NEW AWARD FOR CIVILIAN HEROES.
■ (Reed, noon.) RUGBY, J I and glorious are the ! I ITI deeds of gallantry done I ■ during these perilous, but ! I famous, days, and in order that ■ I they should be worthily and ■ ■ promptly recognised, I have " I decided to create at once a new • J mark of honour for men and * I women in all walks of civilian \ I life," said the King in his broad- ■ J cast. ■ ■ "I propose to give my name to ■ J a new distinction, which will con- J I sist of the George Cross, rank- I ■ ing next to the Victoria Cross, ■ I and the George Medal for wider \ I distribution." I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 227, 24 September 1940, Page 7
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113NEW AWARD FOR CIVILIAN HEROES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 227, 24 September 1940, Page 7
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