The George Cross is the highest civil decoration

Civil decoration

A civil decoration is a decoration awarded to civilians for distinguished service. Military personnel might also be eligible for services of a non-military nature...

 of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

. As the civilian counterpart of the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

, the GC is the highest gallantry award for civilians as well as for military personnel in actions which are not in the face of the enemy, or for which purely military honours would not normally be granted. This list solely contains original George Cross recipients and not recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal

Empire Gallantry Medal

The Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry, usually known as the Empire Gallantry Medal , was a British medal awarded for acts of the highest civilian gallantry . King George V introduced it on 29 December 1922...

 (which preceded the George Cross), the Albert Medal

Albert Medal (lifesaving)

The Albert Medal for Lifesaving was a British medal awarded to recognise the saving of life. It has since been replaced by the George Cross.The Albert Medal was first instituted by a Royal Warrant on 7 March 1866 and discontinued in 1971 with the last two awards promulgated in the London Gazette of...

 or the Edward Medal

Edward Medal

The Edward Medal is a British civilian decoration which was instituted by Royal Warrant on 13 July 1907 to recognise acts of bravery of miners and quarrymen in endangering their lives to rescue their fellow workers...

, living recipients of these medals were at various times instructed to exchange their original medal for the GC.

Personal awards

Name & Rank	Date Gazetted	Nationality	Organisation	Posthumous award
Thomas Hopper Alderson	1940-09-3030 September 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. It was created in 1924 as a response to the fears about the growing threat from the development of bomber...	No
Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari Mateen Ahmed Ansari Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari GC of the 5th Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment, in the Indian Army during World War II, and member of the British Army Aid Group was awarded the George Cross posthumously...	1946-04-1818 April 1946	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	7th Rajput Regiment Rajput Regiment The Rajput Regiment is a regiment in the Indian Army that is composed primarily of the Rajput clans from India. The British designated the Rajputs as a martial race and subsequently employed large numbers of these warriors in the British Indian Army.... , Indian Army Indian Army The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...	Yes
Lieutenant Bertram Stuart Trevelyan Archer Bertram Stuart Trevelyan Archer Colonel Bertram Stuart Trevelyan Archer GC OBE ERD is the oldest living recipient of the George Cross, the highest British medal for gallantry not in the face of the enemy.-Award of George Cross:...	1941-09-3030 September 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	No
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Selby Armitage Robert Selby Armitage Lieutenant-Commander Robert Selby Armitage GC, GM, RNVR won both the George Cross and George Medal for his bomb disposal work during the Second World War, one of only eight people to have been awarded both....	1940-12-2727 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Tracker Awang anak Rawang Awang anak Rawang Awang Anak Rawang GC, an Iban Scout from Sarawak in Borneo, won the George Cross for gallantry as recorded in the London Gazette on 20 November 1951....	1951-11-2020 November 1951	Malaysian	Federation of Malaya Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...	No
John Axon John Axon John Axon GC was an English train driver from Stockport who died while trying to stop a runaway freight train on a 1 in 58 gradient near Buxton in Derbyshire after a brake failure. The train consisted of an ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0 No...	1957-05-077 May 1957	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	British Rail British Rail British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...	Yes
Sub-Lieutenant John Herbert Babington John Herbert Babington Sub Lieutenant John Babington GC, OBE, RNVR was awarded the George Cross for 'great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty' in defusing bombs during World War II, particularly for his courage in defusing a bomb which had fallen on Chatham Dockyard and was fitted with an anti withdrawal device. He...	1940-12-2727 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Sergeant Eric George Bailey Eric George Bailey Eric George Bailey GC was a Sergeant with the New South Wales Police Force who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat....	1946-10-2929 October 1946	Australian	New South Wales Police Force	Yes
John Bamford John Bamford John Bamford GC John Bamford GC John Bamford GC (born 7 March 1937 in Newthorpe, near Eastwood, Nottinghamshire is the youngest person to have been directly awarded the George Cross. On 19 October 1952, aged 15, he rescued two boys from a house fire in Newthorpe. He took four months to recover...	1952-12-1616 December 1952	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		No
Sergeant Arthur Banks Arthur Banks Sergeant Arthur Banks GC was a member of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War who was tortured and killed after being captured behind enemy lines....	1946-11-055 November 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Desert Air Force Desert Air Force The Desert Air Force , also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, AHQ Western Desert, the Western Desert Air Force, Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force , was an Allied tactical air force initially created from No...	Yes
Major Herbert John Leslie Barefoot Herbert John Leslie Barefoot Herbert John Leslie Barefoot GC was an English recipient of the George Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry for actions not involving direct enemy action granted to British military personnel...	1941-01-2222 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	No
Inspector James Wallace Beaton	1974-09-2727 September 1974	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Metropolitan Police Force	No
Sergeant John Archibald Beckett John Archibald Beckett Sergeant John Archibald Beckett GC was a recipient of the George Cross and a Royal Air Force airman.-Earlier years:...	1947-12-1616 December 1947	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	Yes
Second Lieutenant Michael Paul Benner Michael Paul Benner Second Lieutenant Michael Paul Benner of the Corps of Royal Engineers was posthumously awarded the George Cross for gallantry for his actions in an alpine rescue attempt at Grossglockner, Austria on the 1st of July 1957 ....	1958-06-1717 June 1958	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	Yes
Major Kenneth Alfred Biggs Kenneth Alfred Biggs Kenneth Alfred Biggs GC of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps was awarded the George Cross for gallantry in his actions in rescuing people from an ammunition train on the 2 January 1946 in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, and preventing a major explosion.-Early life:Biggs was born on 26 February 1911 in...	1946-10-1111 October 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Captain Michael Floud Blaney Michael Floud Blaney Michael Floud Blaney GC was the Acting Captain of the Corps of Royal Engineers during World War II, serving as a bomb defuser....	1941-04-1515 April 1941	Irish Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	Yes
Lieutenant John Bridge John Bridge Lieutenant Commander John Bridge GC, GM & bar was a British bomb disposal expert of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War...	1944-06-2020 June 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Radio Officer David Broadfoot David Broadfoot David Broadfoot GC was a Scottish seaman. He was awarded the George Cross for his role during the sinking of the Princess Victoria.He was born in Stranraer, Scotland and served in the merchant navy during World War II....	1953-10-066 October 1953	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Merchant Navy	Yes
Sub-Lieutenant Francis Haffey Brooke-Smith Francis Haffey Brooke-Smith Frances Haffey Brooke-Smith was a British naval officer.Brooke-Smith was born in Hasketon, near Woodbridge, Suffolk. He was a cadet on HMS Conway on the Mersey between 1934 and 1936...	1941-06-2727 June 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Reserve Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. The present Royal Naval Reserve was formed in 1958 by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , a reserve of civilian volunteers founded in 1903...	No
