The release of the King’s Birthday Honours provides an opportunity to celebrate individual outstanding achievements and ...

The George Cross will rank with and immediately after the Victoria Cross, and will take the place of the medal of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry; a small military Division will ...

The George Cross medal awarded to British Indian spy and descendant of Tipu Sultan, Noor Inayat Khan, for her “most conspicuous courage” will go on display at Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum at ...

His medals are: The Victoria Cross, Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal 1914-1920, Victory Medal, WWII Defence Medal, George VI Coronation Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal ...

The George Cross, originally as an Edward Medal, was awarded to Charles Smith after the dramatic rescue of a trapped miner at Askern Main Colliery in 1940. Now, after the bronze medal came to ...

A rare 1957 George Cross, discovered at a car boot sale for just £20, is set to go under the hammer and could fetch up to £2m. The medal was awarded posthumously to Second Lieutenant Michael Paul ...

A British Red Cross volunteer who has spent more than half a century with the charity has been recognised in the King’s New Year Honours. Corinne Rowe, from Bracknell, in Berkshire, has been awarded a ...