The Military Medal (MM) was a

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awarded to personnel of the

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and other arms of the

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, and to personnel of other

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countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land. The award was established in 1916, with retrospective application to 1914, and was awarded to other ranks for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire". The award was discontinued in 1993, when it was replaced by the

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, which was extended to all ranks, while other Commonwealth nations instituted their own award systems in the post war period.

History

The Military Medal was established on 25 March 1916. It was awarded to other ranks including

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s and

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s, and ranked below the

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(DCM). Awards to British and Commonwealth forces were announced in the ''

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'', but not honorary awards to allied forces. (Lists of awards to allied forces were published by

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) When the medal was first introduced, it was unpopular among regular soldiers. MM and DCM recipient Frank Richards wrote that "the Military Medal without a shadow of a doubt had been introduced to save awarding too many DCMs. The old regular soldiers thought very little of the new decoration". Both the DCM and the MM attracted a gratuity and the decoration allowance of an extra sixpence a day to veterans with a disability pension. However, the allowance was only awarded once even if the recipient was awarded more than one gallantry award. The ratio in the First World War was approximately five MMs awarded for every DCM. From September 1916 members of the

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, serving on Western Front alongside the Army, were made eligible for military decorations, including the Military Medal, for the war's duration. It could also be awarded to members of the

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for gallant service on the ground. Eligibility for the MM was extended, by a Royal Warrant dated 21 June 1916, to women whether British subjects or foreign, with the first awards gazetted on 1 September 1916. Although nurses of the

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(QAIMNS) and the

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(TFNS) and other women serving with the British Army often had the social status of officers, they did not hold an officer's commission and were therefore ineligible for the

, but could be and were awarded the MM.

Louisa Nolan Louisa Nolan (1898–?) was an Irish woman recognized with the Military Medal by King George V for her bravery and humanitarian aid during the Easter Rising in Dublin, Ireland in 1916. Early life Nolan was the daughter of ex-Head Constable Nol ...

, a civilian during the

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in Dublin, was awarded the Military Medal for her courage under fire in providing humanitarian aid to the wounded. Since 1918 recipients of the Military Medal have been entitled to the

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"MM". Eligibility was extended to soldiers of the

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in 1944. The Military Medal was discontinued in 1993, as part of the review of the British honours system, which recommended removing distinctions of rank in respect of awards for bravery. Since then the Military Cross, previously only open to Commissioned and Warrant Officers, has been awarded to all ranks. The MM had also been awarded by Commonwealth countries but by the 1990s most, including

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and

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, were establishing their own honours systems and no longer recommended British honours.

Description

The medal and ribbon had the following features: * A circular silver medal of 36 mm diameter. * The obverse bears the effigy of the reigning monarch and an appropriate inscription. * The reverse has the inscription "FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD" in four lines, surrounded by a

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, surmounted by the Royal Cypher and Imperial Crown. * The suspender is of an ornate scroll type. * The ribbon is dark blue, 1.25 inches wide with five equal centre stripes of white, red, white, red, and white, each 0.125 inches wide. * The name and service details of the recipient were impressed on the rim of the medal, although honorary awards to foreign recipients were issued unnamed. * Silver, laurelled bars were authorised for subsequent awards, with a silver rosette worn on the ribbon bar to indicate the award of each bar.

Obverse variations

The medal was awarded with one of six obverse designs: File:Military Medal, close up of disc.jpg, George V (1st type) in Field Marshall's uniform (1916–1930) File:1. Military Medal Obverse 1930-37.jpg, George V (2nd type) in crown and robes (1930–1937) File:Distinguished Service Medal (UK) George VI obverse.jpg, George VI (1st type); inscribed 'INDIAE IMP' (1938–1948) File:NGSM 1915 GVI obv 1949-52.jpg, George VI (2nd type); omits 'INDIAE IMP' (1949–1952) File:Naval General Service Medal 1915 (Obverse) First Elizabeth version.jpg, Elizabeth II (1st type); inscription has 'BR OMN' (1952–1958) File:NGSM 1915 EBII obv.jpg, Elizabeth II (2nd type); inscription has 'DEI GRATIA' (1958–1993)

Numbers of awards

Between 1916 and 1993 approximately 138,517 medals and 6,167 bars were awarded. The dates below reflect the relevant London Gazette entries: The above figures include awards to the Dominions: In all, 13,654 Military Medals were awarded to those serving with Canadian forces, including 848 first bars and 38 second bars.Veterans Affairs Canada – Military Medal (MM)
(Retrieved 1 November 2018) Australian Army members received 11,038 and 14 were to awarded Air Force personnel; 478 first bars were awarded, 15 second bars and one third bar. Over 2,500 were awarded to New Zealanders, the last being for the

