War II. As of November 2023 there are 12 living recipients. This list contains all George Cross recipients including former recipients of the Empire Gallantry...
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is a list of recipients of the Victoria Cross by nationality. It does not include the Victoria Cross awarded to the American Unknown Soldier of World...
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monarch to recipients or, in the case of posthumous awards, to next of kin. The investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace. The George Cross was instituted...
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containing the recipients of wars or campaigns with a large number of recipients. This along with a * indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously...
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World War. The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the First...
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World War. The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the First...
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World War. The Victoria Cross has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. The largest number of recipients for one campaign is the First...
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The following is a partial list of British recipients of the Victoria Cross. ** Holders of VC and bar (twice awarded the VC)....
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The Victoria Cross (VC) was awarded 628 times to 627 recipients for action in the First World War (1914–1918). The Victoria Cross is a military decoration...
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Regiment Recipients were Canadians, but were serving in other army units at the time of their VC act He was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross for...
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The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration for heroism in the United Kingdom. Australia as a member of the Commonwealth of Nations through...
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in this list. Keith Payne is the only living Australian recipient of the original VC; there are three living recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia...
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List of Irish Victoria Cross recipients lists all recipients of the Victoria Cross (post-nominal letters "VC") born on the island of Ireland, together...
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among the 386 recipients whose last name starts with "L" (see List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L)). For an explanation of the various...
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The George Cross was awarded to the island of Malta by King George VI during the Siege of Malta undertaken by Italy and Germany in the early part of World...
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been the case since the introduction of the George Cross in 1940. The two Gurkha recipients of the George Cross or its erstwhile equivalent the Empire Gallantry...
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Michael, pp.224–227 First American recipient. Ricketts, Bruce. "American Victoria Cross recipients". Mysteries of Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2008. Only...
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ceremony was held on 26 June 1857, when Queen Victoria invested 62 of the 111 Crimean recipients in Hyde Park. The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October...
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the third recipient of the Victoria Cross and Bar, and the first for combatant actions; the previous two recipients were medical officers of the Royal...
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This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during World War II, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. World...
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This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during the Vietnam War, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy....
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a partial list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, listed chronologically within the aspect of life in which each recipient is or was...
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On 22 May 1920 King George V signed a warrant that stated all recipients would now receive a red ribbon and the living recipients of the naval version were...
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The following people are Scottish recipients of the Victoria Cross. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Robert Bellew...
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The following is a list of Victoria Cross recipients whose nationality is uncertain. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W...
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gazette of 24 February 1857, listed multiple actions for about a third of the recipients. The format of each citation varied between recipients, some specify...
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the George Medal. Where a recipient has received a second George Medal, a picture of the ribbon bearing the bar symbol is shown. List of recipients of the...
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The Victoria Cross (VC) was introduced in Great Britain on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. For the...
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Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV),...
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David Broadfoot (category British recipients of the George Cross)
Scotland; several memorials of the disaster are located on both sides of the North Channel. List of George Cross recipients List of United Kingdom disasters...
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