Military Cross (MC)
Instituted on 28th December 1915, the Military Cross (MC) fulfilled the need for an officer's gallantry award lesser than the VC or the DSO, and was originally awarded to captains, lieutenants and warrant officers of the Army, including the Royal Flying Corps. The eligibility was later extended to equivalent ranks of the Royal Naval Division, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force when performing acts of gallantry on land. In 1931 a warrant extended the award to those of the rank of major. This award was originally for gallant and distinguished Conduct not necessarily in the face of the enemy. The regulations were changed during the First World War to make the awards purely for gallantry. It is now open to all ranks.  A silver cross with straight arms ending in broad finials decorated with imperial crowns. The Royal cipher is placed at the centre, and the whole medal is suspended from a 38mm wide purple ribbon by a plain silver suspender. The reverse is plain, although since 1938 the date of the award appears on the lower reverse, and it has been said that any awards personally presented by the Monarch are officially named thereon. Private engraving of the reverse is fairly common.  Bars to denote subsequent awards are sometimes seen, being also in silver and having the crown at the centre. Of the 37,081 MCs awarded for the Great War, 2992 received one bar, 176 two, and 4 three.
Awards can be verified from the London Gazette or the Army List, and regimental histories or unit war diaries often document these awards.  Since 1993, when the Military Medal was discontinued, this award has been available to both officers and other ranks.
Worcestershire Regiment men who were awarded the MC. The rank show in the tables below is that which was held at the time the Order was awarded. First World War (1914-1920) During the Great War 288 men of the Worcestershire Regiment were awarded the Military Cross and 36 bars were awarded.
Name Rank Gazette (date) Battalion Engagement Adams, Herbert Mayon Lieut. 04/02/1918 2/8th Cambrai 1917 Adshead, Harry Willetts A/Major 01/01/1918 1/7th Ypres 1917 Ainsworth, Norman John 2/Lt (A/Capt) 25/08/1917 9th Kut 1917 Allen, Arthur Lieut. 01/01/1919 1/7th(Att.T.M.B.) Italy (general) Baden, Bertram T2Lt (A/Capt) 17/12/1917 11th Doiran 1917 (Salonika) Ball, Arthur Edmund Capt. 03/06/1918 2/8th France 1918 (general) Barber, Gordon Henderson 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 1/8th Beaurevoir Barclay, Edward D. 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 4th Pelves Mill Barker, Rowland F. Capt. 26/11/1917 2nd Menin Road Barron, J. B. Capt. 25/08/1916 3rd Ovillers (12/7/1916)    "   "   -bar Capt. 26/09/1916 3rd Thiepval (24/8/1916) Barton, Edward Cecil Lieut. 26/09/1917 1st Ypres 1917 Bate, Harold Brackenbury 2/Lieut. 26/09/1917 1/7th Ypres 1917 Bate, John Perceval Capt. 01/01/1917 1/8th Somme 1916 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt. 18/06/1917 1/8th Templeux Bateman, Stephen Thomas, M.M. 2/Lieut. 02/04/1919 1/8th Selle Beaman, William Archie 2/Lieut. 18/10/1917 2/7th Ypres 1917 Bell, Douglas Ward Lt. (A/Capt.) 01/01/1918 Att. M.G.C. France 1917 (general) Bennett, Eugene Paul 2/Lieut. 