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The Cross of Valour was conceived of as a replacement for the Order of Canada's Medal of Courage, which had never been awarded since its creation in 1967.On the advice of her Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Cross of Valour was initiated on 1 May 1972 by Queen Elizabeth II, and presented for the first time on 20 July of the same year.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Cross of Valour (Canada). It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. Pages in category "Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Canada)"
Thomas Hynes CV of Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, was posthumously awarded Canada's highest decoration for civilian bravery on September 11, 1978. Mr Hynes died while trying to save his eight-year old cousin from drowning on a frozen pond.
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Sergeant Keith Paul Mitchell (now Chief Warrant Officer), CV, MMM, MSM, CD, a Search and Rescue technician with 413 Search and Rescue Squadron in the Canadian Forces, received the Cross of Valour, the highest Canadian award for acts of courage in circumstances of extreme peril, on September 18, 1998, along with Master Corporal Bryan Keith Pierce.
Cross of Valour (Canada), Canada's highest civil award; Cross of Valour (Greece) (Αριστείο Ανδρείας), Greece's highest military award; Cross of Valour (Papua New Guinea), awarded for selfless acts of bravery in times of extreme personal danger; Cross of Valour (Poland) (Krzyż Walecznych), a Polish military decoration; Valour ...
A hiker followed Google Maps and ended up stranded on a steep and dangerous cliffside in Canada, rescuers say.. He had tried to climb Mount Fromme, one of the North Shore Mountains north of ...
Mary Dohey, CV (22 September 1933 – 12 June 2017) was a Canadian airline flight attendant who was the first living person to receive the award of the Cross of Valour, [1] Canada's highest award for bravery, for her conduct during the hijacking of an Air Canada DC-8 aircraft in 1971.