Croix de Guerre

Victoria Cross -- Conspicuous Gallantry Medal  -- Croix de Guerre  --  Distinguished Service Medal  -- Mentioned in Despatches Commendation --  St. George's Cross 4th Class --  St. George's Medal 4th Class -- Medaille Militaire Jutland Medallion --  Chester Medallion This list was last updated on Friday, 22 September 2023, 14:36

The Croix de Guerre was awarded for bravery to military personnel who were mentioned in dispatches. Recipients of the Légion d'Honneur and Médaille Militaire were automatically entitled to the Croix de Guerre.

Admiralty, 15th September, 1916. The President of the FRENCH REPUBLIC has bestowed the decoration of the Legion of Honour, with the approval of His Majesty the King, on the undermentioned Officers, in recognition of their (general) services during the war:

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 * Admiral 	 ||Jellicoe, John Rushworth		||	Grand Croix	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Admiral ||Burney, Cecil 	||	Grand Officier	||	Marlborough	||
 * Vice-Admiral 	 ||	Beatty, David	||	"	||	Lion	||
 * Vice-Admiral 	 ||	Jerram,Thomas Henry Martyn	||	Croix de Commandeur	||	King George V	||
 * Vice-Admiral	 ||Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton	||	"	||	Benbow	||
 * Vice-Admiral 	 ||Madden, Charles Edward		||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Rear-Admiral 	 ||	Evan-Thomas, Hugh	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Stanley, Victor	Albert ||	Croix d'Officier	||	Erin	||
 * Commodore	1st Class ||	Halsey, Lionel	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Captain	 ||	Fergusson, James Andrew	||	"	||	Thunderer	||
 * Captain	 ||	Green, John Frederick Ernest	||	"	||	New Zealand	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Bernard, Vivian Henry Gerald	||	"	||	Neptune	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Kiddle, Edward Buxton	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Captain	 ||	Bentinck, Rudolf Walter	||	"	||	Lion	||
 * Captain	 ||	Boyle, Algernon Douglas Edward Harry 	||	"	||	Malaya	||
 * Captain (Commodore 2nd Class)	 ||	Le Mesurier, Charles Edward	||	"	||	Calliope	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Doughty, Henry Montagu	||	"	||	Agincourt	||
 * Captain	 ||	Miller, Charles Blois	||	"	||	Nottingham	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Leatham, Eustace La Trobe	||	"	||	Cochrane	||
 * Captain 	 ||	Edwards, John Douglas	||	"	||	Falmouth	||
 * Captain	 ||	Cameron, John Ewan	||	"	||	Phaeton	||
 * Captain	 ||D'Aeth, Arthur Cloudesley Shovel Hughes		||	"	||	Minotaur	||
 * Captain	 ||	Leggett, Oliver Elles	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Captain 	 ||Stirling, Anselan John Buchanan	||	"  ||	Faulknor	||
 * Commander	 ||	Dannreuther, Hubert Edward	||	Croix de Chevalier	||	Invincible	||
 * Commander	 ||	Dundas, Harold Victor	||	"	||	Ossory	||
 * Commander	 ||	Stopford, Arthur	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Commander 	 ||	Goldie, Thomas Leigh	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Commander	 ||	Bigg, Theodore Evelyn Johnstone	||	"	||	Badger	||
 * Commander	 ||	Fremantle, Charles Albert	||	"	||	Badger	||
 * Commander	 ||	Rankin, Norman Hugh	||	"	||	Shannon	||
 * Commander	 ||	Egerton, Wilfrid Allan	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Commander 	 ||	Oldham, Ronald Wolseley	||	"	||	Inflexible	||
 * Commander	 ||	O'Neill, Niell	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Commander	 ||	Prickett, Cecil Burnaby	||	"	||	Princess Royal	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Sams, Cecil Henry Hulton	||	"	||	Obdurate	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Walker, Baldwin Charles	||	"	||	Neptune	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander	 ||	Nicolson, Erskine Arthur	||	"	||	Falmouth	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Macnamara, Patrick	||	"	||	Tiger	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Arbuthnot, Geoffrey Schomberg	||	"	||	Inconstant	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander	 ||	Fitzherbert, Herbert	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Smith, Arthur Douglas Wales	||	"	||	New Zealand	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Magrane, James Victor Vincent	||	"	||	Blanche	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	De'Ath, Robert Holmes	||	"	||	Faulknor	||
 * Lieutenant	 ||	Mends, Robert	||	"	||	Warrior	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Grenfell, Russell	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Bush, Athelstan Paul	||	"	||	Spitfire	||
 * Lieutenant R.M.	 ||	Congdon, Charles Hector	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Engineer-Lieutenant Commander 	 ||	Carter, William Edmund	||	"	||	Garland	||
 * Fleet Surgeon ||	Austen, Thomas	||	"	||	St. Vincent	||
 * Fleet Surgeon 	 ||	Pead, John Hunter	||	"	||	Minotaur	||
 * Fleet Paymaster 	 ||	Sturgess, Richard Ernest Stanley	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Fleet Paymaster ||	Lynes, Charles Edward	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Commander 	 ||	Goldie, Thomas Leigh	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Commander	 ||	Bigg, Theodore Evelyn Johnstone	||	"	||	Badger	||