14/01/1916 2nd Cambrin (10/11/1915) Bigwood, Wilfred 2/Lieut. 14/11/1916 4th Raid (15-16/9/1916) Bigwood, Martin Stokes Capt. 03/06/1918 10th France 1918 (general) Birch-Jones, A. F. Capt. 16/08/1917 3rd Messines 1917 Blackburne, Gilbert Montagu Ireland Capt. 16/09/1918 10th Somme 1918 Blond, P. T., 5929 C.S.M. 18/02/1915 3rd France 1914 (general) Bomford, James Ferguson Lieut. 01/01/1918 2/8th Ypres 1917 (general) Bomford, Leslie Raymond Capt. 24/09/1918 1/8th Piave    "   "   -bar Capt. 02/12/1918 1/8th Raid (Italy) Booker, Stanley Charles 2/Lieut. 22/09/1916 2/8th Fromelles  Booth, Ernest L. 2/Lieut. 11/01/1919 4th Lys 1918 Boswell, Harold Edward 2/Lieut. 24/09/1918 2nd Raid (20/6/1918) Boucher, Walter Edmund Capt. 01/02/1919 Att. Tank Corps   Boulton, Howard Gilbert Capt. 03/06/1919 1/7th Italy (general) Bowman, Alfred Hamstrek Capt. 15/02/1919 4th Ypres 1918    "   "   -bar Capt. 08/03/1919 4th Courtrai Brazier, Francis Jonathan Capt. 04/06/1917 14th Ancre 1917 Brewer, Alfred Temp 2/Lieut. 26/09/1917 3rd Ypres 1917 Bright, Basil Herbert Capt. 03/06/1918 Att. 144th T.M.B.   Brocks, Arthur William Capt. 03/06/1916 4th Gallipoli (general) Bruce, Stanley Melbouces Capt. 02/02/1916 Att. R. Fus. Krithia Brush, George William, 8538 C.S.M. 16/09/1918 10th (April 1918) Buckler, Eric Wilson Capt. 23/06/1915 3rd France 1915 (general) Bullock, John Arthur 2/Lieut. 02/12/1918 1/8th Raid (Italy) Bundv, Harold P. Lieut. 03/06/1919 1/7th Italy (general) Bush, Walter Donald Lieut. 03/06/1915 4th 1st Krithia Butcher, A. H. Capt. 26/11/1917 1/7th Ypres 1917 Butler, A. T. Lieut. 18/01/1918 2/8th Raid (15/11/1917) Campbell, John William Ronald 2/Lieut. 03/06/1916 3rd France 1916 (general) Carter, Harvey Gerald Carminew 2/Lieut. 24/06/1916 1/8th Patrol (21/5/1916) Carter, Percy Lieut. 01/01/1917 1/7th Ovillers Casey, Thomas W. 2/Lieut. 24/09/1918 14th (18/05/1918) Cassels, W. C. Lieut. 18/07/1917 1/7th Gillemont Farm Chamberlin, F. G. Capt. 25/11/1916 Att. 7th D.W.R. France 1916 (general) Chapman, Ernest 2/Lieut. 01/02/1919 3rd Shepherd's Redoubt Clark, Alec Hayward Bradshaw 2/Lieut. 26/05/1917 1/7th Epehy Clark, H. M. Lieut. 26/11/1917 4th Ypres 1917 Clarke, Joseph 2/Lieut. 17/12/1917 10th Menin Road Coe, Arthur Temp 2/Lieut. 02/04/1919 1/8th Sambre Collins, John Gordon Capt. 01/01/1918 (W.A.F.F.) E. Africa    "   "   -bar Capt. 26/03/1918  (W.A.F.F.) E. Africa Conybeare, Edward B. Lieut. 28/04/1915 1st Neuve Chapelle Cooper, Howard Leslie Temp 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 1st Douai Cotton, William Ernest Leslie Capt. 04/06/1917 (Staff) France 1917 (general) Court, Conrad Vaisey Wathen Lieut. 03/06/1918 1st (Att. Sigs.) Ypres 1917 (general)    "   "   -bar Lieut. 26/07/1918 1st (Att. Sigs.) Somme 1918 Courtauld, Stephen Lewis T/Lt (A/Capt) 01/01/1918 1st (Att. M.G.C.) Ypres 1917 Cowherd, John Temp 2/Lieut. 04/02/1918 4th Cambrai 1917 Coxwell, Edward Charles Capt. 03/06/1919 1st France (general) Croom-Johnson, Henry Lieut. 18/07/1917 4th Arras 1917    "   "   -bar Capt. 16/09/1918 4th Lys 1918 Crump, George, D.C.M. (8713) CSM (A/RSM) 08/03/1919 1st Oppy (6/10/1918) Davies, Christopher T/Lieut. 