraine (1,026 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commander with the rank of captain on 15 September 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross for his "conspicuous gallantry and skill" in shooting down an Albatross

Philip Balfour (437 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the First World War, being deployed to France and Belgium, and receiving the Military Cross. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During

Robert Boscawen (980 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

politician. He was the last member of the House of Commons to hold a Military Cross for action during the Second World War. Robert Boscawen was the fourth

Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell (827 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

brigade major. He was four times mentioned in dispatches, and awarded the Military Cross in 1916, Distinguished Service Order in 1918, Croix de Guerre in 1918

George Lane (British Army officer) (859 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Château Lafite and Dom Pérignon but no hot water. He was awarded the Military Cross for his war service, for his part in the Tarbrush raids. He was formally

Colin Hall Simpson (2,972 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

He was twice wounded and was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross. After the war he worked as a pharmacist and rose to the rank of colonel

Harold Fowler (RAF officer) (851 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Service Order (UK) Military Cross (UK) British War Medal (UK) 1914-15 Star (UK) Victory Medal (UK) Order of the Crown (Knight) (Belgium) Médaille militaire

2018 Special Honours (3,073 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

UK-Malta relations and the Commonwealth. Honorary Dr. Stefan Nicolaas Dercon, Belgian national – Chief Economist, Department for International Development –

Edward Battersby Bailey (581 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his left eye and much of the use of his left arm. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 and the French Croix de Guerre with palms in 1919. He was also

A. T. Goldie Gardner (1,300 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dispatches by Field Marshal Sir John French in 1915 and awarded the Military Cross for bravery in January 1917. In August 1917, he suffered severe injuries

Arthur Edward Grasett (793 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

He served with distinction during the First World War, earning the Military Cross (MC) in 1915, the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1918, and was

Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall (302 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gloucestershire Regiment in 1909. He served in the First World War in France and Belgium, becoming Commanding Officer of 2/4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire

Lawrence Bragg (3,707 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

they entered the war. For his work during the war he was awarded the Military Cross and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He was also

Hugh Beach (855 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Royal Engineers in August 1941. He saw active service in France and Belgium in 1944 and in Java in 1946. In Normandy he was ordered to clear a road

Jack Watson (British Army officer) (464 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1917 – 12 April 2011) was a British Army officer who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry whilst serving with 13 Parachute Battalion in the Ardennes

John MacDermott, Baron MacDermott (838 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Division in France, winning the Military Cross in 1918. After serving with the Machine Guns Corps in France, Belgium and Germany during the First World

Harry G. E. Luchford (790 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(Service) Battalion (Pioneers), Northumberland Fusiliers, was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1919. When the war broke out in August 1914, Luchford was

Outline of World War I (2,275 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Victory Medal Air Force Cross, from June 1918 Distinguished Flying Cross Military Cross Military Medal Order of the Bath Order of the British Empire Victoria

Albert Jacka (3,271 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

twelve and twenty Germans during the engagement. Jacka was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his actions at Pozières, although he was originally recommended

James Steele (British Army officer) (851 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of the 132nd Infantry Brigade in November 1939. He served in France and Belgium in 1940 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his part

Roderic Hill (1,107 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Shortly after this he was again mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross, for "conspicuous skill and gallantry. Under very heavy fire he dived

Alfred Shepherd (871 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

two months at the front, during which his victories earned him the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order, he was shot down and killed by

Adrian Holman (391 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Artillery during World War I, from 1915 to 1918, and received the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches. In 1920, he joined the Diplomatic Service

Alan Gomme-Duncan (1,726 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

France and Belgium. At the beginning of January 1917, while holding the rank of lieutenant (and temporary Captain), he was awarded the Military Cross. He was

John Macartney-Filgate (472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Macartney-Filgate was twice wounded in action. In March 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when he helped to evacuate

Rupert Price Hallowes (398 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. He was also a holder of the Military Cross. A peacetime scoutmaster, he is one of 32 Scouting related persons to

René Fonck (2,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

widely attributed to civilians). Rene Fonck was also awarded the British Military Cross and the British Distinguished Conduct Medal. Ivan Kozhedub, the World

William Archibald Kenneth Fraser (970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Afghanistan Military Cross – 14 January 1916 to date from 1 January 1916 – New Years honours Mentioned in despatches – 1 January 1916 Croix de guerre (Belgium) –

James Couper Brash (660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and Belgium and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery. Soon after his return to civilian life

John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (3,759 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Major of the 4th (Guards) Brigade in April 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in June 1915. Promoted to the brevet rank of major in June 1916, he

George Elliott (Australian rules footballer) (442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

World War I at the Menin Road Ridge, having previously been awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. List of Victorian Football League players who died in

Military history of Newfoundland during World War II (1,213 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

individual was Captain Gordon Campbell (Cam) Eaton, who was awarded the Military Cross in 1943 while serving as a forward observation officer. Eaton went on

Charles Hubert Boulby Blount (1,160 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

became a flying officer in the Royal Flying Corps. He was awarded the Military Cross on 14 November 1916 for organising his squadron and his own flying.

William Duthie Morgan (1,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Distinguished Service Order at the Battle of Le Cateau in 1914 and later the Military Cross, and was mentioned in despatches four times throughout the war. The

John Dimmer (575 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

dispatches in October 1914, and was one of the first recipients of the Military Cross, in January 1915. After recovering from his wounds, Dimmer served as

Herbert Lumsden (1,644 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Artillery on 13 August 1916. On 26 July 1918 Lumsden was awarded the Military Cross. The citation read: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during

Charles Groves Wright Anderson (2,071 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

First World War, reaching the rank of captain and being awarded the Military Cross. After the war, Anderson settled as a farmer in Kenya. In the early

Gordon Coates (3,852 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

permission to join up – he served with considerable distinction, winning a Military Cross and bar. When he returned to New Zealand, many saw him as a hero, and

Malden A. Studd (200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mentioned in despatches. He won the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. In the latter years of his army service, Studd was aide-de-camp to

Anthony Kershaw (1,321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1942 in Operation Torch. He served with tanks, and was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his actions north of the Kasserine Gap in Tunisia in 1943.

Christopher O'Kelly (397 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ontario), CEF, when on 26 October 1917, in the Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, he led his company in the action that resulted in his Victoria Cross.

Bernard Beanlands (631 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the magazine Flight on 11 April 1918. By that time, he had won the Military Cross, which was gazetted 25 April 1918: ...He has brought down three enemy

Lionel Keir Robinson (481 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. He was awarded the Military Cross during the First World War for conspicuous gallantry in continuing to

Keith Officer (647 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

generations can seek to emulate." In 1917, Officer was awarded the Military Cross. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1919

Julie Coulaud (344 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

runner-up at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country and World Military Cross Country Championships that same year. Coulaud made four appearances

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1919 (1,074 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the Military Cross. He was also mentioned in despatches twice and also won the French Legion d’Honneur and the Greek Military Cross. Jackson was

James Dennis Payne (502 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a living for a while by barnstorming. After that, he lived in Belgium. Military Cross (MC) 2nd Lt. James Dennis Payne, Gen. List, and R.F.C. For conspicuous

Alfred Cyril Curtis (158 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

11th Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army in 1915, serving in France, Belgium and Mesopotamia during the First World War, and ending the war as a captain

Rupert Lochner (316 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War I in France and Belgium from July 1915 to July 1916, and again from January 1917 to November 1918, earning the Military Cross during this time. He

William Anderson (RAAF officer) (3,233 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

charge of No. 7 (Training) Squadron AFC. He was recommended for the Military Cross (MC) on 12 March for his achievements with No. 3 Squadron in France

