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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Arthur Vickers (VC) (category 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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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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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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Henry Kelly (VC) (redirect from Henry Kelly (Victoria Cross recipient))
Sars, France, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Later he was also awarded the Belgian Croix de guerre and the French Médaille militaire: For...
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James Ockendon (category Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium))
Buckingham Palace on 5 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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Ghislain Carton de Wiart, VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO (/də ˈwaɪ.ərt/; 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the...
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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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Cyril Edward Gourley (category 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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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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Albert Mountain (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
finally surrounded. 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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Idol Scott Schwartz Seymore Butts Shigeo Tokuda Steve Holmes Steven St. Croix Tiger Tyson Tom Judson Toni Ribas Tony Tedeschi Torbe Wesley Pipes Wilde...
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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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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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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, and three campaign medals. In...
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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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Harry Miner (category 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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Robert Ryder (category 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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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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Hamilton Reed (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
7 March 1931) was an Irish British Army officer, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face...
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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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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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William Henry Grimbaldeston (category 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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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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Ernest Alexander (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France))
Order of the Bath in January 1919. In August he then received the French Croix de Guerre and was created a Grand Officer of the Military Order of Avis by...
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Henry Edward Manning Douglas (category 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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