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The list includes the name, rank and regiment, corps or service of the recipient, the appointment they held at the time, the place and date of the action (although many awards were not made for specific actions), and (in brackets) the date of gazette of the award in the London Gazette. All were gazetted on 29 June 1991 unless otherwise indicated.
29496 3 March 1916 Issue p. 2339; 29497 3 March 1916 Supplement p. 2439; 29498 3 March 1916 Supplement p. 2449; 29499 7 March 1916 Supplement p. 2457; 29500 7 March 1916 Supplement p. 2527
Instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria by Royal Warrant published in The London Gazette on 9 November, [7] the first DSOs awarded were dated 25 November 1886. [8] The order was established to recognise individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war.
— London Gazette [2] 16 October 1917 - 2nd Lieutenant Leonard Monteagle Barlow, MC, RFC, Special Reserve is awarded a bar to the Military Cross: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aerial combats over a considerable period, during the course of which he destroyed six enemy machines and drown three out of control.
In 1940, at the height of the Blitz, there was a strong desire to reward many acts of civilian courage.Existing awards open to civilians were not considered suitable to meet the new situation, so the George Cross and the George Medal were instituted to recognise civilian gallantry in the face of enemy bombing, and brave deeds more generally.
William John Button (30 November 1903 – 10 March 1969) was a British soldier and one of the last recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal before this award was superseded by the George Cross. In 1940, Button was a Lance-Sergeant in the Royal Engineers and was section leader of number 48 Bomb Disposal Section.