Oliver Percy Bernard (1,287 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

serving in France, Italy and Belgium, reaching the rank of captain. For his services, he was awarded the Military Cross and OBE, respectively. In 1919

Edric Broadberry (613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

while being shot down. As a reward for his exploits, he was awarded the Military Cross on 1 January 1918. Confirmed victories are numbered and listed chronologically

Christopher Woolner (564 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he was mentioned in despatches twice, wounded once and received the Military Cross and two Bars for gallantry and leadership. The citation for his MC reads:

Harold Derbyshire (241 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with distinction during World War I in the Royal Artillery in France and Belgium, and was awarded the MC in the 1918 Birthday Honours. In the 1923 General

Alfred F. Johnson (1,034 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the artillery. He saw action in France, where he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. After the war he returned to the British Museum, where

Robert Foot (406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in Belgium and France with the Royal Field Artillery. He was mentioned in dispatches on two occasions, and later received an OBE and Military Cross for

Philip Colfox (970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

France and Belgium in 128, 130, 129, G/38, 6DAC and D/162 RFA during World War I, and was wounded twice in 1917, receiving a Military Cross. He then taught

Sydney Carlin (RAF officer) (744 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

repeated German counter-attacks. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross in October. Carlin joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in 1917, following

Stephen Holmes (diplomat) (339 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

2nd Lieutenant in the First World War in France and Belgium, and was awarded the Military Cross, and mentioned twice in despatches. He entered the Colonial

Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis (1,582 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Greys were serving near Vermelles when Cornwallis was awarded the Military Cross for leading bombing arrangements whilst under heavy fire following the

James Bush (RFC officer) (479 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

despatches from General Sir Ian Hamilton, and also the award of the Military Cross. Bush was invalided home in late 1915. On 25 February 1916 he was appointed

Peter Carpenter (963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

consisted of 15 destroyed, 2 shared destroyed, and 7 'out of control'. Military Cross (MC) T./2nd Lt. Peter Carpenter, Gen. List and R.F.C. For conspicuous

Noel Mellish (739 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

on display at the Museum of Army Chaplaincy. Meelish was awarded the Military Cross in 1919. After the war Mellish was vicar of St Mark's, Lewisham and

Oliver Bryson (945 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his injuries a few; days later. Citation accompanying award of the Military Cross: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He made several difficult

Raymond Leane (12,795 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), awarded the Military Cross, twice mentioned in despatches and wounded three times during the Gallipoli

Edwin Benbow (805 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he was shot down and killed by Hans-Eberhardt Gandert of Jasta 51. Military Cross 2nd Lt. (temp. Lt.) Edwin Louis Benbow, Royal Field Artillery and Royal

Jack Bryan (1,392 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the British Army in both World War I and World War II and won the Military Cross in 1918. He played for Kent alongside two of his brothers and toured

John Johnston (courtier) (805 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

rejoined his unit after VE Day in Schleswig-Holstein. He was awarded the Military Cross for his actions on the advance to the Elbe, and remained in the army

Carol Mather (1,261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

remained with Montgomery through the operations in Northern France and Belgium, acting as Montgomery's eyes and ears on the front line. He was awarded

Edward Phillips (British Army officer) (4,433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

through Belgium and the Netherlands evacuation chains were constantly changing - by the time of the Rhine crossing there were 11 British and 1 Belgian Ambulance

Douglas Dickinson (251 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commissioned into the Welch Regiment on 6 October 1906. He served in France and Belgium during the First World War. After attending the Staff College, Camberley

Lloyd Samuel Breadner (669 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1, 1943: Companion, Order of the Bath October 25, 1943: Military Cross, First Class (Belgium) August 25, 1944: Grand Officers Cross of Polonia Restituta

Andrea Lalli (490 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Championships. He claimed the short course title at the 2010 World Military Cross Country Championships in March. He ran in the 10,000 m at the 2010 European

Charles Hyde Villiers (426 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the People of Yugoslavia in 1970 and Grand Officer, Order of Leopold of Belgium in 1974. His daughter Diana Villiers Negroponte is adjunct professor of

James Syme Drew (4,205 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

mentioned in the Despatches of Field Marshall John French, gained the Military Cross for his actions in the battle, and was appointed to be the brigade major

Kenneth Barbour Montgomery (703 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Albatros D.V southeast of Fonzaso, Italy. Montgomery was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits on 3 February 1918. Montgomery was shot down on 22

Ashton Wade (422 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Belgium from 23 September 1916 to 20 December 1916 and in Italy from 20 September 1917 to 4 November 1918. He was wounded twice, awarded the Military

Guy Chapman (323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the British Empire (OBE) in the 1919 New Year Honours and awarded the Military Cross (MC) in December 1919: "For conspicuous gallantry and leadership near

Thomas Dewar Weldon (378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

He spent World War I in France and Belgium, rising to acting captain, being wounded and winning the Military Cross and bar. He finally went up to Oxford

Sidney Kirkman (3,273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

served with the 72nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was awarded the Military Cross during his time at the Western Front and later on the Italian Front

Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) (1,641 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

one cross to the US Marine Corps during the Iraq War. King Albert I of Belgium, who on many occasions during World War I was flown in a British aircraft

Edward Amy (658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

14th Armoured Regiment (Calgary Regiment), in Italy, where he won the Military Cross for his "determined and gallant leadership in taking and holding a vital

Noel Godfrey Chavasse (2,171 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(West Lancashire) Division. Chavasse was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at Hooge, Belgium in June 1915, although the award was not gazetted until

Charles Hudson (VC) (3,273 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

conflict he received numerous military honours: in 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross (MC), in 1917 the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and Bar, and in

Douglas Henry Pratt (651 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Pratt spent the First World War in Belgium and France. By the war's end in 1918 he had been awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order

John Eldridge (British Army officer) (261 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Artillery in 1915 during World War I and served in France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Cross in September 1917 for his actions during the war, and

Ivon Murdoch (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War I, notable for the rare distinction of twice being awarded the Military Cross (MC) for bravery. Both nominations and awards were made within the space

Thomas Pryce (1,126 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in fighting at Gommecourt in late November 1915; he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for leading an assault on German trenches. The initial attack was

List of military decorations (2,277 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Czechoslovakia Order of the Falcon (Czechoslovakia) Order of the White Lion Military Cross (Czechoslovakia) Legion of Merit (Czechoslovakia) Czechoslovak War Cross

Alexander Maurice Cameron (511 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in World War I in France and Belgium taking part in the Battle of Passchendaele for which he received the Military Cross (MC). The citation for his MC

John Theobald Milne (658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

September, and another over Slype on 28 September. Milne was awarded the Military Cross, which was gazetted on 14 September 1917. His citation read: Lieutenant

Robert Leith-Macgregor (1,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

For the leadership he displayed on 3 January 1951, he was awarded the Military Cross for placing Y Company so well on a hill that, despite an attack by a

James Lloyd Findlay (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, and was decorated with the Military Cross and mentioned in despatches. Findlay was also awarded the Croix de Chevalier

Francis William Voelcker (372 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

POW, he escaped from three camps. After the war he was awarded the Military Cross. He continued his military service, initially serving in Ireland in

Robert Leith-Macgregor (1,057 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

For the leadership he displayed on 3 January 1951, he was awarded the Military Cross for placing Y Company so well on a hill that, despite an attack by a

Detlef Uhlemann (388 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1974 and 1976 editions. A global title came when he won the 1974 World Military Cross Country Championships. He was the world military runner-up in 1975.

