Malcolm, You say : " The Military Cross in WW1 was for Officers and the Military Medal was for other ranks. Nowadays the MC is for both... " Do you know when that disgraceful distinction made between the award of a Military Cross for one man's bravery and the award of the Military Medal for another's, based purely on rank , was finally abolished ? Regards. Patrick Holland. Perth Western Australia. M.G.Fergusson wrote: > V.C. Victoria Cross - correct. > C.M.G. Companion of the most distinguished order of St Michael and St > George > D. S.O. Distinguished Service Order > M.C. & BAR Military Cross awarded twice > M.C. Military Cross > D.C.M Distinguished Conduct Medal > D.C.M. & BAR as above won twice > M.M. &Two BARS Military Medal won three times > M.M. & BAR Military Medal won twice > M.M. Military Medal > M.S.M. Meritorious Service Medal > > The Military Cross in WW1 was for Officers and the Military Medal was for > other ranks. Nowadays the MC is for both and the MM does not exist. > Anything with a bar means it is awarded again. > > Aye > Malcolm > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Patrick, I think 1993 but the following site will give more details. http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/gallantry.htm Aye Malcolm -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of patrick holland Sent: 25 March 2007 03:37 To: greatwar@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Question about Honors Malcolm, You say : " The Military Cross in WW1 was for Officers and the Military Medal was for other ranks. Nowadays the MC is for both... " Do you know when that disgraceful distinction made between the award of a Military Cross for one man's bravery and the award of the Military Medal for another's, based purely on rank , was finally abolished ? Regards. Patrick Holland. Perth Western Australia. M.G.Fergusson wrote: > V.C. Victoria Cross - correct. > C.M.G. Companion of the most distinguished order of St Michael and St > George > D. S.O. Distinguished Service Order > M.C. & BAR Military Cross awarded twice > M.C. Military Cross > D.C.M Distinguished Conduct Medal > D.C.M. & BAR as above won twice > M.M. &Two BARS Military Medal won three times > M.M. & BAR Military Medal won twice > M.M. Military Medal > M.S.M. Meritorious Service Medal > > The Military Cross in WW1 was for Officers and the Military Medal was for > other ranks. Nowadays the MC is for both and the MM does not exist. > Anything with a bar means it is awarded again. > > Aye > Malcolm > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message