List of George Cross recipients

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The George Cross is the most prestigious award granted to British citizens (and citizens of certain commonwealth counties) for actions of heroism not involving direct enemy action, for which the Victoria Cross is usually awarded. It is also the most prestigious award open to civilian recipients. This list only contains original George Cross recipients, and not recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal which preceded the George Cross, or the Albert Medal and the Edward Medal which were amalgamated with the George Cross in 1971.

[edit] Personal Awards

Name & Rank Date Gazetted Nationality Organisation Posthumous award
Thomas Hopper Alderson 30 September 1940 British Air Raid Precautions No
Captain Mateen Ahmed Ansari 18 April 1946 Indian 7th Rajput Regiment, Indian Army Yes
Lieutenant Benjamin Stuart Trevelyan Archer 30 September 1941 British Royal Engineers No
Sub-Lieutenant Robert Selby Armitage 27 December 1940 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Tracker Awang anak Rawang 20 November 1951 Malaysian Federation of Malaya No
John Axon 7 May 1957 British British Rail Yes
Sub-Lieutenant John Herbert Babington 27 December 1940 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Sergeant Eric George Bailey 29 October 1946 Australian New South Wales Police Force Yes
John Bamford 16 December 1952 British No
Sergeant Arthur Banks 5 November 1946 British Desert Air Force Yes
Major Herbert John Leslie Barefoot 22 January 1941 British Royal Engineers No
Inspector James Wallace Beaton 27 September 1974 British Metropolitan Police Force No
Sergeant John Archibald Beckett 16 December 1947 British Royal Air Force Yes
Second Lieutenant Michael Paul Benner 17 June 1958 British Royal Engineers Yes
Major Kenneth Alfred Biggs 11 October 1946 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Captain Michael Floud Blaney 15 April 1941 Irish Royal Engineers Yes
Lieutenant John Bridge 20 June 1944 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Radio Officer David Broadfoot 6 October 1953 British Merchant Navy Yes
Sub-Lieutenant Francis Haffey Brooke-Smith 27 June 1941 British Royal Naval Reserve No
Richard Arthur Samuel Bywater 26 September 1944 British Ministry of Supply No
Second Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Campbell 22 January 1941 British Royal Engineers Yes
Flight Lieutenant Wilson Hodgson Charlton 21 January 1944 British Royal Air Force No
Apprentice David Owen Clarke 20 July 1943 British Merchant Navy Yes
John Clements 7 December 1976 British Sherrardswood School Yes
Lieutenant Dennis Arthur Copperwheat 17 November 1942 British Royal Navy No
Frederick John Cradock 10 September 1943 British Yes
Sub-Lieutenant Peter Victor Danckwerts 20 December 1940 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Fireman Fredrick Davies 5 February 1946 British National Fire Service Yes
Lieutenant Robert Davies 30 September 1940 British Royal Engineers No
Squadron Leader Hubert Dinwoodie 4 February 1947 New Zealand Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No
Sowar Ditto Ram 13 December 1945 Indian Central India Horse Yes
Albert George Dolphin 17 January 1941 British South Eastern Hospital, London Yes
Raymond Tasman Donoghue 11 October 1960 Australian Metropolitan Tram Trust, Tasmania Yes
Squadron Leader John Noel Dowland 7 January 1941 British Royal Air Force No
Private Charles Alfred Duncan 9 November 1943 British 4th Bat., Parachute Regiment Yes
Sub-Lieutenant John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller 14 January 1941 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Captain Mahmood Khan Durrani 23 May 1946 Indian 1st Bahawalpur Infantry, Indian Army No
Lieutenant William Marsden Eastman 24 December 1940 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Sub-Lieutenant Jack Maynard Cholmondeley Easton 23 January 1941 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Chief Petty Officer Reginald Vincent Ellingworth 20 December 1940 British HMS Vernon Yes
Errol John Emanuel 1 February 1972 Australian District Commissioner, Territory of Papua New Guinea Yes
Fireman Harry Errington 8 August 1941 British Auxiliary Fire Service No
Detective Constable Frederick William Fairfax 6 January 1953 British Metropolitan Police Force No
Lieutenant Francis Anthony Blair Fasson 14 September 1943 British HMS Petard Yes
Trooper Christopher Finney 31 October 2003 British Household Cavalry Regiment No
Captain Douglas Ford 18 April 1946 British Royal Scots Yes
Lieutenant William George Foster 27 November 1942 British 7th Wiltshire Bat. Home Guard Yes