Richard Arthur Samuel Bywater Richard Arthur Samuel Bywater Richard Arthur Samuel Bywater won the George Cross and George Medal, one of only eight people to have been awarded both medals, and the only civilian....	1944-09-2626 September 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Ministry of Supply Ministry of Supply The Ministry of Supply was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for aircraft production and the Admiralty retained...	No
Second Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Campbell Alexander Fraser Campbell Second Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Campbell GC, of the Royal Engineers, 9th Bomb Disposal Company was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in defusing a bomb which had fallen on the Triumph Engineering Works in Coventry on the 17th of October 1940.He found the bomb was...	1941-01-2222 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	Yes
Flight Lieutenant Wilson Hodgson Charlton Wilson Hodgson Charlton Flight Lieutenant Wilson Hodgson Charlton was a RAF officer awarded the George Cross for gallantry for his bomb disposal work during World War II . During September and October 1940 he dealt with over 200 unexploded devices. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on 21 January 1941...	1944-01-2121 January 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	No
Apprentice Donald Owen Clarke Donald Owen Clarke Apprentice Donald Owen Clarke of the Merchant Navy was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroism on 8 August 1942. Sailing alone, his motor tanker, the San Emiliano, was torpedoed and sunk by U.155 in the central Atlantic, south east of Trinidad...	1943-07-2020 July 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Merchant Navy	Yes
John Clements John Clements (GC) John Clements GC, a schoolmaster at Sherrardswood School, Welwyn Garden City was awarded the George Cross for his heroism in rescuing others from a hotel fire at the Sappado Ski Resort in Italy on 12 April 1976...	1976-12-077 December 1976	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Sherrardswood School	Yes
Lieutenant Dennis Arthur Copperwheat Dennis Arthur Copperwheat Lieutenant Dennis Arthur Copperwheat of the Royal Navy won the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 22 March 1942 in scuttling a burning ammunition ship in Valletta harbour .Lieutenant Copperwheat came from a small town called Rushden near Northampton.In the midst of heavy German air...	1942-11-1717 November 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...	No
Frederick John Cradock Frederick John Cradock Frederick John Cradock was posthumously awarded the George Cross for heroism in his attempts to save a workmate from boiling steam on 4 May 1943 in Glemsford in Suffolk...	1943-09-1010 September 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Yes
Lance-Corporal Matthew Croucher Matthew Croucher Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher GC is a member of the Royal Marines Reserve and recipient of the George Cross, the highest British medal for gallantry not in the face of the enemy, for his extreme valour in risking his life to safeguard the lives of his comrades...	2008-07-2424 July 2008	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	40 Commando 40 Commando 40 Commando RM is a battalion sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of Commander in Chief Fleet.... , Royal Marines Reserve Royal Marines Reserve The role of the Royal Marines Reserve of the United Kingdom is to support the regular Royal Marines in times of war or national crisis. The RMR consists of some 600-1000 trained ranks distributed among the five RMR Centres within the UK...	No
Sub-Lieutenant Peter Victor Danckwerts Peter Victor Danckwerts Peter Victor Danckwerts GC, MBE, FRS was Shell Professor of Chemical Engineering at Cambridge University from 1959 to 1977 and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge....	1940-12-2020 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Fireman Frederick Davies Frederick Davies Fireman Frederick Davies of the British National Fire Service was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat...	1946-02-055 February 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	National Fire Service National Fire Service The National Fire Service was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War; a separate National Fire Service was created in 1942....	Yes
Lieutenant Robert Davies Robert Davies (GC) Lieutenant Robert Davies distinguished himself during the Second World War with the Royal Engineers and was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed in defusing a bomb which threatened to destroy St Paul's Cathedral on September 12, 1940.Davies was born in Newlyn, Cornwall, the son...	1940-09-3030 September 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	No
Squadron Leader Hubert Dinwoodie Hubert Dinwoodie Wing Commander Hubert Dinwoodie GC, OBE, MC , was a recipient of the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 20 August 1946 in defusing bombs in the port of Lübeck while on attachment to the 5140 Bomb Disposal Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.High explosive bombs were being loaded...	1947-02-044 February 1947	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	No
Sowar Ditto Ram Ditto Ram Sowar Ditto Ram of the Central India Horse, Indian Armoured Corps, in the Indian Army during World War II was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his gallantry in helping a wounded comrade on 23 July 1944 at Monte Cassino in Italy. His name is remembered on the Cassino Memorial . Notice of...	1945-12-1313 December 1945	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	Central India Horse	Yes
Albert George Dolphin Albert George Dolphin Albert George Dolphin was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the September 7, 1940. He was working as an emergency hospital porter when a bomb fell on kitchens at the South Eastern Hospital , killing four nurses and injuring others...	1941-01-1717 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	South Eastern Hospital, London	Yes
Raymond Tasman Donoghue Raymond Tasman Donoghue Raymond Tasman Donoghue GC was an Australian tram driver posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed in Hobart, Tasmania....	1960-10-1111 October 1960	Australian	Metropolitan Tram Trust, Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	Yes
Squadron Leader John Noel Dowland John Noel Dowland Squadron Leader John Noel Dowland was awarded the George Cross, as was a civilian armanent instructor, Leonard Henry Harrison, for his gallantry in defusing a bomb which had fallen on the grain ship SS Kildare in Immingham docks on 11 February 1940. The bomb proved extremely difficult to defuse as...	1941-01-077 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	No
Private Charles Alfred Duncan Charles Alfred Duncan Private Charles Alfred Duncan was a private in the Parachute Regiment who was posthumously awarded the George Cross....	1943-11-199 November 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment	Yes
Sub-Lieutenant John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller Sub‑Lieutenant John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed in bomb and mine disposal while serving with HMS President during the Blitz in the winter of 1940...	1941-01-1414 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Captain Mahmood Khan Durrani Mahmood Khan Durrani Lieutenant Colonel Mahmood Khan Durrani, GC was a South Asian recipient of the George Cross, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger...	1946-05-2323 May 1946	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	1st Bahawalpur Infantry, Indian Army Indian Army The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...	No
Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman William Marsden Eastman Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman GC was awarded the George Cross for his gallant bomb disposal work from June to November 1940 on Malta.Notice of his award appeared in the "London Gazette" on Christmas Eve, 1940....	1940-12-2424 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton Lieutenant Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve was awarded the George Cross for his gallantry in defusing a bomb which had fallen on Hoxton, in the East End of London, during the Blitz on the 17th of October 1940. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette...	1941-01-2323 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth Reginald Vincent Ellingworth Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth GC of HMS Vernon was posthumously awarded the George Cross, as was Lt Cdr Lieutenant‑Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan RN, for the 'great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty' he displayed in losing in life while attempting to defuse a mine...	1940-12-2020 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	Yes
