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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
NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Gabčík, Jozef08-04-191218-06-1942
Gabard, Pierre13-09-191315-04-1967more
Gabor, Edward J.28-03-191801-05-1945more
Gabreski, Francis Stanley "Gabby"28-01-191931-01-2002more
Gabszewicz, Aleksander Klemens06-12-191110-10-1983more
Gagnon, James Joseph D.  
Gainsford, Alan Peter  
Gale, Richard Nelson "Windy"25-07-189629-07-1982more
Gallas, André12-07-190717-12-1956more
Galley, Robert11-01-192108-06-2012more
Garache, Gilbert09-05-191817-10-2005more
Garbay, Pierre04-10-190317-07-1980more
Garbit, François22-02-191007-12-1941
Gardet, Roger15-04-190027-02-1989more
Gargué, Félicien00-00-191700-06-1941
Garnier, Henri30-10-190020-01-1984
Garot, Jean-Louis29-05-191613-04-1990more
Garry, Émile Auguste Henri "Phono"02-04-190914-09-1944
Gary, Romain08-05-191402-12-1980more
Gatissou, René13-05-191513-02-2012more
Gauffre, Paul11-02-191012-09-1944
Gaulle, de, Charles André Joseph Marie22-11-189009-11-1970more
Gautheron, Louis15-04-191503-01-1988more
Gauthier, Gontran30-10-190601-11-1966more
Gavin, James Maurice22-03-190723-02-1990more
Gayant, Marcel25-04-191527-09-1944more
Gayet, Alain29-10-192220-04-2017
Gemähling, Jean19-11-191202-05-2003
Genet, André11-11-191405-02-1945more
Génin, René04-03-190017-06-1941more
Gentil, Louis21-05-189608-04-1945more
Geoffroy, André28-01-191130-09-1944
Gérard, Roger17-05-189818-12-1968more
Gerberon, André03-12-190520-04-1961more
Germain, Hubert06-08-192012-10-2021more
Gerow, Leonard Townsend13-07-188812-10-1972more
Gervais, René22-08-190822-10-1997more
Gibert-Seigneureau, Raymond21-01-191930-07-1944
Gilbert, Jean20-04-190708-06-1942
Gill, Kenneth18-06-1913 
Gillis, William Graham, Jr. 30-09-1944more
Gillot, Xavier22-12-190910-06-1996more
Gimpel, Ernest05-08-191326-01-1973
Ginas, Emile19-03-189203-11-1975more
Gins, Alexandre12-10-191127-10-1973more
Ginsburg, Edward Merrill 00-00-1979more
Giovoni, Arthur06-10-190919-01-1996
Girard, Christian15-09-191525-07-1985more
Giraud, Henri Honoré18-01-187911-03-1949more
Gladding, Leon David01-11-1908 more
Gleed, Ian Richard03-07-191616-04-1943
Gloar, Clarence R.  
Glos, Nicolas, de10-02-191123-05-1976more
Godefroy, Hugh Constant28-10-191903-04-2002
Godefroy, Louis04-09-191106-04-1987
Godin, André-Jean11-07-190027-08-1989more
Goislard de Monsabert, de, Joseph30-09-188713-06-1981more
Goldsworthy, Leon Verdi "Goldie"19-01-190905-08-1994more
Gonard, Charles11-10-192112-06-2016more
Gonay, Henri Alphonse Clement21-06-191314-06-1944
Gorce-Franklin, Henri07-12-190617-02-2000more
Gosset, Jean06-12-191221-12-1944more
Gouby, Robert G.29-10-191914-08-1944more
Goujon de Thuisy, de, Jean29-06-191501-11-1944
Gould, William16-04-191320-02-1980more
Gouman, Gerrit26-04-1916 
Goumin, Georges19-02-190526-05-1941more
Goussault, François27-05-190911-09-1984more
Goychman, Georges24-01-191423-05-1981more
Gozzi, Toussaint24-05-191913-02-1946more
Grach, Henryk Jozef10-03-189716-10-1976more
Grajkowski, Jan  
Grand, Albert05-10-191426-05-1998more
Grandval, Gilbert12-02-190429-11-1981more
Grant, Frank George10-08-191800-09-1975
Grasett, Arthur Edward20-10-188804-12-1971more
Grasset, Georges23-04-191002-07-1998more
Gravier, André18-05-191114-11-2004more
Gregg, Stephen A.01-09-191404-02-2005more
Grenier, Paul21-11-191404-05-1945more
Griffiths, Frank Cromwell 00-03-1996more
Grisey, Roger15-11-190718-11-1976more
Grout de Beaufort, Alain03-05-191815-08-1944
Grudzinski, Antoni17-11-187901-12-1981more
Guaffi, Marcel15-08-191816-09-1997more
Guarnere, William J. "Wild Bill"28-04-192208-03-2014more
Guedj, Max08-00-191315-01-1945more
Guéguen, François25-09-1925 
Guellec, Yves26-06-191319-11-1944more
Guénon, Paul04-04-191123-01-1946more
Guerin, Charles Paul09-08-191603-05-1941
Guérin, Claude06-06-191223-06-1959more
Guérisse, Albert Marie Edmond "Patrick O'Leary"05-04-191126-03-1989more
Guettier-Whiting, Florence15-11-1914 
Gufflet, René30-01-191111-06-1942
Guigonis, Gaston26-03-191328-11-1994more
Guilhemon, Pierre06-10-190428-02-1989
Guillamet, Roger06-09-191014-05-2000more
Guillaudot, Maurice28-06-189323-05-1979more
Guillebon, de, Jacques13-10-190925-02-1985more
Guillon, Paul13-01-191306-02-1965more
Guillot, Marcel11-03-191423-12-1984more
Guillot, Maxime01-01-190029-01-1944
Guillou, Auguste01-01-191402-06-1941more
Guingouin, Georges02-02-191327-10-2005more
Gutowski, Michal Mieczysław Wojciech14-09-191023-08-2006more
Guy, Renè Henri13-05-191729-02-1944
Guyot, Jean "Gallois"04-07-191826-01-2000more
Guyot, Jeannette "Jeannette Gauthier"26-02-191910-04-2016
Guyot, Marius23-01-191825-09-2006more

Subonderscheidingen

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

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