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Military Cross (MC)

The Military Cross was instituted on December 31st, 1914 as a recognition of distinguished and meritorious service in battle in situations not sufficient to merit the Victoria Cross. The Military Cross can be awarded to commissioned officers of the substantive rank of Captain or below or Warrant Officers. In 1920, the terms were altered to clearly state the award was for gallant and distinguished services in action and that RAF officers could be awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished services on the ground as opposed to flying. On performing a second or subsequent action, the recipient will be awarded a bar to the Military Cross to be worn on the ribbon.

On each arm of the silver-coloured Military Cross is an Imperial Crown and in the centre of the award is the ‘Imperial’ and ‘Royal Cypher’ of the reigning sovereign, GV, GVI or EIIR. The reverse of the award is plain with the year of the award engraved on the lower arm. The white ribbon is 1.375 inches wide with a central vertical purple stripe (0.5 inches wide). The bar is made of silver with a crown in the centre.

During the Second World War, so far as known up till now, a total of 10.776 MC's were awarded to British and Commonwealth military. Among these are 10.271 first awardings, 485 first bars and 20 second bars. It is unknown how many were awarded to foreign military, but until now more then 2.000 are known.
A total of 3,727 Military Crosses have been awarded to Canadians, with 324 first bars and 18 second bars.

Adams, John "Jack"* September 26th, 1890
† June 21st, 1981

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Badger, John† September 19th, 1944
Plot: 19 Row: a Grave: 18

Baker, Brian Edmund* August 31st, 1896
† October 8th, 1979

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Baker, Lindsay Siberton† April 3rd, 1945
Plot: 6 Row: G Grave: 8

Balthazar, Edouard* December 27th, 1899

Barclay, Francis Peter* March 8th, 1909
† October 13th, 1992

Barker, Evelyn Hugh "Bubbles"* May 22nd, 1894
† November 23rd, 1983

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Barlow, Alfred Edmund "Teddy"* January 11th, 1896
† December 31st, 1945
Plot: O Row: F Grave: 50

Barnes, Cecil Edward* January 30th, 1907
† June 22nd, 1952

Barr, Andrew William "Nicky"* December 10th, 1915
† June 12th, 2006

Barrett, Colin Frederick† September 23rd, 1918
Plot: 1 Row: D Grave: 6

Barrington, Croker E.* September 2nd, 1897
† July 16th, 1944
Plot: 1 Row: F Grave: 21

Barrowclough, Harold Eric* June 23rd, 1894
† March 4th, 1972

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Bartosinski, Marian Leopold* May 13th, 1908
† October 29th, 1944
Plot: II Row: E Grave: 7

Basset, Raymond Claude François* July 2nd, 1908
† September 10th, 1984

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Bassett-Wilson, Paul Francis* April 22nd, 1920
† April 2nd, 1945
Plot: I Row: B Grave: 12

Batey, Frederick William† May 29th, 1944
Plot: III Row: D Grave: 4

Batiment, Paul, Jean, Léon* October 7th, 1920
† November 1st, 1944

Batt, Thomas Reginald Dumaresq† August 3rd, 1944
Plot: V Row: G Grave: 12

Beach, William Gerald Hugh* May 20th, 1923
† September 4th, 2019

Beadle, Ian Nigel Neville† July 28th, 1981

Bean, Harvey George Willmott* October 21st, 1921
† February 14th, 1945
Plot: I Row: D Grave: 5

Beckwith-Smith, Merton* July 11th, 1890
† November 11th, 1942
Plot: V Row: H Grave: 1

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Begué, Georges Pierre André* November 22nd, 1911
† December 18th, 1993

Belle, Frederick John* July 11th, 1919

Bennett, Brian† August 8th, 1943
Plot: III Row: K Grave: 2

Benzon, Phil Patrick† February 12th, 1944
Plot: XVI Row: A Grave: 12

Bergé, Georges Roger Pierre* January 3rd, 1909
† September 15th, 1997

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Bernheim, Pierre* August 31st, 1884
† August 20th, 1944

Berry, Maurice George* 1913
† 2002

Bevan, Alan James Bedford* April 3rd, 1921
† January 31st, 2003

Beveridge, Arthur Joseph* March 21st, 1893
† September 25th, 1959

Bichelot, René François* January 9th, 1922
† May 27th, 2004

Bishop, William Avery (Billy)* February 8th, 1894
† September 11th, 1956

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Black, Graeme Delamere* May 9th, 1911
† October 23rd, 1942