Leslie Owen Fox 20 February 1945 British London County Council Heavy Rescue Service No
John Alexander Fraser 29 October 1946 British Assistant Attorney General, Hong Kong Colonial Service Yes
Sergeant Michael Gibson 22 January 1941 British Royal Engineers Yes
Lieutenant Ernest Oliver Gidden 9 June 1942 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Aircraftman 1st Class Ivor John Gillett 3 October 1950 British Royal Air Force Yes
Benjamin Gimbert 25 July 1944 British London & North Eastern Railway No
Constable Anthony John Gledhill 23 May 1967 British Metropolitan Police Force No
Explosives Officer Roger Philip Goad 1 October 1974 British Metropolitan Police Force Yes
Lieutenant Leon Verdi Goldsworthy 19 September 1944 Australian HMS Vernon No
Lieutenant George Herbert Goodman 15 September 1942 British HMS Vernon No
Lieutenant George Gosse 30 April 1946 Australian HMS Vernon No
Leading Aircraftman Karl Mander Gravell 11 June 1942 Canadian Royal Canadian Air Force Yes
Flight Lieutenant Hector Bertram Gray 19 April 1946 British Royal Air Force Yes
Flying Officer Roderick Borden Gray 13 March 1945 Canadian Royal Canadian Air Force Yes
Able Seaman Colin Grazier 14 September 1943 British HMS Petard Yes
Sergeant Stewart Graeme Guthrie 19 December 1991 New Zealand New Zealand Police Yes
Private Benjamin Gower Hardy 1 September 1950 Australian 22nd Australian Garrison Battalion Yes
Roy Thomas Harris 17 December 1940 British Air Raid Precautions No
Barbara Jane Harrison 8 August 1969 British British Overseas Airways Corporation Yes
Leonard Henry Harrison 3 January 1941 British Air Ministry No
Albert Edward Heming 17 July 1945 Irish Civil Defence Rescue Service No
Sub-Officer George Campbell Henderson 20 November 1951 British Gibraltar Dockyard Fire Service Yes
Corporal James Hendry 2 April 1943 Canadian Royal Canadian Engineers Yes
Lieutenant Commander William Ewart Hiscock 16 June 1942 British HMS St Angelo Yes
Aircraftman First Class Vivian Hollowday 21 January 1941 British Royal Air Force No
Corporal Kenneth Horsfield 23 March 1945 British Manchester Regiment, att. Special Air Service Yes
Sergeant Murray Ken Hudson 11 October 1974 New Zealand New Zealand Infantry Regiment Yes
Driver Joseph Hughes 26 June 1947 British Royal Army Service Corps Yes
Noor Inayat-Khan 5 April 1949 Russian Special Operations Executive Yes
Section Commander George Walter Inwood 27 May 1941 British 30th Warwickshire Battalion, Home Guard Yes
Lance Naik Islam-ud-Din 5 October 1945 Indian 9th Jat Regiment, Indian Army Yes
Captain Robert Llewellyn Jephson-Jones 24 December 1940 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Staff Sergeant Major Barry Johnson 6 November 1940 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Private Ralph Jones 1 September 1950 Australian 22nd Garrison Battalion Yes
Able Seaman Thomas Raymond Kelly 10 February 1948 Irish Merchant Navy Yes
Major Andre Gilbert Kempster 9 November 1943 British Duke of Wellington's Regiment Yes
James Stirratt Topping Kennedy 15 August 1975 British British Rail Yes
Fusilier Derek Godfrey Kinne 13 April 1954 British Royal Northumberland Fusiliers No
Naik Kirpa Ram 15 March 1946 Indian 13th Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army Yes
Captain Simmon Latutin 10 September 1946 British Somerset Light Infantry Yes
Sergeant Raymond Mayhew Lewin 11 March 1941 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No
Private Horace William Madden 30 December 1955 Australian Royal Australian Regiment Yes
Major Cyril Arthur Joseph Martin 11 March 1943 British Royal Engineers No
Captain Dudley William Mason 8 September 1942 British Merchant Navy No
Captain Lionel Colin Matthews 28 November 1947 Australian Australian Corps of Signals Yes
Dr Arthur Douglas Merriman 3 December 1940 British Ministry of Supply No
Leonard John Miles 17 January 1941 British Air Raid Precautions Yes
Sub-Lieutenant Richard Valentine Moore 27 December 1940 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
William Radenhurst Mosedale 28 March 1941 British Birmingham Fire Brigade No
Special Constable Brandon Moss 13 December 1940 British Coventry Special Constabulary No
Lieutenant John Stuart Mould 3 November 1942 Australian HMS Vernon No
Squadron Leader Eric Lawrence Moxey 17 December 1940 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Yes
Michael Joseph Munnelly 29 June 1965 British The People Yes
Captain Robert Laurence Nairac 13 February 1979 British Grenadier Guards Yes
Lieutenant Harold Reginald Newgass 4 March 1941 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Colonel Lanceray Arthur Newnham 18 April 1946 British Middlesex Regiment Yes
Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls 1 March 1946 British Special Operations Executive Yes
