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Military Cross
HONOR
British military service award.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Frederick G. Banting |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1891 |
21-Feb-1941 |
Discovered insulin |
| Edmund Blunden |
Poet |
1-Nov-1896 |
20-Jan-1974 |
Undertones of War |
| Derek Bond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1919 |
15-Oct-2006 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Lawrence Bragg |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1890 |
1-Jul-1971 |
Bragg's Law of diffraction |
| Stanley Bruce |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1883 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1923-29 |
| Peter Carington |
Government |
6-Jun-1919 |
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UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82 |
| Andrew Cavendish |
Aristocrat |
2-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2004 |
11th Duke of Devonshire |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| A. J. Clark |
Scientist |
19-Aug-1885 |
30-Jul-1941 |
Drug responses |
| Gordon Coates |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1878 |
27-May-1943 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28 |
| Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
| William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |
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