Errol John Emanuel Errol John Emanuel Errol John Emanuel , a District Commissioner in the East New Britain district of Papua New Guinea was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat, for gallantry displayed between July 1969 and 19 August 1971. He was born on 13 December 1918, at...	1972-02-011 February 1972	Australian	District Commissioner, Territory of Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...	Yes
Fireman Harry Errington Harry Errington Harry Errington was the only London firefighter to be awarded the George Cross during the Second World War.A bomb destroyed a house in Rathbone Street, near Oxford Circus during the Blitz, on the 17th of September 1940, bringing down a three storey house on top of an air raid shelter in which...	1941-08-088 August 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Auxiliary Fire Service Auxiliary Fire Service The Auxiliary Fire Service was first formed in 1938 in Great Britain as part of Civil Defence Air raid precautions. Its role was to supplement the work of brigades at local level. In this job it was hampered severely by the incompatibility of equipment used by these different brigades - most...	No
Detective Constable Frederick William Fairfax	1952-01-066 January 1953	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Metropolitan Police Force	No
Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson Francis Anthony Blair Fasson Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson RN was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "for outstanding bravery and steadfast devotion to duty in the face of danger" he displayed on the 30 October 1942 in action in the Mediterranean....	1943-09-1414 September 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS Petard HMS Petard (G56) HMS Petard was a "P"-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was one of the three "P" class ships, out of the original eight, to survive the war in a serviceable condition....	Yes
Trooper Christopher Finney Christopher Finney Lance-Corporal of Horse Christopher Finney GC is a British soldier of the Blues and Royals awarded the George Cross for bravery under friendly fire during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Finney grew up in Marple, near Stockport, before moving to Dorset and then joining the British Army in September 2000...	2003-10-3131 October 2003	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Household Cavalry Regiment Household Cavalry Regiment The Household Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and is one of two regiments that are formed from the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1992, under the Options for Change reforms, by the amalgamation of The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. Both regiments were...	No
Captain Douglas Ford Douglas Ford (GC) Captain Douglas Ford was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry.. His citation was published in the London Gazette on the 18th of March, 1946....	1946-04-1818 April 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Scots	Yes
Lieutenant William George Foster William George Foster William George Foster GC MC DCM was a British Home Guard officer who was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 13 September 1942 when his prompt actions saved his comrades after a grenade accident during training in Ashley Hill, Clarendon Park, near Salisbury in Wiltshire.He was...	1942-11-2727 November 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	7th Wiltshire Wiltshire Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...  Battalion, Home Guard British Home Guard The Home Guard was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War...	Yes
Leslie Owen Fox Leslie Owen Fox Leslie Owen Fox was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed in rescuing victims from a bombsite in Fulham on the 20 February 1944. Notice of his award was published in the London Gazette on the 20 February 1945...	1945-02-2020 February 1945	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	London County Council London County Council London County Council was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889–1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council...  Heavy Rescue Service	No
John Alexander Fraser John Alexander Fraser Major John Alexander Fraser GC MC and Bar was a British colonial officer who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat, for his "magnificent conduct" and "outstanding courage" in resisting Japanese torture during the Second World War.-First...	1946-10-2929 October 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Assistant Attorney General, Hong Kong Colonial Service	Yes
Sergeant Michael Gibson Michael Gibson (GC) Sergeant Michael Gibson of the 9th Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineers was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the conspicuous gallantry he displayed on 18 October 1940 in Coventry in defusing a large unexploded bomb. He was in charge of the operation to dig out and defuse the device when...	1941-01-2222 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	Yes
Lieutenant Ernest Oliver Gidden Ernest Oliver Gidden Lieutenant Ernest Oliver Gidden was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed while defusing mines and bombs during the Blitz in London. He served at HMS President with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was cited for making safe a mine which...	1942-06-099 June 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Aircraftman 1st Class Ivor John Gillett Ivor John Gillett Aircraftman 1st Class Ivor John Gillett of the Far East Flying Boat Wing of the Royal Air Force was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed on 26 March 1950. He was on board a Sunderland flying boat which exploded at its moorings in Seletar. The plane sank quickly and...	1950-10-033 October 1950	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	Yes
Benjamin Gimbert Benjamin Gimbert Benjamin Gimbert GC , an engine driver with the LNER was awarded the George Cross, as was his fireman James Nightall, whose award was posthumous, for saving an ammunition train from a fire on 2 June 1944 during the Soham rail disaster.The citation for the awards read:As an ammunition train was...	1944-07-2525 July 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	London & North Eastern Railway	No
Constable Anthony John Gledhill Anthony John Gledhill Anthony John Gledhill GC won the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the 25th of August 1966 in chasing and subduing armed criminals.-George Cross:...	1967-05-2323 May 1967	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Metropolitan Police Force	No
Explosives Officer Roger Philip Goad Roger Philip Goad Captain Roger Philip Goad, GC, BEM, was an explosives officer with London's Metropolitan Police Service who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 29 August 1975...	1976-10-011 October 1976	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Metropolitan Police Force	Yes
Lieutenant Leon Verdi Goldsworthy Leon Goldsworthy Leon Verdi Goldsworthy GC, DSC, GM was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War, and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for actions which are "not in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to people of British or Commonwealth nations...	1944-09-1919 September 1944	Australian	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	No
Lieutenant George Herbert Goodman George Herbert Goodman Lieut-Commander George Herbert Goodman M.B.E. of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed on the 15th of January 1942 in defusing an Italian circling torpedo which had beached east of Alexandria...	1942-09-1515 September 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	No
Lieutenant George Gosse George Gosse George Gosse GC, a mine clearance specialist in the R.A.N.V.R was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed between the 8 May and 19 May 1945 in Bremen Harbour in Germany...	1946-04-3030 April 1946	Australian	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	No
