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	Victoria Cross Information
		The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest recognition for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service, and civilians under military command.
		Holders of the Victoria Cross or George Cross are entitled to an annuity, the amount of which is determined by the awarding government.
		Theft of the VC Given the rarity of the Victoria Cross and the fact they are rarely sold, these medals are highly prized on the fl market by medal collectors.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Victoria_Cross (2107 words)

	Victoria Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally, the Victoria Cross could only be awarded to surviving recipients (not available posthumously) and could not be awarded to Indian or African troops (although it could be awarded to their European officers).
		The Canadian Victoria Cross, instituted in 1993 and never awarded, as of 2005, is inscribed in Latin rather than English.
		Until the 1920s, the rules relating to the Victoria Cross allowed for the expulsion of a VC recipient from the list of people receiving the honour, and the forfeiture of their pension, if they commited "discreditable acts".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Cross (1487 words)

	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 (344 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Medal of Honor is often presented personally to the recipient or, in the case of posthumous awards, to survivors, by the President of the United States.
		Recipients receive special entitlements to air transportation under the provisions of DOD Regulation 4515.13-R. Special identification cards and commissary and exchange privileges are provided for Medal of Honor recipients and their eligible dependents.
		Children of recipients are eligible for admission to the United States military academies without regard to the quota requirements.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Medal_of_Honor (3839 words)

	Victoria Cross Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Where a recipient was serving, on attachment to another unit at the time of winning the VC, or subsequently transferred to another unit, the award will sometimes be 'claimed' by both the recipient's original unit and also by the one to which he was attached or transferred.
		The Victoria Cross for Australia was established on 15 Jan 1991 as the highest Australian operational gallantry award.
		It is worth remembering that many servicemen who merited the Victoria Cross never received it because their actions went unnoticed, or the witnesses were killed, or whose self-sacrifice resulted in a lonely death in an unmarked grave.
	www.victoriacross.net /facts.asp (1373 words)

	Victoria Cross - Unusual VCs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Although the Victoria Cross can only be bestowed for actions "in the presence of the enemy" from 1858 to 1881 an amendment allowed for awards "under circumstances of extreme danger".
		They all happened to live on the same street, Pine Street and it is believed to be the only street in the world to have three Victoria Cross winners that lived there.
		John HANNAH was the youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross for aerial operations at the age of 19.
	www.victoriacross.net /unusual.asp (700 words)

	HERALDRY
		Recipients are listed alphabetically under each award, with full date, surname a nd full given names, rank at the time of award, branch of service, ship or establishment, and other awards received.
		Recipients are listed alp h abetically by award, serial number, name, rank at time of award, unit, conflict or action and location, and full gazette date of award.
		Recipients are listed alphabetically, according to registered surname, geographical origin, rank at time of award, ship or branch th e y were serving in, name and type of award, date of recommendation (where available), date of gazette, quotation of the citation, and details of any previous awards, honours or decorations.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/ADDISON/Heraldry.htm (4905 words)

	Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross (official post-nominal letters "VC") is the highest award for gallantry that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces of any rank in any service and civilians under military command.
		The corresponding honour for civilians or for acts of valour that do not qualify as "in the face of the enemy" is the George Cross.
		In April of 2004 the Victoria Cross awarded to Sergeant Norman Jackson RAF was sold at auction for £235,250 (GBP).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/victoria_cross.html (431 words)

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	George Cross Recipients
		Living recipients who exchanged their AM for the George Cross.
		Living recipients who exchanged their EM for the George Cross.
		In some cases, the George Cross recipient survived the acts of gallantry for which they were awarded the medal but died later in the war; sometimes before they were presented with their George Cross.
	www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /gc_holders.htm (1783 words)

	THE VICTORIA CROSS
		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.
		Originally, the Victoria Cross could not be awarded posthumously, and could not be awarded to Indian or African troops (although it could be awarded to their European officers).
		He commented that, should a VC recipient later in his life be convicted for a capital crime, that individual should still be permitted to wear the decoration on the gallows.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/victoria_cross.htm (3424 words)