08/03/1919 1st Oppy Davies, Frank Erickson Capt. 23/06/1915 Att. M.G.C. East Africa    "   "   -bar Major 17/12/1917 Att. M.G.C. France 1917 (general) Davies, Hugh Warburton Capt(A/Major) 03/06/1918 2/8th Cambrai 1917 Dickens, J. D. 2/Lieut. 25/08/1915 4th 3rd Krithia Dingley, Philip Neville 2/Lieut. 18/07/1918 Att. Tank Corps France 1918 (general) Dixon, J. G. Lieut. 01/01/1917 1/7th Ovillers Downes, Henry Cuthbert Capt. 26/07/1917 2nd Croisilles Drewitt, Francis Drayton 2/Lieut. 17/03/1917 9th Kut 1917 Duckworth, John Edwin Hardie Lieut. 15/02/1919 Att. 10th Devons France 1918 (general) Duffield, Gerald Hinds Lieut. 01/02/1919 3rd Shepherd's Redoubt Dunlop, Ernest McMurchie, M.B. Capt. 01/01/1919 att. 14th Bn Wor R.A.M.C. (medical) Durlacher, Eric Alexander Ogilvie 2/Lieut. 17/04/1917 2nd Clery Raid Edwards, Walter B. 2/Lieut. 04/06/1917 2nd Clery Raid Evans, W., (7768) C.S.M. 01/01/1917 3rd France 1916 (general) Evers, Hugh Lancelot Capt. 18/10/1917 2/8th Ypres 17    "   "   -bar Capt. 11/01/1919 2/8th Lys (3/9/1918) Featherstone, Thomas 2/Lieut. 04/06/1917 11th Doiran 1917 Ferguson, William Capt. 14/11/1916 2nd Delville Wood Fisher, Harold James Capt. 03/06/1918 11th Macedonia (general) Ford, Richard Jellard Capt. 18/02/1915 2nd Ypres 1914 Fox, C. A. N. Lieut. 14/01/1916 2nd France 1915 (general) Frazier, Ernest, D.C.M. (10690) C.S.M. 01/01/1919 1st France 1918 (general) Freeman, Richard Arthur Frederick Lt. (A/Major) 01/01/1919 Att. Tank Corps France 1918 (general) Freeman, R. H. F. Capt. 26/01/1917 Att. R.F.C. France 1916 (general) Fry, Frederick Walter 2/Lieut. 18/01/1918 2/8th Raid (15/11/191 7) Gabb, Samuel Alwyne Capt. 01/01/1915 3rd France 1914 (general) Gale, Richard Nelson Lieut. 26/07/1918 Att. M.G.C. France 1918 (general) Gascoigne, H. Lieut. 03/06/1919 14th Ypres 1917 Gibbon, William Duff Capt. 02/02/1916 9th Sari flair Gilbert, Ernest Capt. & Adjt. 03/06/1919 1/8th France 1918 (general) Gillespie, T. L. Lieut. 11/01/1919 4th Lys Valley (3/9/1918) Godsall, S. A. Capt. 03/01/2020 2/8th St. Quentin Goodwin, Harold Lt. (A/Capt.) 17/12/1917 2/7th Raid (24/10/1917) Goold, Leslie Lant 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 Att. M.G.C. France 1917 (general) Gordon, Dennis 2/Lieut. 02/04/1919 1/8th Selle Graham, Charles Gordon Capt. 15/02/1919 14th Canal du Nord Graham, John Burrow Capt. 26/07/1918 2/8th Marcelcave(30/3/1918) Grant, Theodore Capt. 22/08/1918 Att. Kaffrarian Rifles E. Africa    "   "   -bar Capt. 24/09/1918 3rd Aisne 1918 Gray, Samuel 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 4th Lys Greenhill, Campbell Temp 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 3rd Raid (2-3/6/1917) Grogan, Hubert Lawrence Capt. 26/11/1917 4th Ypres 1917 Grover, G., (6430) R.S.M. 14/01/1916 1st France 1915 (general) Gundry, William Sigurd Lieut. 02/12/1918 1/8th Patrol (Italy) Gunston, Frederick John Dover 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 2nd Croisilles Hackett, C. E. 2/Lieut. 18/06/1917 4th Arras 1917    "   "   -bar Capt. 15/10/1918 4th Raid (8/8/1918) Hall, William Temp 2/Lieut. 04/02/1918 2/8th Cambrai 1917 Halliday, H. E. Lieut. 