The Croix de Guerre (French: [kʁwa də ɡɛʁ], Cross of War) is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross...
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The Victoria Cross (VC; French: Croix de Victoria) was created in 1993, perpetuating the lineage of the British Victoria Cross, while serving as the highest...
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The Croix de Guerre (French: [kʁwa də ɡɛʁ], Cross of War) is a military decoration of France. It was first created in 1915 and consists of a square-cross...
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decorations may be awarded posthumously. The Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters VC, French: Croix de Victoria) is the highest award for valour available...
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Geoffrey Keyes (VC) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
Retrieved 15 January 2013. Keyes, Elizabeth. Geoffrey Keyes, V.C., M.C., Croix de Guerre, Royal Scots Greys, lieut.-colonel, 11th Scottish Commando (London :...
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Henry Kelly (VC) (redirect from Henry Kelly (Victoria Cross recipient))
that medal in Italy in 1918. Other military awards include the Belgian Croix de Guerre, the French Médaille Militaire and the Spanish Grand Laurelled Cross...
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Joseph Watt (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Otranto and as a result of his meritorious service also received the French Croix de Guerre and the Italian Silver Medal for Military Valour. Joseph Watt was...
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Gordon Campbell (Royal Navy officer) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and appointed a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur for his actions...
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Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (/də ˈwaɪ.ərt/; 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was an officer in the British Army. He was awarded the Victoria Cross...
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James Ockendon (category British recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
Palace on 5th December 1917. In April 1918, he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre, and in the same month he was honourably discharged from the army...
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Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Canadian Expeditionary Force, he was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Military Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. Educated at Portora Royal School and Ellesmere...
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Arthur Vickers (VC) (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre. Vickers was 33 years old, and a private in the 2nd Battalion, The...
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John Monash (category Australian recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
Croix de Guerre, the Belgians appointed him a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Grand-Officier Ordre de la Couronne) and awarded him the Croix...
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Stephen Beattie (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
Beattie VC (29 March 1908 – 20 April 1975) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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Dominic McCarthy (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 November and was awarded the French Croix de guerre two days later. Between February and August 1918 he was posted the...
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Percy Hansen (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
lines in a state of great exhaustion." Mentioned in dispatches five times Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (France) Officer of the Legion of Merit (14 November...
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Cyril Edward Gourley (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
certain conditions. His VC, along with his other medals which include the Croix de Guerre, is held by the Royal Artillery Museum. Sergeant Gourley is reputed...
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Robert Ryder (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
is buried in Headington Crematorium, Oxford. Victoria Cross; gazetted 19 May 1942 Légion d'honneur Croix de guerre 3 Mentions in despatches: 2 October 1942...
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Richard George Masters (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Masters VC (30 March 1877 – 4 April 1963) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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Frederick Lumsden (category British recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
also mentioned in despatches on four occasions, and awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre. Lumsden was killed in action in his 46th year at Blairville, near...
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Ernest Herbert Pitcher (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Charles George Bonner was also awarded the VC. Pitcher also received the Croix de Guerre and the Médaille Militaire. In 1920 Pitcher was promoted to chief...
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Canadair CL-415 (redirect from De Havilland Canada DHC-515)
updated CL-515, since renamed the De Havilland Canadair 515, and to be produced in both Victoria and Calgary by De Havilland Canada. Introduced during...
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Municipality of Ouest-du-Canton-de-la-Motte. Creation of the Village of Sainte-Croix from territories taken from the Parish of Sainte-Croix. 4 June: Creation of...
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Jeff Gifford, and Victoria Gifford Kennedy from her father's first marriage. In June 2020, she married Ben Wierda, nephew of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince...
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Henry Edward Manning Douglas (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
London Gazette. 26 August 1902. p. 5536. J C de Villiers, C V Small (1999). "Medical Recipients of the Victoria Cross during the Anglo-Boer War" (PDF). South...
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William Boynton Butler (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
VC (20 November 1894 – 25 March 1972) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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Montague Shadworth Seymour Moore (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
VC (9 October 1896 – 12 September 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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Maréchal de France Second French Empire: Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour Second French Empire: Médaille militaire Kingdom of Sardinia: Grand Croix of...
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Paddy Mayne (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
highly decorated officers. He was controversially denied receiving the Victoria Cross, a decoration which King George VI remarked "so strangely eluded...
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Daniel Burges (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
VC, DSO (1 July 1873 – 24 October 1946) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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