Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

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Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is a second level military decoration

Military decoration

A military decoration is a state decoration given to military personnel or units for heroism in battle or distinguished service. They are designed to be worn on military uniform....
of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
armed forces

British Armed Forces

The armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or His/Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, encompasses a Royal Navy, an British Army, and an Royal Air Force....
.

The CGC was instituted in the aftermath of the 1993 review of the honours system. As part of the drive to remove distinctions of rank in awards for bravery, the CGC replaced both the Distinguished Conduct Medal

Distinguished Conduct Medal

The Distinguished Conduct Medal was the second level military decoration awarded other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to non-commissioned personnel of other Commonwealth of Nations countries....
(Army) and the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal

for Conspicuous Gallantry Medal of SingaporeThe Conspicuous Gallantry Medal was, until 1993, a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Armed Forces and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, below commissioned officer rank, for conspicuous gallantry in action against the enemy at sea or...
(Air and Naval) as second level awards to Other Ranks

Other Ranks

Other Ranks in the British Army, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are those personnel who are not commissioned officers. In the Royal Navy, these personnel are called Naval ratings....
and ratings

Naval rating

The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which navy is being discussed....
. The CGC also replaced the Distinguished Service Order

Distinguished Service Order

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The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is a second level military decoration

Military decoration

United Kingdom

British Armed Forces

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal

Other Ranks

Naval rating

The term rating or rate carries different meanings depending on which navy is being discussed....
. The CGC also replaced the Distinguished Service Order

Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth of Nations countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat....
, in its role as an award to officers for gallantry (although the DSO was retained as an award for outstanding leadership). The CGC now serves as the second level award for gallantry for all ranks across the whole armed forces.

The CGC, which may be awarded posthumously, is awarded "in recognition of an act or acts of conspicuous gallantry during active operations against the enemy".

Bars are awarded to the CGC in recognition of the performance of further acts of gallantry meriting the award. Recipients are entitled to the postnominal letters CGC.

Recipients

The following is a full list of recipients to date.

