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. 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) |
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 |
Piavè |
" " -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) |
Bundy, 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 Carminow |
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 |
Capt. |
04/06/1917 |
(Staff) |
France 1917 (general) |
|
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) |
Dunnett, Raymond Frederick |
Lieut. |
01/01/1917 |
2nd |
High Wood (July 1916) |
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, Charles Alexander Newcome |
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, Russell Herbert 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) |
Capt. |
01/01/1915 |
3rd |
France 1914 (general) |
|
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, Philip Digby |
Capt. |
14/11/1916 |
Att. Sigs. |
France 1916 (general) |
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 |
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, John Lister |
Capt. (A/Lt.Col.) |
26/07/1918 |
Att. W. Yorks |
France 1918 (general) |
Hickman, Frank |
2/Lieut. |
08/03/1919 |
2/8th |
Selle |
Hill, Thomas Harry |
Lieut. |
03/06/1919 |
14th |
France 1918 (general) |
R.S.M. |
23/06/1915 |
3rd |
France 1915 (general) |
|
Holcroft, H. Roy |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Capt. |
23/06/1915 |
Staff |
France 1915 (general) |
|
Little, D. G. |
2/Lieut. |
03/06/1916 |
1/7th |
France 1916 (general) |
Lively, Charles Edward, DCM (12789) |
2/Lieut. |
24/09/1918 |
2nd |
Manor Farm raid |
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, Hamilton |
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, James |
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) |
Pawsey, Charles Ridley |
Lieut. |
14/01/1916 |
1/8th |
Somme 1916 (general) |
" " -bar |
Capt. |
18/06/1917 |
1/8th |
Templeux |
Pegler, George Samuel |
2/Lieut. |
26/11/1917 |
4th |
Ypres 1917 |
Phillips, Leslie Gordon |
Lieut. |
14/01/1916 |
Att. Sigs. |
France 1915 (general) |
Pickles, Elton Walter |
2/Lieut. |
24/09/1918 |
3rd |
Aisne 1918 (27/5) |
" " -bar |
2/Lieut. |
01/01/1919 |
3rd |
France 1918 (general) |
Pigg, Charles Herbert |
Capt. |
27/07/1916 |
2nd |
Auchy Raid |
Pittard, Robert Marmaduke |
2/Lieut. |
18/07/1917 |
1/8th |
Gillemont Farm |
Pointon, Arnold Cecil |
2/Lieut. |
16/09/1918 |
2nd |
Neuve Eglise |
Porterfield, George Alexander |
Lieut. |
18/01/1918 |
14th |
Ypres 1917 |
Pratt, Acton Brook |
Capt. & Adjt. |
01/01/1917 |
1st |
France 1916 (general) |
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, George |
2/Lieut. |
18/06/1917 |
2/8th |
Hill 120 |
Pritchard, Inkerman T. |
Capt. |
04/02/1918 |
1st |
Raid |
Prosser, Arthur Edward |
Capt. |
01/02/1919 |
1st |
Oppy |
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, Charles Hargreaves |
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 |
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, Cyril Edgar |
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 |
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 |
Watson, Thomas Hovenden |
Capt. |
01/01/1917 |
1st |
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 |
Note:
Lieut. Charles Alexander Newcome Fox (later Captain) was a 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment officer who as attached to the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment as Adjutant. He was killed in action on the 25th September 1917 (age 21) by an enemy shell which it hit Battalion H.Q. at Inverness Copse (Menin Road) near Veldhoek.
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 |
John William Brownlow |
71146 |
2/Lieut. |
08/09/1939 |
1st |
Palestine |
|
Frith |
Robert Brereton |
67139 |
2/Lieut. |
14/03/1939 |
1st |
Palestine |
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 |
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 |
Thomas Jim |
100229 |
2/Lieut. |
18/07/1941 |
1st |
Eritrea |
|
John Buckley |
53107 |
Capt. |
28/06/1945 |
7th |
Burma |
|
Francis Gilbert |
105633 |
T/Major |
05/10/1944 |
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 |
Ridley Hugh |
284153 |
Lieut. |
07/06/1945 |
|
Western Europe |
Sidney Karl |
39720 |
T/Major |
24/01/1946 |
1st |
Western Europe |
|
Campbell |
Michael John |
233253 |
Lieut. |
17/01/1946 |
7th |
Burma |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Philip Herbert |
38518 |
A/Major |
30/12/1941 |
1st |
Eritrea |
|
Alfred Albert |
121454 |
T/Major |
27/06/1944 |
1st |
Cheux, France |
|
Archibald John |
64608 |
T/Major |
19/10/1944 |
1st |
Mouen, France |
|
Hershman |
Claude Angel |
187049 |
Lieut. |
19/08/1943 |
att. |
Middle East |
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 |
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 |
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 |
James Douglas |
338823 |
2/Lieut. |
17/01/1946 |
7th |
Burma |
|
Phillips |
David Anthony Temple |
253360 |
Lieut. |
27/07/1944 |
7th |
Burma |
Daniel John |
229617 |
T/Capt. |
14/02/1945 |
1st |
Operation Veritable |
|
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 |
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 |
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.
T/Major Francis Gilbert Burrell was attached from the Royal Scots Regiment.
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 |
Douglas Charles |
408065 |
Lieut. |
12/02/1952 |
1st |
Malaya |