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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Albert Mountain (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
the whole situation. He was also awarded the Croix de guerre and Médaille militaire (France). His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Prince of Wales's...
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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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Harry Miner (category Canadian recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
9th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. In early 1918, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his actions as a leader of a wiring party late the previous...
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Harry Cator (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
exploding shell. It was shortly after that the award of the VC and the French Croix de Guerre were announced. After the war he worked as a postman and as a civil...
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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 Molyneux (VC) (category British recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
between 20 or 30 prisoners were taken. He also won the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum, Tower...
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Martin Moffat (category Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
door, killing two and capturing 30 of the enemy. He was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and the Military Decoration by Belgium. His VC and other medals...
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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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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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John Kendrick Skinner (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
War 1914-18 • View topic - CSM John Henry Williams VC .DCM. MM and bar croix de Guerre". Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June...
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Genesis (bicycle company) (section Croix de Fer)
label in its own right in 2006. In 2008 the original Croix De Fer was released. In 2012 Victoria Wilkinson won the Three Peaks cyclo-cross on a borrowed...
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Albert Hill (VC) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
conduct throughout was magnificent. He was also a holder of the French Croix de Guerre, the Russian Cross of St. George. In February 1919 he returned to...
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John Vaughan Campbell (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
21 May 1944) was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can...
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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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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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James Marshall (VC) (category British recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
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...
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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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William Henry Grimbaldeston (category British recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
machine-guns and one trench mortar. He was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of The Kings Own...
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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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Alfred Carpenter (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Carpenter was also made an Officer of the Legion of Honour and awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm. He was sent on a lecturing tour through the US and Canada...
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Edmund Costello (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
mentioned five times in dispatches during the war and also received the French Croix de Guerre. In June 1919 he was promoted Brevet Colonel and was joint commander...
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William Davidson Bissett (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
line and saving a critical situation." He was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre, in December 1919. During the Second World War, Bissett served with...
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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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Richard Travis (category Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
Flanders, in mid January 1918. Soon afterwards, Travis was awarded the Croix de Guerre from the Belgian government. During the German spring offensive...
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Charles Hull (VC) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Hull VC (24 July 1890 – 13 February 1953) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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