Great Britain - Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)

Country:

Great Britain

Established:

1854

Criteria:

The oldest British award for gallantry and second only to the Victoria Cross, the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) was awarded to enlisted personnel, non-commissioned officers and warrant officers of any nation, in any branch of the service, for distinguished conduct in battle. For each subsequent act of gallantry, the recipient was awarded a silver, laurelled bar.

For services during the Great War, the London Gazette announced the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) to members of the flying services 103 times:

Airmen who received the DCM: 102
Airmen who received a first Bar to the DCM: 1

Recipients - World War I Aces

1		Alberry, Frank
2		Beales, Walter
3		Bouyer, Jean Georges
4		Carlin, Sydney
5		Coudouret, Louis Fernand
6		Cowell, John
7		Deighton, Ernest Arthur
8		Dyke, William Norman
9		Elton, Ernest John
10		Emsden, Leonard Herbert

Total Records: 19

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