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John Collins VC, DCM (10 September 1880 – 3 September 1951) was a 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. Born in West Hatch, Somerset, his family moved to Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, when he was 10 years old. [1]
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Military Medal. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. Contents
General medal issued for humanitarian service. [32] Always issued with appropriate clasps Wider Service Medal: 2024: 11 December 2018 – present: General medal issued for service on operations that do not meet criteria for GSM or other campaign medals. [33]
Commissioner's Exceptional Service Medal (Proposed in 2002, Never Authorized) Commissioner's Meritorious Service Award (Proposed in 2002, Never Authorized)
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level medal awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy in the air. Bar to DFC: Squadron Leader Philip Jeremy Robinson DFC, Royal Air Force, October 2003 (not gazetted until September 2006); [73] original award (dated 2002, not gazetted until 2003) [74] and later second bar [75] for actions ...
In 1923, the medal was re-introduced by King George V and designated the King's Medal for Champion Shots in the Military Forces. It could now be awarded to the champions of Army marksmanship competitions, held under battle conditions at annual central meetings in the United Kingdom, the British Dominions, Colonies and India.
Art medals are a well-known and highly collected form of small bronze sculpture, most often in bronze, and are considered a form of exonumia. "Medalist/medallist" is confusingly the same word used in sport and other areas (but not usually in military contexts) for the winner of a medal as an award. Medallists very often also design, or produce ...