List of George Cross recipients
- List of George Cross recipients
The George Cross (GC) is the highest civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. [Although certain Commonwealth Realms have now instituted their own indigenous honours systems, replacing the GC and other Commonwealth awards so far as their citizens are concerned.] The GC is the civilian counterpart of the Victoria Cross and 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. [Mackay, J. (Author), Mussell, P. (Author), Mussell, J.W. (Editor), (2005), "The Medal Yearbook 2006", (Token Publishing Ltd: Devon) ] This list only contains original George Cross recipients, and not recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal which preceded the George Cross, or the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal which were amalgamated with the George Cross in 1971.
Personal awards
Group awards
Fictitious recipients
The fictional detective inspector William E. "Jack" Frost in the novels of R. D. Wingfield 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.
ee also
* George Cross
* Victoria Cross
* List of living George Cross recipients
* List of Victoria Cross recipients
* British and Commonwealth orders and decorations
Notes
References
* Hebblethwaite, M - "One Step Further: Those whose gallantry was rewarded with the George Cross". Series of 9 books. Chameleon HH Publishing Ltd from 2005 (ISBN 0954691717 onwards)
* "The Register of the George Cross", This England, 2nd Edition (1990) ISBN 0-906324-17-3
* [http://www.gc-database.co.uk/alpha.htm List of George Cross Recipients]
External links
* [http://www.gc-database.co.uk George Cross Database]
* [http://collections.ic.gc.ca/courage/georgecrossrecipients.html Canadian World War II recipients]
* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i1.html New Zealand recipients]
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