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Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

This decoration was instituted on April 8th 1915 to commemmorate individual mentions in despatches and can be awarded to all French military personnel, regardless of rank and also to officers and men of Allied Forces for an individual feat of arms mentioned in a despatch. The despatch had to originate from an officer commanding an Army, an Army Corps, a Division, a Brigade or the C.O. of a Regiment or a corresponding unit of Naval Forces. Mention in Army Despatch merits a small bronze laurel branch, Army Corps Despatch a silver gilt star, Divisional a silver star, Regimental or similar Unit Despatch a bronze star; all these emblems to be worn on the ribbon of the Cross. For every mention the appropiate emblem will be awarded; if one person has been awarded five palms, he will wear a silver palm instead.
The ribbon of the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 differs from the original; it is coloured bright red with four vertical bands of green in the centre.

Grid List
Cabanier, Georges* November 21st, 1906
† October 26th, 1976

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Cabeldu, Frederick Norman* 1905
† June 12th, 1976

Cadéac d'Arbaud, Jean* April 26th, 1917
† November 18th, 2003

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Cailleaud, René* August 20th, 1910
† September 22nd, 2000

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Camaret de, Michel* January 18th, 1915
† June 24th, 1987

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Cambas, Lucien* August 21st, 1916
† May 14th, 1961

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Camerini, Gustavo* September 1st, 1907
† September 26th, 2001

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Camm, Frank Ambler* January 8th, 1895
† December 16th, 1976
Plot: 11 Grave: 1-B

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Camors, Jean-Claude* October 27th, 1919
† October 11th, 1943

Campan, Claudius François* May 25th, 1921
† April 11th, 1945
Plot: F Row: 3 Grave: 3

Campbell, John, Jr. (134th Infantry Regiment)* September 19th, 1913
† December 29th, 1995

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Canale, Joseph* January 10th, 1921
† June 16th, 1982

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Cance, Pierre* June 28th, 1907
† August 10th, 1988

Canépa, Georges* June 8th, 1913
† September 3rd, 1957

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Cantès, André* May 16th, 1906
† March 8th, 1982

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Carage, Michel* March 1st, 1921
† January 28th, 2008

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Carcassone-Leduc, Roger* January 12th, 1911
† December 10th, 1991

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Carew, Thomas Arthur* November 25th, 1919
† February 16th, 2009

Carr, Charles Roderick* August 31st, 1891
† December 15th, 1971

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Carr, John Richard* May 9th, 1911
† October 24th, 1982

Carré de Lusançay, François* August 12th, 1909
† April 30th, 1957

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Carrier, Jean-Claude* January 30th, 1897
† January 28th, 1944

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Carruthers, William* October 14th, 1914
† 2009

Cartmell, James Henry* September 18th, 1922
† February 24th, 2017

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Casile, Joseph* February 25th, 1905
† January 25th, 2007

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Casparius, René* June 8th, 1914
† November 26th, 1942

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Cassou, Jean* July 9th, 1897
† January 15th, 1986

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Castelain, Noël* October 30th, 1917
† July 16th, 1943

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Castex, Louis* 1896
† 1968

Castle, Frederick Walker* October 14th, 1908
† December 24th, 1944
Plot: D Row: 13 Grave: 53

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Catroux, Georges Albert Julien* January 29th, 1877
† December 21st, 1969

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Cauloudon, Emile* December 29th, 1907
† June 1st, 1977

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Cavaillès, Jean* May 15th, 1903
† April 5th, 1944

Cazaud, Alfred, Maurice* September 24th, 1893
† April 5th, 1970

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Ceccaldi, Roger, Edmond* January 14th, 1913
† June 20th, 2007

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Cédile, Jean* January 26th, 1908
† February 13th, 1984

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Chaban-Delmas, Jacques* March 7th, 1915
† November 10th, 2000

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Chabert, Julien* January 9th, 1905
† July 26th, 1978

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Chadburn, Lloyd Vernon "Chad"* August 21st, 1919
† June 13th, 1944
Plot: V Row: F Grave: 2