	Scotsman.com News - First living VC for 40 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pte Beharry, who lives in London, but was born on the Caribbean island of Grenada, needed brain surgery and is still recovering from his injuries, said he was "speechless" when he was told he has received the honour.
		THE Victoria Cross ranks with the George Cross as the nation’s highest military award.
		The first British medal to be created for bravery, the VC was instituted in 1856, with the initial recipients being personnel honoured for their gallantry during the Crimean War.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=291032005 (1349 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Private Johnson Beharry, 25, is the first living soldier to receive the medal since 1969 when two Australians were given the award for bravery in Vietnam, the Guardian newspaper said.
		Beharry, who was born in Grenada and whose parents still live there, earned the Victoria Cross for two separate acts of bravery under fire in the town of Al Amarah, north of the southern Iraqi city of Basra last year.
		Realising that the only way to save the lives of the men onboard and those in the vehicles behind was to keep going despite the incoming fire, the young soldier pushed forward through the ambush.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=12466 (415 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Victoria Cross
		However the dark blue ribbon was abolished with the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, and living recipients of the naval version were required to exchange their ribbons for red ones.
		Irishman, Surgeon General William 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.
		In March 2002, it was widely reported in the media that the VC was to be awarded to an unnamed Regimental Sergeant-Major in the SAS for his involvement in fighting in the Tora Bora cave complex in November 2001.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Victoria_Cross (2484 words)

	VC. History of our most respected award
		The Victoria Cross was born in the carnage of the Crimean War, even though hostilities had ceased a good twelve months before the first award was made.
		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 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.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/history-vc.htm (2223 words)

	George Cross (GC) Database - EGM, AM and EM Exchanges
		The George Cross was instituted on 24th September 1940, whereupon the Empire Gallantry Medal ceased to be awarded.
		In the case of exchanged EGMs, the George Cross is engraved on the reverse with the recipient's name and date of the London Gazette in which the original announcement was made.
		At the time of the introduction of the George Cross, 108 living recipients of the EGM were obliged to exchange their decoration for the GC.
	www.gc-database.co.uk /exchanges.htm (1416 words)

	VICTORIA CROSS
		List - participants invested with the Victoria Cross who were serving overseas and therefore were unable to attend the ceremony in Hyde Park on 26th June 1857.
		List - instigation of the VC & GC Association and a list of Reunions - 1958 to the present
		As an added bonus there is displayed, lists of Victoria Cross attendees at various important gatherings of VC recipients, such as the 1929 VC Reunion Dinner hosted by Edward, Prince of Wales.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /aaright.htm (627 words)

	Medal of Honor - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Image:Medal of Honor flag.png The Medal of Honor Flag is given to recipients of the Medal of Honor.
		The awarding of the flag to future Medal of Honor recipients was approved by both houses of Congress and President George W. Bush in October 2002.
		The Cross of Valour (replaces the George Cross) is both a civilian and military award and is generally regarded as the civilian equivalent of the Victoria Cross.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Medal_of_Honor (3447 words)

	Victoria Cross Society Sample Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Many have won the ultimate award and have lived to tell the tale and on enquiry these recipients have proved to be on the whole ordinary and self effacing, disarming the questioner with such answers as, 'I only did what anybody would have done' or 'I don't see my self as brave'.
		Whatever his grievance, he was not entitled to the Victoria Cross and, whether deliberately or through a misunderstanding, he managed to convince enough people of this claim that successive reference works accept him to be the rightful James Gorman.
		Gorman's Victoria Cross was one of fifteen awarded for the Battle of Inkermann.
	www.victoriacrosssociety.com /sample_articles.htm (8118 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / UK Awards First Victoria Cross Medal Since 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Only a handful of recipients of the Victoria Cross are still alive, mostly veterans of World War II.
		The last two recipients were Ian John McKay and Herbert Jones, both of whom died charging enemy positions during the Falklands War in 1982.
		All Victoria Cross medals are struck of bronze from two cannons captured from Russia during the siege of Sevastopol 150 years ago.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2005/03/18/uk_awards_victoria_cross_for_first_time_in_20_years?mode=PF (474 words)