Manley James (VC) (2,097 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Messines in June 1917, where he was slightly wounded and awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his part in capturing a position called Druid's Farm. James's

Battle of the Imjin River (6,619 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

29th Infantry Brigade, consisting of three British and one Belgian infantry battalions (Belgian United Nations Command) supported by tanks and artillery

Ivor Hughes (1,741 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his service in Belgium and France he was, in addition to being twice wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross (MC). The citation

William Sutherland Macdonald (227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commissioned into The Border Regiment. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for gallantry in Ypres, Belgium. After the War, Macdonald trained in General Practice

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (12,640 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ralph Kite who within the previous 12 months, had been awarded the Military Cross and twice mentioned in despatches. The New Year of 1917 brought with

Harold Redler (876 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

However their aircraft crashed, and both men were killed. Redler's Military Cross was gazetted the same day. His citation read: Temporary Second Lieutenant

Ian Donald Roy McDonald (728 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he shows a fine offensive spirit and complete disregard of danger." Military Cross Lt. Ian Donald Roy McDonald, R.A.F. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion

James Martin Child (621 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

instructor. On 15 March 1918, he was awarded the Belgian War Cross. It was followed by the Military Cross, gazetted on 5 July 1918: Lieutenant (Temporary

Leslie Gordon Phillips (222 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant in 1911 and served in France and Belgium during the First World War. He joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1920

Bernard Campbell Fletcher (785 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

served in France and Belgium from 21 December 1917 to 23 April 1918, then from 21 June 1918 to 11 November 1918. He won the Military Cross (gazetted in March

Frederick J. Gibbs (629 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Frederick John Gibbs of the South Staffordshires and RFC was awarded the Military Cross for his valor. It would not be gazetted until 9 January 1918; the text

Geoffrey Franklyn (145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

World War Awards Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Relations Sir William Franklyn (father) Sir

Thomas Balston (755 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

secretary to the publisher T. Fisher Unwin. Balston was awarded the Military Cross and an O.B.E. by 1940, at which time he was a Major on the Army's General

William Fraser (British Army officer) (1,236 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

temporary lieutenant-colonel, with a Distinguished Service Order, a Military Cross, and three Mentions in Despatches, on 1 January 1918, but on the return

Herbert Mason (4,213 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

choreographer, production manager and playwright. He was a recipient of the Military Cross the prestigious award for "gallantry during active operations against

David Brynmor Anthony (607 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Valor, and two Military Crosses and bar for his service. The second Military Cross was awarded "[f]or conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in directing

Walter Tyrrell (996 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

decorated with the Distinguished Service Order and Bar, the Military Cross and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He would later join the same service in 1920

Sir Andrew Clark, 3rd Baronet (388 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Field Artillery in 1916. He saw service in France and Belgium, and was awarded the Military Cross. He left the British Army in 1921, and according to The

Henry Moody (1,048 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

appointed temporary captain, and in September 1918 his award of the Military Cross was gazetted. His citation read: Temporary Second Lieutenant Henry Michael

Cecil Ernest Wells Charrington (487 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with the South Staffordshire Regiment in France and Belgium, was wounded and received the Military Cross (1918). In 1923 he became Chairman of Charrington's

Wulstan Tempest (1,964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the temporary rank of captain. On 18 October Tempest was awarded the Military Cross. His citation, gazetted on 5 March 1918, read: Temporary Second Lieutenant

Edward Henslow (938 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with the Wiltshire Regiment in the First World War and received the Military Cross. After the war he joined the newly formed Army Physical Training Staff

Saint Cyprian Tayler (601 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

July was published on 16 August 1917. Tayler's exploits earned him the Military Cross, awarded on 26 September 1917. The award was gazetted on 9 January 1918

John Keyworth Boynton (511 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

served in France, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. In February 1945 he was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in leading a tank column under

W. D. M. Bell (2,786 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

war he had received this distinction five times. He was awarded the Military Cross in June 1916 which was presented by General Smuts, and received a bar

Stuart Greeves (1,356 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the Military Cross when serving with the 18th battalion for actions around 25 to 28 March 1918 and the Bar to his Military Cross for actions around

Bill Bellamy (British Army officer) (1,970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

March 1945, Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery presented him with the Military Cross for his bravery during the battle for the hamlet of Doornhoek, near

Robert Edwin Newbery (669 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Infantry could advance unimpeded. Newbery was subsequently awarded the Military Cross (MC) or his actions in what became one of the last battles of the Western

Owen Corrie (451 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during World War I, during which he was in France, Belgium and Palestine. He was awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in dispatches twice. He remained

John Hind Farmer (1,077 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in the liberation of Montluçon. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross (MC). His wartime marriage to Alyson Impey was dissolved after the war

William Sanday (RAF officer) (1,313 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

following an artillery spotting mission on 1 January 1916 was awarded the Military Cross. His citation read: Second Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) William Douglas

Nelson Russell (604 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1st Battalion for service in France and Belgium between July 1915 and July 1916 – winning the Military Cross – and subsequently became adjutant at 10

Anthony Eden (16,777 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

declining to fire. He omitted to mention that he had been awarded the Military Cross (MC) for the incident, of which he made little mention in his political

Mortimer Wheeler (14,049 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Western Front, where he rose to the rank of major and was awarded the Military Cross. Returning to Britain, he obtained his doctorate from UCL before taking

Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham (2,183 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Army. During the war Lawson was awarded a Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and three mentions in despatches. The citation for his MC, gazetted

Reginald Havill Norman (1,023 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Infantry Brigade headquarters as staff captain. He was recommended for a Military Cross (MC) in recognition of his "outstanding organisational ability and leadership

Edye Rolleston Manning (605 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his studies at Edinburgh and joined the cavalry, serving in France and Belgium with the 15th Hussars. Frustrated by the stalemate of trench warfare he

Dominic Bruce (13,357 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

exploits, Bruce was awarded the Military Cross and is the only known person to have received both the Military Cross and the Air Force Medal. Bruce has

Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (683 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

roughly the equivalent to the U.S. Bronze Star and Silver Star or UK Military Cross and Military Medal. Following the German invasion and occupation of

Gonne Pilcher (472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

World War, he served in France and Belgium, for which he was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he initially joined

Battle of Valenciennes (1918) (1,407 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Lieutenant John Wallace Kilpatrick of the 47th Battalion was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the advance on

Richard Lawson (British Army officer) (949 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

accompanied Lawson was awarded the Military Cross, Lawson was also appointed an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Belgium, and a Knight Commander of the

William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson (1,434 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

aerial victories, and ended the war as a captain with two awards of the Military Cross. In World War II he served in the Royal Air Force, winning the Distinguished

Royal Dragoon Guards (2,636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Knights). During this Operation Sergeant CP Richards was awarded the Military Cross for outstanding leadership and gallantry in the face of the enemy. As

Esmond Clifford (498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Archives, King's College London. As an acting major he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 2 April 1919. He became an Officer of the Order of the British

Frederick Powell (1,227 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

claim while flying the Gunbus, on 2 January 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross, on 14 January. As the commander of "B" Flight, he then flew the first

Frank Newsam (3,785 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War he served in Belgium, France, the Punjab and Afghanistan. In September 1918, while a Lieutenant, he was awarded the Military Cross; the citation referred

George Reginald Starr (2,911 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

"confidante and, a few alleged, his lover." Starr was working in Liège Province, Belgium in 1940 when the German invasion began. He escaped back to England with

War Cross (314 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

War Cross may refer to the following: War Cross (Belgium), a decoration awarded by Belgium (French: Croix de guerre or Dutch: Oorlogskruis in the original)

Ben Assou El Ghazi (769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

upcoming cross country championships. First came a victory at the World Military Cross Country Championships, taking the title from Tunisian Mohammed Gammoudi