 * Commander	 ||	Fremantle, Charles Albert	||	"	||	Badger	||
 * Commander	 ||	Rankin, Norman Hugh	||	"	||	Shannon	||
 * Commander	 ||	Egerton, Wilfrid Allan	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Commander 	 ||	Oldham, Ronald Wolseley	||	"	||	Inflexible	||
 * Commander	 ||	O'Neill, Niell	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Commander	 ||	Prickett, Cecil Burnaby	||	"	||	Princess Royal	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Sams, Cecil Henry Hulton	||	"	||	Obdurate	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Walker, Baldwin Charles	||	"	||	Neptune	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander	 ||	Nicolson, Erskine Arthur	||	"	||	Falmouth	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Macnamara, Patrick	||	"	||	Tiger	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Arbuthnot, Geoffrey Schomberg	||	"	||	Inconstant	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander	 ||	Fitzherbert, Herbert	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Smith, Arthur Douglas Wales	||	"	||	New Zealand	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Magrane, James Victor Vincent	||	"	||	Blanche	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	De'Ath, Robert Holmes	||	"	||	Faulknor	||
 * Lieutenant	 ||	Mends, Robert	||	"	||	Warrior	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Grenfell, Russell	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Bush, Athelstan Paul	||	"	||	Spitfire	||
 * Lieutenant R.M.	 ||	Congdon, Charles Hector	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Engineer-Lieutenant Commander 	 ||	Carter, William Edmund	||	"	||	Garland	||
 * Fleet Surgeon ||	Austen, Thomas	||	"	||	St. Vincent	||
 * Fleet Surgeon 	 ||	Pead, John Hunter	||	"	||	Minotaur	||
 * Fleet Paymaster 	 ||	Sturgess, Richard Ernest Stanley	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Fleet Paymaster ||	Lynes, Charles Edward	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	 ||	Smith, Arthur Douglas Wales	||	"	||	New Zealand	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Magrane, James Victor Vincent	||	"	||	Blanche	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	De'Ath, Robert Holmes	||	"	||	Faulknor	||
 * Lieutenant	 ||	Mends, Robert	||	"	||	Warrior	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Grenfell, Russell	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Lieutenant 	 ||	Bush, Athelstan Paul	||	"	||	Spitfire	||
 * Lieutenant R.M.	 ||	Congdon, Charles Hector	||	"	||	Revenge	||
 * Engineer-Lieutenant Commander 	 ||	Carter, William Edmund	||	"	||	Garland	||
 * Fleet Surgeon ||	Austen, Thomas	||	"	||	St. Vincent	||
 * Fleet Surgeon 	 ||	Pead, John Hunter	||	"	||	Minotaur	||
 * Fleet Paymaster 	 ||	Sturgess, Richard Ernest Stanley	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Fleet Paymaster ||	Lynes, Charles Edward	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Engineer-Lieutenant Commander 	 ||	Carter, William Edmund	||	"	||	Garland	||
 * Fleet Surgeon ||	Austen, Thomas	||	"	||	St. Vincent	||
 * Fleet Surgeon 	 ||	Pead, John Hunter	||	"	||	Minotaur	||
 * Fleet Paymaster 	 ||	Sturgess, Richard Ernest Stanley	||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Fleet Paymaster ||	Lynes, Charles Edward	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Fleet Paymaster ||	Lynes, Charles Edward	||	"	||	King George V	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Paymaster 	 ||	Shettle, John Basil	||	"	||	Barham	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Assistant Paymaster, R.N.R. 	 ||	Vandervord, Richard Frank	||	"	||	Royalist	||
 * Vice-Admiral ||	Heath, Herbert Leopold	||	Croix de Commandeur	||	Minotaur	||
 * Vice-Admiral	||	 Duff, Alexander Ludovic    ||	"	||	Superb	||
 * Captain	||	Reeves, Edward     ||	Croix d'Officier	||	Birkenhead	||
 * Captain 	||	Scott, Albert Charles     ||	"	||	Dublin	||
 * Captain	||	Royds, Percy Molyneux Rawson     ||	"	||	Canterbury	||
 * Commander (N) ||	Le Mottee, Douglas Balfour	||	Croix de Chevalier	||	Princess Royal	||
 * Commander	||	Bellairs, Roger Mowbray     ||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	||	Hopkins, Sydney     ||	"	||	Sparrowhawk	||
 * Captain	||	Royds, Percy Molyneux Rawson     ||	"	||	Canterbury	||
 * Commander (N) ||	Le Mottee, Douglas Balfour	||	Croix de Chevalier	||	Princess Royal	||
 * Commander	||	Bellairs, Roger Mowbray     ||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	||	Hopkins, Sydney     ||	"	||	Sparrowhawk	||
 * Commander	||	Bellairs, Roger Mowbray     ||	"	||	Iron Duke	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	||	Hopkins, Sydney     ||	"	||	Sparrowhawk	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	||	Hopkins, Sydney     ||	"	||	Sparrowhawk	||
 * Lieutenant-Commander 	||	Hopkins, Sydney     ||	"	||	Sparrowhawk	||
 * Captain (Commodore 2nd Class) 	||	Heaton-Ellis, Edward Henry Fitzhardinge    ||		||	Inflexible	||
 * Captain (Commodore 2nd Class) 	||	Heaton-Ellis, Edward Henry Fitzhardinge    ||		||	Inflexible	||