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Pages in category "Recipients of the Military Cross" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,164 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aldington George Curphey was born on 24 August 1880 in the St Andrew parish of Kingston, Jamaica, [1] to Thomas John Curphey and his wife Georgiana, née Cowell. His father had earlier emigrated from his native Isle of Man to become a chemist; Curphey's mother was the daughter of an English police officer.
The first posthumous Military Cross was that awarded to Captain Herbert Westmacott, Grenadier Guards for gallantry in Northern Ireland during the period 1 February 1980 to 30 April 1980. [33] The first woman to be awarded the Military Cross was Private Michelle Norris of the Royal Army Medical Corps, while attached to The Princess of Wales's ...
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After the end of World War I in 1918 the Medal of Honor Legion again expanded membership to include military members who had received the Distinguished Service Cross. [8] Membership was again expanded in 1933 to include recipients of the Navy Cross, and the name of the organization was changed to The Army and Navy Legion of Valor. [9]
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
Distinguished Service Cross, awarded by the United States Department of the Army; Navy Cross, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy; Silver Star, awarded by any one of the above mentioned departments; An asterisk after a recipient's name indicates that the award was given posthumously.