Blackwell, Cecil Thomas* June 26th, 1904

Blair, Chandos* February 25th, 1919
† January 22nd, 2011

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Blake, John Philip* November 17th, 1917
† June 3rd, 1944

Blaker, Frank Gerald* May 8th, 1920
† July 9th, 1944
Plot: 6 Row: E Grave: 2

Blanchard, André Marie Pierre François* February 23rd, 1911
† May 5th, 1949

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Bledowski, Wladyslaw* 1922
† 1994

Boal, Alexander Mather* September 13th, 1918

Boiteux, Robert René "Nicolas" "Firmin"* February 22nd, 1907
† May 1992

Boorman, George Henry* March 30th, 1922

Boret, John Auguste* March 28th, 1898
† April 26th, 1964

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Borgne, le, Guy "Guy le Zachmeur"* January 6th, 1920
† December 12th, 2007

Borosh, Henry* June 4th, 1907

Borrow, George Henry† March 24th, 1944
Plot: 12 Grave: Col. 288

Bosvile, Thomas James Bolle* September 19th, 1897
† July 8th, 1945

Bourne, Harold Edward* December 19th, 1909

Bouvier, Léon* September 28th, 1923
† July 23rd, 2005

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Bower, Cecil Syndercombe* March 17th, 1897

Boyd, Owen Tudor* August 30th, 1899
† August 5th, 1944
Plot: C Grave: 30

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Boyle, Archibald Robert "Archie"* August 11th, 1887
† 1949

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Boyle, Clair John* April 16th, 1920
† December 2nd, 1998

Boyle, Richard† March 24th, 1945
Plot: 52 Row: E Grave: 4

Bradfield, William John Dickson* June 23rd, 1924
† November 21st, 2003

Bratland, Sverre* June 2nd, 1917
† April 29th, 2002

Bremner, Cecil Douglas† April 21st, 1945
Plot: I Row: D Grave: 12

Briggs, Rawdon* April 12th, 1892
† September 3rd, 1969

Britt, Maurice Lee "Footsie"* June 29th, 1919
† November 26th, 1995
Plot: 20 Grave: 319

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Brodrick-Pittard, Harold St. John† October 22nd, 1944
Plot: I Row: G Grave: 28

Brooks, Anthony Morris* April 4th, 1922
† April 19th, 2007

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Brooks, Geoffrey Ollivant* April 7th, 1905
† December 17th, 1989

Brooks, Hubert* December 29th, 1921
† February 1st, 1984

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Broome, Richard Neville* May 25th, 1909

Broussine, Georges* February 19th, 1918
† October 31st, 2001

Brown, Alfred Ernest* August 27th, 1881
† February 16th, 1962

Brown, Gordon Percy* September 16th, 1913
† January 6th, 1995

Brown, Henry Faulkner* December 4th, 1920
† February 10th, 2008

Brown, Ian Mitchell* August 8th, 1920
† March 8th, 2000

Brownlie, William Steel* October 12th, 1923

Bruce, Dominic* June 7th, 1915
† February 12th, 2000

Brundrit, William Fernley* 1916
† February 15th, 1991

Brunings, Johan August* April 28th, 1919
† May 15th, 1985

Brunt, John Henry Cound* December 6th, 1922
† December 10th, 1944
Plot: III Row: A Grave: 8

Bruntisfield, Victor, 1st Baron of Boroughmuir* June 23rd, 1899
† January 14th, 1993

Buchanan, Norman Bruce* September 16th, 1915
† June 27th, 2008

Buchanan-Jardine, Andrew Rupert John, 4th Baronet* February 2nd, 1923
† August 24th, 2010

Budd, Maurice Arthur Jack* July 12th, 1917
† November 23rd, 1945
Plot: 3 Row: E Grave: 2

Budgen, Gordon Douglas Heane† April 1st, 1945
Plot: 55 Row: B Grave: 18

Bull, Richard Henry† January 30th, 1944
Plot: III Row: X Grave: 10

Burn, Michael Clive "Micky"* December 11th, 1912
† September 3rd, 2010

Burns, Walther Arthur George* January 1911
† May 5th, 1997

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Bush, Alan* 1914
† 1998

Butler, Adrian Illingworth† March 20th, 1945
Plot: 1 Row: D Grave: 12

Butler, Mervyn Andrew Haldane* July 1st, 1913
† January 3rd, 1976

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