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Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)

The Distinguished Flying Medal was instituted on 3 June 1918 and was awarded to non-commissioned-officers and men for an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty performed whilst flying in active operations against the enemy in the same conditions as the DFC for officers..
The medal is oval and silver-coloured, 1.375 inches wide and 1.625 inches long. On the obverse is the bareheaded coinage effigy of :

King George V, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:
King George VI, facing left and the legend : GEORGEIVS VID: G: BR: OMN: REX F.D: IND: IMP:
On the reverse, within a wreath of laurel, Athena Nike is shown seated on an aeroplane, a hawk rising from her right hand above the words : FOR COURAGE.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternate violet and white stripes (0,0625 inches) leaning 45 degrees to the left. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal. The medal was engraved with the recipient's service number, rank, initials, surname and unit.

For subsequent acts meriting the DFM, a bar was awarded to be worn on the ribbon of the medal.

Grid List
MacCoubrey, James Grant* February 23rd, 1915
† February 21st, 1941
Plot: H Grave: 741

Macfarlane, Ronald Ernest† December 16th, 1943
Plot: C Row: 8 Grave: 230

MacKenzie, Alexander Gerald* January 10th, 1914

Mann, Jack "Jackie"* June 11th, 1914
† November 11th, 1995

Mann, John Rouffignac† August 28th, 2017

Manvell, Robert Edward† June 24th, 1944
Row: C Grave: 1

Marks, Russell "Spike"* December 8th, 1918
† 2001

Maskall, George "Jack"* August 4th, 1910
† June 1st, 1944

Matthews, John Lamont* March 16th, 1919
† June 7th, 2005

Maudsley, Arthur Terence† September 7th, 1943
Plot: G1 Row: Front Row Grave: 15

Mayor, John Richard† May 12th, 1940
Plot: 8 Row: J Grave: 1-3

McAlister, Eric Milton* December 7th, 1917

McBurnie, Donald Hindle* April 6th, 1920

McGeehan, Peter John Dickson† March 16th, 1943
Plot: K Row: 2 Grave: 26

McGowan, Philip* 1921
† May 6th, 2001

Meddings, John Philip* July 13th, 1920
† September 13th, 1987

Mellin, Arthur Alured* December 9th, 1917
† May 16th, 1998

Merralls, Peter Ernest† August 1st, 1942
Plot: 1 Row: G Grave: 16

Merryweather, Sydney William* July 1914
† June 5th, 1942

Miller, George Henry* June 29th, 1918
† February 14th, 1943

Mitchell, Ernest Raymond† November 23rd, 1943

Moisey, Cyril "Joe"* December 22nd, 1922
† June 25th, 2014

Moore, John Reginald* 1920
† 2007

Moore, John William* February 14th, 1913

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Morris, Allan Wilson* November 16th, 1919
† October 8th, 1993

Morrissy, Harry† December 3rd, 1942
Row: 1 Grave: 7

Mullins, Alfred George "Fred"* March 4th, 1922
† August 15th, 2008

Murcar, Alexander† April 15th, 1940

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