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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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Cadell, Maurice Alexander Gordon* November 24th, 1913
† July 7th, 1951

Callander, Donald Fraser* April 22nd, 1918
† April 5th, 1992

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Callinan, Bernard James* February 2nd, 1913
† July 20th, 1995

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

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Cameron, Alexander Maurice* May 30th, 1898
† December 25th, 1986

Cameron, Ralph Alverne Cyril* August 25th, 1918
† July 7th, 2004

Campbell, Alister Henry† August 29th, 1945
Plot: O Row: C Grave: 29

Campbell, John Charles "Jock"* January 10th, 1894
† February 26th, 1942
Plot: K Grave: 171

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Campbell, John Davies* November 11th, 1921
† July 30th, 2015

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Carrigan, Robert William† February 12th, 1943
Plot: 1 Row: B Grave: 4

Casano, Michael Peter* June 7th, 1913
† July 2006

Cass, Edward Earnshaw Eden "Copper"* March 3rd, 1898
† August 31st, 1968

Cavanagh, F.† September 26th, 1918
Plot: IV Row: B Grave: 7

Cavendish, Andrew Robert, 11th Duke of Devonshire* January 2nd, 1920
† May 3rd, 2004

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

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Chant, Stuart Whitemore* March 19th, 1920
† July 5th, 1991

Charter, Robert Roderick* April 11th, 1918

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

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Chavasse , Noel Willinc* April 11th, 1920
† 1974

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Chesshire, James Hugh Cecil* December 28th, 1916
† October 2000

Cheverton, Thomas Bird† March 24th, 1918

Childs, Frederick Harold* February 21st, 1914

Chisholm, Keith Bruce* December 22nd, 1918
† August 23rd, 1991

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

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Christian, Alexander Sutherland* October 12th, 1916
† January 28th, 1996

Churchill, John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming "Jack"* September 16th, 1906
† March 8th, 1996

Clancy, John Anthony* August 27th, 1918
† March 17th, 2008

Clare, David Wesley* January 13th, 1915
† January 11th, 1996

Clark, Percy William* November 19th, 1888
† February 15th, 1943

Clasper, Harry* June 3rd, 1913
† April 18th, 1945
Plot: 7 Row: G Grave: 15

Clegg, Benjamin Beattie "Peter"* August 7th, 1918
† June 5th, 1993

Clemens, Warren Frederick Martin* April 17th, 1915
† May 31st, 2009

Clements, Percy Priestley* February 21st, 1910
† October 19th, 1998

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Cleminson, James Arthur Stacey* August 31st, 1921
† September 14th, 2010

Clissold, George William† March 8th, 2000

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

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Cochrane, James Aikman "Peter"* May 12th, 1919
† December 5th, 2015

Codner, Richard Michael Clinton* 1920
† March 25th, 1952

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

Cohen, Vincent Oswald* 1912
† 1984

Coldwell-Horsfall, John Henry* February 21st, 1915
† December 18th, 2006

Coleman, Rowan Corry* June 22nd, 1915
† September 21st, 1996

Coningham, Arthur "Mary"* January 19th, 1895
† January 29th, 1948

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Constable-Maxwell, Gerald Joseph* September 8th, 1895
† December 18th, 1959

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Cooper-Key, Eric Astley* December 8th, 1917
† March 5th, 2011

Corbin, Charles Henri Lucien* July 30th, 1894
† May 6th, 1972

Cornes, Eric Kenyon* August 29th, 1911
† March 1982

Cornwall, Frederick Charles* September 1st, 1895

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Corser, Richard George* 1920
† May 1949

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Cotwan, Frank Willoughby John* February 10th, 1920
† January 1st, 2010

Couraud, Raymond* January 12th, 1920
† 1977

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Courtney, Godfrey Basil* October 25th, 1914

Cowan, Leonard Elliot* June 6th, 1910
† September 2nd, 1973

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

Cox, John Howard* May 21st, 1919

Craggs, Harold Telfer* August 13th, 1919

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Crawley, Douglas Edward* September 2nd, 1920
† 1986

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Crocker, John Tredinnick* January 4th, 1896
† March 9th, 1963

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Croker, Edward James O’Brien* June 21st, 1910
† May 13th, 1967

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Crouch, Ronald Lionel* July 14th, 1916
† June 26th, 1945
Plot: IV Row: A Grave: 8

Crowder, Herman R., Jr.† July 14th, 2000

Cumming, Arthur Edward* June 18th, 1896
† April 10th, 1971

Cumming, Thomas* March 18th, 1919

Cunliffe-Lister, Philip, 1st Earl of Swinton* May 1st, 1884
† July 17th, 1972

Curtis, Henry Osborne "Squeak"* November 18th, 1888
† January 28th, 1964

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Czernin, Manfred Maria Edmund Ralph Beckett* January 18th, 1918
† October 9th, 1962

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