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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.

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Waddell, Robert Charles Arthur* July 6th, 1915
† April 5th, 1975

Wagner, Otto* March 28th, 1902
† May 20th, 1974

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Wagner, René Alphonse* December 28th, 1907
† April 28th, 1999

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Wake, Nancy Grace Augusta* August 30th, 1912
† August 7th, 2011

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Waleina, Aloizo "Jules Brasse"* April 14th, 1913
† 1948

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Walsh, William James "Billy"* January 20th, 1917
† October 7th, 1971

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Ware, Keith Lincoln* November 23rd, 1915
† September 13th, 1968
Plot: 30 Grave: 258-3

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Warren, Shields, Jr.* March 21st, 1916
† January 26th, 1994
Plot: 60 Grave: 7327

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Weaver, Robert J.† December 1st, 1987

Webb, Gordon Geoffrey Henry* April 1920
† February 1991

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Weidner, Johan Hendrik (Jean Henri)* October 22nd, 1912
† May 21st, 1994

Weil, René* September 20th, 1917
† December 26th, 1942

Weill, René-Georges* January 26th, 1908
† May 29th, 1942

Weill, Robert* April 25th, 1916
† June 30th, 1940

Weiss, Robert Lincoln* April 4th, 1923
† August 26th, 2015

Westmoreland, William Childs* March 26th, 1914
† July 18th, 2005
Plot: 18 Row: 66 

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Weygand, Maxime* January 21st, 1867
† January 28th, 1965

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Weyland, Otto Paul "Opie"* January 27th, 1903
† September 2nd, 1979
Plot: 9 Row: 6M Grave: 5

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Whitehead, David Adie "Torpy"* September 30th, 1896
† October 23rd, 1992

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Wienecke, Robert Henry* December 18th, 1903
† February 2nd, 1975

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Wilkinson, George Alfred "Étienne"* August 31st, 1913
† October 5th, 1944

Wilkinson, Royce Clifford "Wilkie"* November 26th, 1913
† 1990

Williams, Nathanel David Ray* November 26th, 1915
† October 24th, 1967

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Willingham, Chester Morse* December 2nd, 1895
† May 30th, 1986

Willmott, Leonard Richard Douglas "Len"* June 23rd, 1921
† May 24th, 1993

Wimbley, Leon John* July 1920
† November 4th, 2011

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Windsor, George VI* December 14th, 1895
† February 6th, 1952

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Wise, Homer Lee* February 27th, 1917
† April 22nd, 1974

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Wise, Ralph Waldo Emerson* January 26th, 1913
† June 22nd, 2003

Wiseman, John "Johny"* January 27th, 1916
† August 23rd, 2005

Witton, Rosine "Rolande"* November 23rd, 1906
† 1995

Woerther, Albert* February 18th, 1920
† May 12th, 1971

Wood, Eric Fisher, Jr.* January 25th, 1919
† January 22nd, 1945
Plot: G Row: 3 Grave: 46

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Worden, James Avery* February 16th, 1912
† May 14th, 2004

Worms, Jean Eugène* February 1st, 1909
† March 29th, 1945

Worsley, John* May 25th, 1914
Grave: 11

Wozenski, Edward F.* July 29th, 1915
† July 26th, 1987

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Wybot, Roger* October 13th, 1912
† September 26th, 1997

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Wyche, Ira Thomas* 1887
† July 8th, 1981

Wyrouboff, Nicolas* February 7th, 1915
† August 13th, 2009

Subonderscheidingen

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

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