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	List of Awards presented by the Governor General of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Victoria Cross, awarded for the most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, in the presence of the enemy
		Medal of Military Valour, awarded for an act of valour or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy
		Cross of Valour, awarded for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Awards_presented_by_the_Governor_General_of_Canada (434 words)

	RAF medals
		The last two Crosses were posthumous awards for the attack on Goose Green by the Paras in the Falkland's conflict.
		...The Cross was issued named, and in the case of those awarded during the Second World War, name, rank, serial number and unit are engraved in plain capitals on the reverse of the bar, while the date of the award is engraved in three lines on the central medallion.
		The Cross can be conferred upon officers, non-commissioned officers and men of all three armed forces as well as members of the merchant marine and auxiliary forces under military command.
	wing.chez.tiscali.fr /RAF/RAF_medal.html (876 words)

	{1CAB} Ranks
		Cross of Valour- Canadian Bravery Decorations are national honours awarded to recognize acts of courage.
		To be awarded the Cross of Valour you must never miss a practice for a full month, or have a ratio of 15-1.
		Military Valour Decorations: are national honours awarded to recognize acts of valour, self-sacrifice or devotion to duty to the 1st Canadian Airborne.
	www.angelfire.com /games4/1cabtheredone/medals.html (550 words)

	Medals Australia - Bravery Decorations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Instituted on February 14th of 1975 the Cross of Valour is awarded only for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril.
		The medal shares the common elements of the Australian Coat of Arms and the Federation Star with the Cross of Valour and the Bravery Medal.
		Like the Cross of Valour and the Star of Courage the Bravery Medal was instituted on February 14th of 1975.
	home.mira.net /~jmmc/bravery.htm (420 words)

	Greece's WW2 Medals
		The bronze cross is surmounted by a gilt, silver or bronze crown to denote its particular class.
		Subsequent awards were denoted by a small crown (gilt, silver or bronze depending on the class of the cross) on the ribbon.
		Instituted on the same day as the previous cross, it was awarded for acts of exceptional leadership and ability, not necessarily in combat.
	users.skynet.be /hendrik/eng/39greece.html (991 words)

	Cross of Valour
		Controversial 1939 Cross of Valour; WW II Exile Cross of Valour; 1944 Communist issue Cross of Valour
		Miniature Cross of Valour, WW II Exile type; Reverse of WW II Exile Cross of Valour.
		III RP The Cross of Valour was re-established in 1990 by the current Polish Government.
	home.golden.net /~medals/kw.html (1017 words)

	Victoria Cross (VC) - Veterans Affairs Canada
		For most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent act of valour or self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.
		The crimson ribbon is 1.5 inches wide and a miniature cross is worn on the ribbon in undress.
		There have been 1,351 Victoria Crosses and 3 Bars awarded worldwide, 94 to Canadians (Canadian-born or serving in the Canadian Army or with a close connection to Canada).
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group01/vc (242 words)

	CROSS OF VALOUR FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The Cross of Valour (official post-nominal letters CV) is the highest Canadian civilian award for bravery.
		Currently, there are 19 recipients of the Cross of Valour.
		Before the introduction of the Cross of Valour, the Canadian Government recommended the awarding of the George_Cross.
	www.beatlesfacts.com /Cross_of_Valour (112 words)

	Canada Post - New Press Releases
		The Victoria Cross was instituted by Royal Warrant on January 29, 1856, retroactive to 1854.
		The Canadian VC is similar to the original in every respect save the inscription "Pro Valore," a Latin version of "For Valour." As no Canadian medal has as yet been awarded, none have been created and the stamp reproduces the design approved by the Queen, complete with her signature.
		The Victoria Cross stamps were unveiled at a special ceremony in Ottawa on October 24, 2004, where the 94 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross received the thanks of a nation.
	www.canadapost.ca /business/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/default-e.asp?prid=1027 (1063 words)

	Tasmania's Victoria Cross Winners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his valour at Stormy Trench near Guedecourt on the Western Front on February 4-5, 1917.
		Captain Cherry was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his valour at Lagnicourt, France on March 26, 1917.
		Lewis McGee was born at Ross and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his valour during the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium on October 4, 1917.
	ink.news.com.au /mercury/anzac/victoriacross.html (1182 words)

	Cross_of_Valour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The award was established on May 1, 1972 to replace the Order of Canada's Medal of Courage and first awarded on July 20, 1972.
		Before the introduction of the Cross of Valour, the Canadian Government recommended the awarding of the George Cross.
		There is a similar award in Australia also known as the Cross of Valour.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Cross_of_Valour (108 words)