Name	Rank	Unit	Gazetted	Conflict
Mills, Wayne Wayne Mills Wayne Mills Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, a Corporal in the British Army, was the first recipient of the new Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, second only to the Victoria Cross....	Corporal Corporal Corporal is a Military rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to Ranks and insignia of NATO....	Duke of Wellington's Regiment	9 May 1995	Former Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia File:LocationYugoslavia2.pngYugoslavia is a term that describes three political entities that existed successively on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe, during most of the 20th century....
Humphreys, Peter	Colour Sergeant Colour Sergeant File:Face to face.jpgColour Sergeant is a non-commissioned officer rank in the Royal Marines and infantry regiments of the British Army, ranking above Sergeant and below Warrant Officer Class 2....	Royal Welch Fusiliers Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers were a regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was founded in 1689 to oppose James II of England and the imminent war with France....	9 May 1996	Former Republic of Yugoslavia
Baycroft, John David, MBE	Colour Sergeant	Parachute Regiment	6 Apr 2001	Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea in the northeast, Liberia in the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest.... (Operation Barras Operation Barras Operation Barras was the name given to a hostage rescue operation by the British people Special Air Service, Special Boat Service, and Parachute Regiment in Sierra Leone on 10 September, 2000.... )
MacFarlane, Iain James McKechnie	Squadron Leader Squadron Leader Squadron Leader is a commissioned officer rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence....	Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....	6 Apr 2001	Sierra Leone (Operation Barras)
Day, Tony Kenneth	Corporal	Royal Marines Royal Marines The Royal Marines are the marine and amphibious warfare infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service....	29 Oct 2002	Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
Merchant, Jeremy Mark	Captain Captain (British Army and Royal Marines) File:UK-Army-OF2.gifCaptain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2....	Royal Marines	29 Oct 2002	Afghanistan
Hearne, Karl Anthony	Corporal	Parachute Regiment	29 Oct 2002	Afghanistan
Sanders, Edward Lawrence	Private Private (rank) A Private is a soldier of the lowest military rank . The term dates from the Middle Ages, where privates were known as "private soldiers" who were either hired, conscripted, or feudalism into service by a nobleman forming an army....	Parachute Regiment	29 Oct 2002	Afghanistan
Thomas, Justin Royston	Marine Royal Marines The Royal Marines are the marine and amphibious warfare infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service....	Royal Marines	31 Oct 2003	Iraq Iraq Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
Flynn, Michael John	Lance Corporal of Horse	Blues and Royals Blues and Royals The Blues and Royals is a Cavalry regiments of the British Army of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.The Colonel-in-Chief is Majesty Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and the Colonel is Her Royal Highness The Anne, Princess Royal....	31 Oct 2003	Iraq
Jardine, Shaun Garry	Corporal	King's Own Scottish Borderers King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II....	23 Apr 2004	Iraq
Robertson, Gordon	Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant is a Military rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....	Parachute Regiment	23 Apr 2004	Iraq
Greensmith, Benjamin Paul	Corporal	Parachute Regiment	7 Mar 2008 (dated 7 Sep 2004)	Iraq
Broome, Christopher Mark	Sergeant	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment "PWRR" redirects here. For the railroad with these reporting marks, see Portland and Western Railroad.The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment is the senior English line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division....	15 Mar 2005	Iraq
Bryan, Terry	Sergeant	Royal Artillery Royal Artillery The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments....	15 Mar 2005	Iraq
Thomson, Terence Alan	Corporal	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	15 Mar 2005	Iraq
Tomlinson, Matthew Robert	Colour Sergeant	Royal Marines	24 Mar 2006	Iraq
Radford, Andrew	Lance Corporal of Horse	Life Guards Life Guards (British Army) The Life Guards is the senior regiment of the British Army. With the Blues and Royals they make up the Household Cavalry.They originated in the four troops of horse guards raised by Charles II of England around the time of his English Restoration, plus two troops of horse grenadier guards which were raised some years later....	14 Dec 2006	Afghanistan
Harkess, James Royce	Colour Sergeant	Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment	14 Dec 2006	Iraq
Farmer, Hugo	Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police commissioned officer military rank.Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure....	Parachute Regiment	14 Dec 2006	Afghanistan
Illingworth, Timothy	Acting Captain	The Light Infantry The Light Infantry The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. It was formed on 10 July 1968 as a "large regiment" by the amalgamation of the four remaining light infantry regiments of the Light Infantry Brigade:...	14 Dec 2006	Afghanistan
Collective Award		Royal Irish Regiment/Ulster Defence Regiment Ulster Defence Regiment The Ulster Defence Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which became operational in 1970, formed on similar lines as other British reserve forces but with the operational task of "guarding key points and installations, to carry out patrols and to establish check points and road blocks" against "armed guerilla-type attacks"....		Northern Ireland Northern Ireland conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland\|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann\|motto =\|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
Thompson, John Thomas	Corporal	Royal Marines	19 Jul 2007	Afghanistan
Hollingsworth, Jonathan Stuart Jon Hollingsworth Sergeant Jonathan Stuart Hollingsworth Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, Queen's Gallantry Medal who died on 24 November 2006, at the age of 35, was an Special Air Service soldier.... , QGM Queen's Gallantry Medal The Queen's Gallantry Medal is the third level civil decoration of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations.It was instituted on 20 June 1974 to replace the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry, the British Empire Medal for Gallantry, and the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry....	Sergeant	Parachute Regiment	19 Jul 2007	Iraq (posthumous)
Campbell, Donald Peter	Acting Corporal	Royal Engineers Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers , and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the Structure of the British Army of the British Army....	7 Mar 2008	Afghanistan
Cupples, Simon Timothy	Lieutenant	Mercian Regiment Mercian Regiment The Mercian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed by the amalgamation of four existing regiments in 2007.The Mercian Regiment serves as the county regiment of the following counties:...	7 Mar 2008	Afghanistan
Willmott, Paul Darren	Private	Mercian Regiment	7 Mar 2008	Afghanistan
Miller, Adam William	Corporal	Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is a corps of the British Army that has responsibility for the maintenance, servicing and inspection of almost every electrical and mechanical piece of equipment within the British Army from Challenger II main battle tanks and AH64 Apache helicopters to dental tools and cooking utensils....	7 Mar 2008	Iraq
Wadsworth, James Anthony	Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant Staff Sergeant is a Military rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company....	Royal Logistic Corps Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps is the British Army corps that provides the logistics for the Army. It is the largest corps in the British Army....	7 Mar 2008	Iraq

Bibliography

Mackay, J and Mussell, J (eds) - Medal Yearbook - 2007, (2006), Token Publishing, Honiton, Devon

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross

Recipients

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