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(Retrieved 1 November 2018) The honorary MM awards were made to servicemen and women from eleven allied countries in the First World War, and nine in the Second World War.Abbott, Peter Edward; Tamplin, John Michael Alan (1981). British Gallantry Awards (2nd ed.). London, UK: Nimrod Dix and Co. , Chapter 33, The Military Medal During the First World War, 127 Military Medals were awarded to women, plus about a dozen honorary awards to foreign women. There was one instance of a third bar being awarded, to Private

Ernest Albert Corey Ernest Albert Corey, MM & Three Bars (20 December 1891 – 25 August 1972) was a distinguished Australian soldier who served as a stretcher bearer during the First World War. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 13 January 1916, a ...

, who served on the

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as a

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in the 55th Australian Infantry Battalion. The only recipient to receive two bars during the Second World War was Sergeant

Fred Kite Frederick William Kite MM** (5 January 1921 – June 1993), known as Buck, was a highly decorated British soldier who fought in the Second World War. Kite was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1921. He attended Hassell Street School followed ...

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Selected recipients of the Military Medal

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4530

Nearly 140,000 people have been awarded the Military Medal. Among the more notable recipients are:

World War I

* Billy Bennett, British comedian. * Joe Cassidy, Scottish footballer. *

Phoebe Chapple Phoebe Chapple (31 March 1879 – 24 March 1967) was a South Australian medical doctor, decorated for her heroic service in France during World War I. Early life and education Phoebe was born in Adelaide, South Australia, 31 March 1879. She was ...

, Australian medical practitioner, first female doctor awarded the Military Medal *

Mairi Chisholm Mairi Lambert Gooden Chisholm of Chisholm, MM, OStJ (26 February 1896 – 22 August 1981), known as Mairi Chisholm, was a Scottish nurse and ambulance driver in the First World War. She, together with her friend Elsie Knocker, won numerous me ...

, British volunteer ambulance driver. * Douglas Clark, British rugby league footballer and wrestler. * Jack Clough, British footballer. *

Jack Cock John Gilbert Cock MM MID (14 November 1893 – 19 April 1966) was an English footballer who played for various English club sides as a centre forward. He also had the distinction of being the first Cornishman to play for the England national ...

, British footballer. * William Coltman, who was also awarded the Victoria Cross, and was the most highly decorated NCO of the First World War. *

, the only person to be awarded the MM four times. * Dorothie Feilding, first woman to be awarded the MM. *

Elsie Knocker Elsie Knocker, later Baroness de T'Serclaes, (29 July 1884 – 26 April 1978) was a British nurse and ambulance driver in World War I who, together with her friend Mairi Chisholm, won numerous medals for bravery and for saving the lives of tho ...

, British volunteer nurse and ambulance driver. *

Norman Washington Manley Norman Washington Manley (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. Manley was an advocate ...

, former First Minister of Jamaica, sergeant in the British Army during the First World War. * James McCudden, the most highly decorated British pilot of the First World War. * Richard McFadden, professional footballer with Clapton Orient, who was killed on the Somme on 23 October 1916. * Frank Nicklin,

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from 1957 to 1968, the first non Labor Party premier since 1932. *

Francis Pegahmagabow Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars (; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was a Canadian First Nations soldier, politician and activist. He was the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sni ...

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, Canada's most decorated indigenous soldier of the First World War, who was awarded 2 additional bars to his Military Medal. * Frank Richards, who wrote about his wartime experiences, and who received both the DCM and the MM. * Caleb James Shang, DCM & Bar, MM was the most highly decorated Chinese Australian soldier who served in the First World War * Charles Rutherford, awarded the Military Cross, Military Medal and Victoria Cross. * Violetta Thurstan, nurse in World War One, evacuated wounded soldiers while under fire. *

Karl Vernon Karl Vernon MM (19 June 1880 – 11 July 1973), sometimes known by his nickname The Bean, was a British rower and coach who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Life Vernon was born in Neuenahr, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He joined Thames ...

, Olympic medallist oarsman and coach. *

Arthur Wesley Wheen Arthur Wesley Wheen, (9 February 1897 – 15 March 1971) was an Australian soldier, translator and museum librarian. He is best known for translating the work of Erich Maria Remarque into English, beginning with the classic war novel ''All Quiet ...

, translator of ''

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''. *

Arch Whitehouse Arthur George Joseph "Arch" Whitehouse , M.M. was a World War I veteran and author of First World War aviation books. Biography Arthur George J. Whitehouse was born in England, but lived in Montvale, New Jersey, U.S.A. At the outbreak of Worl ...