	ATHY HERITAGE CENTRE
		The award of the Victoria Cross to Holland was marked by special meetings of the Athy Urban District Council and Kildare County Council to register their appreciation of the honour bestowed on him.
		Holland in having given to the defence of their country a son whose deeds have added renown to Ireland, the county Kildare, and the town in which he was born' (applause).
		He was proud to know and realise that he was the fortunate medium to bring the Victoria Cross to his native town and to his county (applause), as he should have been justly proud of another Irish soldier who fought for and brought it back as he did.
	kildare.ie /hospitality/historyandheritage/athyheritage/J.V.Holland.html (2888 words)

	Freyberg VC GCMG KCB KBE DSO & 3 Bars K St J, MiD
		The badge of the Cross of Valour is a golden straight armed cross with a longer lower arm in white enamel, edged blue and suspended by a golden royal crown.
		The Cross is a crowned cross of Saint George in bronze with crossed swords between the arms of the cross.
		The cross is pendent on a riband of equal red, blue and red stripes.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-vc/freyberg-vc.htm (3268 words)

	examiner.com.au : BALI BRAVERY AWARDS Tassie hero's highest honour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The two men are the only Cross of Valour recipients in a large list of Australians to receive various national bravery awards announced yesterday for their part in the massive rescue that followed the October 12, 2002, terrorist bombing.
		The Cross of Valour is the civilian equivalent of the military Victoria Cross, Australian Honours Secretariat director Amanda O'Rourke said.
		Mr Joyes knew that he had been nominated for an award but was stunned yesterday to discover that it was the Cross of Valour.
	www.examiner.com.au /print.asp?id=200094 (595 words)

	Warsaw Uprising Witnesses: Waclaw Micuta II
		1 Boleslaw Stanczyk, pseudonym ‘Xen’, Lieutenant, a Cross of Valour recipient.
		4 Teresa Wilska ‘Bozenka’, a Cross of Valour recipient, a messenger for the commander of an armored platoon of the ‘Zoska’ battalion.
		7 Among them, a covering party from the ‘Zoska’ battalion, commanded by Marian Malkowski or ‘Marian’, a cadet, a Cross of Valour recipient, withdrawn from the building at 2 Okrag Street, and remnants of the ‘Parasol’ battalion which acted as a rear guard.
	www.warsawuprising.com /witness/micuta2.htm (1223 words)

	Warsaw Uprising Witnesses: Lidia Markiewicz-Ziental II
		Anna Rewska – ‘Renata’, twice Cross of Valour.
		Stanislaw Sieradzki – ‘Swist’, Sergeant, Cross of Valour.
		Janusz Zawodny – ‘Mis’, Second Lieutenant, Cross of Valour (Commander of platoon in battalion ‘Lukasinski’ of the Group ‘Sosna’); says how unreal it was for him when while he was leaving the sewers at Warecka Street, a courier helping him to leave gave him a branch of green ivy.
	www.warsawuprising.com /witness/markiewicz2.htm (2052 words)

	RGJ For Valour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Of the 59 VCs attributable to The Royal Green Jackets, 34 are in the Museum's possession.
		The Victoria Cross was instituted by Royal Warrant of 29 January 1856, made retrospective to the autumn of 1854 to cover the Crimean War.
		Prior to this conflict the Sovereign had no means for rewarding junior officers and other ranks in the army and navy for 'signal acts of valour or devotion in the presence of the enemy'.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalgreenjackets/museum/valour.html (749 words)

	Sosabowski Family Website
		For his actions during the Warsaw Uprising, he was awarded the ‘Virtuti Militari’ Cross, and the Cross for Valour, twice.
		She was awarded the Cross of Valour twice, the Polish military Medal three times, and the Cross of Merit.
		I was awarded the Cross of Valour and the Virtuti Militari Cross, as well as the military Medal three times.
	www.sosabowski.com /letter.html (1264 words)

	IIRP
		Other awards such as Order of Polonia Restituta, the Independence Cross and Medal, the Cross of Valour and the Cross of Merit were new awards.
		The Independence Cross is a high ranking Decoration awarded to those who made significant contributions to the cause of Polish Independence up to 1921, excluding the Polish-Soviet War.
		As with the Independence Cross, the Medal was awarded for acts contributing to Polish Independence up to 1921, excluding the the Polish-Soviet War.
	home.golden.net /~medals/IIRP.html (897 words)

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		The badge of the Order is a white enamelled Latin cross in gold (silver for the 5th class) with a laurel wreath between the arms of the cross and pendent on a royal crown.
		Similar to the Knight's Cross less the enamel, the Commemorative Medal is worn on the chest riband of the Order and has civil and military divisions of 3 classes: Gold (gilt) Medal, Silver Medal, and the Bronze Medal.
		The Cross of Valour was awarded only for acts of bravery on the field of battle.
	showcase.netins.net /web/lubbensite/greekawards.htm (638 words)