	VICTORIA CROSS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		List - of Victoria Crosses loaned to the VC Centenary Exhibition held in Marlborough House, 15th June - 7th July 1956
		Included in this website on the Victoria Cross you will find an index of individual VC holder's names and a list (by County & Country) of the location of graves of VC holders in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the rest of the world.
		As an added bonus there is displayed, lists of Victoria Cross attendees at various important gatherings of VC recipients, such as the 1929 VC Reunion Dinner hosted by Edward, Prince of Wales.
	www2.prestel.co.uk /stewart/aaright.htm (466 words)

	HomeOfHeroes Forum - Recent Posts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Singh, 85, of Jhajjar in Rohtak, Haryana, was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for bravery under imperial India for beating off four Japanese attacks on his advanced battery position at Kaladhan valley in Burma on the night of December 15-16, 1944.
		Umrao Singh was the last living survivor of the 28 native soldiers from India and Pakistan.
		However in the half century following the institution of the Victoria Cross the status of the Victoria Cross grew out of all proportion and in 1911 after some lobbying the Victoria Cross was extended to the Indian Army soldiers.
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	Victoria’s cross?
		Victoria Cross: The initiation of this medal was greeted with wide spread public support.
		The public’s reaction to the sacrifice of its soldiers was the demand for recognition of both the fighting force as a whole and the individual soldier.
		The issue is further clouded by the actions of Queen Victoria, who requested the medal be forwarded directly to her for presentation to Roberts’ father.
	victoriacross.wordpress.com (5257 words)

	The Victoria Cross - South African Military History Society
		The Victoria Cross is a bronze Maltese Cross, made from the metal of two Russian guns captured at Sebastopol, in the Crimea.
		The Victoria Cross could be forfeited for infamous conduct on the part of the recipient.
		This Victoria Cross was gazetted only after those awarded for the action at Rorke's Drift, although it was the first Victoria Cross actually won in South Africa.
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		Contains a complete index of recipients, along with burial locations, in addition to regular updates on sale and auction of VC medals and lists of museums and organizations holding them.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=cross-index&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (600 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Parachute Regiment soldiers Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones and Sergeant Ian McKay were the last recipients of the Victoria Cross for their actions in May and June 1982 during the Falklands War.
		The last living British army recipient of the medal was Lance Corporal Rambahadur Limbu of the 10th Gurkha Rifles, for bravery in combat in Indonesia in November 1965.
		Only 12 Victoria Crosses have been awarded since the end of World War II, and a total of 14 holders of the medal, including Beharry, are still alive.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aP7Rne21pw3s&refer=europe (776 words)

	Query concerning personal information on Knights of Iron Cross recipients early 1870 - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		He was a Knight of the Iron Cross and a Lieutenant in the service of the Emperor of Germany in or prior to 1874.
		Victoria: since I am not only a military researcher but a genealogist (New England English only), I can tell you that you need to provide ALL the information you have: birthdate, birthplace, death date, death place.
		Lists before 1900 do not give rank dates for officers below Major, so there is no way to judge approximate age from the ranks.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4085 (588 words)

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	Britain awards first Victoria Cross in 23 years to Iraq hero - April 11, 2007 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Private Johnson Beharry, 25, is the first living soldier to receive the medal since 1969 when two Australians were given the award for bravery in Vietnam, the Guardian newspaper said.
		Beharry, who was born in Grenada and whose parents still live there, earned the Victoria Cross for two separate acts of bravery under fire in the town of al-Amarah, north of the southern Iraqi city of Basra last year.
		Realizing that the only way to save the lives of the men onboard and those in the vehicles behind was to keep going despite the incoming fire, the young soldier pushed forward through the ambush.
	news.inquirer.net /common/print.php?index=3&story_id=30904&site_id=22 (437 words)

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