Gen. George H. Thomas moved against the Confederates, Crittenden decided to attack one of the two parts of Thomas's command at Logan's Cross Roads near Mill Springs before the Union forces could unite.

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

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* 1942 – Malta received the George Cross for its gallantry.

As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.

* Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( Honorary GCMG )-1891

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Category: Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George

He was created a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath by King George VI of the United Kingdom in 1942.

* 1876 – Henry Blogg, English lifeboatman, George Cross and British Empire Medal recipient ( d. 1954 )

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Union flag, combining the St George's Cross | Cross of St George or England, with the Flag of Scotland | Cross of St. Andrew of Scotland.

Alexander thus chose to retire from the army and take up the new position, and, in anticipation of his viceregal posting, was on 26 January 1946 appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cross Keys – Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson save the Army of Northern Virginia from a Union assault on the James Peninsula led by General George B. McClellan.

* George Raymond Dallas Moor ( 1896 – 1918 ), recipient of the Victoria Cross

* George Cross ( United Kingdom )

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It was reported that Lewis had offered to upgrade Askin's knighthood from Knight Commander ( KCMG ) to Knight Grand Cross ( GCMG ) of the Order of St Michael and St George, while Willis was uncommitted.

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In the west, apart from the Battle of the Atlantic the sieges were not on the same scale as those on the European Eastern front ; however, there were several notable or critical sieges: the island of Malta, for which the population won the George Cross, Tobruk.

The " Colours of Saint George ", or St George's Cross are a white flag with a red cross, frequently borne by entities over which he is patron ( e. g. the Republic of Genoa and then Liguria, England, Georgia, Catalonia, Aragon, etc.

In New York he was well received by what was then only a small brave band of non-figurative artists, including Alexander Calder, George K. L. Morris, De Kooning, Holty and a few others.

she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.

His father, George A. Mercer, was descended from an honored Southern family that could trace its ancestry back to one Hugh Mercer, who had emigrated from Scotland in 1747.

Another good friend of the Coolidges' was George B. Harvey, who was the Ambassador to Great Britain from 1921 to 1923.

On April 10, 1904, his first child was born, a son named George after the late Senator.

His coat trimmed in sable, diamond stars of the Orders of Saints Andrew or George agleam, he was often prone to sit sulkily, eye downcast, in a Scheherazade trance.

Apparently still sensitive about the idea with which General Gates had approached him at Saratoga, namely, that George Washington be replaced, Morgan was vehement in his support of the commander-in-chief during the campaign around Philadelphia.

His fellow Virginian, George Washington, had stated, `` I believe no event was ever received with more heartfelt joy ''.

He was convinced that George Orwell's 1984 was nearly all wrong as it applied to England, which was `` driving forward into uncharted waters '', with the danger of a new tyranny ahead.

A three-dimensional exhibit depicting `` A Century Of Naval Medicine '' was formally presented to The Director by George S. Squibb, great-grandson of the founder of E. R. Squibb and Sons, for permanent display in the Museum.

The sentimental pure heart of Galahad is gone with the knightly years, but I still believe in the heart of the George Meredith character that was not made of the stuff that breaks ''.

In the United States Department of Agriculture's Yearbook Of Agriculture, 1952, which is devoted entirely to insects, George E. Bohart mentions a site in Utah which was estimated to contain 200,000 nesting females.

George Woodcock was manager and troubleshooter ; ;

The next speaker was George T. Day.

A chance remark about Lenin's sealed train brought the rejoinder that this was a myth akin to George Washington's cherry tree.

For example, it was a battalion of the 7th Cavalry under Colonel George Armstrong Custer that had been wiped out at the Battle of The Little Big Horn.

Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer was the regiment's first permanent commander and, like such generals as George S. Patton and Terry De La Mesa Allen in their rise to military prominence, Custer was a believer in blood and guts warfare.

To everyone's astonishment he seemed no more like the run-of-the-mine Russian ambassador than George Babbitt was like Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov.

An essay on `` Freedom '' written at 10 years of age quoted the Declaration of Independence, the freedom given to slaves in Canada, and the views of George Washington.

Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.

I want to see institutions like Throop turn out perhaps ninety-nine of every hundred students as men who are to do given pieces of industrial work better than any one else can do them ; I want to see those men do the kind of work that is now being done on the Panama Canal and on the great irrigation projects in the interior of this country — and the one-hundredth man I want to see with the kind of cultural scientific training that will make him and his fellows the matrix out of which you can occasionally develop a man like your great astronomer, George Ellery Hale.

In 1955 and 1957, DeMille was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

In 1957, Brown was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

The dative case ( abbreviated, or sometimes when it is a core argument ) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to which something is given, as in " George gave Jamie a drink ".

Within days, Philip received a command from his cousin and sovereign, King George II of Greece, to resume his naval career in Britain which, though given without explanation, the young prince obeyed.

In 1957, Capra was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

In England he was given a generous welcome, which included an introduction to King George IV and the receipt of £ 7000 after a residence of five months.

In 1976, Cukor was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

In 1969 the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics established the George Pólya Prize, given alternately in two categories for " a notable application of combinatorial theory " and for " a notable contribution in another area of interest to George Pólya.

Despite his aping of Fascism, and the strong economic ties with resurgent Nazi Germany, Metaxas followed a policy of neutrality, given Greece's traditionally strong ties to Britain, reinforced by King George II's personal anglophilia.

Two tantalizing photos were given to Louisiana State University museum director George Lowery in 1971 by a source who wished to remain anonymous but who came forward in 2005 as outdoorsman Fielding Lewis.

Bardeen was one of 11 recipients given the Third Century Award from President George H. W. Bush in 1990 for " exceptional contributions to American society " and was granted a gold medal from the Soviet Academy of Sciences in 1988.

In 1973, Weissmuller was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.

In 1955 and 1957, Pickford was awarded The George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.