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Sixthly: It is ordained that every recommendation for the
award of the Cross shall be submitted with such description and
conclusive proof as the circumstances of the case will allow, and
attestation of the act as the Minister or Ministers concerned may
think requisite.

Seventhly: It is ordained that the Cross shall be worn by
recipients on the left breast suspended from a ribbon one and a half
inches in width, of dark blue, that it shall be worn immediately
after the Victoria Cross and in front of the Insignia of all British
Orders of Chivalry, and that on those occasions when only the
ribbon is worn, a replica in silver of the Cross in miniature shall be
affixed to the centre of the ribbon.

Provided that when the Cross is worn by a woman, it may be
worn on the left shoulder, suspended from a ribbon of the same
width and colour, fashioned into a bow.

Eighthly: It is ordained that the award of the George Cross
shall entitle the recipient on all occasions when the use of such
letters is customary, to have placed after his or her names the letters
"G.C."

Ninthly: It is ordained that an action which is worthy of
recognition by the award of the Cross, but is performed by one
upon whom the Decoration has been conferred, may be recorded
by the award of a Bar to be attached to the ribbon by which the
Cross is suspended, that for each such additional award an additional
Bar shall be added, and that for each Bar awarded a replica in silver
of the Cross in miniature, in addition to the emblem already worn,
shall be added to the ribbon when worn alone.

Tenthly: It is ordained that the names of all those upon or on
account of whom We may be pleased to confer or present the Cross,
or a Bar to the Cross, shall be published in the London Gazette, and
that a Register of such names shall be kept in the Central Chancery
of the Orders of Knighthood.

Eleventhly: It is ordained that from the date of this Our
Warrant, the grant of the Medal of the Order of the British Empire,
for Gallantry, which was instituted and created by His late Majesty
King George the Fifth, shall cease, and a recipient of that Medal,
living at the date of this Our Warrant, shall return it to the Central
Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood and become instead a holder
of the George Cross: provided that there shall be a similar change
in relation to any posthumous grant of the Medal of the Order of
the British Empire, for Gallantry, made since the commencement of
the present war.

Twelfthly: It is ordained that reproductions of the Cross,
known as a Miniature Cross, which may be worn on certain occasions
by those to whom the Decoration is awarded shall be half the size
of the George Cross.

Thirteenthly: It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us,
Our Heirs and Successors by an Order under Our Sign Manual and
on a recommendation to that effect by or through Our Prime Minister
and First Lord of the Treasury, Our First Lord of the Admiralty,
Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Secretary of State for Air,
as the case may be, to cancel and annul the award to any person
of the George Cross and that thereupon the name of such person
in the Register shall be erased: provided that it shall be competent
for Us, Our Heirs and Successors to restore the Decoration so forfeited
when such recommendation has been withdrawn.

Lastly: We reserve to Ourself, our Heirs and Successors, full
power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting,
or dispensing with these rules and ordinances, or any part thereof,
by a notification under Our Sign Manual.

Given at Our Court at St. James's, the eighth of May, one
thousand nine hundred and forty-one, in the fourth year
of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command—

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.

THE GEORGE CROSS

ROYAL WARRANT

GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland,
and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of
the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents shall
come. GREETING!

Whereas by the fourteenth and last clause of Our Warrant for
the George Cross bearing date the eighth of May, one thousand
nine hundred and forty-one, power was reserved to Us of annulling,
altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or dispensing with
the same, or any part thereof, by a notification under Our Sign
Manual.

And whereas We deem it expedient to make some alterations
in the third, fourth and thirteenth clauses of Our aforesaid Warrant,
to permit of condominium awards and to permit of direct submissions
to Us in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof
shall so desire.

Now therefore We do hereby declare that the third, fourth and
thirteenth clauses of Our Warrant shall be abrogated, cancelled and
annulled, and in substitution therefor We, by these Presents for Us,
Our Heirs and Successors, are graciously pleased to make, ordain
and establish the following rules and ordinances which shall from
henceforth be inviolably observed and kept.

