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This list contains all George Cross recipients including former recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal, the Albert Medal or the Edward Medal who exchanged their earlier award for the George Cross. The table defaults to sorting alphabetically by name.
Memorial to Australian recipients, George Cross Park, Canberra. The George Cross was awarded to 23 Australians, 11 to the Australian forces and 12 to civilians. It is the highest decoration of the Australian honours system after the British Victoria Cross and the Victoria Cross for Australia.
As of 2020, there are 15 living recipients of the George Cross,[1] including two former recipients of the Albert Medal for Lifesaving who voluntarily exchanged their medals for the George Cross in 1971. The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom and other member...
George Cross, a British civilian and military decoration, instituted in 1940 by King George VI for “acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.”
This list contains all George Cross recipients including former recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal, the Albert Medal or the Edward Medal who exchanged their earlier award for the George Cross. The table defaults to sorting alphabetically by name.
Who has received the George Cross? The names of the first recipients of the George Cross were published in The Gazette on 30 September 1940 (Gazette issue 34956), starting with Thomas Alderson who helped to rescue people from houses that were demolished by an enemy air raid on Bridlington.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the George Cross. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients.
There have been 165 original awards including both collective awards and 251 exchange awards, 112 to Empire Gallantry Medal recipients, 69 to Albert Medal recipients and 70 to Edward Medal recipients. Of the 162 individuals who received original awards, 86 have been posthumous.
Throughout the Second World War, many brave female secret agents did just that. But it was the remarkable heroism of three women in particular which earnt them the highest civilian honour for gallantry: the George Cross. Noor Inayat Khan
George Cross Recipients. NEWS Jack Bamford passed away on 2nd November 2023. I would also like to congratulate Chris Finney on becoming Chairman of the VC and GC Association and also for his reading at King Charles' Coronation.