William Tyrrell (RAF officer) (910 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Service Order and Bar in 1918, as well as the Military Cross in 1914 and was also awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre in 1918. His service in the war

Battle of the Scheldt (12,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The battle took place in the vicinity of the Scheldt river in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands from 2 October to 8 November 1944. The Canadians

Royal Norfolk Regiment (6,883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the 2nd Battalion. Captain Frank Peter Barclay, was awarded the Military Cross, and Lance-Corporal Davis the Military Medal. Captain F.P. Barclay would

Douglas Graham (British Army officer) (4,798 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

its major battles of the war until 7 June 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in the 1918 New Year Honours. He finished the war having also been

Edward Beddington-Behrens (655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Beddington-Behrens was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery, winning the Military Cross in 1917, with bar added in 1918. His twin brother 2nd Lt. Walter Louis

Eric Fulcher (771 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery. He remained at the front through to the end of the war and spent the winter in Belgium before being demobilised

Charles François Prosper de Hemricourt de Grunne (107 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

park". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. "Charles de Hemricourt de Grunne military cross °bruxelles 1875 +Amiens24/4/1937 Chateau Aalter Schoutheete de Tervarent

List of World War II aces from Canada (745 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

on October 6, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2010. "ROACH, P/O Fred (J90063) - Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Deceased) - Awarded 17 July 1948 as per

Alfred Wintle (3,230 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with the 119th Battery, 22nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). His Military Cross was gazetted in the London Gazette of 2 April 1919, and the citation

Mac Geddes (324 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

a second lieutenant, and served in Egypt, France and Belgium. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for actions at Messines. According to his citation

Douglas Carbery (1,320 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Albatros D.III over St. Pierre. On 26 March 1917 he was awarded the Military Cross. His citation read: Lieutenant Douglas Hugh Moffatt Carbery, Royal Field

Hugh Oldman (576 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oldman joined the East Yorkshire Regiment and, as a captain, won the Military Cross in North Africa in 1942. He assumed command of his battalion in June

Herbert Bailey (355 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1916, becoming attached to a mortar battery. Bailey was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in action near St. Eloi on 7 June 1917. The citation read:

Charles Murison (487 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

spent overseas in Belgium and France where, in addition to being wounded, he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross (MC). In common

Jeļena Prokopčuka (481 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Marathon in 2002, 2003 and 2009. She was the 2003 champion at the World Military Cross Country Championships. She won the Great Edinburgh Run three times consecutively

James McCudden (8,846 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Roland which crashed near Monchy. The next day McCudden was awarded the Military Cross for his fifth victory. His award was gazetted on 12 March. He returned

1st Battalion (Australia) (2,898 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

which one of the battalion's officers, Alfred John Shout received a Military Cross and was Mentioned in Despatches. In August, the Allies went on the offensive

Donald Deacon (1,236 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

gunners fought its way across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and into Germany. He was awarded the Military Cross for risking his life to save soldiers

Raymond Couraud (1,498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

under his real name, but with a birth date of 12 January 1916 in Namur, Belgium. This would have made him 22 and old enough to join, whereas he was actually

Robert Dodds (aviator) (885 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

squadron also bombed the enemy. Both of these feats were cited when Military Cross (MC) was published in The London Gazette: Lieutenant (Temporary/Captain)

Maratha Light Infantry (5,677 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant Cyril Vincent Heron-Jones, 110th Mahratta Light Infantry Military Cross Captain William Burgess Benton. 105th Mahratta Light Infantry Captain

Royal Berkshire Regiment (4,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and a number of machine guns. 2nd Lieutenant Lawrence was awarded the Military Cross for his exploits. The 9th (Reserve) Battalion was originally a service

Sidney Reilly (13,008 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Reilly, who had received a military commission in 1917, was awarded the Military Cross on 22 January 1919 "for distinguished services rendered in connection

R. J. D. "Samaki" Salmon (1,616 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

number of raids into German East Africa. In 1917 Salmon was awarded the Military Cross for his actions, the citation stating: For conspicuous gallantry and

Ahmad Hassan Abdullah (739 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

both the individual and team titles at the 2008 edition of the World Military Cross Country Championships. He has competed on the Spanish cross country

Cecil William Haydon (754 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brigade, part of the 56th (1st London) Division. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) in November 1918. The citation for Haydon's MC reads: For conspicuous

Henry Gill (Jesuit) (466 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

four years served as a chaplain in the Great War. Fr. Gill earned the Military Cross, Distinguished Service Order, serving with the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles

Special Operations Executive (15,792 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

had been a close friend of Churchill before the war and had won the Military Cross in the First World War. He retained several other interests, for example

Moston, Manchester (2,839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

action on the 4 October 1916 at Le Sars, France. He was awarded his Military Cross & Bar for subsequent acts of heroism in the war. After the war, Kelly

Heestert Military Cemetery (320 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

military cemetery with casualties from the First World War, located in the Belgian village of Heestert in the Zwevegem municipality. The cemetery was designed

Hill 60 (Ypres) (7,170 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

memorial site and park in the Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium. It is located about 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) from the centre of Ypres and

Battle of Haifa (1918) (2,178 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

of the battle was killed in the battle, was posthumously awarded the Military Cross. The Jodhpur and Mysore Lancers are now represented by the 61st Cavalry

Operation Market Garden (22,996 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the retreating German army, expelling it from nearly all of France and Belgium. On 1 September, the Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sydney A. Oades (614 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

though an undecorated one. Oades, on the other hand, would receive a Military Cross in April for his exploits. Oades was injured in an aircraft crash on

James Newland (2,707 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

courage under heavy fire" during the attack, he was recommended for the Military Cross. The award was downgraded to a mention in despatches, the announcement

Mabel Clint (678 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

and author. She served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France, Belgium, and Greece during the First World War. Born in Quebec, she worked as a

Sir Archibald Hope, 17th Baronet (883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Rifle Corps and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross, before he died on 24 April 1945 on active duty in Italy. A second brother

Arnold Potts (7,523 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

given command of the 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery, was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Mouquet Farm. He had led his battery

Women in World War I (10,106 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

first woman to fly combat missions. She received the Croix de guerre (Military Cross) for her aerial bombing of a German military base in Metz. Émilienne

A Yank in the R.A.F. (1,940 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

was re-shot, with Baker surviving. Herbert Mason, a recipient of the Military Cross for his gallantry in the Battle of the Somme, directed the RAF flying

1928 Birthday Honours (8,973 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

William Vaughan, Details Superintendent Clerk, Motor Transport, France and Belgium, Imperial War Graves Commission Arthur Edward Walker, Senior Executive

2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) (3,400 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

drowning. Distinguished Service Order : Captain Douglas Stewart Davison Military Cross : Captain Edward William Drummond Vaughan, Lieutenant Ernest St. John

Harry Harcourt (3,055 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during the war, Harcourt received a Distinguished Service Order, a Military Cross, and was mentioned in despatches three times. He also received the French

Samuel Green (priest) (966 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

1882 – 29 May 1929) was a British Army chaplain who served in France and Belgium between 1916 and 1919. Green was born in Greenwich in 1882, the elder son

Theodore Tapp (577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

company, relinquishing the latter in June 1916. He was awarded the Military Cross in July 1917 for actions during the Third Battle of Ypres. Four nights

52nd Battalion (New Ontario), CEF (372 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

actions on 26 October 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium. He had previously been awarded the Military Cross. The 52nd Battalion was awarded the following

Arthur Forman Balfour Paul (432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Royal Engineers. He distinguished himself, being award both the Military Cross and Croix de Guerre with Gold Star. In 1919 he returned to Robert Rowand

