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Military Cross, George VI, 1945. From medal group awarded to Major (later Lieutenant Colonel) Gordon Rodney Donald Hews, Commanding Officer 2nd and 5th Battalions The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), 1 Nov 1956 to 6 Jun 1957. This medal is suspended on a white ribbon with a purple band in the centre, connected via straight bar suspender. The obverse of the medal depicts a straight armed silver cross with flared edges. It is decorated with a crown in each arm of the cross and the royal cypher in the centre. The reverse has a very simple design. It is plain with the rank, name and date of award inscribed in the centre and lower arm. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War Two (1939-1945)