Chaigneau, Jacques* February 12th, 1923
† October 5th, 1944

Chalupa, Stanislaw Józef* January 14th, 1915
† April 24th, 2004

Chambonnet, Albert* October 4th, 1903
† July 27th, 1944

Champeny, Arthur Seymour* August 13th, 1893
† April 11th, 1979

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Chancel, Jean-Louis* August 25th, 1899
† July 28th, 1977

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Chandon, Claude* October 29th, 1894
† August 6th, 1944

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Charbonneaux, Pol* October 26th, 1909
† July 20th, 1954

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Chareyre, Albert* August 26th, 1915
† April 23rd, 1946

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Charmot, Guy* October 9th, 1914
† January 7th, 2019

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Chas, Henri* December 30th, 1900
† April 11th, 1945

Chase, Charles Henry* August 14th, 1910
† March 11th, 1981
Plot: XIII Row: G Grave: 276

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Chateau-Jobert, Pierre, Yvon, Alexandre, Jean* February 3rd, 1912
† December 29th, 2005

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Chatwin, Cecil Athos Newcome* March 10th, 1898
† May 11th, 1974

Chauliac, Guy* August 20th, 1912
† May 7th, 2005

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Chaumet, Guy* January 12th, 1913
† April 19th, 1980

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Chausse, Paul* January 22nd, 1915
† May 4th, 2005

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Chavanac, Albert* October 19th, 1909
† September 14th, 1972

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Chavant, Eugène* February 12th, 1894
† January 28th, 1969

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Chavenon, Guy* June 30th, 1911
† April 7th, 1973

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Chenailler, Paul* May 6th, 1904
† June 17th, 1960

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Chennault, Claire Lee* September 6th, 1893
† July 27th, 1958
Plot: 2 Grave: 873

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Chérade de Montbron, Xavier de* August 18th, 1916
† April 21st, 1955

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Chevalier, Camille* January 9th, 1899
† August 18th, 1942

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Chevance-Bertin, Maurice* March 6th, 1910
† June 17th, 1996

Chevignard, Bernard* February 16th, 1913
† March 15th, 1944

Chevigné, Pierre, de* June 16th, 1909
† August 4th, 2004

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Chevillot, Gilbert* July 12th, 1908
† September 2nd, 1944

Chodron de Courcel, Geoffroy* September 11th, 1912
† December 9th, 1992

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Choron, Maurice Philipe Cesar* November 7th, 1911
† April 10th, 1942

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Churchill, Peter Morland* January 14th, 1909
† May 1st, 1972

Cizek, Evzen* December 10th, 1904
† November 26th, 1942
Plot: 28 Row: B Grave: 1

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Claisse, Maurice* December 14th, 1905
† September 14th, 1986

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Clark, Mark Wayne* May 1st, 1896
† April 17th, 1984

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Claude, Roland* July 24th, 1910
† July 14th, 1943

Claudius-Petit, Eugène* May 22nd, 1907
† October 24th, 1989

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Clement, Erwin "Scotty"* September 1st, 1913
† February 3rd, 2008

Clerc, Charles* May 29th, 1908
† January 2nd, 1967

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Clifford, Harold A.* February 20th, 1918
† February 17th, 2010

Cliquet, Charles* January 21st, 1891
† March 27th, 1956

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Closon, Francis-Louis* June 18th, 1910
† December 12th, 1998

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Clostermann, Pierre* February 28th, 1921
† March 22nd, 2006

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Clouët des Pesruches, Jean-François* March 31st, 1918
† December 11th, 1957

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Cochrane, Alfred William Gordon* October 10th, 1916
† October 29th, 1994

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Coggia, Jean* November 14th, 1916
† February 24th, 1943

Cohen, Gaston Armand* October 10th, 1918
† May 4th, 2007

Cole, Robert George* March 19th, 1915
† September 18th, 1944
Plot: B Row: 15 Grave: 27

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Collins, Joseph Lawton "Lightning Joe"* May 1st, 1896
† September 12th, 1987
Plot: 30 Grave: 442

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Colmay, Constant* October 14th, 1903
† November 25th, 1965

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Colonna d'Istria, Charles* July 21st, 1911
† September 7th, 1991

Colonna d'Istria, Paulin* July 27th, 1905
† June 4th, 1982

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Conein, Lucien Emile* November 29th, 1919
† June 3rd, 1998