Leading Aircraftman Karl Mander Gravell Karl Mander Gravell Leading Aircraftman Karl Mander Gravell, GC was posthumouslyawarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat. The decoration was awarded for the heroism he showed on the 10 November 1941 in Calgary, Alberta....	1942-06-1111 June 1942	Canadian	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...	Yes
Flight Lieutenant Hector Bertram Gray Hector Bertram Gray Flight Lieutenant Hector Bertram Gray of the Royal Air Force, and member of the British Army Aid Group, was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "most conspicuous gallantry" in resisting torture after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1941.He smuggled medicine into the POW camp to help...	1946-04-1919 April 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	Yes
Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray Roderick Borden Gray Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray, GC of the Royal Canadian Air Force was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his self sacrifice in putting the lives of his comrades ahead of his own....	1945-03-1313 March 1945	Canadian	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...	Yes
Able Seaman Colin Grazier Colin Grazier Able Seaman Colin Grazier was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "outstanding bravery and steadfast devotion to duty in the face of danger" which he displayed on 30 October 1942 in action in the Mediterranean.-WW2 heroics:...	1943-09-1414 September 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS Petard HMS Petard (G56) HMS Petard was a "P"-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was one of the three "P" class ships, out of the original eight, to survive the war in a serviceable condition....	Yes
Sergeant Stewart Graeme Guthrie Stewart Graeme Guthrie Stewart Graeme Guthrie, GC of New Zealand is the most recent civilian recipient of the George Cross, the highest award for conspicuous gallantry not in the face of an enemy awarded in certain Commonwealth countries...	1991-12-1919 December 1991	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	New Zealand Police New Zealand Police The New Zealand Police is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand...	Yes
Private Benjamin Gower Hardy Benjamin Gower Hardy Benjamin Gower Hardy GC was an Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed when Japanese prisoners of war staged an escape attempt on the 5 August 1944 in Cowra, New South Wales.Armed with improvised knives and bats the Japanese stormed the guards...	1950-09-011 September 1950	Australian	22nd Australian Garrison Battalion	Yes
Roy Thomas Harris Roy Thomas Harris ARP Staff Officer Roy Thomas Harris was awarded the George Cross for the 'conspicuous gallantry' he displayed on 18 September 1940 in defusing unexploded bombs which had fallen on Langdale Road in Thornton Heath, Surrey...	1940-12-1717 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. It was created in 1924 as a response to the fears about the growing threat from the development of bomber...	No
Barbara Jane Harrison Barbara Jane Harrison Barbara Jane Harrison, GC , was a British air stewardess. She is one of four women to have been awarded the George Cross for heroism, and the only one of the four not to have served with the Special Operations Executive in occupied France during the Second World War...	1969-08-088 August 1969	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	British Overseas Airways Corporation British Overseas Airways Corporation The British Overseas Airways Corporation was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946 and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 to 1974. The company started life with a merger between Imperial Airways Ltd. and British Airways Ltd...	Yes
Leonard Henry Harrison Leonard Henry Harrison Leonard Henry Harrison was awarded the George Cross for "for acts of exceptional coolness and courage on several occasions" in defusing unexploded German bombs during World War II . Having joined the RAF in 1922, he served as Civilian Armament Instructor at an Royal Air Force armament training...	1941-01-033 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Air Ministry Air Ministry The Air Ministry was a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force, that existed from 1918 to 1964...	No
Albert Edward Heming Albert Edward Heming Albert Edward Heming was awarded the George Cross for the heroism displayed on on 2 March 1945 in Parkers Row in Bermondsey, London when he dug a trapped priest from the ruins of a bombed Catholic Church. He was a section leader in the Civil Defence Rescue Service at the time...	1945-07-1717 July 1945	Irish Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	Civil Defence Rescue Service Civil Defence Corps The Civil Defence Corps was a civilian volunteer organisation established in Great Britain in 1949 to take control in the aftermath of a nuclear attack. It was stood down in Great Britain in 1968...	No
Sub-Officer George Campbell Henderson	1951-11-2020 November 1951	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Gibraltar Dockyard Fire Service	Yes
Corporal James Hendry Corporal James Hendry Corporal James Hendry, GC was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry and self sacrifice he displayed on June 13, 1941...	1943-04-022 April 1943	Canadian	Royal Canadian Engineers	Yes
Lieutenant Commander William Ewart Hiscock William Ewart Hiscock Lieutenant William Ewart Hiscock of HMS St Angelo was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion" he displayed in September 1941 in attempting to defuse a novel Italian ‘Torpedo Machine’ in St George's Bay, Malta. His award was published in the London...	1942-06-1616 June 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS St Angelo	Yes
Aircraftman First Class Vivian Hollowday Vivian Hollowday Corporal Vivian Hollowday was a British recipient of the George Cross, the highest British medal for gallantry not in the face of the enemy...	1941-01-2121 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	No
Corporal Kenneth Horsfield Kenneth Horsfield Corporal Kenneth Horsfield GC of the Manchester Regiment was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in attempting to rescue a comrade trapped and injured by an ammunition explosion in the demolition area of Military Establishment 54 Corporal Kenneth Horsfield GC of the...	1945-03-2323 March 1945	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Manchester Regiment, attached Special Air Service Special Air Service Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...	Yes
Sergeant Murray Ken Hudson Murray Ken Hudson Murray Ken Hudson GC , was a Sergeant with the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment who lost his life when trying to protect soldiers under his command at Waiouru Military Camp in New Zealand...	1974-10-1111 October 1974	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment is the main combat unit in the regular New Zealand Army. It was formed 9 January 1947 as the New Zealand Regiment with a single infantry battalion as part of the newly created infantry corps....	Yes
Driver Joseph Hughes Joseph Hughes (GC) Driver Joseph Hughes of the Royal Army Service Corps was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed on the 21st of March, 1946 in Lyemun Barracks in Hong Kong. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette of the 26th of June, 1947....	1947-06-2626 June 1947	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Service Corps Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps was a corps of the British Army. It was responsible for land, coastal and lake transport; air despatch; supply of food, water, fuel, and general domestic stores such as clothing, furniture and stationery ; administration of...	Yes
Staff Sergeant Kim Hughes Kim Hughes (GC) Warrant Officer Class 2 Kim Spencer Hughes GC is a British Army bomb disposal expert who was awarded the George Cross as a Staff Sergeant for gallant acts carried out in the Afghanistan conflict. Hughes made safe over 80 improvised explosive devices on his tour of Afghanistan...	2010-03-1919 March 2010	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Logistic Corps Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army, comprising around 17% of its strength...	No
Noor Inayat-Khan	1949-04-055 April 1949	Russian Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	Yes
