I think that whoever sent the message was being somewhat facetious. Much in the vein of a peacenik. Bill, Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <prosearch@btinternet.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:29 AM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Military Cross winners WW1 > ".................. ----- Original Message ----- > Who wins a Military Cross? Do they have a competition? > If a Military Cross is awarded posthumously who is the winner? " > > ........................................................................................................................................ > I'm a bit worried about this message, which I assume to relate to the > British Military Cross. With some minor (and mainly early issue) > exceptions the MC is a prestigious gallantry award and was never the > subject of any kind of "competition" or posthumous lottery. > > A good illustration and brief description of the MC is on the MoD website > at > > http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceFor/Veterans/Medals/MilitaryCrossmc.htm > > You will find conflicting references to (the possibility of) posthumous > awards on the www, including Wikipedia (does anybody still believe a word > in that "database" ????) - but officially the first posthumous MC was > awarded to Captain G Hamilton of the Green Howards (SAS) in the London > Gazette of 8/10/1982. During WW1 a potential recipient had to be alive at > the time of the recommendation. In many cases during WW1, awards of the MC > announced in the LG are accompanied by the term "since died/killed in > action" in brackets after the name, but these are not posthumous awards - > the key word being "since". > regards > - > Tom Tulloch-Marshall > WW1 Military Research > website - http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html > > ------------------------------- > 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

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:58:22 +0100, "J L Flemington" <flemington.jim@talktalk.net> wrote: >Who wins a Military Cross? Do they have a competition? >If a Military Cross is awarded posthumously who is the winner? On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:50:31 -0400, " Bill Hine" <bhine@sympatico.ca> wrote: >I think that whoever sent the message was being somewhat facetious. Much in >the vein of a peacenik. Bill, Canada. I believe that Jim Flemington was taking issue with the subject of the thread - Military Cross *Winners*. He probably belongs to the school of thought which highly disapproves of the term win/winner/won when it comes to gallantry medals. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

Many thanks, Forrest, for clarifying the point which I was trying to make. Jim -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Forrest Anderson Sent: 24 September 2007 14:09 To: GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Military Cross winners WW1 On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:58:22 +0100, "J L Flemington" <flemington.jim@talktalk.net> wrote: >Who wins a Military Cross? Do they have a competition? >If a Military Cross is awarded posthumously who is the winner? On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:50:31 -0400, " Bill Hine" <bhine@sympatico.ca> wrote: >I think that whoever sent the message was being somewhat facetious. Much in >the vein of a peacenik. Bill, Canada. I believe that Jim Flemington was taking issue with the subject of the thread - Military Cross *Winners*. He probably belongs to the school of thought which highly disapproves of the term win/winner/won when it comes to gallantry medals. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher ------------------------------- 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