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King's Medal for courage in the cause of Freedom

The King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom is a British medal instituted on 23 August 1945 to reward those, mainly foreigners, who during the Second World War with the danger of life had contributed to helping British military personnel to escape the enemy and escape from occupied areas or for other dangerous work for the British or Allied cause during the war.

Distribution of the medal began in 1947.

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Raaby, Torstein Pettersen* October 6th, 1918
† March 23rd, 1964

Rateau, Pierre* May 14th, 1913
† June 27th, 1956

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Reisiger, Gerrit Heinrich* December 1st, 1917
† April 7th, 1945

Revesz-Long, Tibor* June 1st, 1902
† November 2nd, 1976

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Rousseau-Portalis, Jean* July 23rd, 1920
† April 6th, 1982

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