Section Commander George Walter Inwood George Walter Inwood Section Commander George Walter Inwood of the Home Guard was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he showed on the night of the 15th and 16th of October 1940 in Birmingham. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 27th of May 1941.After a heavy German air raid,...	1941-05-2727 May 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	30th Warwickshire Warwickshire Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...  Battalion, Home Guard British Home Guard The Home Guard was a defence organisation of the British Army during the Second World War...	Yes
Lance Naik Islam-ud-Din Islam-ud-Din Lance Naik Islamuddin of the 6th Battalion of the 9th Jat Regiment of the Indian Army during World War II was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroism on 12 April 1945 in Pyawbwe, Central Burma when he sacrificed his own life to save others. He was gazetted on 5 October 1945....	1945-10-055 October 1945	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	Jat Regiment 9th Jat Regiment The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.-World War II:... , Indian Army Indian Army The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...	Yes
Captain Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones Captain Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones RAOC was awarded the George Cross along with Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman RAOC , for incredible courage, dealing with some 275 unexploded bombs in total...	1940-12-2424 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Staff Sergeant Major Barry Johnson	1990-11-066 November 1990	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Private Ralph Jones Ralph Jones (GC) Ralph Jones was an English-born Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed when Japanese prisoners of war staged an escape attempt on the 5th of August 1944 in Cowra, New South Wales.Jones was born at Gorleston, Norfolk, England and educated there...	1950-09-011 September 1950	Australian	22nd Australian Garrison Battalion	Yes
Able Seaman Thomas Raymond Kelly	1948-02-1010 February 1948	Irish Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	Merchant Navy	Yes
Major Andre Gilbert Kempster André Gilbert Kempster André Gilbert Kempster GC was awarded the George Cross posthumously for an act of gallantry in Algeria during the Second World War described officially as follows:...	1943-11-099 November 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Duke of Wellington's Regiment Duke of Wellington's Regiment The Duke of Wellington's Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, forming part of the King's Division.In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester. As was the custom in those days...	Yes
James Stirratt Topping Kennedy James Stirratt Topping Kennedy James Stirratt Topping Kennedy GC was a Scottish security guard for British Rail Engineering Limited in Glasgow who was posthumously awarded the George Cross when he was killed by armed robbers who he was trying to stop stealing BREL's payroll."In the early hours of the 21 December 1973, six...	1975-08-1515 August 1975	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	British Rail British Rail British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...	Yes
Fusilier Derek Godfrey Kinne Derek Godfrey Kinne Fusilier Derek Godfrey Kinne was awarded the George Cross for the valour he showed in withstanding torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist forces during the Korean War....	1954-04-1313 April 1954	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Northumberland Fusiliers The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Originally raised in 1674, the regiment was amalgamated with three other fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.-Origins:...	No
Naik Kirpa Ram Kirpa Ram Naik Kirpa Ram was a posthumous recipient of the George Cross, the highest British medal for gallantry not in the face of the enemy....	1946-03-1515 March 1946	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	Frontier Force Regiment 13th Frontier Force Rifles The 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.-History:... , Indian Army Indian Army The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...	Yes
Captain Simmon Latutin Simmon Latutin Captain Simmon Latutin GC was a British Army officer who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat...	1946-09-1010 September 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Somerset Light Infantry	Yes
Sergeant Raymond Mayhew Lewin Raymond Mayhew Lewin Pilot Officer Raymond Mayhew Lewin GC of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve was awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in rescuing his co-pilot from their burning plane on the 3 November 1940 in Malta.-Biography:He was born on 14 January 1915, in Kettering, educated at St Edward's...	1941-03-1111 March 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	No
Private Horace William Madden	1955-12-3030 December 1955	Australian	Royal Australian Regiment Royal Australian Regiment The Royal Australian Regiment is the parent regiment for regular infantry battalions of the Australian Army and is the senior infantry regiment of the Royal Australian Infantry Corps...	Yes
Major Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin Major Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin Major GC MC was awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed in defusing a device while serving with the Corps of Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Squad on the 17th and 18th of January 1943 in Battersea....	1943-03-1111 March 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	No
Captain Dudley William Mason Dudley William Mason Dudley William Mason GC was master of the tanker SS Ohio during the Second World War. He commanded the tanker during Operation Pedestal, a convoy to relieve Malta. He was awarded the George Cross for this operation.-Early life:...	1942-09-088 September 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Merchant Navy	No
Captain Lionel Colin Matthews Lionel Colin Matthews Lionel Colin Matthews GC, MC was an Australian Army Signals Corps officer awarded the George Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished services whilst a prisoner-of-war in Japanese hands during the Second World War.-Early life:Matthews was born in the Adelaide inner north-eastern suburb of...	1947-11-2828 November 1947	Australian	Royal Australian Corps of Signals Royal Australian Corps of Signals The Royal Australian Corps of Signals is one of the 'arms' of the Australian Army. It is responsible for installing, maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and information systems...	Yes
Dr Arthur Douglas Merriman Arthur Douglas Merriman Dr Arthur Douglas Merriman GC, DFC, OBE, MA, MEd, DSc, CIMechE, FRSE was a government scientist with the Ministry of Supply, an officer of the Royal Engineers and a recipient of the George Cross.-Biography:...	1940-12-033 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Ministry of Supply Ministry of Supply The Ministry of Supply was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for aircraft production and the Admiralty retained...	No
Leonard John Miles Leonard John Miles ARP warden Leonard John Miles was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed in leaving his air raid shelter to warn others of an unexploded bomb nearby in Ilford in Essex on the 21st of September, 1940. He was fatally wounded when the device exploded. Notice of his award...	1941-01-1717 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions Air Raid Precautions was an organisation in the United Kingdom set up as an aid in the prelude to the Second World War dedicated to the protection of civilians from the danger of air-raids. It was created in 1924 as a response to the fears about the growing threat from the development of bomber...	Yes
Sub-Lieutenant Richard Valentine Moore Richard Valentine Moore Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Richard Valentine Moore of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached to HMS President was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed in rendering mines safe during the blitz despite having 'no practical training'...	1940-12-2727 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
William Radenhurst Mosedale William Radenhurst Mosedale William Radenhurst Mosedale was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the 12 December 1940 .-Early life:...	1941-03-2828 March 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	City of Birmingham Fire Brigade City of Birmingham Fire Brigade The City of Birmingham Fire Brigade was founded in 1875. In 1895 a new chief officer was appointed, Alfred Robert Tozer . He died in 1906 when he was followed into position by his son Alfred Robert Tozer who continued in the position until 1940...	No