List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service (6,962 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

in three wars: the Boer War, World War I (wherein he was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery), and World War II (he had put his age back five years

3rd Battalion (Toronto Regiment), CEF (526 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

following battle honours were awarded the regiment for service in France and Belgium (those in capital letters were authorized to be shown on the Regimental

Vivian Simpson (footballer) (458 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

and Lancaster Regiment during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in dispatches in September 1917: For conspicuous gallantry

MAN KAT1 (1,921 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Germany. Introduced as the mil gl (for "militarisiert geländegängig" - military, cross country mobile), the MAN Category 1 series was used by all branches

History of the United Kingdom during the First World War (16,836 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

visit the front line as often as he could, for which he was awarded the Military Cross in 1916. His role in the war, although limited, led to his great popularity

List of mountains of Alberta (543 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

10,000 Park Ranges Named for Canadian army officer who earned the Military Cross Noyes 3,085 10,121 Murchison Group Oates 3,120 10,236 Park Ranges

Edward Spears (12,498 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

dispatches and again commended by Maud'huy – as a result he was awarded the Military Cross. Again at the front in April 1915, he accompanied Winston Churchill

No. 41 Squadron RAF (13,566 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

From late June 1943, large scale bomber escorts to targets in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, became a daily event, and Ramrod escorts to formations

Maltese cross (3,877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Virtuti Militari, the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Order of the Military Cross. In Portugal, the eight-pointed cross forms the basis for the country's

Tracy Philipps (10,348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awarded the Military Cross, gazetted February 1917, which he received for actions in conjunction with an intelligence section of the Belgian Force Publique

List of SOE agents (511 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

participated in actions against the Axis powers on French soil. MC Military Cross The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration and is awarded in recognition

List of mountains of British Columbia (83 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

10,000 Park Ranges Named for Canadian army officer who earned the Military Cross Northpost 2,911 9,551 Purcell Mountains → The Bugaboos Nub 2,746

Royal Westminster Regiment (3,816 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1st Canadian Infantry Division. During the attack Lt Oldfield won the Military Cross for the action of his "A" Company Scout Platoon in clearing a German

Wallach (disambiguation) (406 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Wallach (1896-1918), Australian rugby union players who were awarded the Military Cross during World War I Eli Wallach (1915–2014), American actor Evan Wallach

Queen's Royal Hussars (2,756 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

this time to Iraq on Operation Telic 3. The regiment saw its first Military Cross awarded to Lance Corporal Christopher Balmforth of B Squadron for his

Cricket in World War I (5,046 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs in India in 1915. He also received the Military Cross and was decorated by the Russians. He played his 2 matches for the Europeans

53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division (3,059 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

where he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. Before promotion to command of the 53rd, he had commanded the 160th

Queen's Westminsters (1,384 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Deedes, who served in the North West Europe Campaign and was awarded the Military Cross, and Lord Killanin, later the President of the International Olympic

Operation Caravan (2,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

number of awards: Easonsmith and Wilder were awarded the DSO; Lawson the Military Cross; and Craw, Tippett, and Dobson the Military Medal. Footnotes Official

87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards), CEF (5,128 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Vimy Ridge was a gallant yet terrible tragedy for the battalion. One Military Cross (MC), 14 Military Medals(MM), and 1 Mentioned in Dispatches (MID) were

1915–16 Aston Villa F.C. season (478 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Regiment. He rose to the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major and gained the Military Cross and the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. Tommy Jackson served

October 1918 (11,274 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the No. 70 Squadron, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross for over 30 kills including German ace Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (died

Adolphe Messimy (3,820 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the City of Verdun was awarded the Legion d’Honneur and the British Military Cross. Flanking attacks having failed – Fayolle thought Foch mad to demand

List of World War II aces from the United Kingdom (1,583 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

won the Officer’s Cross w. palm of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) (24 March 1947), the Belgian CdeG w palm, 3 British campaign medals (1939–1945 Star;

Orders, decorations, and medals of Bulgaria (970 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

class having an additional ribbon sewn across the ribbon suspension. Military Cross "For Bravery" 2nd Class. Войнишки Кръст „За Храброст“ II Степен. Voynishki

First Battle of Maryang-san (7,647 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

clearance of the feature. Later, Lieutenant L.G. Clark was awarded the Military Cross while Sergeant W.J. Rowlinson was awarded a bar to his Distinguished

23rd Field Regiment, RCA (1,799 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

subsequently participated in the breakout campaign from Normandy into Belgium and the Netherlands, before seeing their final actions of the war in Germany

December 1914 (10,442 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Medal of Freedom, Defence Medal and War Cross, in Bergen, Norway (d

Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (8,065 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Grammar School. Johnson's uncle, Edgar Charles Rossell, who had won the Military Cross with the Royal Fusiliers in 1916, paid for Johnson's education at Loughborough

Morane-Saulnier L (1,519 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

known) operationally, for over three hundred hours and was awarded the Military Cross. Most of that flying was conducted on a single airframe, RFC serial

New Zealand Division (8,661 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the war. The division saw service on the Western Front in France and Belgium, fighting in major battles at the Somme, Messines and Broodseinde Ridge

List of international rugby union players killed in World War I (3,302 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Leicestershire Regiment on the Western Front. Having already been awarded the Military Cross for bravery, at the Battle of Loos, Deane went to rescue men who had

Royal Warwickshire Regiment (6,348 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

August 1918. William Slim served with the battalion and was awarded the Military Cross in February 1918 for actions in Mesopotamia. The 10th (Service) Battalion

Cultural competence (3,882 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1177/10459602013003003. PMID 12113146. S2CID 13560509. Selmeski, B.R. (2007). Military cross-cultural competence: Core concepts and individual development. Kingston:

Morane-Saulnier L (1,519 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

known) operationally, for over three hundred hours and was awarded the Military Cross. Most of that flying was conducted on a single airframe, RFC serial

Guards Armoured Division (4,053 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tiger's destruction was complete. For this action Gorman was awarded the Military Cross and his driver, L/Cpl James Brown, was awarded the Military Medal, being

1st Canadian Tunnelling Company (1,780 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

officer with the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company he was awarded the Military Cross in 1917, and went on to win the Victoria Cross for preventing the demolition

Alfred Edwin McKay (552 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bohme during the assault. On 28 December 1917, McKay was shot down over Belgium. Jasta 2's Leutnant Carl Menckhoff was credited with the victory, although

Pathfinder Platoon (2,435 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

platoon. For his actions during the engagement Heaney was awarded the Military Cross. In 2001 the Pathfinder Platoon deployed for Operation Essential Harvest

Royal Regina Rifles (1,848 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

with one bar to that award, seven Distinguished Service Orders, seven Military Cross awards, a British Empire Medal, an Africa Star, three French Croix de

Marian Allen (542 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dundas Allen had joined the Royal Flying Corps and was awarded the Military Cross. Arthur Greg also joined the Royal Flying Corps where, as Captain Greg

G. R. G. Mure (613 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Warwicks Royal Horse Artillery. He served in France and Belgium, 1915–18, and was awarded the Military Cross, the Chevalier Ordre de la Couronne, and the Croix

Tania Mathias (943 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for Glamorgan and in 1918 was awarded the Military Cross after his exploits flying over enemy lines in Belgium and France. Soon after graduating in medicine

Charles I of Austria (6,085 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of Military Merit, on red ribbon, pre-1915; Gold ("Signum Laudis") Military Cross for the 60th year of the reign of Franz Joseph Tuscan Grand Ducal Family:

Popski's Private Army (1,693 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

lost his left little finger to an Italian bullet. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his previous intelligence reporting and petrol dump raiding