01/02/1919 1/7th Sec Hanson, Harold Dudley Lt. (A/Major) 02/04/1919 Att. M.G.C. France 1918 (general) Harding, P. D. Capt. 14/11/1916 Att. Sigs. France 1916 (general) Hargreaves, P. W. Capt. & Adjt. 26/06/1918 3rd Somme 1918 Harris, T. C. F. Capt. 26/11/1917 1/7th Ypres 1917    "   "   -bar Capt. 24/09/1918 1/7th Piavé Harrison, Reginald T/Lt. (A/Capt) 08/03/1919 1st Douai Hartley, Sydney T/Lieut. 01/01/1918 10th France 1917 (general) Harvey, J. S. 2/Lieut. 01/02/1919 3rd Shepherd's Redoubt Hawkes, B. G. T. Capt. 03/06/1919 Att. T.M.B. France 1918 (general) Heagarty, A. W. H. Major 15/02/1919 14th Cambrai 1918 Heath, H., 240005 R.S.M. 03/06/1919 1/8th France 1918 (general) Hemming, Frank James 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 2nd Croisilles Henstock, Percy T/Lieut. 01/01/1919 3rd France 1918 (general) Heselton, A. Capt. (A/Lt.Col.)  26/07/1918 Att. W. Yorks France 1918 (general) Hickman, Frank 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 2/8th Selle Hill, T. H. Lieut. 03/06/1919 14th France 1918 (general) Hodgkinson, C., 3496 R.S.M. 23/06/1915 3rd France 1915 (general) Holcroft, H. R. Capt. 03/06/1919 (Staff) France 1918 (general) Holmden, Trevor Noel T/Capt. 25/08/1917 9th Kut 1917 Hopewell, E. R. Capt. 25/08/1916 2/7th Raid (4/7/1916) Hopkins, E. L. 2/Lt. 17/04/1917 2nd Clery Raid    "   "   -bar Capt. 08/03/1919 2nd Selle Hudson, A. J. B. Lieut. 26/07/1917 3rd Raid Humphries, E. A. Capt. 03/06/1916   France 1916 (general) Humphries, J. C. 2/Lieut. 14/01/1916 1/7th France 1915 (general) Inwood, Charles Herbert Lt. & Qmr. 25/08/1917 9th Kut 1917 Ivor-Moore, Thomas 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 Att. M.G.C. France 1917 (general) Jackson, S. S. 2/Lieut. 04/02/1918 2/8th Cambrai 1917 Jagger, Charles Sargeant Lieut. 16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise James, H. Capt. 16/10/1918 (Staff) Amiens 1918 Johnson, A. 2/Lieut. 26/11/1917 2nd Menin Road    "   "   -bar 2/Lieut. 02/12/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Johnson, Sydney Charles 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 1st Oppy Johnston, A. C. Capt. 18/02/1915 3rd (Att. Sigs.) Flanders 1914(general) Johnston, L. 2/Lieut. 22/09/1916 2/7th Fromelles Jones, F. M. H. 2/Lieut. 16/08/1917 Att. Border R. France 1917 (general) Jones, G. H. 2/Lieut. 18/07/1917 1/8th Gillemont Farm Jones, T. L. Lieut. 02/12/1918 1/8th Raid (Italy) Jones, W. J. R.Q.M.S. 27/07/1916 1/7th Ploegsteert  Keen, R. T. Lieut. 10/01/1917 1/8th Le Sars Kelly, Bernard 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 2nd Selle    "   "   -bar 2/Lieut. 02/04/1919 2nd Pursuit to Mons6/11/18 Kimber, Charles Frank Capt. 24/09/1918 10th Aisne 1918 King, H. 2/Lieut. 25/08/1916 3rd Thiepval Knowles, W. S. 2/Lieut. 26/09/1916 3rd Thiepval Lattey, Eric Capt. 16/09/1918 3rd Lys 1918    "   "   -bar Capt. 01/02/1919 3rd Shepherd's Redoubt Lawrence, Edward L. G. Capt. 01/01/1916 (Staff) France 1915 (general) Lawrence, F. H. Capt. 26/11/1917 Att. R.F.C. France 1917 (general) Leake, R. S. Lieut. 01/01/1919 1/7th Italy (general) Lindsay, D. 2/Lieut. 01/02/1919 1/7th Sec Linton, C. S. Capt. 23/06/1915 Staff France 1915 (general) Little, D. G. 2/Lieut. 03/06/1916 1/7th France 1916 (general) Lloyd, A. O. Lieut. 18/07/1917 1/7th Gillemont Farm    "   "   -bar Capt.  26/09/1917 1/7th  Ypres 1917 (17/8)    "   "   -2nd bar Capt.  26/09/1917 1/7th  Ypres 1917 (28/8) Lowndes, L.  2/Lieut.  