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	Victoria Cross [Australian War Memorial]
		The Victoria Cross is the highest award for acts of bravery in wartime.
		The Victoria Cross is designed in the form of the Maltese Cross: in the centre of the medal is a lion guardant standing upon the Royal Crown.
		On the reverse of the cross the date of the act of bravery is inscribed, along with the name, rank, and unit of the recipient.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/vic_cross.htm (278 words)

	Victoria Cross - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Victoria Cross (official post-nominal letters "VC") is the highest award for valour that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service and civilians under military command.
		In April of 2004 the Victoria Cross awarded to Sergeant Norman Jackson RAF was sold at auction for £235,250.
		That same year, a national Victoria Cross and George Cross memorial was installed in the Ministry of Defence building on Whitehall in London; it can be visited by members of the public.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=81061 (996 words)

	NZDF Medals - The Victoria Cross for New Zealand (VC)
		The Victoria Cross for New Zealand was instituted in 1999 to replace the British Victoria Cross for future awards to New Zealand military personnel.
		The medal and ribbon for the Victoria Cross for New Zealand is identical to the British Victoria Cross instituted in 1856.
		Recipients of either the British Victoria Cross or the Victoria Cross for New Zealand are entitled to use the postnominal letters V.C. after their names.
	medals.nzdf.mil.nz /category/d/d1.html (550 words)

	RGJ VCs History
		The Crimean Campaign was the first war to be covered by regular correspondents, especially by reporters as perceptive and critical as William Howard Russell of The Times.
		The final list of recipients was not published in the London Gazette until 22 June, and Hancock's had to work around the clock to engrave the names of the recipients on the Crosses.
		Queen Victoria caused some consternation by electing to stay on horseback throught the ceremony of awarding the sixty-two recipients with the Cross.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalgreenjackets/reg_heritage/vc_history (1758 words)

	Victoria Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The recipient's name, rank, number and unit are engraved on the back of the suspension bar, and the date of the act for which it was awarded on the back of the cross.
		An Irishman, Surgeon General William George Nicholas Manley, remains the sole recipient of both the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori War, New Zealand on 29 April 1864 and the Iron Cross for tending the wounded during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.
		Holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross are entitled to an annuity, the amount of which is determined by the awarding government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Cross (2702 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Among the recipients of the Silver Cross were two cities - Lwów and Verdun, as well as the banners of 14 infantry regiments, 6 cavalry regiments, an engineer battalion, a Women's Auxiliary Service unit and 12 units of artillery.
		Among the recipients of the Golden Cross was the ORP Błyskawica, probably the only warship in the world to be awarded with the highest-ranking national medal.
		Among the recipients of the V Class VM was also a number of military units, including 2 infantry divisions, 6 infantry regiments, 3 artillery regiments, 4 tank regiments, 3 air force regiments and a number of smaller units.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Virtuti_Militari.html (2403 words)

	Victoria Cross Society Sample Articles
		The Baltic Medal is blank, as is the reverse of the Victoria Cross.
		Gorman's Victoria Cross was one of fifteen awarded for the Battle of Inkermann.
		Two Victoria Cross recipients from the neighbouring riverside communities of Dartmouth and Kingswear were honoured in two ceremonies that took place, appropriately, on Remembrance Sunday, 10 November and Armistice Day, 11 November 2002.
	www.victoriacrosssociety.com /sample_articles.htm (8118 words)

	Orders, Decorations and Medals - Medals by Country - Medals of Britain - Campaign Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		All of the individuals are listed by Regiment alphabetically and medal entitlements as stated on the medal rolls are listed and cited.
		He acquired a campaign medal awarded to British troops who served in the Crimea and had the rim engraved with the horse's name and the fact that he had been born in Ireland in 1848.
		The Arctic Medal Campaign organisation has been fighting for seven years for medals to be awarded to all the veterans of the convoys which carried essential military supplies to the Russian army between 1941 and 1945.
	www.geocities.com /dco700/Britain3.htm (10301 words)

	Ottoman Campaign Medals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The military campaigns of the Ottoman Empire are a chronicle of the decline and fragmentation of the Empire.
		Those campaigns which were looked upon as successful (if not altogether victorious) had medals issued to record them, but campaigns that ended in failure, such as the Balkan wars of 1911-1913, had no official recognition other than to the crew of the successful battle cruiser Hamidiye.
		Williams was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action, and a handful of British officers received the silver medal for Kars.
	www.turkishmedals.net /campmedals.htm (4180 words)