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Conner, Garlin Murl* June 2nd, 1919
† November 5th, 1998

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Connolly, Stephen John Verdun* March 5th, 1917
† July 21st, 1966

Conus, Adrien* January 6th, 1901
† September 1st, 1947

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Coomber, William Peter† October 2nd, 1999

Coppin, Edward Cyril* May 20th, 1915
† September 27th, 1944

Coquoin, Roger* March 14th, 1897
† December 29th, 1943

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Cordeiro de Farias, Osvalod* August 16th, 1901
† February 17th, 1981

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Corder, Charles Clayton* July 29th, 1917
† May 31st, 2005

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Cordier, Daniel* August 10th, 1920
† November 20th, 2020

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Corlett, Charles Harrison "Cowboy Pete"* July 31st, 1889
† October 13th, 1971
Plot: V Grave: 2233

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Corlu, Jean-Marie* August 8th, 1912
† August 30th, 1944

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Cormeau-Biesterfeld, Beatrice Yvonne* December 18th, 1909
† December 25th, 1997

Corniglion-Molinier, Edouard* January 23rd, 1898
† May 9th, 1963

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Corta, Renaud de* February 2nd, 1915
† February 20th, 1979

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Cortot, Louis* March 26th, 1925
† March 5th, 2017

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Coster, Charles H.† April 5th, 1977

Cota, Norman Daniel "Dutch"* May 30th, 1893
† October 4th, 1971
Plot: X Row: M Grave: 287

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Cotteret, Henri* January 25th, 1922
† January 24th, 1970

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Coudray, Christian* December 7th, 1908
† June 15th, 1941

Coué, Hervé* October 2nd, 1919
† May 21st, 1944

Coulaudon, Emile Marie Pierre* December 29th, 1907
† June 1st, 1977

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Coupigny, Jean* April 19th, 1912
† November 22nd, 1981

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Couraud, Raymond* January 12th, 1920
† 1977

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Courounet, Paul* November 17th, 1908
† August 12th, 1961

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Coussieu, Edmond* April 16th, 1899
† June 15th, 1941

Cowburn, Benjamin Hodkinson "Benoît"* March 13th, 1909
† December 17th, 1994

Cox, John Howard* May 21st, 1919

Cox, John Richard, Jr. (USN)* April 14th, 1913
† February 19th, 1995

Crawford, Joseph Brice* July 2nd, 1908
† November 8th, 1987
Plot: 30 Grave: 487-LH

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Crawford-Compton, William Vernon* March 2nd, 1915
† January 2nd, 1988

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Crémel, Robert Martin* April 25th, 1919
† September 23rd, 1940

Crépin, Jean* September 1st, 1908
† May 4th, 1996

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Crerar, Henry Duncan Graham "Harry"* April 28th, 1888
† April 1st, 1965

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Crivelli, Roger* November 25th, 1918
† June 5th, 1943

Crocq, René* September 10th, 1920
† January 16th, 1989

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Cros, Irénée* December 15th, 1887
† December 14th, 1943

Cross, Kenneth Brian Boyd "Bing"* October 4th, 1911
† June 18th, 2003

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Cruger, Michel* February 16th, 1915
† January 2nd, 1979

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Cruwys, Gerald Herbert* October 8th, 1921
† April 20th, 1944
Plot: II Row: G Grave: 1-7

Cukr, Vaclav* October 16th, 1913
† October 14th, 1989

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Cunibil, Robert* February 3rd, 1915
† June 5th, 1999

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Cunin, Camille* January 17th, 1912
† May 4th, 2004

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Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 1st Viscount Cunningh* January 7th, 1883
† June 12th, 1963

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Cunningham, John Henry Dacres* April 13th, 1885
† December 13th, 1962

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Cunningham, Robert F.* April 30th, 1921
† February 2nd, 2011

Currie, Arthur William "Guts and Gaiters"* December 5th, 1875
† November 30th, 1933

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Czarnecki, Kamil Bogumil* August 5th, 1912
† June 2nd, 2001

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Czarnecki, Marian Norbert* June 6th, 1911
† June 8th, 1981

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Subonderscheidingen

Lanyard with the War Cross
Fourragere Croix de GuerreLanyard with the War Cross
In the database: 7
Issued:unknown

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