Medals awarded to a bomb ... of the medal department, said: 'Gidden, who was born in Hampstead, was a master of mine disposal operations and the first man to be awarded both the George Cross ...

Sgt Gibson was posthumously awarded the George Cross — the second highest award for gallantry after the Victoria Cross. The immaculate silver medal was ... of number 9 Bomb Disposal Company ...

This plucky great dane was awarded the Blue Cross Medal not once, but twice. Her first act of heroism was to miraculously extinguish an incendiary bomb that had fallen through the roof of her home ...