	VC. History of our most respected award
		The maximum number of clasps on one Cross is nine, commemorating thirteen actions in all; not surprisingly this was awarded to the Duke of Wellington.
		The "Tiffany Cross" was not a popular award and is the rarest of all Medals of Honor in existence.
		Queen Victoria caused some consternation by electing to stay on horseback through the ceremony of awarding the sixty-two recipients with the Cross.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/history-vc.htm (2223 words)

	The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| The Victoria Cross Register
		The Victoria Cross is still Britain's premier award for gallantry in face of the enemy and is worn before all other orders, decorations and medals.
		The Victoria Cross registers may also contain information about when the award was made, by whom and to whom, if it was a posthumous award.
		Researchers have compiled this list of those who have also been awarded the Victoria Cross but are not listed in the registers.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /documentsonline/victoriacross.asp (803 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award given by Great Britain for bravery in battle.
		Queen Victoria chose the design based on a gold-cross awarded in the Peninsular War, and in particular she decided on the motto 'For Valour'.
		The award brought with it a rather ungenerous pension of £10 per year, and the cross carried a plain ribbon (blue for the navy, later changed to match the original maroon of the army).
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A665192 (859 words)

	The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| World War One medal cards
		Campaign medals are those medals awarded to individuals who served in the First World War and who met the qualifications laid down for each campaign medal.
		To qualify, the recipient had to have been a member of the Territorial Force on or prior to 30 September 1914, and to have served in an operational theatre outside of the United Kingdom between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918.
		Unlike the Campaign Medal Index Cards (MIC), the DCM, MM, MSM, TFEM, TEM and MiD indexes rarely use the first name of the recipient, therefore it is necessary to search using the last name, first initial, unit and number if known.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /documentsonline/medals.asp (3471 words)

	TypoExpo - lists-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-conflict
		List of Taranaki Maori War Victoria Cross recipients
		List of Mohmand Campaign (2nd) Victoria Cross recipients
		List of Third China War Victoria Cross recipients
	en.lists-of-victoria-cross-recipients-by-conflict.typoexpo.com (56 words)

	polish history, geneology polish, family history poland, medals, military history - The Order of the Virtuti Militari ...
		The Cross of Valor was awarded to 30,000 persons and the Cross of Merit to 60,000 persons, both decorations include multi-awards to the same individual up to four times.
		For example, late versions of the Cross of Valor were reduced in size for two purposes: to conserve bronze and make the size of the cross at par with the Virtuti Militari.
		Each cross was similar to the others except for minor variations in the design of the eagle or the lettering on the cross, as well as the quality of the enamel.
	www.virtuti.com /order/articles/virtuti.html (2432 words)

	Victoria Cross Research - R
		The Victoria Cross was presented to Private Ravenhill by the Duke of York (King George V) at Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on 4th June 1901.
		He was presented with the Victoria Cross by General Sir Redvers Buller VC on 4th March 1900 at Ladysmith, South Africa.
		It is known that he was alive in January 1887 because he was reported in the quarterly army list of the recipients of the Victoria Cross for January 1887.
	www.victoriacross.co.uk /descrip_r.html (15773 words)

	Orders, Decorations and Medals - Medals by Country - Medals of Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Victoria Cross fighting against the Vichy French during the Syrian campaign of 1941.
		Mr Payne was awarded the Victoria Cross for such an act on May 24 1969 at Ben Het, Kontum Province, Vietnam, when he saved the lives of many soldiers under his command.
		The award, presented to her by running legend and Governor of Victoria John Landy, AC, MBE was given for services to women's squash, particularly as a player, and the promotion of sport and a healthy lifestyle.
	www.geocities.com /dco700/Australia.htm (9614 words)

	Sales Force Automation in Victoria
		List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Australian Imperial and Military Forces - This is a list of Victoria Cross recipients of the Australian Imperial and Military Forces (the Australian Army).
		List of Victoria Cross recipients of the South African Forces - This is a list of Victoria Cross recipients of South African Forces.
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	www.vorlonsoftware.com /salesforceautomationinvictoria.html (831 words)

	Honours and Awards - Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		The cross was awarded for an act of the greatest heroism or of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
		It was intended primarily for civilians and award in the military services was confined to actions for which purely military honours were not normally granted and awarded for actions not in the face of the enemy.
		A miniature cross is worn on the ribbon in undress.
	fleetairarmarchive.net /RollofHonour/Honours/GeorgeCross.html (313 words)

