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The Memorial Cross (French: Croix du Souvenir), often known as the Silver Cross for Mothers, is a Canadian decoration awarded to the mother, widow, widower, or next of kin of any member of the Canadian Armed Forces whose life is lost on active service, including peacekeeping, other such international operations and, since 2001, other service-related deaths.
Canadian William Hall was the first black recipient of the Victoria Cross. The Victoria Cross ( VC ) is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system . It is awarded for gallantry " in the face of the enemy " to members of the British armed forces.
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO Member of the Order of Military Merit MMM Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces MOM Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO Bailiff/Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. John: GCStJ [n 1] Knight/Dame of the Order of St. John KStJ/DStJ [n 1] Commander of the Order of St. John CStJ [n 1]
Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray, VC, DSC (November 2, 1917 – August 9, 1945) was a Canadian naval officer, pilot, and recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War II, one of only two members, alongside Eugene Esmonde, of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to have been thus decorated in the war. Gray is the second to last Canadian to be awarded ...
Although the committee did not recommend the Victoria Cross—names such as the Canada Cross and the Cross of Military Valour were put forward [10] [11] —the creation of a Victoria Cross for Australia in 1991 and pressure from The Globe and Mail and advocacy groups, [12] such as the Monarchist League of Canada and the Royal Canadian Legion ...
Still, the beginnings of a distinct Canadian honours system came in March 1934, with the creation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal by royal warrant of King George V, issued on the advice of the Cabinet of R. B. Bennett; this was the first time an honour specific to Canada and for service in Canada had been established by ...
York, Ontario - Canada: The Canadian Victoria Cross Memorial commissioned by The Mount Pleasant Group is a beautiful memorial dedicated to the 99 men who have been awarded the Victoria Cross while fighting as with the Canadian military. The monument is set out to represent the shapes of the Victoria Cross and a Maple Leaf and occupies the main ...
Thomas William Holmes VC (14 October 1898 – 4 January 1950) was a soldier in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, during the First World War.