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The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) ... During World War I, ...
The Royal Irish Rifles in a communications trench on the first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916 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 awarded for valor "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It ...
The Honour Cross was modelled on the reverse side of the War Commemorative Medal of 1870/71 (Preußen Kriegsdenkmünze 1870-1871), and it was designed by Eugene Godet. [3] The medal awarded to combatants (called the Frontkämpferkreuz ) displayed a laurel wreath encircling a medallion with the dates "1914 1918", along with crossed swords ...
Australian recipients of the Military Cross (144 P, 1 F) C. Canadian recipients of the Military Cross (132 P) I. Indian recipients of the Military Cross (13 P) N.
The Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (English: War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the Croix de Guerre. It was created to recognize French and allied soldiers who were cited for valorous service during World War I , similar to the British mentioned in dispatches but with multiple degrees equivalent to other nations ...
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Iron Cross. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Iron Cross .
Caleb James Shang, DCM & Bar, MM was the most highly decorated Chinese Australian soldier who served in the First World War; Charles Rutherford, awarded the Military Cross, Military Medal and Victoria Cross. Violetta Thurstan, nurse in World War One, evacuated wounded soldiers while under fire. Karl Vernon, Olympic medallist oarsman and coach.
His military headstone carries, uniquely, a representation of two Victoria Crosses. [3] Chavasse was the only man to be awarded both a Victoria Cross and Bar in the First World War and one of only three men ever to have achieved this distinction. [3]