Military Cross

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military award military decoration

The Military Cross is a British military decoration awarded to officers and, later, other ranks for exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land.

Aliases (1)

Military Cross with Bars ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military award → military decoration →
awardedFor	exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land →
awardedTo	allied foreign military personnel → members of Commonwealth forces → members of the British Armed Forces →
awardingAuthority	Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) →
awardingBody	British Armed Forces →
awardingCountry	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland →
campaign	Falklands War → First World War → Iraq War → Korean War → Second World War → War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) →
conflictType	land warfare →
country	United Kingdom →
dateEstablished	1914-12-28 →
decorates	acts of bravery in the field →
eligibility	officers of the British Army → officers of the Royal Air Force serving with the Army → officers of the Royal Marines → officers of the Royal Navy serving with the Army → other ranks → warrant officers →
eligibilityChange	extended to other ranks in 1993 →
establishedBy	King George V →
higherAward	Distinguished Service Order →
inscription	recipient’s name and date of award →
introducedDuring	First World War →
locationOfInscription	reverse of the cross →
lowerAward	Military Medal →
material	silver →
notableRecipient	Bernard Freyberg → Bernard Montgomery → Harold Macmillan → John Profumo → Winston Churchill →
originalEligibility	commissioned officers → warrant officers →
postnominalLetters	MC →
presentedBy	British monarch →
replaced	Military Medal for other ranks after 1993 →
ribbonColor	purple and white →
shape	cross pattée →
status	currently awarded →
theatre	land operations →
type	gallantry award →
yearEstablished	1914 →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → Albert Ball → Arthur Asquith → Arthur Tedder → Basil Rathbone → Billy Bishop → Brian Horrocks → Charles Portal → Claude Auchinleck → Frederick Banting → Gerald Templer → Glyn Hughes → Harold Alexander → Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → Hugh Dowding → James McCudden → James McCudden ("Military Cross with Bars") → Lord Gort → Lord Trenchard → Miles Dempsey → Oliver Leese → Oliver Leese → Peter Cosgrove → Richard McCreery → Roderic Hill → Roy Urquhart → Sam Manekshaw → Sholto Douglas → Sidney Kirkman → Siegfried Sassoon → Trafford Leigh-Mallory → Wilfred Owen → Wilfrid Kent Hughes → William Slim →	awardReceived
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross → Distinguished Service Order → Distinguished Service Order →	lowerAward
MC →	associatedWithAward
Sam Manekshaw →	awarded
Christopher Michael Maltby →	hasHonor
Military Medal →	relatedAward
Distinguished Conduct Medal →	relatedDecoration
Military Medal →	replacedBy
MC →	standsFor