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	Victoria Cross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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).
		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 (2044 words)

	Victoria Cross (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Victoria Cross (Post-nominal letters "V.C.") is the highest award for valour that can be awarded to members of the Canadian armed forces of any rank in any service, and allies serving under or with Canadian military command.
		Based on the British version of the Victoria Cross, it is only awarded for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty while facing a hostile force.
		The Victoria Cross is the highest Canadian decoration in the Canadian honours system, thus it is placed before all other Canadian decorations, including the Order of Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victoria_Cross_(Canada) (809 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)

	The Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross is forever linked with acts of extreme bravery and the original document associated with the medal stated that it could only be awarded for “gallantry of the highest order”.
		The Victoria Cross was meant to have a simple design though in an era when medals for bravery were anything but simple, the design won few friends in the media of the time.
		The bronze for the Victoria Cross came from a captured Chinese-made cannon used by the Russians at Sebastopol during the Crimean War.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /victoria_cross.htm (617 words)

	Warrants Governing the Victoria Cross
		It is ordained that the Cross shall be suspended from the left breast by a blue riband for the Navy, and by a red riband for the Army.
		Victoria R. Whereas doubts have arisen as to the qualification required for the decoration of the Victoria Cross, and whereas the description of such qualification in Our Warrant of 29th january, 1856, is not uniform.
		A Warrant dated 18 July, 1898 authorized the increase of the Victoria Cross pension from 10 pounds to 50 pounds per annum, the condition to be satisfied in such cases being inability to earn a livlihood, in consequence of age or infirmity occasioned by causes beyond an Annuitant's control.
	www.antiquesatoz.com /stephenherold/vc/vcwarent.htm (932 words)

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		He was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously for extreme valour under fire as a machine-gunner at Pozières, in the Battle of the Somme, on 24 July 1916.
		Won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Ruweisat Ridge in the Western Desert on 15 July 1942.
		Joined the RAF in 1937 and was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery and dedication to duty during a bombing raid on a power-house in Holland in May 1943.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Park/7572/nzvcross.txt (3020 words)

	Canada Post - Press Releases - For Valour... Canadian Victoria Cross winners honoured with new stamp
		The Victoria Cross was instituted by Royal Warrant on January 29, 1856, retroactive to 1854.
		In Queen Victoria's words, the medal is for "those officers or men who have served us in the presence of the enemy and shall then have performed some act of valour or devotion to their country." It was the first medal awarded regardless of rank or service.
		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 (1079 words)

	Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross, instituted 1856 by Queen Victoria, is the COMMONWEALTH's premier military decoration for gallantry.
		It is awarded in recognition of the most exceptional bravery displayed in the presence of the enemy, although in rare instances the decoration has been given to mark other courageous acts.
		The decoration is in the form of a bronze cross patée bearing the royal crest and the words "For Valour." The ribbon is dark crimson.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008360 (241 words)

	World War 2 Awards.com - Victoria Cross (VC)
		The Royal Decree stated that the Victoria Cross could only be awarded to those officers and men who have served in contact with the enemy and during which they have committed some significant act of bravery or devotion to their country.
		Contrary to common belief, the Victoria Cross is not made from the bronze from Russian cannons that were captured at Sebastopol during the Crimean war but from Chinese cannons captured from the Russians.
		During the Second World War the Victoria Cross was awarded 182 times, Charles Upham of the New Zealand Military Forces received his VC for bravery in Crete between May 22nd and 30th, 1941 and a bar for gallantry in the Western Desert July 14th, 1942.
	www.ww2awards.com /award/1 (1001 words)

	VC Recipients
		The Victoria Cross is the realm's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
		The Cross itself is cast from the bronze of cannons captured at Sevastopol during the Crimean War.
		One Victoria Cross was awarded for action in Canada - that to Private T. O'Hea of the Rifle Brigade (Irish) for extinguishing a fire in the ammunition car of a train.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /VC_Recipients/vc_recipients.htm (389 words)

