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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Military Cross canonical 192
Military Cross with Bars 1
Military Cross with two 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 United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
awardingBody British Armed Forces ⓘ
awardingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
campaign Falklands War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

Iraq War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: 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 George V ⓘ
surface form: King George V
higherAward Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
inscription recipient’s name and date of award ⓘ
introducedDuring World War I ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 (194)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hugh Dowding → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Claude Auchinleck → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Frederick Banting → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Harold Alexander → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Roy Urquhart → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Wilfred Owen → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Miles Dempsey → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order → lowerAward → Military Cross ⓘ
Arthur Tedder → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Basil Rathbone → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Lord Gort → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Sholto Douglas → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Lord Trenchard → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Air Marshal Sir Roderic Hill → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Roderic Hill
MC → standsFor → Military Cross ⓘ
MC → associatedWithAward → Military Cross ⓘ
William Slim → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Military Medal → relatedAward → Military Cross ⓘ
Military Medal → replacedBy → Military Cross ⓘ
Billy Bishop → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Oliver Leese → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Maltby, Christopher Michael → hasHonor → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Christopher Michael Maltby
1st Earl Alexander of Tunis → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Siegfried Sassoon → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Wilfrid Kent Hughes → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
James McCudden → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
James McCudden → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Military Cross with Bars
Albert Ball → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Brian Horrocks → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Brian Horrocks
Gerald Templer → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Lieutenant-General Oliver Leese → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Oliver Leese
Peter Cosgrove → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Arthur Asquith → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Brigadier Glyn Hughes → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Glyn Hughes
Richard McCreery → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Conduct Medal → relatedDecoration → Military Cross ⓘ
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
Sam Manekshaw (as a junior officer in World War II) → awarded → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Sam Manekshaw
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross → lowerAward → Military Cross ⓘ
DSO → lowerAward → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Distinguished Service Order
Major-General Sidney Kirkman → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Sidney Kirkman
Charles Portal → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Edward Mannock → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
Airey Neave → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
John → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort
The Earl of Avon → honour → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: Anthony Eden
Major William Barker → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: William George Barker
Major William Barker → awardReceived → Military Cross ⓘ
subject surface form: William George Barker
this entity surface form: Military Cross with two Bars