Croix de guerre french?

Question

where do i find a list of names of those british servicemen awarded the croix de guerre in ww1.

Answer 1

Notable recipients

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Major Frederick Lawrence Wall, Australian Army Medical Corps, served in France during WWI.

(Ben F Ellis)Georgia recipient for gallant and heroic action in battle.

General Dragoljub Mihailovic Serbian Chetnik leader, awarded by Charles de Gaulle during World War II.

George S. Patton U.S. Army general during World War II. Awarded for leading U.S. Third Army during the liberation of France.

Jan Smuts South African Prime Minister during World War II.

Eddie Rickenbacker, Captain and flying ace of the 94th Aero Squadron, United States Army Air Service, during World War I; also recipient of the U.S. Medal of Honor.

Marcel Bigeard, highly decorated French general and veteran of World War II, French Indochina and Algeria; received both the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 and the Croix de Guerre TOE with a total of 25 citations, including 17 palms.

William Birdwood was awarded 1st Croix de Guerre on 22 February 1916 by the French President, the 2nd by HM the King of Belgium on 11 March 1918.

Audie Murphy, the most decorated U.S. Army soldier during WWII, received the French Croix de Guerre twice (with palm) and the Belgian Croix de Guerre once, as well as the Medal of Honor.

Sir Norman Stronge, 8th Baronet was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre.

Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Melbourne and later Prime Minister of Australia, during the First World War in 1917.

Frederick Walker Castle, U.S. Army Air Forces general and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor

American poet Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), a sergeant and intelligence observer with the 69th Volunteer Infantry, 42nd Rainbow Division, was posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre for service during World War I.

Jean Mayer, future president of Tufts University, awarded for his courage and bravery during World War II.

John B. Oakes, future editor of the editorial page of the New York Times, awarded for his counter-espionage activities with the O.S.S. during World War II.

George Reginald Starr, Special Operations Executive during World War II

F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, British spy, World War II

Isabel Weld Perkins was awarded the Croix de Guerre for red Cross volunteer work during World War I.

Henry Lincoln Johnson, African-American awarded the Croix de Guerre during World War I.

William March, American writer, awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm during World War I.

Robert Gauthiot, French Orientalist, linguist, and explorer, interrupted his exploration of the Pamir Mountains in July 1914 to return home to serve as a captain in the infantry. He received the Croix de Guerre before he was mortally wounded at the Second Battle of Artois in May 1916.

Col. Jimmy Stewart being awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm, in 1944. USAF photo.

Samuel Beckett was awarded the Croix de Guerre by Gen. Charles de Gaulle in March, 1945.

Frantz Fanon was awarded the French Croix de Guerre by Raoul Salan for service in the French Free Forces in North Africa and Alsace.

Curtis E. LeMay, was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm; Belgium Croix de Guerre with palm.

Jimmy Stewart, American actor awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm in 1944 by Lt. Gen. Henri Valin, Chief of Staff of the French Air Force, for his role in the liberation of France. He retired from the United States Air Force Reserve a Brigadier General.

Josephine Baker, American-born dancer, actress, and singer, for her work in the French Resistance during World War II.

Robert Rosenthal of the Eighth Air Force of the USAF in World War II.

Guy de Rothschild was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his military valor during World War II.

Philippe de Rothschild was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his service with the Free French Forces during World War II.

Laurence Stallings, American writer, awarded the Croix de Guerre during World War I.

Alvin C. York was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palme en bronze for his valor in the Battle of Meuse River-Argonne Forest near the town of Verdun, France during World War I.

Stephen W. Thompson, American aviator, was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm. He is credited with the First aerial victory by the U.S. military.

Col. David E. Pergrin was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his help in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.

John Howard (American actor) was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1944 for his valor in World War II. When his ship struck a mine off the French coast, killing the captain, Howard took over command and fought valiantly to save his ship and crew, even jumping into the sea to rescue wounded sailors.

Władysław Anders Polish General, commander of the 2nd Polish Corps 1943-1946.

Avery Robert Cardinal Dulles, S.J. was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his liaison work with the French navy during World War II.

Nancy Wake of the Special Operations Executive was the highest decorated Allied servicewoman of World War II. Awarded the Croix de Guerre three times for service with the French maquis.

Gabriel Brunet de Sairigné, French Colonel who participated with the Free French Forces to the East African Campaign (in Eritrea and Syria), the Tunisia Campaign, the Allied invasion of Sicily , the Operation Dragoon and the campaign of Alsace.

Carl Gustav Fleischer, Norwegian General who won the first major victory against the Germans in World War II.

George L. Fox, one of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives when the troopships USAT Dorchester was hit by a torpedo and sank on February 3, 1943, during World War II. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre for his service on the Western Front during World War I.

Lionel Guy D'Artois, a Canadian Army officer and SOE agent. Awarded the Croix de Guerre for service with the Interior French Forces in occupied France, during World War II.

Abbé Pierre (1912-2007) French priest and founder of Emmaus

Hobey Baker, an American fighter pilot in World War I.

Arthur Jessup, a Canadian Major with the Governor General's Foot Guards received the Belgian Cross de Guerre with bronze palm during the campaign to liberate Belgium in World War II. Major Jessup would return to Canada after the War and eventually become an Ontario Supreme Court Justice.

Noor Inayat Khan, a wireless operator in the French section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Vera Atkins, part of the French section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

Thomas J Evans, part of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. He was awarded the cross on 31 July 1917 after the attack on Pilkem Ridge near Ypres.

Desmond J. Scott, a New Zealand fighter pilot and Group Captain who flew for the RAF during the Second World War. He was awarded both the Belgian and the French Croix de guerre.

Samuel Woodfill, an American Major in WWI who disabled several German machine-gun nests and killed many enemy combatants with rifle, pistol and pickaxe. He was awarded the French Croix de guerre.

Lesie R. Taber, An American pilot in the Laffeyette Flying corp who flew in 1917 as a fighter and bomber pilot. He also served in the US navy as a Naval Aviator after the US entered the war and won the Navy Cross.

Thomas A. Cassilly, was awarded the French Croix de Guerre during WWII while in the US Army, retired from the US Foreign Service in 1972 and taught at Montclair State University and Manhattanville College.