	Victoria Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Victoria Cross was founded by Royal Warrant on 29 January 1856, and was originally intended to be awarded to members of the Royal Navy and British Army who, serving in the presence of the enemy, should have performed some signal act of valour or devotion to their country.
		Pensions were granted to all holders of the Victoria Cross below commissioned rank, and an expulsion clause allowed for a recipient's name to be erased from the official register in certain wholly discreditable circumstances, and his pension cancelled.
		The American Unknown Warrior, who is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, was presented with the Victoria Cross on behalf of King George V by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty at the same time that he laid the King's wreath on the tomb, on 11 November 1921.
	www.stephen-stratford.co.uk /vc_awards.htm (1103 words)

	First World War.com - Encyclopedia - Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross was - and remains to the present day - the highest British military award for gallantry, awarded for "most conspicuous bravery, a daring or pre-eminent act of valour, self sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy".
		There are two instances of the Victoria Cross being awarded to father and son (although never during the same conflict).
		The award of a Victoria Cross - each of which was produced by Hancocks and Co of London - was published in the London Gazette, accompanied by the relevant citation.
	www.firstworldwar.com /atoz/victoriacross.htm (402 words)

	Cross Recipients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Victoria Cross, instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria, is the premiere Commonwealth decoration for heroism in combat.
		The decoration, in the form of a bronze cross whose four arms become much wider as they extend from the center, bears the Royal Crest and the words "For Valour." It is suspended from a dark crimson ribbon.
		The decoration, in the form of a silver cross, bears a representation of Saint George slaying the dragon and the words "For Gallantry." It is suspended from a garter blue ribbon.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /courage/crossrecipients.html (350 words)

	VICTORIA CROSS - VICTORIA CROSS - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		The Victoria Cross is the highest British decoration awarded to members of the armed forces for valour while on active service, and was bestowed upon New Zealand servicemen in all of the three major wars in which New Zealand forces were engaged overseas.
		Heaphy's Victoria Cross was gazetted a few weeks later, being the first awarded to a member of a colonial force as well as the first to a non-regular serviceman.
		Although Queen Victoria subsequently ratified the award of this decoration in New Zealand, there is no doubt that the Governor's action made clear the inflexible regulations governing the award of the Victoria Cross.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/V/VictoriaCross/VictoriaCross/en (796 words)

	Victoria Cross
		The Cross is 1.375 inches wide and, together with the suspender bar and link, weighs about 0.87 ounces troy, although chasing and finishing may cause slight variation in these figures.
		The design of the Cross is attributed to H.H. Armstead who at the time of its inception was working for Hancocks, the design then being approved by the Queen.
		When the ribbon is worn alone a miniature of the Cross is pinned on it, a bar being indicated by a second miniature worn beside the first (when first approved in 1916, a single miniature indicated the award of a bar; from 1917 this was changed to the current configuration).
	www.army.mod.uk /fusiliers/battalions/1st_battalion/victoria_cross (959 words)

	Lord Roberts-Honours-Victoria Cross
		The Victoria Cross is the highest decoration for valour in the British armed forces, awarded for extreme bravery in the face of the enemy.
		In 1858, new statutes allowed the Victoria Cross to be conferred for gallantry when not in the presence of the enemy; instances of this were extremely rare, and by 1881 the cross was again awarded only for conspicuous courage in the face of the enemy.
		Lord Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving as a Lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery (Indian Army) during the Indian Mutiny.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /roberts-honours-vc.htm (459 words)

	Victoria Cross Recipients
		The Victoria Cross was instituted by Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria on 29th of June 1856.
		In 1902 King Edward VII sanctioned the cross to be given to the representative of soldiers who would have been entitled to it had they survived.
		On arrival at the crossing he restored the plank bridge under a hail of bullets, thus enabling the first crossing to be made at this vital spot.
	www.dwr.org.uk /dwr.php?id=55&pa=52 (1330 words)

