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Collections - Medals

Military Crosses in the museum's collection

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Lieutenant Thomas Smith Bateson, 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own.  KO2939/01

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Lieutenant (Acting Captain) William Gordon Bayly MC, 2nd King’s Own. KO0944/01
London Gazette 1 Jan 1919

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Major Charles Vivian Brian Bird MC, King’s Own.  KO1335/01
Awarded MC as an immediate award on 27 May 1940 for gallantry and coolness in the withdrawal from Dunkirk.  Killed in action at Anzio, 1944.

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Lieutenant Colonel John Bois MC, 2nd King’s Own. KO0770/02
Awarded MC for action at Hohenzollern Redoubt, September 1915.
London Gazette 14 Jan 1916

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Lieutenant (Temporary Major) William Carter DSO MC, King’s Own. Military Cross and bar. KO2168/02
London Gazette 1 Jan 1918
Bar to Military Cross.
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during recent operations.  He carried out numerous reconnaissances under heavy enemy fire, and his gallant conduct resulted in keeping his Divisional Headquarters informed of the situation at the front at a very critical period.”
London Gazette 16 Sep 1918

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Lieutenant Arthur Hamilton Carter MC, 7th King’s Own.  KO2520/01
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  When the brigade horse lines were heavily bombed by hostile aircraft and an ammunition dump was set on fire he rushed forward with two Non Commissioned Officers and one private and succeeded in extinguishing the fire in spite of heavy shelling.”
London Gazette 25 Apr 1918

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Lieutenant George Sidney Clark MC DCM, Leicestershire Regiment, previously served with the King’s Own. KO1526/01

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Regimental Sergeant Major James Corrigan MC, 7th King’s Own. KO1618/01
“For conspicuous gallantry on the field”
London Gazette 4 Jun 1917

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Captain Vivian Leslie De Cordova MC, King’s Own.  KO1281/21
London Gazette 4 Jun 1917

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Lieutenant Robert Dobson, MC, King’s Own. KO1591/01

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2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Albert Ellwood MC, 1st/4th King’s Own.  KO0922/01
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He led his company in the attack with great dash and courage, and captured all his objectives.  He personally put out of action an enemy machine gun and crew, and consolidated and held his position under most difficult conditions against several counter attacks.  He showed great ability and resource.”
London Gazette 5 Jul 1918

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Captain Humphrey Sidney Finch MC, King’s Own attached Nigeria Regiment, West Africa Frontier Force. KO1008/01
London Gazette 27 Jul 1918

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Lieutenant William Howard Green MC, 1st King’s Own attached 48th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. KO1358/01
London Gazette 3 Jun 1919

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Lieutenant Malcolm Ross Hall MC, King’s Own. KO1310/01
Awarded MC for gallantry on 29 Aug 1918.
London Gazette 2 Dec 1918

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Captain John Herbert Hardy MC, King’s Own. KO1019/03
London Gazette 1 Jun 1917

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Major Thomas Winlcok Harley MC, 9th King’s Own. KO1825/03
London Gazette 3 Jun 1918

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2nd Lieutenant Ronald Macdonald, 1st/5th King’s Own.  Military Cross and two bars.  KO1382/02
Military Cross [For operations in the Railway Wood sector, Ypres, 9 Mar 1917.]
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He collected a party and led them out to occupy an enemy mine crater.  Later, he established and maintained his position under the most trying circumstances.”
London Gazette 26 Apr 1917
Bar to Military Cross
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He went continually to and fro from Brigade Headquarters under very heavy shell fire, brining most valuable intelligence, and although blown down several times by the shelling which killed and wounded a number of men, he stayed by them, tied up their wounds, and carried several of them to aid posts.  His conduct was beyond all praise.”
London Gazette 26 Sep 1917.
Second Bar to Military Cross For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty throughout a week’s fighting.  He repeatedly carried out reconnaissances of the front line, returning with valuable information of our own and the enemy’s dispositions.  When the enemy broke the line, he led a counter-attack with great dash, and largely owing to his leadership the line was restored.  As intelligence officer in action he was invaluable.”
London Gazette 16 Sep 1918

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2nd Lieutenant (Acting Captain) James Balfour Parks MC, King’s Own. KO0936/01
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  When the officer commanding his company was killed he took charge at a most critical time, and held the line intact against massed attacks.  Later, with the remains of his company, he twice formed defensive flanks, enabling the men of other companies to withdraw in good order.”
London Gazette 26 Jul 1918

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Captain George Pickup MC, 6th King’s Own. KO1098/01
London Gazette 25 Aug 1917

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Major Kenneth Rhodes MC, 1st King’s Own. KO2126/01
“On the night of 6 Oct 1944, Captain K Rhodes, 1st Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment, was commanding a company ordered to attack and capture the village of San Martino [Italy]. Captain Rhodes led his company by night over a difficult route and joined up with another company which had gained a foothold in the village the previous night – this company he took under command.  Shortly after the attack began the leading platoon was held up by enemy Light Machine Gun fire, and Captain Rhodes himself led the second platoon round the left flank, shouting orders and encouragement as he went.  His determination and confidence was such that the enemy withdrew, less those who had been killed in the action.  Further opposition was encountered towards the top of the village, but Captain Rhodes, appreciating the danger of subsequent counter-attack, pushed forward, leaving the reserve company to deal with the mopping up whilst he consolidated on the top of the hill on which the village stood.  His handling of the force under his command throughout the action was of the highest order, and his personal bravery was a tonic to all ranks.”

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Lieutenant Raymond Thomas Somerville MC, King’s Own. KO1068/01
London Gazette 3 Jun 1919

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Lieutenant John Stott, MC, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, attached to the 2nd/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment.
Military Cross London Gazette dates 15 Feb 1919 & 30 Jul 1919 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Attached 2nd/5th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. For the attack on Canal de l'Escaut 28 Sep 1918
“On 28 Sep 1918, during an attack on the Canal de l’Escaut, he led his platoon most skilfully through La Folie Wood and thence to a bridgehead which he was ordered to secure. This he did most gallantly, and by maintaining his position, enabled the line to hold. Previously at Anneuse the day before, when the enemy counter-attacked, he handled his platoon with great energy and dash, and greatly assisted his company in driving the enemy off and restoring the situation.”
Accession Number: KO3030/01

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Major Patrick John Henry Weir MC, 1st King’s Own.  KO1028/01

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Lieutenant Robert Percy Firth White MC, 1st King’s Own. KO1312/01
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while in command of a raiding party.  His party was shelled and gassed while assembling for the raid, and box respirators had to be worn.  In spite of this, and the darkness of the night and the difficult nature of the ground, he led his party forward and carried out the raid successfully.  The success achieved was largely due to his personal example and to the keenness and ability with which he trained his men”
London Gazette 25 Apr 1918

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Major Charles William Wingrove MC,  7th King’s Own.  Military Cross and bar. KO2492/01
Awarded MC with 7th King’s Own in 1917 and on disbandment of the battalion transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment with whom he won a bar to the MC in 1918.
London Gazette 4 Jun 1917

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