Jim Corcoran (politician) (1,147 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

war, with Thomas Leo being commissioned as a lieutenant, awarded the Military Cross and mentioned in despatches, and killed in action in May 1918. Corcoran

Sir Richard Wells, 1st Baronet (658 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Another son, David, served in the Burma campaign and was awarded the Military Cross. Another, George Crichton Wells, served in the Royal Army Medical Corps

List of Australian diarists of World War I (O-Z) (8,346 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Burfield Captain Longueville, NSW 5 Aug 1915 25 France, Belgium 19th Battalion Awarded the Military Cross in Apr 1917 for his bravery at Lagincourt and a Bar

November 1918 (11,648 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Luft III during World War II, recipient of the Military Cross, in Hammersmith, England (d. 2008) The Belgian royal family returned to Brussels after the

December 1915 (7,635 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Tanganyika that separated Belgian Congo from German East Africa, ran a reconnaissance mission on the lake port of Kalemie on the Belgian side of the great African

King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon (2,257 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Army who served in both world wars. In World War I he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918. In World War II he commanded the 6th Airborne Division during

Liverpool Scottish (5,839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

battalion's first and only recipient, and had previously been awarded the Military Cross for his conduct at Hooges. In the subsequent battles of Ginchy and Morval

21st Horse (Central India Horse) (3,685 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Singh, RessaidarKertar Singh, Sowar Dalip Singh, Sowar Indar Singh. Military Cross: Risaldar Kamaluddin Khan Order of British India: Risaldar Major Amar

10th Baluch Regiment (2,378 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

7/10th Baluch Regiment who was awarded a Distinguished Service Order, a Military Cross, and two Mentions in Dispatches in the Burma Campaign. Lieutenant Colonel

Gilbert Monckton, 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (1,027 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commanded a troop on the River Dyle in Belgium, facing the advance of the German blitzkrieg, and he received the Military Cross for his actions on 18 May 1940

Geoffrey Malcolm Gathorne-Hardy (412 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

where he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). In 1921 he published The Norse discoverers of America

Tonbridge School (2,856 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Dougall was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross to go with his Military Cross in Belgium during the closing stages of World War I. James Brindley Nicolson

Ireland and World War I (10,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

chaplain to the 10th (Irish) Division was killed. He had been awarded the Military Cross and was nominated for the Victoria Cross for his commendable bravery

List of Australian diarists of World War I (H-N) (9,083 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Forrest Sydney 21 Served in the Royal Flying Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross and Air Force Cross Hughes, Roger Forrest Captain Elizabeth Bay, NSW

Calgary Highlanders (4,686 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

fighting for the Channel Ports. By the end of September the regiment was in Belgium and forced a crossing of the Albert Canal, northeast of Antwerp. The regiment

4th Horse (Hodson's Horse) (5,331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

the Great War – Distinguished Service Order : Major Arthur Ion Fraser Military Cross : Jemadar Hasan Shah, Risaldar Nur Ahmad Khan (9th Hodson Horse), Ressaidar

Omaha Beach (12,953 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

their first “kill” on the 9th June. Six men were awarded either the Military Cross or Military Medal from 21 BDS. One tragic error that the RAF committed

Battle of Kapyong (17,428 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

killed and nine wounded. For his actions, Montgomerie was awarded the Military Cross, while Davie received the Military Medal. Meanwhile, the PVA shifted

Leslie Hollinghurst (579 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles Stanley Hollinghurst was also in the RFC and was awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal, while Phyllis Hollinghurst enlisted

Edgard Tupët-Thomé (1,027 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Officer in 2016) Companion of the Liberation Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 Military Cross King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom Order of Orange-Nassau

Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (1,713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Honour, for his services during war, he was also awarded the British Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Demobilized at the age of 20, the prince became

September 1915 (8,140 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Ireland national rugby union team in 1909, recipient of the Military Cross (killed at the Battle of Loos) (b. 1887); Johnny Poe, American football

1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash (3,068 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, having been awarded the Military Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Force Cross. He had been a pilot

Saif Saaeed Shaheen (2,062 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

World Cross Country Championships Brussels, Belgium 5th Short race 11:44 2nd Team 39 pts World Military Cross Country Championships Beirut, Lebanon 1st

55th/53rd Battalion (Australia) (1,095 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

wounded. Men from the 55th/53rd received the following decorations: one Military Cross, one Distinguished Conduct Medal, four Military Medals and 12 Mentions

103rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,449 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

(1897–1970) had been commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1915 and won a Military Cross during World War I. He was a major when war broke out, and was promoted

Dive bomber (7,775 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

diving to 500 ft (150 m) to release his bombs. He was awarded the Military Cross for this and other exploits. Brown's technique was emulated by other

John Neville Manners (671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the Grenadier Guards in the First World War. He survived, winning the Military Cross, and succeeded their father as 4th Baron Manners, later serving as lieutenant

Durban High School (2,601 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Prep school (D.P.H.S.), when it was part of DHS, and Michaelhouse. Military Cross in WW1. Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1925. Colin Wesley. First XV rugby

April 1915 (8,900 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

1976, recipient of the Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire, Military Cross, and Distinguished Service Order, in Bletchingley, England (d. 2001);

War poetry (16,731 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

poet John Munro, a native of Swordale on the Isle of Lewis, won the Military Cross while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Seaforth Highlanders and

Manchester Regiment (7,684 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

his courage and leadership in the Joncourt action, he was awarded the Military Cross, an award he had always sought in order to justify himself. On 4 November

May 1919 (10,671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during World War II, recipient of the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Croix de Guerre, in Glasgow (d. 2015) Died: D. M. Canright, American

C Force (7,821 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Defence Minister was Major Charles "Chubby" Power. Power had won the Military Cross in World War One, but the primary reason for his appointment as associate

July 1918 (7,774 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

air force officer, recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Military Cross (killed in action) (b. 1893); Henry Suter, Swiss-New Zealand biologist

November 1917 (9,411 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Morphet Twisleton, New Zealand soldier and writer, recipient of the Military Cross, author of With the New Zealanders at the front (b. 1873) Georges Clemenceau

Sisters of Mary of the Presentation (1,778 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

pontifical right. Sisters of Mary of the Presentation has convents in France, Belgium, The United States, Canada, and Cameroon. The Sisters founded and manage

Alec Beechman (1,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

age of eighteen. He served in France and Belgium with the East Surrey Regiment, winning the Military Cross in 1917 in the same week as he celebrated

Battle of Remagen (22,432 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

First Across the Rhine: The 291st Engineer Combat Battalion in France, Belgium, and Germany. New York: Atheneum. ISBN 978-0689120336.[permanent dead link]

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (7,476 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Chapman), Viscountess Allenby of Megiddo". National Portrait Gallery. "Military Cross & MC". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2016. "Casualty Details:

Southern Rhodesia in World War II (14,491 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Distinguished Conduct Medal; Lieutenants R J Bawden and H R C Callon won the Military Cross and Trooper P Vorster the Military Medal. The KRRC Rhodesians were in

List of Royal Military College of Canada people (2,309 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

them permission to wear the decoration (referred to as the Norwegian Military Cross), on their British uniforms Fisher, Luke (5 December 2013) [17 March

June 1915 (7,989 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great, Military Cross, and Air Force Medal, in Hebburn, England (d. 2000); Graham Ingels,

Belvedere College (3,874 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Alberta and diplomat Arthur Beveridge - British military officer and Military Cross Holder, Norwegian War Cross holder and honorary physician to George

Southern Rhodesia in World War I (13,737 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

came Lieutenant Frank W H Thomas, an RFC combat pilot who won the Military Cross, as well as the French Croix de Guerre (with palms), before he died