Special Constable Brandon Moss Brandon Moss (GC) Brandon Moss was awarded the George Cross for his "superhuman efforts and utter disregard for personal injury" while serving as a Special Constable with the Coventry Constabulary....	1940-12-1313 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Coventry Special Constabulary Special Constabulary The Special Constabulary is the part-time volunteer section of a statutory police force in the United Kingdom or some Crown dependencies. Its officers are known as Special Constables or informally as Specials.Every United Kingdom territorial police force has a special constabulary except the...	No
Lieutenant John Stuart Mould John Stuart Mould John Stuart Mould GC, GM was an Australian recipient of the United Kingdom's George Cross.He was born in Gosforth, Northumberland and emigrated with his family to Australia in childhood...	1942-11-033 November 1942	Australian	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	No
Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey Eric Lawrence Moxey Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey GC was a Royal Air Force officer and a British recipient of the George Cross.Acting Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the courage he showed on the 27th of August 1940 in volunteering to remove two unexploded bombs...	1940-12-1717 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	Yes
Michael Joseph Munnelly Michael Joseph Munnelly Michael Joseph Munnelly was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his gallantry on 24 December 1964 in Regents Park, London.-George Cross:Born in 1941, Munnelly was a journalist for The People newspaper...	1965-06-2929 June 1965	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	The People The People The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....	Yes
Captain Robert Laurence Nairac	1979-03-1313 February 1979	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Grenadier Guards Grenadier Guards The Grenadier Guards is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It is the most senior regiment of the Guards Division and, as such, is the most senior regiment of infantry. It is not, however, the most senior regiment of the Army, this position being attributed to the Life Guards...	Yes
Lieutenant Harold Reginald Newgass Harold Reginald Newgass Temporary Lieutenant Harold Reginald Newgass of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve attached to HMS President was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed in defusing a mine which had fallen into a gas holder at the Garston Gas Works in...	1941-03-044 March 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham Lanceray Arthur Newnham Temporary Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham GC MC , of The Middlesex Regiment and the British Army Aid Group was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed in resisting Japanese torture during World War II.On 1 January 1917 Captain Newnham was awarded the Military Cross for...	1946-04-1818 April 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Middlesex Regiment Middlesex Regiment The Middlesex Regiment was a regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th and 77th Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.On 31 December 1966 The Middlesex Regiment was amalgamated with three...	Yes
Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls, GC, ERD was awarded the George Cross for gallantry and leadership on active service with the Special Operations Executive in Albania in 1944. He is the only member of the Coldstream Guards to have won the medal.Nicholls was born in Hampstead on February...	1946-03-011 March 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	Yes
James William Nightall James William Nightall Railwayman James William Nightall was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed during the Soham rail disaster. Nightall was an LNER Fireman on a fifty-one wagon ammunition train train driven by Benjamin Gimbert. When a wagon caught fire he helped Gimbert to uncouple it...	1944-07-2525 July 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	London & North Eastern Railway	Yes
Captain Peter Allen Norton	2006-03-2323 March 2006	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Logistic Corps Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army, comprising around 17% of its strength...	No
Lieutenant-Commander Patrick Albert O'Leary	1946-01-011946	Belgian	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	No
Wallace Arnold Oaks	1965-10-1919 October 1965	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	British Rail British Rail British Railways , which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the operator of most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the "Big Four" British railway companies and lasted until the gradual privatisation of British Rail, in stages...	Yes
Leading Aircraftman Albert Matthew Osborne Albert Matthew Osborne Leading Aircraftman Albert Matthew Osborne of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve was awarded the George Cross for the "unsurpassed courage and devotion to duty" he showed during incessent German attacks on Malta. Among his many acts of valour he made safe torpedoes in burning aircraft, rescued...	1942-07-1010 July 1942	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	Yes
Sergeant Graham Leslie Parish Graham Leslie Parish Sergeant Graham Leslie Parish of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve was posthumously awarded the George Cross for "gallantry of the highest order". He was the navigator on a plane which crashed after attempting to return to base after an abortive take off in Sudan on the 16th of September 1942...	1943-04-022 April 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	Yes
Lieutenant John MacMillan Stevenson Patton	1940-12-1717 December 1940	Canadian	Royal Canadian Engineers	No
Constable Michael Kenneth Pratt Michael Kenneth Pratt Michael Kenneth Pratt GC is a former constable of the Victoria Police Force of Melbourne, Australia, and a recipient of the George Cross, gazetted on 4 July 1978...	1978-06-044 July 1978	Australian	Victoria Police Victoria Police Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. , the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, along with over 400 recruits, reservists and Protective Service Officers, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations.-Early history:The Victoria Police...	No
Squadron Leader Rev. Herbert Cecil Pugh Herbert Cecil Pugh Herbert Cecil Pugh, GC was a South African recipient of the George Cross, and the only clergyman to be so awarded. He was a chaplain in the Royal Air Force holding the rank of Squadron Leader.- Biography :...	1947-04-011 April 1947	South African	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	Yes
Flight Lieutenant John Alan Quinton John Alan Quinton John Alan Quinton, GC, DFC was posthumously awarded the George Cross for an act of outstanding bravery where he unselfishly saved a young air cadet whilst losing his own life after the aircraft he was in was involved in a mid-air collision over Yorkshire.Rank: Flight LieutenantUnit: 228...	1951-10-2323 October 1951	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	Yes
Havildar Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahman (GC) Havildar Abdul Rahman was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat. He was awarded the decoration for the gallantry he showed in attempting an aircrash rescue on 22 February 1945 in Kletek in Java...	1946-09-1010 September 1946	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	9th Jat Regiment 9th Jat Regiment The 9th Jat Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government reformed the army, moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments.-World War II:... , Indian Army Indian Army The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...	Yes
Bombardier Henry Herbert Reed Henry Herbert Reed Bombardier Henry Herbert Reed GC of the Royal Artillery was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the "gallant and utterly selfless action" he showed after the merchant ship, SS Cormount, was attacked by German E-boats and planes on the 20th of June 1940....	1941-09-2323 September 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...	Yes
Sergeant John Rennie John Rennie (GC) Acting Sergeant John Rennie, GC was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed in protecting others after a training accident at Riddlesworth near Slough on the 29 October 1943....	1944-05-2626 May 1944	Canadian	Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada	Yes
