Tag: distinguished conduct medal
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Sergeant Frank Stanley Cox DCM in the Great War
Sergeant Frank Stanley Cox 21452 born 16 April 1892 in Wormley, Staffordshire, England. He was a Steam Engineer. Attested 30 August 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec. He stood 6′ tall, 170 pounds, with fair complexion, brown eyes and black hair. Scar on right forehead, under right eye, civil appendectomy scar. With 105th Regiment (Saskatoon Fusiliers). The Saskatoon…
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Captain David McAndie MC DCM MM in the Great War
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them – William Shakespeare Captain David McAndie one of the most decorated, and uniquely-medaled soldiers, of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) in the Great War. In addition, no other CEF soldier earned the Military Cross (MC), the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), the…
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Captain John MacGregor Victoria Cross in the Great War
Captain John MacGregor, VC, MC and Bar, DCM, ED, spent his post-war years avoiding the fame that comes with a Victoria Cross. Ordered to accept the VC, as a very shy man, ‘Jock’ felt he was only doing his duty. His son, James A. Macgregor continued in his footsteps in the Second World War. A…