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Harry Cator, then a Sergeant in the 7th Battalion of The East Surrey Regiment of the British Army, awarded the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme for his heroism. Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave DSO & Bar (August 28, 1890 – July 28, 1971) was the Canadian signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II.
Members of the 440th AAA AW Battalion (Anti-Aircraft Artillery - Automatic Weapons) of the U.S. Army also received the Croix de Guerre avec Palme (unit award) for stopping the German Ardennes counter-offensive in holding the town of Gouvy, Belgium for 4 1 ⁄ 2 days at the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge on December 16, 1944. Gouvy is ...
Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre avec palme, MBE, Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden MBE (20 January 1922 – 28 October 2017), later known as Yvonne Burney , was one of approximately forty female Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents who served in France.
The Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de Guerre created on 26 September 1939 to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis forces at any time during World War II.
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 avec Palme (France) Croix de guerre avec Palme (Belgium) War Cross 1939–1945 (Czechoslovakia) Commander of the Order of the British ...
1 – Croix de Guerre avec Palme – French (Hogarth) 1 – Croix de Guerre avec Bronze Star – French (Munce) 1 – American Bronze Star (Cowan) 1 — Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (James) 8 — Mention in Despatches (Buchner, Hennessy, Rimmer, Betteridge, Budway, Smith, White, Wilson, Fleming)
Cloarec was declared "Mort pour la France" and posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme and the Medal of the Resistance. She is commemorated with her colleagues on the Tempsford Memorial in Bedfordshire. [3]
Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France) Major William Davidson Bissett VC (7 August 1893 – 12 May 1971) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.