July 1915 (9,566 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

recipient of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch, Defence Medal, Military Cross and France and Germany Star, in Bergen, Norway (d. 1989) Born: Jean

Battle of Chongju (1950) (4,289 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

away before engaging, killing 32 men. Mannett was later awarded the Military Cross for his leadership during the initial assault and the subsequent defence

Fighter pilot (8,978 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

missions over German-held territory and she received the Croix de guerre (Military Cross) for her aerial bombing of a German military base in Metz. Turkey –

Gloucestershire Regiment on the Somme (5,531 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

awards of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and numerous awards of the Military Cross (MC) and Military Medal (MM) were made to men of the regiment. The Gloucestershire

British Army during the First World War (20,439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

were also motivated by positive means. New medals were instituted: the Military Cross was created in December 1914 for warrant officers and officers up to

181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,287 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

who had served with the KSLI in the First World War and was awarded a Military Cross. The new battalion was officially formed by 4 July 1940 and moved to

René Morel (Légion étrangère) (925 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

croix de l'ordre national du Mérite Military Cross Distinguished Service Order Norway Croix de Guerre (with sword) Belgium Croix de Guerre (1 palm) Médaille

Battle of the Samichon River (8,244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the indirect fires of his guns. Spence was subsequently awarded the Military Cross, while a member of his tactical party, Gunner Arthur Bolton, was later

Keith Park (12,369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Brigade, Brigadier-General John Becke, recommended Park and Noss for the Military Cross (MC). This was duly awarded, the published citation for Park's MC reading:

Special Boat Service (8,345 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

withdrew in December 1999. Sergeant Mark Andrew Cox was awarded the Military Cross after his patrol came under fire from pro-Indonesian militia. In September

List of Australian diarists of World War I (A-G) (11,301 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Recommended for a Military Cross for action on 24 April 1918 Barwick, Archie Sergeant Surveyor's Creek 24 Aug 1914 24 Egypt, Gallipoli, France, Belgium, England

Women in combat (9,857 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Royal Marines and other GCC units. Some were awarded the prestigious Military Cross for bravery under fire. Six British women in the Iraq War, and three

Royal Flying Corps (9,377 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

scientist Cecil Lewis, author of Sagittarius Rising Francis Peabody Magoun, Military cross winner 1918 and Harvard professor Oswald Mosley, founder of the British

Biggles (5,290 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

eight times. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross. After the Great War, Biggles' adventures as a freelance charter pilot

Thomas Mottershead (1,236 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

instructor to Palestine. He survived the war, and in May 1917 received the Military Cross from the King for his efforts to help Sgt Motterhead by spraying him

Kazimierz Michałowski (3,585 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

distinctions: 1st Class Order of the Banner of Work, 5th Class Virtuti Military Cross (for the 1939 campaign), Gold Cross of Merit. He was also awarded in

Medical Assistant (Royal Navy) (3,447 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

3 Distinguished Service Medal x 84 Distinguished Conduct Medal x 2 Military Cross x 3 Military Medal (4 with Bar) x 106 Queen's Gallantry Medal x 1 British

19th Canadian Army Field Regiment RCA (3,164 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Armed Forces during the Second World War. They would see action in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, before ending the war in Germany. It was commonly

March 1918 (9,560 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Canadian Forces' Decoration, Military Cross and Bronze Star Medal, in Newcastle, New Brunswick (d. 2011); David

Hilda Annetta Walker (3,717 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Liberal Party. Her brother Reginald Firth (b.1884) was awarded the Military Cross in the First World War. Her brother Eric Walker (1896 – 11 April 1983)

Battle of the Nijmegen salient (7,347 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Troop, No. 2 Squadron of the Coldstream Guards – he was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in supporting the 1st Devons and 2nd Hampshires in helping

No. 4 Commando (8,210 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lovat was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Mills-Roberts the Military Cross. The cost to the Commando was at first thought to be 23 dead but six

4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (3,610 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

action for which Forward Observer Lieutenant N.J. Clark was awarded the Military Cross. On 30 September 1968, 108 Fd Bty was deployed to Singapore as part

Claude Alward Ridley (1,433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

he could not fly having to convalesce in England. He was awarded the Military Cross for his action in downing a Zeppelin in 1916 while flying from Joyce

British heavy tanks of the First World War (7,274 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Amiens where its commander – Lt. H. A. Whittenbury – was awarded the Military Cross. This tank is maintained in running condition, but is no longer run

James Oliver Ewart (692 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

served in France and Belgium with the Royal Engineers where he was both Mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Military Cross (MC). Ewart's family were

1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game (19,860 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Honours and Awards (Military Cross): Lieutenant John Hugh James, Australian War Memorial; Honours and Awards (Bar to Military Cross): Lieutenant John Hugh

8th King's Royal Irish Hussars (7,212 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

for his part in the Imjin battles and Captain Peter Ormrod won the Military Cross. "It was at the Battle of the Imjin River in April 1951 that the Centurions

1st Durham Volunteer Artillery (7,598 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

over 100 rounds at the retreating enemy, for which he was awarded a Military Cross. The two guns were sent home as trophies, one to the Durham RGA and

43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (8,608 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

during the First World War where he was twice wounded and awarded the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. He would command the 43rd Division

List of British Jews (8,602 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

recipient Peter Stevens, World War II bomber pilot/POW and recipient of the Military Cross for numerous escape activities; a German-Jewish refugee living in London

March 1917 (7,961 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

commander of the 22nd Battalion during World War II, recipient of the Military Cross, Legion of Merit, and Distinguished Service Order, Member of New Zealand

Battle of Yongyu (6,381 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

leadership in coordinating the assault, Denness was later awarded the Military Cross, while Private Charles McMurray received the Military Medal for bravery

Norfolk Yeomanry (5,185 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lieutenant Spens distinguished himself in this action and was awarded the Military Cross (MC). 260 Battery withdrew to Givenchy, where it was badly bombed on

1918 New Year Honours (44,565 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Meredith Goode, Honorary Secretary of the National Committee for Relief in Belgium Alexander Gracie, MVO, Managing Director of the Fairfield Shipbuilding

List of Old Malvernians (3,259 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Services cricket team Colonel Sir Peter Hilton WWII veteran awarded the Military Cross and two bars Major General Richard Hilton DSO MC DFC, soldier, pilot

Rafael Caldera (7,289 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Romania. Spain: Collar of the Order "Isabel La Católica". Spain: Great Military Cross of Order of Charles III. Rome: Order "Cavaliere di Gran Croce". Lithuania:

East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery (6,268 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

joined 43rd HAG. In February, Lieutenant G.W. Sainsbury was awarded the Military Cross (MC) 'for conspicuous gallantry in action. He displayed great courage

Le Grelle family (13,417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Le Grelle family is a family of imperial, Dutch, Papal, and Belgian nobility. The Le Grelle lineage began with Jean in 1586 in Mainvault, near Ath

William Harvey-Kelly (704 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

William, later to command the regiment, was not recommended for the Military Cross. I suspect the sudden departure of Colonel Joe {Col. J. O. E. Vandeleur}

List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (V–Z) (1,733 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

recognises 574 personnel from other countries; namely: Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand

William Harvey-Kelly (704 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

William, later to command the regiment, was not recommended for the Military Cross. I suspect the sudden departure of Colonel Joe {Col. J. O. E. Vandeleur}

City of Bristol Rifles (8,672 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

approach march, the mud, and the pace of the barrage. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC). On 10 November 1917 the 48th (SM) Division received orders to

List of Old Etonians born in the 19th century (4,409 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Davids (1897–1917). Royal Flying Corps Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross First World War. Julian Royds Gribble (1897–1918), First World War Victoria