03/06/1919 2/8th  France 1918 (general)  Luckman, Harold John  2/Lieut.  26/07/1917 10th  Raid    "   "   -bar 2/Lieut.  16/09/1918 10th  Somme 1918 Lucovitch, R.  2/Lieut.  17/09/1917 10th  04/07/2017 Lunn, J.  2/Lieut.  04/02/1918 Staff  Cambrai 1917 Maben, Herbert Cartieghe Lt. (T/Capt.) 01/01/1918 14th Ypres 1917 Mason, I. N. Capt. 16/08/1917 3rd Messines 1917 Matthews, T. F. V. Capt. 11/12/1916 2nd Transloy McCombie, H. Capt. 14/01/1916 (Staff) France 1915 (general) MacDonald, S. P. J. 2/Lieut. 01/01/1917 3rd Thiepval (25/8/1916) McNally, W., 10099 C.S.M. 01/01/1917 10th Bazentin (30/7/1916) Melhuish, James Walter Douglas Lieut. 18/07/1917 1/7th Gillemont Farm Mitchell, Eric Sydney Lt. (A/Capt) 04/02/1918 2/8th Cambrai 1917 Monk, John M. Capt. 14/01/1916 1st France 1915 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt.  26/11/1917 (Staff)  Ypres 1917 Morice, Charles Stewart Lt. (T/Capt.) 01/01/1918 Att. R.F.C. France 1917 (general) Morrison, John Gavin Temp 2/Lieut. 02/04/1919 2nd Pursuit to Mons6/11/18 Morton, C. W. 2/Lieut. 26/11/1917 4th Ypres 1917 Mould, J. Lieut. 08/11/1915 4th Krithia (2/7/1915) Moule, W. L., 200067 C.S.M. 04/06/1917 1/7th France 1917 (general) Mugford, H. H. 2/Lieut. 02/12/1918 1st Oppy Muspratt, Terence Petty Lt (T/Capt.) 24/06/1916 3rd Vimv Ridge Newcomb, Ernest Reginald Lieut. 08/03/1919 att. 4th (2nd) Courtrai Nicholls, E. J. 2/Lieut. 01/02/1919 1st Oppy Nicklin. Harry John 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Nield, R. W. Capt. 03/06/1918 1/7th Italy (general) O'Donovan, G. P. 2/Lieut. 26/09/1916 3rd Thiepval (24/8/1916) O'Donovan, R. A. Lieut. 11/05/1917 1st Bouchavesnes    "   "   -bar Capt. 08/03/1919 1st Oppy Orford, Frederick Stanley Lieut. 16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Owins, A. E. Capt. 19/11/1917 10th Menin Road Paddison, H. J. 2/Lieut.  22/09/1916 2/7th Frornelles Parker, Sidney Lieut. & Qmr.  01/01/1918 1st Ypres 1917 Parker, W. H. 2/Lieut.  26/07/1918 3rd Somme 1918 Parkes, John 2/Lieut.  17/12/1917 1/7th Vimy Parkes, Thomas Gerrard 2/Lieut.  04/06/1917 3rd France 1917 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt.  24/09/1918 Att. 1st Wilts. France 1918 (general) Parry, Albert Temp 2/Lieut. 04/02/1918 4th Cambrai 1917 (20/11) Paskin, Jesse John Capt.  04/02/1918 Att. M.G.C. France 1917 (general) Pawsev, C. R. Lieut.  14/01/1916 18th Somme 1916 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt.  18/06/1917 1/8th Templeux Pegler, G. S. 2/Lieut.  26/11/1917 4th Ypres 1917 Phillips, Leslie G. Lieut.  14/01/1916 Att. Sigs. France 1915 (general) Pickles, E. W. 2/Lieut.  24/09/1918 3rd Aisne 1918 (27/5)    "   "   -bar 2/Lieut.  01/01/1919 3rd France 1918 (general) Pigg, C. H. Capt.  27/07/1916 2nd Auchy Raid Pittard, R. M. 2/Lieut.  18/07/1917 1/8th Gillemont Farm Pointon, Arnold Cecil 2/Lieut.  16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Porterfield, G. A. Lieut.  18/01/1918 14th Ypres 1917 Pratt, A. B. Capt. & Adjt.  01/01/1917 1st France 1916 (general) Prescott, William Ralph Capt. 26/05/1917 1/7th Epehy    "   "   -bar Capt.  16/08/1917 1/7th Gillemont Farm     "   "   -2nd bar  Capt.  02/04/1919 1/7th  Camporovere Pritchard, G. 2/Lieut. 