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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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Radley, Hugh Poynton* November 14th, 1891
† August 27th, 1943
Plot: 7 Row: F Grave: 6

Rafferty, Brian Dominc* September 1st, 1919
† March 29th, 1945

Rake, Denis Joseph "Justin"* May 22nd, 1901
† 1976

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Ramsbotham, Herwald, 1st Viscount Soulbury* March 6th, 1887
† January 30th, 1971

Ramsden, Hesketh Adair* November 14th, 1898
† April 23rd, 1940
Plot: I Row: H Grave: 1

Rawlins, Stuart Blundell* August 18th, 1897
† April 2nd, 1955

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Rawstorne, George Streynsham* January 22nd, 1895
† July 15th, 1962

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Read, Eric Estberg* 1895
† 1979

Rees, Lionel Wilmot Brabazon* July 31st, 1884
† September 28th, 1955

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Reid, Edward James† October 6th, 1944
Plot: 1 Row: E Grave: 4

Reid, Hugh Murray* March 21st, 1904
† 1964

Reid, Patrick Robert* November 13th, 1910
† May 22nd, 1990

Reilly, Thomas* July 29th, 1906
† December 14th, 2003

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Reinhold, Gordon George* September 17th, 1917
† October 14th, 2011

Revault d'Allonnes, Jean-Gabriel* August 13th, 1914
† May 28th, 1994

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Reynolds, Bernard Talbot† October 31st, 1940
Plot: 5 Row: D Grave: 12

Reynolds, Jack† August 22nd, 2019

Riccomini, James Arthur* July 4th, 1917
† March 27th, 1945
Plot: V Row: A Grave: 4

Richards, George Owen* April 21st, 1921
† May 27th, 2009

Richardson, Guy Stewart† December 3rd, 1944
Row: B Grave: 4

Ridler, Derek Hughes* September 1st, 1916
† September 2002

Ritchie, Neil Methuen* July 28th, 1897
† December 11th, 1983

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Rivière, Albert* April 24th, 1891
† June 28th, 1953

Roberts, George Philip Bradley "Pip"* November 5th, 1906
† November 5th, 1997

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Roberts, Horace George Victor* May 8th, 1887
† February 2nd, 1945
Plot: 30A Row: C Grave: 6

Robertson, William Albert† March 26th, 1942
Plot: 3 Row: D Grave: 13

Robitaille, Guy* October 2nd, 1920

Robitaille, Joseph Philippe Guy* October 2nd, 1920
† June 21st, 2014

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Rogers, John Gordon† May 30th, 1940
Grave: 70

Rollo, Norman Chetwynd† September 15th, 1944
Plot: II Row: A Grave: 4

Rooke, David Bedford* December 14th, 1915

Roos, de, Willem Leonard* September 1st, 1906
† June 9th, 1986

Rose, Thomas Douglas* 1919
† September 28th, 1944
Plot: 24 Row: B Grave: 16

Rosenthal, Jean Pierre "Cantinier"* September 5th, 1906
† August 2nd, 1993

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Ross, Robert Knox "Bobby"* August 23rd, 1893
† November 3rd, 1951

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Roudledge, John† July 21st, 1943
Plot: I Row: A Grave: 6

Roumiantzoff, Nicolas* May 9th, 1906
† April 15th, 1988

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Rowell, Peter Jim Ernest* February 8th, 1916

Rowley, Peter* July 12th, 1918
† September 2002

Rudd, Brian Randall† August 7th, 1944
Plot: III Row: C Grave: 7

Russell, Robert Ernest* January 2nd, 1916
† 2002

Rutherford, Reginald* September 29th, 1915
† June 10th, 1995

Ruxton, Anthony Fane† July 14th, 1943
Plot: VII Row: D Grave: 13

Ryan, Charles Edmund* August 10th, 1890
† August 10th, 1981

Rycroft, Francis Arthur† February 4th, 1944
Plot: IV Row: E Grave: 12

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Ryneveld, van, Hesperus Andrias "Pierre"* May 2nd, 1891
† December 2nd, 1972

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