	Search Results for valour - Encyclopædia Britannica
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		It was instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria at the request of her consort, Prince...
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	www.britannica.com /search?ref=B04319&query=valour&submit=Find (527 words)

	Captain Charles Upham VC and Bar 1908 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Victoria Cross - A simple bronze cross for valour is the Commonwealth’s highest decoration for gallantry by its military servicemen.
		Lieutenant Upham was awarded the Victoria Cross for 9 days of sustained and conspicuous heroism, skill and leadership in Crete in May 1941.
		The little township of Amberley was abuzz this morning as HRH Prince William made an impromptu stop outside the Hurunui District Council to have a closer look at the bronze statue of double Victoria Cross recipient, Charles Upham.
	www.hurunui.govt.nz /district/charles_upham.htm (823 words)

	Valour Road
		Sixty-nine Canadian soldiers earned the Victoria Cross in World War I, and by some strange coincidence, three of them lived on the same street -- Pine Street in Winnipeg, which was later renamed Valour Road in their honour.
		The citation of his Victoria Cross commends his personal courage, gallantry and skill, and emphasizes the example he set for the men under his command.
		Of the three Victoria Cross recipients from Valour Road, only Shankland survived the war.
	www.histori.ca /minutes/minute.do?id=10192 (707 words)

	The England Project: The Victoria Cross: For Valour
		The main thrust of the program was to describe how in September 1944, Major Robert Cain won what was described as the finest Victoria Cross of the Second World War.
		His story is amazing and its telling left me in no doubt that Clarkson was in total awe of not only Major Cain VC but also all the other VC winners, some of who had their stories told in brief during the programme.
		This amount of bronze itself is worth next to nothing, but because of its history and the use to which it was being put this particular chunk is priceless.
	www.theenglandproject.net /mt/archives/000024.html (379 words)

	Valour Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Battalion of three Valour Road soldiers is detailed.
		For your information, Valour Road is within the Sargent Park School community and is about one kilometer west of our school.
		The Heritage Minute for Valour Road was viewed as part of the Remembrance Day program, November, 1999.
	www.wsd1.org /SargentPark/Ron/valour_road_1999.htm (346 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Asia - Australia honours 199 people for Bali bravery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Two Australian men, Richard Joyes and Tim Britten, have been awarded the Cross of Valour, which is the highest bravery honour.
		The Cross of Valour has been awarded only three times since bravery decorations were established in 1975.
		Mr Joyes and Mr Britten put themselves in serious danger to rescue a woman trapped inside the Sari Club, which was bombed in the attack.
	www.goasiapacific.com /news/GoAsiaPacificBNA_968909.htm (276 words)

	Lieutenant General Sir Gerald Graham, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was present at the battles of the Alma and Inkerman, and served about a hundred times in the trenches before Sebastopol.
		Lieutenant Graham was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 18 June 1855 when he, accompanied by Sapper J. Perie, showed determined gallantry at the head of a ladder party at the assault on the Redan at Sebastopol.
		His award of the Victoria Cross was published in the London Gazette of 24 February 1857.
	members.aol.com /reubique/graham.htm (340 words)

	RCMP Media Relations Website
		Teather was a highly decorated member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and his honours including the Long Service Medal, Canada 125 Medal, Queen's Golden Jubilee, and the Commissioner's Commendation for Bravery.
		Unique to Cpl. Teather is that he was the only member of the RCMP to be awarded the Cross of Valour.
		Image of the Cross of Valour is available as Image 4.
	www.rcmp-bcmedia.ca /pressrelease.jsp?vRelease=6234 (551 words)

	Victoria Cross Society - Events of Interest
		As a forerunner to the 150th anniversary of the inception of the Victoria Cross, For Valour will tell the story of the award from the beginnings in 1856 to the reasoning behind it, its manufacture and some of the stories behind individual awards.
		Highlights will include reproductions of the three VC and Bar awards, the unique award to the American Unknown Soldier, a unique scale model of the Defence of Rorke’s Drift, copies of correspondence from Queen Victoria as well as the military jacket and hat she wore for the first VC investiture.
		We have just learned that the Victoria Crosses that will be on display are those of Lt.Gonville Bromhead of Rorke's Drift fame, Private William Griffiths for Little Andaman Island and who died at Isandlewana and Asst.Commissary James Dalton, who is regarded at the real architect of the successful defence of Rorke's Drift.
	www.victoriacrosssociety.com /events.htm (1709 words)

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