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• William J.C. Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick, a British flying ace in the First World War, scored his first victory when he was a test pilot and was awarded the Military Cross for capturing that enemy plane?
• Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, a British flying ace of World War I, scored 30 kills in five months of service and won both the DFC and MC?
• Australian fighter pilot Lieutenant (later Air Vice Marshal) Adrian Cole (pictured) was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 for attacking six enemy aircraft threatening Allied cavalry?
• Australian flying ace Raymond Brownell was awarded the Military Cross for shooting down six enemy aircraft over a three month period in the First World War?
• during the First World War Edwin Flavell was awarded the Military Cross three times?
• as well as being Australia's first military pilot, Henry Petre (pictured) led the Australian Flying Corps' first unit on active service and earned the DSO, MC and four Mentions in Despatches?
• Peter Stevens, the only known German-Jewish RAF bomber pilot in WWII, enlisted using a stolen identity and later won a Military Cross for his attempts to escape from POW camps?
• Michael Lockett, a British sergeant who was killed by a roadside bomb, was the first British soldier awarded the Military Cross to die in Afghanistan?
• Sir Allan Quartermaine, a former member of the British Royal Fine Art Commission, was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in the First World War?
• Wales rugby international and Welsh Rugby Union Secretary Bill Clement was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in World War II?
• Andrew Cowper (pictured) was awarded the Military Cross three times in the First World War for his efforts in destroying 19 German aircraft?
• Henry Cronin won the Military Cross in the First World War for assaulting enemy positions and taking prisoners of war, despite being assigned to build field defences?
• Kate Nesbitt, the first woman in the Royal Navy to be awarded the Military Cross for bravery in Afghanistan while attached to 3 Commando Brigade, is just 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) tall?
• Scotland rugby union player Duncan Macrae won a Military Cross for his actions as part of the 51st Highland Division at Saint-Valery-en-Caux?