New Year Honours 1941
Whitney Wellard Straight
Military Cross
Recognised in the New Year Honours 1941 with the Military Cross.
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London Gazette page
Military Cross · 1941
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Military service
Royal Air Force- Division
- Military Division
- Service number
- 90680
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Military Cross
New Year Honours 1941
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How common is this award?
The Military Cross was awarded 3 times in the New Year Honours List 1941.
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Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Military Cross in the New Year Honours 1941
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Military Cross · 1941
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 1941 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 30 December 1940.
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