Thirdly: It is ordained that the persons eligible for the Decoration
of the Cross shall be:

(1) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection
in civil life, male and female, of Our United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Burma, Our Colonies, and
of Territories under Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction,
or under Our Jurisdiction jointly with another power;

(2) Persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces
of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
of India, of Burma, of Our Colonies, and of Territories under
Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction, or under Our

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Jurisdiction jointly with another power, including the Home
Guard and, in India, members of Frontier Corps and Military
Police and members of Indian States' Forces and, in Burma,
members of the Burma Frontier Force and Burma Military
Police, and including also the military Nursing Services and the
Women's Auxiliary Services;

(3) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection
in civil life, male and female, within, and members of the Naval,
Military or Air Forces belonging to, any other part of Our
Dominions, the Government whereof has signified its desire
that the Cross should be awarded under the provisions of this
Our Warrant, and any Territory being administered by Us in
such Government.

The Cross is intended primarily for civilians, and award in Our
military services is to be confined to actions for which purely military
Honours are not normally granted.

Fourthly: It is ordained that awards shall be made only on a
recommendation to Us, for civilians by Our Prime Minister and First
Lord of the Treasury, and for members of Our Naval, Military or
Air Forces, as described in the previous Clause of this Our Warrant,
only on a recommendation by Our First Lord of the Admiralty,
Our Secretary of State for War or Our Secretary of State for Air,
respectively, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions the Government
whereof shall so desire, on a recommendation by the appropriate
Minister of State for the said Dominion.

Thirteenthly: It is ordained that it shall be competent for Us,
Our Heirs and Successors, by an Order under Our Sign Manual and
on a recommendation to that effect by or through Our Prime
Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, Our First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, Our Secretary of State for War, or Our Secretary of State
for Air, or, in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government
whereof shall desire to submit such a recommendation, by the
appropriate Minister of State for the said Dominion, to cancel and
annul the award to any person of the George Cross and that thereupon
the name of such person in the Register shall be erased: provided
that it shall be competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors to restore
the Decoration so forfeited when such recommendation has been
withdrawn.

And it is Our Will and Pleasure that these Clauses shall be
taken and received as part and parcel of Our Warrant for the said
Cross.

Given at Our Court at St. James's, the seventeenth of October,
one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, in the sixth
year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty's Command—

WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.

THE GEORGE MEDAL

ROYAL WARRANT

GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland,
and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender
of the Faith, Emperor of India, to all to whom these Presents
shall come. GREETING!

Whereas by the thirteenth and last clause of Our Warrant
for the George Medal bearing date the twenty-fourth of September,
one thousand nine hundred and forty, power was reserved to Us
of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting, interpreting, or
dispensing with the same, or any part thereof, by a notification
under Our Sign Manual.

And whereas We deem it expedient to make some alterations
in the third, fourth and twelfth clauses of the aforesaid Warrant,
to permit of condominium awards and to permit of direct submissions
to Us in the case of any of Our Dominions, the Government whereof
shall so desire.

Now therefore We do hereby declare that the third, fourth
and twelfth clauses of Our Warrant shall be abrogated, cancelled
and annulled, and in substitution therefor We, by these Presents
for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, are graciously pleased to make,
ordain and establish the following rules and ordinances which shall
from henceforth be inviolably observed and kept.

Thirdly: It is ordained that the persons eligible for the Medal
shall be:

(1) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection
in civil life, male and female, of Our United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, India, Burma, Our Colonies,
and of Territories under Our Suzerainty, Protection or Juris-
diction, or under our Jurisdiction jointly with another power;

(2) Persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air
Forces of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland, of India, of Burma, of our Colonies, and of Territories
under Our Suzerainty, Protection or Jurisdiction, or under
Our Jurisdiction jointly with another power, including the
Home Guard and, in India, members of Frontier Corps and
Military Police and members of Indian States' Forces and, in
Burma, members of the Burma Frontier Force and Burma
Military Police, and including also the military Nursing Services
and the Women's Auxiliary Services;

(3) Our faithful subjects and persons under Our protection
in civil life male and female, within, and members of the Naval,
Military or Air Forces belonging to, any other part of Our
Dominions, the Government whereof has signified its desire
that the Medal should be awarded under the provisions of
this Our Warrant, and any Territory being administered by Us
in such Government.

The Medal is intended primarily for civilians, and award in
Our military services is to be confined to actions for which purely
military Honours are not normally granted.