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2 unusual facts about Cross of Valour


Cross of Valour

Valour Cross (Tapperhedskorset), Denmark's highest military award

Lewis John Stringer

Lewis John Stringer (1930-1969) was one of nine sailors who died aboard HMCS Kootenay in an incident for which he was posthumously awarded the Cross of Valour, Canada's second highest bravery decoration.


Amédéo Garrammone

Private Amédéo Garrammone, a military police officer of CFB Halifax, received the Cross of Valour, Canada's second highest award for bravery, for risking his life and being injured coming to the rescue of a man who was being attacked.


see also

Teather

Robert Gordon Teather (1947–2004), officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who was awarded the Cross of Valour