18/06/1917 2/8th Hill 120 Pritchard, Inkerman T. Capt. 04/02/1918 1st Raid Prosser, A. E. Capt. 01/02/1919 1st Oppv Pullan, Edward Guy 2/Lieut. 03/06/1918 3rd France 1918 (general) Rabone, Eric Lawrence Capt. 03/06/1918 2/8th France 1918 (general) Raikes, A. F. 2/Lieut. 10/01/1917 1/8th Le Sars Ralston C. H. Capt. & Adjt.  14/01/1916 2nd Loos Reading, Frederick Albert T/Lt (A/Capt) 01/01/1918 3rd France 1917 (general) Reynolds, Walter Hugh Lieut. 02/04/1919 1/8th Selle Ridley, Thomas Kenneth Gordon T/Capt. 01/01/1919 17th formerly 12Bn Yorks R Roberts, A. W. 2/Lieut. 25/08/1915 4th Krithia (18/6/1915) Roberts, D'A. G. St. C. Lieut. 11/12/1916 4th Le Transloy Roberts, Frank C. Capt. 26/09/1917 (Staff) Ypres 1917 Roberts, James Edmund Lt. (A/Capt.) 03/06/1918 2/7th France 1917 (general) Round, W. G. 2/Lieut. 04/06/1917 3rd France 1916 (general) Rowden, C. R. Lieut. 28/03/1916 Att. R. F. C. France 1918 (general) Rudge, L. M. Capt. 03/06/1919 Att. R.W. Fus. Russell, S. G. 2/Lieut. 22/04/1918 1st Raid (13/2/1918) Rye, S. J. 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 4th Lys (11/4/1918)    "   "   -bar 2JLieut.  15/10/1918 4th  Raid (8/8/1918) Scammell, W. S. Capt. 16/09/1918 10th Somme 1918 Scott, I. G. Lieut. 15/10/1918 2nd Raid (17-18/7/1918) Shakespeare, W. P., 200445 C.S.M. 18/10/1917 1/7th Ypres 1917 Shaw, Frank Sampson Temp 2/Lieut. 26/07/1917 11th Doiran 1917 Sladden, C. E. Major 04/02/1918 9th Kut 1917 Slaughter, George A. Lieut. 18/02/1915 2nd Ypres 1914 Smart, R. C. 2/Lieut. 24/09/1918 1st Aisne 1918 Smith, Edward Richardson Lt. (A/Capt.) 02/04/1919 4th Courtrai Smith, G. H. Capt. 03/06/1918 1/8th Italy (general) Smith, H. S. Lieut. 11/01/1919 4th Lys (3/9/1918) Smith, Leonard T/2Lt(A/Capt) 08/03/1919 1st Douai Smith, Victor Rowland Fox T/Lieut. 26/09/1917 1/8th(Att.T.M.B.) Ypres 1917 Smith, William Leslie T/Lt (A/Capt) 03/06/1918 2nd France 1918 (general) Smithin, J. A. Lieut. 11/05/1917 1st Bouchavesnes Sneade, C. G. 2/Lieut. 15/10/1918 4th Raid (8/8/1918) Somers Cox, S. J. Lieut. & Adjt. 14/11/1916 3rd Thiepval (3/9/1916) Southwood, S. W. 2/Lieut. 02/02/1916 4th (Gallipoli) Spiers, K. L. 2/Lieut. 25/08/1916 3rd Ovillers (12/7/1916) Stacke, Henry FitzMaurice Capt. & Adjt. 26/09/1917 4th Langemarck 1917 Stallard, R. H. Lieut. 18/06/1917 2/8th Hill 120    "   "   -bar Capt. 08/03/1919 2/8th Valenciennes Stephens, Kenneth Thomas 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 3rd Lys Stephenson, Shirley Aubrey Lieut. 26/07/1917 11th Doiran 1917 Stephenson-Featherstonhaugh,                              Alexander John Capt. 04/06/1917 Staff France 1917 (general) Stevens, William Cecil Temp 2/Lieut. 26/09/1917 1st Ypres 1917    "   "   -bar Capt. & Adjt. 26/07/1918 1st Somme 1918 Stevenson, Ronald William Capt. 01/01/1919 2/8th France 1918 (general) Stokes, Walter John 2/Lieut. 04/02/1918 Att. 12th Norfolk France 1917 (general) Stokes-Roberts, Arthur Edward Capt. 01/01/1917 4th France 1916 (general) Stone, G. F. Capt. 03/06/1919 14th France 1918 (general) Stone, N. H. Capt. 11/05/1917 1st Bouchavesnes Stoney, Gerald Johnston Lipyeatt Capt. 01/01/1918 2nd France 1917 (general) Symons, N. V. H. 2/Lieut. 