My objection is to the use of the term "winner" in the subject heading. Jim -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tom Tulloch-Marshall Sent: 24 September 2007 09:29 To: greatwar@rootsweb.com 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