Superintendent Gerald Irving Richardson Gerald Irving Richardson Superintendent Gerald 'Gerry' Irving Richardson, GC, was a police officer in the Lancashire Constabulary and the highest-ranking officer to be murdered in the line of duty in Great Britain...	1972-11-1414 November 1972	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in the North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston...	Yes
Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rogers Jonathan Rogers (GC) Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rogers GC, DSM , was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the night of the 10 February 1964, during the sinking of HMAS Voyager.-Early life:...	1965-03-1919 March 1965	Australian	Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Navy The Royal Australian Navy is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces...	Yes
Staff Sergeant Sidney George Rogerson Sidney George Rogerson Staff Sergeant Sidney George Rogerson GC, was awarded the George Cross for the " most conspicuous gallantry" he showed on the 2nd of January 1946 when a massive explosion wrecked 27 railway wagons and 2 lorries being loaded with munitions at Savernake Forest in Wiltshire...	1946-10-1111 October 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross Arthur Dwight Ross Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross, GC, CBE, CD was a Royal Canadian Air Force Base Commander of No. 62 Base, No. 6 Group RCAF in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War...	1944-10-2727 October 1944	Canadian	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...	No
Wing Commander John Samuel Rowlands John Samuel Rowlands Air Marshal Sir John Rowlands GC, KBE was a Welsh Royal Air Force officer who was awarded the George Cross for his work in bomb disposal and later worked in the development of Britain's nuclear weapons programme....	1943-08-1010 August 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	No
Lance-Corporal David Russell David Russell (George Cross) David Russell GC was a Lance Corporal with the 22nd Battalion, New Zealand Infantry, 2nd NZEF, who was awarded the George Cross posthumously after being executed by German forces in Italy....	1948-12-2424 December 1948	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment is the main combat unit in the regular New Zealand Army. It was formed 9 January 1947 as the New Zealand Regiment with a single infantry battalion as part of the newly created infantry corps....	Yes
Lieutenant-Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan Richard John Hammersley Ryan Lieutenant Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan GC RN was posthumously awarded the George Cross, as was Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" they displayed when losing their lives while attempting to defuse a mine which had...	1940-12-2020 December 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS President HMS President (shore establishment) HMS President is a stone frigate, or shore establishment of the Royal Naval Reserve; on the northern bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.-Present day:...	Yes
Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur was an Allied heroine of the Second World War.-Early years:...	1946-08-2020 August 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	No
Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid Olaf Schmid Staff Sergeant Olaf Sean George Schmid GC was a British Army bomb disposal expert who was killed in action in the Afghanistan conflict. Schmid was posthumously awarded the George Cross after he made safe 70 devices before his death in October 2009...	2010-03-1919 March 2010	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Logistics Corps	Yes
Corporal James Patrick Scully James Patrick Scully Acting Corporal James Patrick Scully of the Pioneer Corps was awarded the George Cross for the valour he displayed on the 8 March 1941 in Liverpool in rescuing people from a bomb damaged building...	1941-07-088 July 1941	Irish Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...	Pioneer Corps	No
Major Hugh Paul Seagrim	1946-09-1212 September 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	Yes
Private Joseph Henry Silk Joseph Henry Silk Private Joseph Henry Silk GC of the Somerset Light Infantry was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroic self sacrifice while serving in Burma...	1944-06-1313 June 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Somerset Light Infantry	Yes
Wing Commander Laurence Frank Sinclair Laurence Frank Sinclair Air Vice Marshal Sir Laurence Frank Sinclair GC, KCB, CBE, DSO & Bar was awarded the George Cross for rescuing a severely injured airman from a crashed and burning plane.-RAF career:...	1941-01-2121 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...	No
Anthony Smith Anthony Smith (GC) Anthony Smith GC, was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on the 23rd of February 1944 in rescuing people from a bomb damaged building in the World's End in London. A chimney sweep and shoemaker by trade, he was attached to the Chatham Division of the Civil Defence Rescue Service...	1944-05-3030 May 1944	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Civil Defence Rescue Service	No
Signalman Kenneth Smith	1945-10-1919 October 1945	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Corps of Signals Royal Corps of Signals The Royal Corps of Signals is one of the combat support arms of the British Army...	Yes
Seaman Bennett Southwell Bennett Southwell Ordinary Seaman Bennett Southwell GC was a member of a Royal Navy team carrying out bomb disposal when he was killed during the London blitz. He was awarded a posthumous George Cross....	1941-01-2323 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	HMS Vernon HMS Vernon (shore establishment) HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.-Foundation...	Yes
Brian Spillett	1965-06-2929 June 1965	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Yes
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Gerald Spooner Kenneth Gerald Spooner Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Gerald Spooner, GC was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the self sacrifice he showed in saving the lives of three comrades on the May 14, 1943....	1944-01-077 January 1944	Canadian	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...	Yes
Constable Henry William Stevens Henry William Stevens Henry William Stevens GC was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed while serving as a Constable in the Metropolitan Police Force on the 29th of March, 1958. While on patrol with his partner he chased a burglar and was shot by the criminal in the mouth. Despite his injury he...	1958-10-2121 October 1958	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Metropolitan Police Metropolitan police Metropolitan Police is a generic title for the municipal police force for a major metropolitan area, and it may be part of the official title of the force...	No
Chief Officer George Preston Stronach George Preston Stronach Captain George Preston Stronach GC of the Merchant Navy was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed in a rescue at sea in Tripoli Harbour on 19 March 1943...	1943-11-2323 November 1943	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Merchant Navy	No
Major Stephen George Styles	1972-01-1111 January 1972	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Ordnance Corps Royal Army Ordnance Corps The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a corps of the British Army. It dealt only with the supply and maintenance of weaponry, munitions and other military equipment until 1965, when it took over most other supply functions, as well as the provision of staff clerks, from the Royal Army Service...	No
Subadar Subramanian Subramanian (GC) First Lieutenant Subadar Subramanian was the first Indian to be awarded the George Cross.He served with the Queen Victoria’s Own Madras Sappers and Miners of the Indian Army during World War II and won the award for sacrificing his own life on 24 June 1944 by throwing himself over a mine to protect...	1944-06-3030 June 1944	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world... n	Queen Victoria's Own Madras Miners & Sappers	Yes
Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk Charles Henry George Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, 13th Earl of Berkshire, GC was an English bomb disposal expert who was also an earl in the Peerage of England, belonging to the ancient Howard family. He was styled Viscount Andover until 1917...	1941-07-1818 July 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Ministry of Supply Ministry of Supply The Ministry of Supply was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply. There was, however, a separate ministry responsible for aircraft production and the Admiralty retained...	Yes
Lieutenant Hugh Randall Syme Hugh Randall Syme Hugh Randall Syme GC, GM & Bar was an Australian naval officer, bomb disposal operative and newspaper proprietor. He was awarded the George Cross for his actions in defusing unexploded bombs and landmines during the Second World War...	1943-08-033 August 1943	Australian	Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Violette Szabo Violette Szabo Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, GC, was a Second World War French-British secret agent.-Early life and marriage:...	1946-12-1717 December 1946	French France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Special Operations Executive Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...	Yes
George Anthony Morgan Taylor George Anthony Morgan Taylor George Anthony Morgan Taylor was awarded the George Cross for gallantry. His award was published in the London Gazette on 22 April 1952. He was employed by the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources at the time as a Vulcanologist and received his award for his work in averting a volcanic danger...	1952-04-2222 April 1952	Australian	Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources	No
Robert George Taylor Robert George Taylor (GC) Robert George Taylor was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 13 March 1950 in Bristol . His award was published in the London Gazette of 1 August 1950....	1950-08-011 August 1950	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...		Yes
Sub-Lieutenant William Horace Taylor William Horace Taylor (GC) Lieutenant Commander William Horace Taylor MBE was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed in bomb disposal work in September and October 1940 while serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette on the 14th January 1941.-...	1941-01-1414 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Captain Jenkin Robert Oswald Thompson Jenkin Robert Oswald Thompson Captain Jenkin Robert Oswald Thompson was posthumously awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty...	1945-02-022 February 1945	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace...	Yes
Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell Stephen John Tuckwell Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work during the Blitz of late 1940. He was attached to HMS Vernon and rendered many unexploded devices safe, including a mine which fell into Roding river in Essex...	1941-01-1414 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...	No
Norman Tunna Norman Tunna Norman Tunna GC , a shunter for the Great Western Railway in Birkenhead was awarded the George Cross in 1941.On 26 September 1940, Tunna was at work at Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead when an air raid commenced...	1941-01-2424 January 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Great Western Railway Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...	No
Lieutenant Geoffrey Gledhill Turner Geoffrey Gledhill Turner Geoffrey Gledhill Turner GC, GM, , Sub-Lieutenant of the RNVR is one of only eight people who have won both the George Cross and George Medal for gallantry....	1941-06-2727 June 1941	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	No
Constable Carl Walker Carl Walker Inspector Carl Walker, GC, is a former police officer who served in the Lancashire Constabulary until 1982 when he was forced to retire due to injuries sustained in a shooting in Blackpool, an incident after which he was awarded the George Cross.On 23 August 1971, when Walker was a constable, he...	1972-11-1414 November 1972	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in the North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston...	No
Lieutenant Terence Edward Waters Terence Edward Waters Lieutenant Terence Edward Waters GC was a British soldier who was awarded the George Cross in recognition of gallant and distinguished services whilst a prisoner of war of North Korea, having been captured at the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War...	1954-04-1313 April 1954	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	West Yorkshire Regiment	Yes
Sergeant Michael Willetts Michael Willetts Michael Willetts, GC was one of the first British soldiers to be killed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the recipient of a posthumous George Cross for his heroism in saving lives during the Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing which claimed his own...	1971-05-2525 May 1971	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment	Yes
Flight Sergeant Stanley James Woodbridge Stanley James Woodbridge Flight Sergeant Stanley James Woodbridge, GC, was a British World War II recipient of the George Cross. He was born in Chelsea, London, and during World War II served as a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, with No...	1948-09-2828 September 1948	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	Yes
Corporal Mark Wright Mark Wright (GC) Corporal Mark William Wright, GC was a soldier in the British Army. He served in the 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment in Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. He died in Helmand Province in Afghanistan after entering a minefield in an attempt to save the lives of other injured soldiers...	2006-12-1515 December 2006	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment	Yes
Sapper George Cameron Wylie George Cameron Wylie Sapper George Cameron Wylie GC of the Royal Engineers was awarded the George Cross for the heroism he displayed on 12 September 1940 when a bomb fell near St Paul's Cathedral in Deans Yard. It took three days to dig the bomb out of soft soil, work made even more dangerous by a fire at a...	1940-09-3030 September 1940	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army....	No
Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas	1946-02-1515 February 1946	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve consists of a number of groupings of individual military reservists for the management and operation of the Royal Air Force's Air Training Corps and CCF Air Cadet formations, Volunteer Gliding Squadrons , Air Experience Flights, and also to form the...	No
Lieutenant St. John Graham Young St. John Graham Young Lieutenant St. John Graham Young GC was posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest British award for bravery out of combat, for his heroism in rescuing his comrades from a minefield in Italy on 23 July 1944...	1945-07-2020 July 1945	British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	Royal Tank Regiment Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment...	Yes

Group awards

Group	Date Gazetted
Island of Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...	15 April 1942
Royal Ulster Constabulary Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary was the name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2000. Following the awarding of the George Cross in 2000, it was subsequently known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary...	23 November 1999

George Cross in literature and the arts

The fictional detective inspector William E. "Jack" Frost

Jack Frost (detective)

Detective Chief Inspector William Edward "Jack" Frost, GC is a fictional detective created by R. D. Wingfield - characterised as sloppy, untidy, hopeless with paperwork - but unmatched at solving mysteries...

 in the novels of R. D. Wingfield

R. D. Wingfield

Rodney David Wingfield was an English author and radio dramatist. He is best remembered for creating the character of Detective Inspector Jack Frost, who was later played by Sir David Jason in A Touch of Frost....

 is a recipient of the George Cross, which sometimes serves as a plot element in allowing him to get away with actions that would otherwise have landed him in trouble.

See also

• George Cross
  George Cross
  The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...
  
  
• Victoria Cross
  Victoria Cross
  The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
  
  
• List of living George Cross recipients
• List of Australian George Cross recipients
• List of Victoria Cross recipients
• British and Commonwealth orders and decorations

External links

• Canadian World War II recipients
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