22/09/1916 2/8th Fromelles Taylor, S. 2/Lieut. 03/06/1916 4th France 1916 (general) Thomas, Robert Stanley Temp 2/Lieut. 03/06/1918 4th France 1917 (general) Thomson, George T/Lieut. 26/07/1917 11th Doiran 1917 Thorneloe, Joseph Eric Capt. & Adjt. 16/09/1918 4th Lys 1918    "   "   -bar Capt. & Adjt. 15/02/1919 4th Ypres 1918 Tomkinson, Geoffrey Stewart Capt. 01/01/1917 2/7th Fauquissart Tonge, Samuel Bardsley Temp 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 2/8th Valenciennes Tooze, H. Capt. 04/06/1917 4th Arras 1917 Tough, Cyril Charles, 4893 R.S.M. 27/07/1916 2nd France 1915 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt. 15/10/1918 2nd Somrne 1918 Turley, John 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Underhill, Eric Owen Capt. 16/09/1918 3rd Kemmel Urwick, Lyndall Fownes Capt. 01/01/1917 3rd France 1916 (general) Vernon, Victor Lawrence 2/Lieut. 16/09/1918 2nd Neuve Eglise Vint, A. W. 2/Lieut. 26/09/1917 3rd Westhoek Vinter, Robert Bagster Wilson 2/Lieut. 24/06/1916 3rd Vimy Ridge 1916 Vyvyan, Ralph Ernest Capt(A/Major) 01/01/1919 Att. R.E. France 1918 (general) Walford, John Osborn Capt. 02/04/1919 1/8th Selle    "   "   -bar Capt. 02/04/1919 1/8th Sambre Walker, Lawson Lieut. 08/03/1919 4th Courtrai Wall, John Richard Capt. & QMR 01/01/1919 2/8th France 1918 (general) Wallace, G. R. Lieut. 26/01/1917 1/7th Le Sars (2-4/12/1916)    "   "   -bar Capt. 26/05/1917 1/7th Epehy Walsh, M. R. Capt. 23/06/1915 (Staff) France 1915 (general) Warren, R. H. 2/Lieut. 15/02/1919 4th Ypres 1918 Watkins, Arthur Powell Lt. (T/Capt) 03/06/1918 14th (March 1918) Watkinson, George Lawrence T/Lt. (A/Capt) 08/03/1919 1/8th Beaurevoir23-24/10/18    "   "   -bar Capt. 02/04/1919 1/8th Selle Watson, G. G. Capt. 18/07/1917 1/7th Gillemont Farm Watson, H. W. Capt. 01/01/1917   Somme 1916 Watts, R. W. A, 2/Lieut. 10/01/1917 2nd Le Transloy Wedgbury, Edmund, D.C.M., M.M. Temp 2/Lieut. 08/03/1919 att. 1/8th (Glouster Regt.) Wilkes, S. H. 2/Lieut. 04/06/1917 1/8th Somme, Winter 1916    "   "   -bar Lieut.  26/09/1917 1/8th  Ypres 1917     "   "   -2nd bar  Lieut.  02/12/1918 1/8th  Raid (Italy) Will L. J. A. Capt. 01/01/1917 (Staff) France 1916 (general)    "   "   -bar Capt.  01/02/1919 4th  Ypres 1918 Williams, W. M. Lieut. 02/12/1918 1st Oppy Williamson, H. B. 2/Lieut. 18/06/1917 4th Arras 1917 Willis, J. R. 2/Lieut. 18/10/1917 1/8th Ypres 1917 Wilmot, T. N. 2/Lieut. 27/07/1916 2nd Auchy Raid Woods, H. W. 2/Lieut. 26/07/1918 14th Somme 1918 Worster, F. C. Capt. 24/09/1918 1st Aisne 1918 Wyatt H. E. Lieut. 20/10/1916 4th Raid (15-16/9/1916) Wynter, R. C. Lieut. 04/06/1917 4th Arras 1917 Younghusband, Charles Haldenby Lieut. 26/07/1918 2/8th Somme 1918
Palestine (1938-1939) During the Arab Rebellion in Palestine 3 men of the Worcestershire Regiment were awarded the Military Cross.
Surname  Forename/s  No.  Rank  Gazette  Battalion  Engagement Stuart John William Brownlow 71146  2/Lieut.  08/09/1939 1st Palestine Frith Robert Brereton 67139 2/Lieut.  14/03/1939 1st Palestine Nott Donald Harley 39477 Captain 14/03/1939 1st Palestine
Second World War (1939-1946) During the Second World war 39 men of the Worcestershire Regiment were awarded the Military Cross and 2 bars were awarded.