, World War I RAF Officer. *

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F. F. Worthington Major-General Frederic Franklin Worthington MC, MM, CD (September 17, 1889 – December 8, 1967), nicknamed "Worthy" and "Fighting Frank", was a senior Canadian Army officer. He is considered the father of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps ...

was awarded the Military Medal for actions near

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. *

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, Australian stretcher-bearer

World War II

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, Australian theologian and author. * Walter Bingham, Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who served in Normandy and subsequently in Counter Intelligence. *

Barney F. Hajiro Barney Fushimi Hajiro (September 16, 1916 – January 21, 2011) was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor, the highest United States military award for valor.Martin, Douglas"Barney Hajiro, Medal of Honor Recipi ...

, Japanese American soldier and

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recipient, awarded for his actions in France in 1944. *

Elspeth Candlish Henderson Elspeth Candlish Green (née Henderson; 1913–2006) was an NCO and officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). She was a plotter during the Battle of Britain, serving at Biggin Hill where she won the Military Medal for her bravery dur ...

, a WAAF NCO during the

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* William Hutt, Canadian actor. * Fred 'Buck' Kite, the only British soldier to be awarded the MM and two Bars in the Second World War. * Bob Lilley, founding member of the British Special Air Service, one of the "Tobruk Four". * Tommy Prince,

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, Canada's most decorated aboriginal soldier of the Second World War, who also received the US

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. * Bob Quinn, leading Australian rules footballer. * Wilfred Sénéchal,

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lawyer, politician. *

Karam Singh Subedar and Honorary Captain Karam Singh PVC, MM (15 September 1915 – 20 January 1993), an Indian soldier, was a recipient of the Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest award for gallantry. Singh joined the army in 1941, and took par ...

, Indian soldier later awarded the

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, India's highest military decoration. * Randall Swingler, British poet. * Willie Thornton, Rangers and

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footballer. *

Berry Gazi Sergeant Berry Gazi was a black South African soldier who served in the Native Military Corps (NMC) during World War II. Although the racially segregated nature of the South African military notionally prevented black soldiers from serving ...

, first Black South African to be awarded the Military Medal. * Leslie "Bull" Allen, Australian stretcher bearer

Post 1945

* Ian Bailey, The Parachute Regiment, for actions in the

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. * Robert Gaspare Consiglio,

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, killed in action during Bravo Two Zero patrol, Iraq 1991. *

Billy Hanna William Henry Wilson Hanna MM (c.1929 – 27 July 1975) was a high-ranking Ulster loyalist who founded and led the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) until he was killed, allegedly by Robin Jackson, who took over comma ...

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, for gallantry in the

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. * Steven John Lane, Special Air Service, died during Bravo Two Zero patrol, Iraq 1991. * John McAleese, British Special Air Service, for service in

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in 1987. *

Andy McNab Steven Billy Mitchell, (born 28 December 1959), usually known by the pseudonym and pen-name of Andy McNab, is a novelist and former British Army infantry soldier. He came into public prominence in 1993 when he published a book entitled '' Bra ...

(pseudonym), Special Air Service, for service in

in 1979. *

Chris Ryan Colin Armstrong (born 1961), usually known by the pseudonym and pen-name of Chris Ryan, is an author, television presenter, security consultant and former Special Air Service sergeant. After the publication of fellow patrol member Andy McNa ...

(pseudonym), Special Air Service, Bravo Two Zero patrol, Iraq 1991. * Al Slater, Special Air Service, for service in

Popular culture

Jack Ford, a leading character in the BBC TV series ''

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'', is a World War I recipient of the Military Medal. In the BBC series ''

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'', the principal protagonist/antihero Thomas Michael Shelby is a recipient of the

and the Military Medal for his service in World War I, then post-war he was awarded the OBE by

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. In the ''

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'' episode " Branded", the platoon discover that the character

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was a

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. He is then ostracized by the platoon, until they find that he was awarded the Military Medal in the

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whilst serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps, for rescuing wounded men under enemy fire. The medal itself is central to the storyline in that it is higher than all the medals held by the rest of the platoon and is seen as a mark of true heroism which earns him great respect from them all.BBC website: ''Dad's Army'' episodes
/ref> In ''

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'' episode 6, "Courage", Sister Ross-King and three other nurses are awarded the Military Medal for bravery under fire. In the video game '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'', the SAS character named Mike "Thatcher" Baker is seen wearing the Military Medal. The reason why it has been awarded to him is not mentioned.

References

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