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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	14 Feb 2014 00:26
	It should have been announced in the The London Gazette with details of the action for which it was awarded http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/ Roy
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	13 Feb 2014 23:56
	Could you contact the Regimental Museum? They might have war diaries that recorded the act of gallantry that resulted in him being awarded the Military Cross. This is a link to the museums web page:- http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000016-Bedfordshire--Hertfordshire-Regiment-Museum-Collection.htm Kath. x
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 2,779 Send Message	was plain ann now annielaurie	Report	13 Feb 2014 23:52
	What was his name ?
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Pat	Report	13 Feb 2014 23:29
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 11 Send Message	Can anyone tell me where I might the information relating to why someone was awarded the Military Cross during WW1. The award was made prior to his death in August 1918. He was in the Bedfordshire Regiment. and belonged to the Army Cyclist Corp Thank you.