January 1917 (6,694 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Member of Parliament for Lewes from 1945 to 1974, recipient of the Military Cross for actions during the Battle of France in World War II (d. 1989); John

King's Own Calgary Regiment (5,614 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

inventor Captain T. Kingsmill's moniker. Kingsmill was to receive the Military Cross for the action. At this point Lieutenant-Colonel Neroutsos fell ill

Deaths in February 2017 (12,097 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

politician. Donald Easten, 98, British Army officer, recipient of the Military Cross. Leone di Lernia, 78, Italian radio host, singer and composer, liver

35th Division (United Kingdom) (10,918 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

ISBN 978-0-9870574-0-2. Edmonds, James E (2019). Military Operations France & Belgium 1918 Volume 2. Uckfield: The Naval & Military Press. ISBN 9781845747268

Scottish Gaelic literature (15,394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

poet John Munro, a native of Swordale on the Isle of Lewis, won the Military Cross while serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Seaforth Highlanders and

Bradford Rifles (7,360 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

before he fell. (Wounded and taken prisoner, he was later awarded the Military Cross (MC) to go with his VC.) The frontline companies having been overrun

1st Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,615 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

second successful attempt to reach England by boat. He was awarded a Military Cross for his exploits. Calais fell on 26 May, but its three-day defence,

List of University of Cambridge people (14,671 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Siegfried Sassoon (Clare), poet; Lieutenant, Sussex Yeomanry; awarded the Military Cross for actions during World War I Arthur Tedder (Magdalene), First World

April 1917 (8,369 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Australian Regiment during World War II and the Korean War, recipient of the Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order, in Wellington (d. 1988); Robert Orville

August 1916 (7,945 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

capturing 50 Germans in the process. He was subsequently award the Military Cross for his actions, although many eyewitnesses insisted he should have

City of London Artillery (7,656 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Germans who had already passed the position. Palfrey was awarded the Military Cross for his actions that morning. The German attack was completely stopped

List of Durham University people (15,325 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 28 July 2021. Fletcher, Martin (4 November 2017). "Why would a Belgian prince risk his life to save a Congolese wilderness?". The Times. Retrieved

Petroleum Warfare Department (16,417 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

distinction in World War I, winning the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross. He joined the civil service, and in 1934, he was made Director-General

94th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (6,835 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the church ruins and drove off the enemy, for which he was awarded a Military Cross (MC). 94th Siege Bty came back into action on 6 April, on the north-western

71st (South African) Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (5,689 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

the battery to render the German post untenable; Rann was awarded the Military Cross (MC). The Canadians completed the Capture of Regina Trench on 10 November

July 1919 (8,795 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

during World War II, recipient of the Order of the British Empire and Military Cross, in Khartoum (d. 2005); Lino Ventura, Italian actor, known for his roles

Birmingham Rifles (7,095 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

campaign had been heavy. Company Serjeant-Major F. Townley was awarded the Military Cross (MC) after he had twice taken command of A Company when all the officers

List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (O–R) (1,839 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

recognises 574 personnel from other countries; namely: Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand

Douglas Wilson (RAAF officer) (2,175 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

("War Cross 1939–1945"; sometimes referred to as the "Czechoslovakian Military Cross"), for interceding on behalf of Free Czechoslovakian POWs at Stalag

Arthur Blackburn (11,322 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

receive his VC from King George V. The same day, McCann received the Military Cross for his own actions at Pozières that immediately preceded those of Blackburn

Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment (4,215 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

wounded twice. He ended the war a lieutenant-colonel decorated with a Military Cross and Distinguished Service Order. The second most important artifact

Records of prime ministers of the United Kingdom (10,200 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

have received a British gallantry award was Anthony Eden, who won the Military Cross (MC) while serving in the army in the First World War, before entering

93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,742 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

D-Day, and served in the Normandy campaign. The regiment went on to defend Belgian cities against V-1 flying bombs and participated in the assault crossing

190th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,222 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

successfully manning a 25-pdr in the anti-tank role. He was awarded a Military Cross.The guns and tanks succeeded in taking up positions to cover the main

3rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers (11,976 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

63 other ranks were taken prisoner. Cunliffe was later awarded the Military Cross for the gallant stand. Although 66th (2nd EL) Division still held some

6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (5,666 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

superimposed" upon it. One of the wounded officers (who both received the Military Cross (MC) for their part in the raid) was 2nd Lt Thomas Pryce. He returned

8th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (12,279 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the infantry were able to regain some ground. Johnson was awarded the Military Cross. However, the regiment's ammunition was scarce and water supplies were

1st Middlesex Engineers (15,883 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Baynton-Jones of 222 Sqn supporting 4th/7th Dragoon Guards was awarded a Military Cross (MC) for dismounting to take control of an RE mineclearing detachment

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (15,530 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Irish Guards in France. A week after his death he was awarded the Military Cross. He is buried in Hampstead Cemetery. Lieutenant Vere Sidney Tudor Harmsworth

53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,129 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Sangro the former footballer Harry Goslin, by then a lieutenant with a Military Cross, was killed by mortar fire on 18 December while acting as a forward

5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (5,654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

whole platoon became casualties'. Lieutenant Fright was awarded the Military Cross. That night a company of the battalion crossed the river by means of

41st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (8,069 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Staff-Sergeant and then been commissioned in March 1915; he had won a Military Cross (MC) in 1916. From late December 1917 to the beginning of February 1918

105th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (2,347 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the signals officer, 2nd Lt M.G. Herbert, and Corporal Dell won the Military Cross (MC) and Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) respectively for their bravery

List of RAF aircrew in the Battle of Britain (D–F) (1,971 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

recognises 574 personnel from other countries; namely: Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Newfoundland, New Zealand

Bomb (tank) (3,505 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

determined actions in the breakout from Cleve earned him an immediate Military Cross. The citation said "In the breakout from Cleve in late February 1945

History of the British 8th Division during the First World War (23,750 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ISBN 978-1-897632-67-3. Edmonds, James E (2019) [1937]. Military Operations: France and Belgium, March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives. History of the Great

115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (5,084 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

King's Own had saved the situation. Loveluck and Caven were awarded the Military Cross (MC). After evacuation the men were scattered at reception centres all

2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers (11,276 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Faversham after the Great Explosion on 2 April 1916. He subsequently won a Military Cross (MC) on the Western Front and in the Second World War, commanded the

East Lancashire Royal Engineers (11,055 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

roadblocks and mines while under fire, and Captain Ambrose Warde received a Military Cross (MC). Squadrons of 79th Armoured Division's regiments were often widely

RAF Bomber Command aircrew of World War II (12,351 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

identity, he made repeated escape attempts and was decorated with the Military Cross for his bravery. Another German-born casualty was a No. 101 Squadron

Albert (given name) (32,433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Abbott (1890–1952), British architect, Royal Regiment officer, and Military Cross recipient Albert Abicht (1893–1973), German farmer and politician Albert

List of women's firsts (7,090 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

missions over German-held territory and she received the Croix de Guerre (Military Cross) for her aerial bombing of a German military base in Metz. Historic

55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,595 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

commanding 439 Bty covering a retirement by the Irish Guards, won a Military Cross (MC) for remaining standing in the open under mortar and shell fire

7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,545 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Illustrious made her way to Alexandria under her own steam on 23 January. One Military Cross and two Military Medals were awarded to members of the regiment for

Bermudians in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (3,753 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Canadian Engineers, CEF Regimental Number: 2006618. Commissioned. Awarded Military Cross Brown, Ewart Cudemore Lieutenant McGill University Overseas Contingent