Military Cross

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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 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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