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Military Cross (MC)

The Military Cross was instituted on December 31st, 1914 as a recognition of distinguished and meritorious service in battle in situations not sufficient to merit the Victoria Cross. The Military Cross can be awarded to commissioned officers of the substantive rank of Captain or below or Warrant Officers. In 1920, the terms were altered to clearly state the award was for gallant and distinguished services in action and that RAF officers could be awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished services on the ground as opposed to flying. On performing a second or subsequent action, the recipient will be awarded a bar to the Military Cross to be worn on the ribbon.

On each arm of the silver-coloured Military Cross is an Imperial Crown and in the centre of the award is the ‘Imperial’ and ‘Royal Cypher’ of the reigning sovereign, GV, GVI or EIIR. The reverse of the award is plain with the year of the award engraved on the lower arm. The white ribbon is 1.375 inches wide with a central vertical purple stripe (0.5 inches wide). The bar is made of silver with a crown in the centre.

During the Second World War, so far as known up till now, a total of 10.776 MC's were awarded to British and Commonwealth military. Among these are 10.271 first awardings, 485 first bars and 20 second bars. It is unknown how many were awarded to foreign military, but until now more then 2.000 are known.
A total of 3,727 Military Crosses have been awarded to Canadians, with 324 first bars and 18 second bars.

Adams, John "Jack"* September 26th, 1890
† June 21st, 1981

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Grid List
Wadeson, Roy Aylmer† May 1944
Plot: 15 Row: D Grave: 9

Waley, Sigismund David* March 16th, 1887
† January 4th, 1962

Walker, Arthur Francis Gregory† November 3rd, 1944
Plot: 34A Row: B Grave: 10

Waller, James* September 6th, 1911

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Waller, Reginald Charles Bentley* 1907
† June 20th, 1942
Plot: 3 Row: D Grave: 12

Warde, Ambrose Harry* August 23rd, 1921
† July 30th, 2011

Wardle, Howard Douglas* August 15th, 1915
† January 1995

Warre, John Anthony* December 4th, 1912

Wasilewski, Tomasz* August 24th, 1922

Watkins, Robert Talbot* July 13th, 1913
† March 15th, 1973

Watson, John Bernard Robert* January 14th, 1917
† March 13th, 2011

Watson, Sir, Daril Gerard* October 17th, 1888
† July 1st, 1967

Watson, William de Norban "Bucko"* October 1919
† February 6th, 1992

Watts, Raymond Henry† July 14th, 1943
Plot: A3 Row: B Grave: 14

Waugh, Nicol Robert "Bob"* July 22nd, 1908

Wavell, Archibald John Arthur* 1916
† December 24th, 1953

Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell* May 5th, 1883
† May 24th, 1950

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Waylen, Francis Roy† July 10th, 1943
Plot: VIII Row: G Grave: 11

Webb, Gordon Geoffrey Henry* April 1920
† February 1991

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Webb, John Francis "Jack"* February 5th, 1917
† April 5th, 2009

Webb, Richard Henry Lumley* November 25th, 1904
† June 6th, 1979

Wedd, William Basil* May 1st, 1890
† November 6th, 1966

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Wedgbury, Ivor Jack† June 3rd, 1944
Plot: XVIII Row: B Grave: 2

Weir, Adrian John Anthony† February 28th, 1944
Plot: V Row: H Grave: 3

Wemyss, Henry Colville Barclay* April 26th, 1891
† April 2nd, 1959

West, James Rowland† April 13th, 1942

Wharton, Will B.* January 30th, 1920
† March 4th, 2012
Plot: 36B Grave: 614

White, George Frederick* 1852
† December 18th, 1943
Plot: 1 Row: E Grave: 3

White, Kenneth John* March 9th, 1913

Whitehead, David Adie "Torpy"* September 30th, 1896
† October 23rd, 1992

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Whiteside, William Garrison* December 11th, 1912

Whitney-Straight, Wellard* November 6th, 1912
† April 5th, 1979

Wilcox, John Holland* September 25th, 1918
† November 1999

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Wildish, Victor Oswald Frederick* May 31st, 1916
† November 1st, 1995

Wiles, John Walter* April 29th, 1916
† May 19th, 2005

Wilkinson, William Alexander Camac* December 8th, 1892
† December 19th, 1983

Williams, Eric Ernest* July 13th, 1911
† December 24th, 1983

Willink, Henry Urmston, 1st Baronet* March 7th, 1894
† July 20th, 1973

Wilmot, Laurence Frank* April 27th, 1907
† December 17th, 2003

Wilson, Roy Wilfred* September 16th, 1913
† March 12th, 2001

Winchester, John Chisholm† April 8th, 1942

Windsor, Edward VIII Edward Albert Christian* June 13th, 1894
† May 28th, 1972

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Windsor-Lewis, James Charles* 1907
† October 27th, 1964

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Wingate, John Sydney† January 25th, 1944
Plot: XVIII Row: E Grave: 9

Wirth, Ludwig Adriaan Jan* February 6th, 1912

Wiseman, John "Johny"* January 27th, 1916
† August 23rd, 2005

Witko, Marian Stanislaw* January 2nd, 1911
† August 1968

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Woerther, Albert* February 18th, 1920
† May 12th, 1971

Woodhouse, John Michael "Jock"* September 29th, 1922
† February 15th, 2008

Woods, Harold Frank Kenneth† August 11th, 1944
Plot: XVI Row: A Grave: 12

Woods, James Gerard† December 24th, 1944

Woolley, Geoffrey Harold* May 14th, 1892
† December 10th, 1968

Worms, Jean Eugène* February 1st, 1909
† March 29th, 1945

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