James William Nightall 25 July 1944 British London & North Eastern Railway Yes
Captain Peter Allen Norton 23 March 2006 British Royal Logistic Corps No
Lieutenant Commander Patrick Albert O'Leary Unknown Belgian Special Operations Executive No
Wallace Arnold Oaks 19 October 1965 British British Rail Yes
Leading Aircraftman Albert Matthew Osborne 10 July 1942 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Yes
Sergeant Graham Leslie Parish 2 April 1943 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Yes
Lieutenant John MacMillan Stevenson Patton 17 December 1940 Canadian Royal Canadian Engineers No
Constable Michael Kenneth Pratt 4 July 1978 Australian Victoria Police Force No
Squadron Leader Rev. Herbert Cecil Pugh 1 April 1947 South African Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Yes
Flight Lieutenant John Alan Quinton 23 October 1951 British Royal Air Force Yes
Havildar Abdul Rahman 10 September 1946 Indian 9th Jat Regiment, Indian Army Yes
Bombardier Henry Herbert Reed 23 September 1941 British Royal Artillery Yes
Sergeant John Rennie 26 May 1944 Canadian Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada Yes
Superintendent Gerald Irving Richardson 14 November 1972 British Lancashire Constabulary Yes
Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rogers 19 March 1965 Australian Royal Australian Navy Yes
Staff Sergeant Sidney George Rogerson 11 October 1946 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross 27 October 1944 Canadian Royal Canadian Air Force No
Wing Commander John Samuel Rowlands 10 August 1943 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No
Lance Corporal David Russell 1945 New Zealand New Zealand Infantry Yes
Lieutenant Commander Richard John Hammersley Ryan 20 December 1940 British HMS President Yes
Odette Marie Celine Sansom 20 August 1946 British Special Operations Executive No
Corporal James Patrick Scully 8 July 1941 Irish Pioneer Corps No
Major Hugh Paul Seagrim 12 September 1946 British Special Operations Executive Yes
Private Joseph Henry Silk 13 June 1944 British Somerset Light Infantry Yes
Wing Commander Laurence Frank Sinclair 21 January 1941 British Royal Air Force No
Anthony Smith 30 May 1944 British Civil Defence Rescue Service No
Signalman Kenneth Smith 19 October 1945 British Royal Corps of Signals Yes
Seaman Bennett Southwell 23 January 1941 British HMS Vernon Yes
Brian Spillett 29 June 1965 British Yes
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Gerald Spooner 7 January 1944 Canadian Royal Canadian Air Force Yes
Constable Henry William Stevens 21 October 958 British Metropolitan Police No
Chief Officer George Preston Stronach 23 November 1943 British Merchant Navy No
Major Stephen George Styles 11 January 1972 British Royal Army Ordnance Corps No
Subadar Subramanian 30 June 1944 Indian Queen Victoria's Own Madras Miners & Sappers Yes
Charles Henry George Howard 18 July 1941 British Ministry of Supply Yes
Lieutenant Hugh Randall Syme 3 August 1943 Australian Royal Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve No
Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo 17 December 1946 French Special Operations Executive Yes
George Anthony Morgan Taylor 22 April 1952 British Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources No
Robert George Taylor 1 August 1950 British Yes
Sub-Lieutenant William Horace Taylor 14 January 1941 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Captain Jenkin Robert Oswald Thompson 2 February 1945 British Royal Army Medical Corps Yes
Able Seaman Stephen John Tuckwell 14 January 1941 British Royal Navy No
Norman Tunna 24 January 1941 British Great Western Railway No
Lieutenant Geoffrey Gledhill Turner 27 June 1941 British Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve No
Constable Carl Walker 14 November 1972 British Lancashire Constabulary No
Lieutenant Terence Edward Waters 13 April 1954 British West Yorkshire Regiment Yes
Sergeant Michael Willetts 25 May 1971 British 3rd Bat. Parachute Regiment Yes
Flight Sergeant Stanley James Woodbridge 28 September 1948 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Yes
Corporal Mark Wright 2006 British 3rd Bat., Parachute Regiment Yes
Sapper George Cameron Wylie 30 September 1940 British Royal Engineers No
Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas 15 February 1946 British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No
Lieutenant St. John Graham Young 20 July 1945 British Royal Tank Regiment Yes

[edit] Group Awards

Group Date Gazetted
Island of Malta 15 April 1942
Royal Ulster Constabulary 23 November 1999

[edit] References

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