Surname Forename/s No. Rank Gazette Battalion Engagement Bailey Desmond Ronald Crampton 240333 2/Lieut. 15/11/1945 2nd Burma Berry Edward Wilfrid Birkhead  72430 2/Lieut. 20/08/1940  8th France and Belgium  Betts John Francis  79030 Lieut. 20/12/1940 7th France and Belgium  Bowen Thomas Jim  100229 2/Lieut. 18/07/1941 1st Eritrea Brierley John Buckley 53107 Capt. 28/06/1945  7th Burma Churchill William Oliver  96284 Lieut. 23/03/1944  seconded Middle East Cross Charles Napier 182246 Lieut. 09/12/1943 1st Prison escape Clark R. H.   Lieut. 07/06/1945   Western Europe Clover Sidney Karl 39720  T/Major  24/01/1946 1st Western Europe Campbell Michael John 233253 Lieut. 17/01/1946 7th Burma Dray Richard Leithe 85638 Lieut. 16/04/1942 1st Middle East    "   "   -bar   85638 T/Capt. 24/09/1942 1st Middle East Evans Robin Francis Bickerton  182249 Lieut. 26/08/1943 1st Middle East Elder, (MBE) Bryan Norman Rawnsley  130065 T/Major 12/02/1945 1st Operation Veritable Ellis John Charles Buchan  201441 Lieut. 24/02/1944  att. Italy Elkington Leslie John 174307 A/Capt. 22/03/1945 7th Burma (att. 10 Glou) Elliott Harry  121805 A/Major 31/08/1944 7th Burma Fellows Reginald Neil 315209 Lieut. 23/08/1945 1st Western Europe Francis Anthony John  71147 T/Major 08/03/1945  att. Italy Garrett Charles Eric 21742 T/Major 19/10/1944  att. Western Europe Graves Morris Philip Herbert 38518 A/Major 30/12/1941 1st Eritrea Grubb Alfred Albert  121454 T/Major 27/06/1944 1st Cheux, France Gutch Archibald John 64608 T/Major 19/10/1944 1st Mouen, France Hershman Claude Angel 187049 Lieut. 19/08/1943  att. Middle East Horton Joshua John 194592 2/Lieut. 24/09/1942  1st Middle East Holyoake Arthur Frank 302876 Lieut. 23/08/1945  att. Italy Lynes Frederick Norman 220622 2/Lieut. 05/11/1942 1st Point 187, Tobruk Morgan Ralf 302126 Lieut. 22/03/1945 1st Western Europe Martin-Smith Patrick Geoffrey Brian 130112 T/Capt. 02/08/1945  att. Italy Muirhead Alexander Desmond 134303 T/Capt. 24/01/1946 att. SAS Italy Nott (DSO, MC) Bar Donald Harley 39477 T/Major 24/09/1942 1st Point 187, Tobruk Ogilvie Archibald Menzies 128576 Capt. 15/11/1945 2nd Burma Parton Harold 296230 T/Capt. 06/06/1946 7th Burma Plumley (MM) James Douglas 338823 2/Lieut. 17/01/1946 7th Burma Phillips David Anthony Temple  253360 Lieut. 27/07/1944 7th Burma Pullen Daniel John  229617 T/Capt. 14/02/1945 1st Operation Veritable Reynolds John Deane 240286 Lieut. 13/01/1944  att. Italy Rowley Frederick Alan  EC2773 Major 15/11/1945 2nd Burma Steel Arthur Dale   2/Lieut. 20/08/1940 8th France and Belgium  Scott Kenneth Mackenzie 121808  T/Major 19/04/1945 att. Burma Spalding Irwin Stuart 186129 T/Capt. 12/07/1945 7th Burma Smith A.   Lieut. 26/04/1945  att. Italy Thomson Frederick Griffith 63720 T/Major 28/06/1945 7th Burma Tooby Edward Reed Ward 64486 Major 06/06/1946 2nd Burma Watt Thomas Edward  278079 Lieut. 27/07/1944  att. Burma Notes: Lieut. W. O. Churchill was seconded to Special Operations Executive (1944/45 Operation Floodlight   [Italy]: political and military liaison mission consisting of WS/Captain W. O. Churchill, to act as British Liaison Officer to General Cadorna at the request of the CLNAI in northern Italy.)             2/Lieut. Desmond Ronald Crampton Bailey was to attached to 2nd Bn. Worc. Regt. from Royal Fusiliers.             Major S. K. Clover was attached from the Essex Regiment.             Major B. R. N. Elder was attached from the Sherwood Forester Regiment.             Lieutenant John Charles Buchan Ellis was attached to the 2/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.             Captain (T/Major) Anthony John Francis attached to the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers.             T/Major C. E. Garratt was attached to the South Staffordshire Regiment             Major A. A. Grubb was attached from the Hampshire Regiment.             Lieutenant Claude Angel Hershman was attached to 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.             Lieutenant Arthur Frank Holyoake attached to 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.             Lieutenant (T/Captain) Patrick Geoffrey Brian Martin-Smith attached Headquarters Special Operations.             Lieutenant (T/Captain) Alexander Desmond Muirhead was attached to 1st Special Air Service Regt.             Captain Archibald Menzies Ogilvie was Royal Army Medical Corps attached 2 Bn. Worcestershire Regt.             T/Capt. Harold Parton was attached to the 7th Battalion from the South Staffordshire Regiment.             Lieutenant (T/Captain) D. J. Pullen was attached from the Hampshire Regiment.             Lieutenant J. D. Reynolds was attached to the Special Service Troops when he won his MC.             T/Major K. M. Scott was attached to the Gold Coast Regiment.             Lieutenant T. E. Watt of the 7th Battalion Worcestershire was attached to the Suffolk Regiment.
Malaya Emergency (1948-1960) Men of the Worcestershire Regiment who awarded the Military Cross for action in Malaya.
Surname Forename/s No. Rank Gazette Battalion Engagement Tyson Douglas Charles 408065 Lieut. 12/02/1952 1st Malaya

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