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Croix de Guerre

Country:France
Established:8 April 1915
Criteria:During World War I, the Croix de Guerre was awarded for bravery to military personnel mentioned in dispatches. Recipients of the Légion d'Honneur and Médaille Militaire were automatically entitled to the Croix de Guerre. For subsequent acts of bravery, the recipient was awarded a palm leaf for Army citations, a gold star for Corps citations, a silver star for Division citations or a bronze star for Brigade and Regimental citations.
Croix de Guerre with Palm

Recipients - World War I Aces
FranceMarius Ambrogi

South AfricaEdgar Amm

CanadaFrederick Armstrong

FranceMaurice Arnoux

United StatesPaul Baer

EnglandOwen Baldwin

ItalyFrancesco Baracca

United StatesFrank Baylies

FranceBernard Barny de Romanet

FranceFrancois Battesti

United StatesJames Beane

CanadaAlan Bell-Irving

United StatesCharles Biddle - 27 January 1919

CanadaWilliam Bishop

EnglandCharles Booker

FranceLeon Bourjade

FranceMaurice Boyau

CanadaFrederick Brown

United StatesArchie Buchanan

United StatesHarold Buckley

United StatesDouglas Campbell

United StatesThomas Cassady

FranceAndre Chainat

United StatesReed Chambers

FranceJean Chaput

CanadaCarleton Clement

CanadaRaymond Collishaw

United StatesJames Connelly

United StatesEverett Cook

United StatesHamilton Coolidge

BelgiumWilly Coppens

RussiaPavel d'Argueff

FrancePierre de Cazenove de Pradines

FranceGilbert de Guingand

FranceOmer Demeuldre

BelgiumAndre de Meulemeester

FranceAlbert Deullin

FranceRené Dorme

EnglandChristopher Draper

FranceJacques Ehrlich

United StatesWilliam Erwin

FranceRené Fonck

FranceJean Fraissinet

CanadaDaniel Galbraith

FranceHector Garaud

FrancePaul Gastin

CanadaWilliam Gillespie

CanadaJames Glen

CanadaAcheson Goulding

United StatesEdward Grange

CanadaCharles Green

FranceGabriel Guérin

FranceGeorges Guynemer

FranceFernand Guyou

FranceClaude Haegelen

CanadaEarl Hand

United StatesJames Healy - 9 December 1918

FranceAlfred Heurtaux

FranceMarcel Hugues

BelgiumFernand Jacquet

FranceLucien Jailler

CanadaGeorge Johnson - 17 July 1918

WalesArthur Jones-Williams - 5 April 1919

EnglandCecil King

United StatesJames Knowles

RussiaAlexander Kozakov

RussiaYevgraph Kruten

FranceGeorges Lachmann

FranceAuguste Lahoulle

United StatesDeFreest Larner

FranceMaxime Lenoir

United StatesRaoul Lufbery

CanadaGeorge MacKay

CanadaDonald MacLaren - 15 July 1919

FranceGeorges Madon

FrancePierr Marinovitch

EnglandJames McCudden - 21 January 1916

United StatesJames Meissner

EnglandKenneth Montgomery

FranceRene Montrion

CanadaRedford Mulock

ScotlandIan Napier

FranceJean Navarre

EnglandMaurice Newnham

FranceCharles Nungesser

BelgiumJan Olieslagers

United StatesRalph O'Neill - 9 December 1918

RussiaIvan Orlov

New ZealandKeith Park

United StatesEdwin Parsons

United StatesDavid Peterson

FranceArmand Pinsard

United StatesWilliam Ponder

United StatesKenneth Porter

RussiaEduard Pulpe

United StatesDavid Putnam

EnglandJohn Quested

United StatesEdward Rickenbacker - 9 May 1918

CanadaErnest Salter - 15 July 1919

FranceJean Sardier

United StatesSumner Sewall

CanadaJohn Sharman

CanadaAlexander Shook

United StatesFrancis Simonds - 12 December 1918

EnglandSydney Smith

FrancePaul Tarascon

United StatesWilliam Thaw

EnglandFrederick Travers - 2 February 1919

United StatesJerry Vasconcells

FranceDel Vial

FrancePierre Violet-Marty

FrancePaul Waddington

CanadaJoseph White

United StatesWilbert White

EnglandHenry Woollett


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