	Medals of the Great War
		Some Orders, like Britain's Order of the Garter, are still exclusive groups in which one becomes an actual member knight in the Order and acquires the title of 'knight.' Many Orders had varying degrees of award, which reflect their knightly origins.
		Often, the lowest grade of an award were called the 'knight's cross.' Higher degrees of award were often called 'commander.' Occasionally an even higher grade, called a 'Grand Cross', reflected the fact that a knighthood order was often presided over by a Grand Master.
		Campaign Medals were struck to commemorate specific battles or campaigns.
	www.gwpda.org /medals/medalshome.html (582 words)

	British Gallantry, Orders, and Campaign ribbons.
		The ribbons are listed in order of wearing; whilst the order of wearing must be observed it should not be confused with precedence conferred by the statutes or importance, particularly in the case of campaign stars where all have equal value.
		The George Cross is awarded "only for acts of the greatest heroism of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger".
		Instituted in 1901 by King Edward, as the Conspicuous Service Cross, to recognise "meritorious or distinguished services before the enemy performed by warrant officers, acting warrant officers, or by subordinate officers of His Majesty's Fleet" No person could be considered for the award unless he had been mentioned in despatches.
	www.petergh.f2s.com /medals.htm (3417 words)

	Victoria Cross Society - Events of Interest
		In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Victoria Cross, this study morning explores heroism and naval heroes awarded Britain's highest gallantry award.
		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.
		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 (2715 words)

	Charles set for Victoria Cross documentary - A Bravenet.com Headline News Service
		Britain's Prince Charles will be the host of a BBC 5 documentary series about the Victoria Cross, the country's highest award for bravery.
		Some of the 12 surviving recipients of the Victoria Cross, commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1856, will be interviewed for the series that kicks off in November, the BBC reported Thursday.
		The Prince of Wales is president of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association.
	pub12.bravenet.com /news/1027066135/70063/1 (218 words)

	BRITISH ARMY AND RAF HISTORY
		List of Florence Nightingale Nurses in the Crimea by Stephen Jones
		An excellent site which lists the names and details of officers of the British Army who died in the various campaigns of the period concerned.
		A list of all VC holders with graves in UK with details of locations of graves and biographical information on awards.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/BobSanders/ARMYLINKS.html (885 words)

	Militaria- American, British, French, German, Soviet Military Decorations
		As enacted in 1919, the Navy Cross was the naval services third-highest award and could be awarded for both combat heroism and for other distinguished service.
		American bluejackets and Marines were without official medals or other visible signs of their overseas service or combat for the first 120 years of the Navy's existence, since orders, medals and decorations were seen as the trappings of royalty and empire and ran contrary to the republican spirit present at the founding of our country.
		The aim of the site is to continually monitor the condition of graves and headstones and to assist in the erection of headstones to those VC winners who lie in unmarked, common or pauper's graves.
	www.wwmeinc.com /links/militaria.php (2803 words)

	Victoria Cross [Archive] - The Aerodrome Forum
		The George Cross is the highest medal that civilians can be awarded, yet I know that in Australia's case during WW2 members of the Army and Navy were awarded this medal.
		When the Canadian bravery awards were being planned, the original idea was to call the highest one the Kootenay Cross, because even before the award was instituted it was obvious that the first two recipients would be two sailors aboard HMCS KOOTENAY who had died at their posts during a ship fire.
		In every case the cross itself remained the recipient's property, and as mentioned the names still appear on virtually all the lists.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-12808.html (9749 words)

	Amazon.fr : Valour and Gallantry: Livres en anglais: Field Marshal Sir John Chapple,Chris Kempton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		There is a initial general description of the campaign for background information followed by the entry for each recipient which contains the citation as printed in the London Gazette, biographical/career information and, where applicable and available, further background information relating to the action and citation.
		A listing of VC recipients who subsequently served in the Indian Army with biographical information.
		The coloured maps show the locations of both where the Victoria Crosses and George Crosses were won.
	www.amazon.fr /Valour-Gallantry-Field-Marshal-Chapple/dp/0854202765 (527 words)

	Remembrance Day
		They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada.
		The Poppy Campaign is a major source of funds used to assist veterans, ex-service people and their dependents.
		It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/remembranceday.htm (1385 words)

	Ship Arrivals Canada 1857 pt 3
		The model of the great Victoria Bridge at Montreal is placed in the centre of the court, and across it, dividing the finer description of articles in front from the heavy machinery and coarser articles in the rear.
		Immediately after the vessel struck she listed heavily over on her port side, and in less than a quarter of an hour she was making water fast abaft and evidently sinking.
		And it is a matter of mingled surprise and regret to all acquainted with the navigation that so important a point as the west point of Anticosti, and several others of equal importance where buildings for the purpose have actually been erected for nearly two years, are still unprovided with lights.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/Arrivals/Canada1857b.htm (12690 words)

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