	Winning the Victoria Cross - Land & Sea Tales - For Scouts and Guides - Rudyard Kipling, Book, etext
		Hundreds of Crosses must have been won then, had anybody had time to notice; for the average of work allowing for the improvements in mankilling machinery was as high as in the Great War.
		But there is a heroism beyond all, for which no Victoria Cross is ever given, because there is no official enemy nor any sort of firing, except one volley in the early morning at some spot where the noise does not echo into the newspapers.
		For this reason the Victoria Cross is jealously guarded, and if there be suspicion that the man is playing to the gallery or out pot-hunting for medals, as they call it, he is often left to head his charges and rescue his wounded all over again as a guarantee of good faith.
	whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au /words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/LandandSea/victoriacross.html (3976 words)

	History of the Victoria Cross
		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.
		Queen Victoria took a great interest in her new award, especially in the design of the Cross.
		Queen Victoria caused some consternation by electing to stay on horseback throught the ceremony of awarding the sixty-two recipients with the Cross.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /aahistor.htm (1673 words)

	City of Chilliwack - Victoria Cross & Inspiration - Piper Richardson - Chilliwack Museum & Archives - Community Services
		The Victoria Cross is the British and Commonwealthâs highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
		Recipients of the Victoria Cross are held in high esteem and research is ongoing into their acts of valour and family histories.
		Several Victoria Cross recipients were featured on contemporary advertising cards produced by tobacco companies, resplendent with images of the heroes, accompanied by their V.C. citations recorded on the reverse of the card.
	www.gov.chilliwack.bc.ca /main/page.cfm?id=728 (1074 words)

	Victoria Cross (VC) - Veterans Affairs Canada
		A cross pattee, 1.375 inches across, with a dark brown finish.
		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)

	The War Amps: Canada's Military Heritage - The Victoria Cross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Victoria Cross is the British Empire's highest military decoration for bravery and gallantry.
		The Victoria Cross was born in the carnage of the Crimean War, in 1856, by Queen Victoria's advisors and the first medals were awarded by the Queen the following year, in 1857.
		The Cross is suspended from a V forming part of a clasp ornamented with laurel leaves.
	www.waramps.ca /military/awards/vcross.html (884 words)

	Legion Magazine : Canada And The Victoria Cross
		Nonetheless, this costly debacle moved Queen Victoria to praise "the brilliance of the charge and the gallantry displayed by all have never been surpassed by British soldiers under similar circumstances," and decreed that a medal be struck for gallantry in the field or at sea that would be eligible to all ranks.
		Having received Royal sanction what evolved was a Cross Formy or Cross Paty design, close to one and one-half inches square attached to a ribbon by a wide V to a bar on which there is a sprig of laurel, the symbol of victory.
		The sign of self-sacrifice, the cross originally hung from a ribbon 1 1/2 inches wide, red for the army, blue for the navy.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/victoriacross/04-01.asp (2436 words)

	Australian Victoria Cross Winners
		Group portrait of five Victoria Cross winners, members of the Australian and New Zealand Coronation Contingent, in the Tobruk War Cemetery, during their brief stay while on their way to England to attend the coronation of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
		New Zealand Cross as a special decoration of equivalent value to the VC He was reproved for "Usurping the prerogatives of the Queen" in his action, but Queen Victoria ultimately ratified the award nevertheless.
		The George Cross was originally instituted as the civilian equivalent of the VC but has now been extended to include service personnel for acts of bravery where the enemy is not in direct contact.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-medals/australian_vc.htm (2022 words)

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	Bravery, Victoria Cross, VC \| Researching Australians at Gallipoli
		Victoria Crosses, nevertheless, despite the modesty of some who received them, were hard earned.
		Something of the desperate nature of the struggle can be understood by the fact that seven Victoria Crosses were awarded to Australians for their courage at Lone Pine, five of them for actions on one day alone, 9 August 1915, an unprecedented event in Australian military history.
		In June 1956 Victoria Cross holders from around the world gathered in London to mark the centenary of the institution of the award by Queen Victoria.
	www.anzacsite.gov.au /5environment/bravery.html (2179 words)

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