What is Military Cross?
{{Infobox military award |name = Military Cross |image = [[File:Military Cross.jpg|135px]] |caption = Military Cross |awarded_by = United Kingdom and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] |type = Military decoration |eligibility = British, (formerly) Commonwealth, and allied forces |for = ''... gallantry during active operations against the enemy.''<ref>[http://www.operations.mod.uk/honours/honours.htm UK Defence FactSheet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927210734/http://www.operations.mod.uk/honours/honours.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}, accessed 28 June 2007.</ref> |campaign = |status = Currently awarded |description = Silver cross with straight arms, Royal Cypher in centre (obverse)<br>(reverse) plain |clasps = |established = 28 December 1914 |first_award = 1 January 1915 to Lieutenant G.F.H. Brooke, 16th Lancers (Staff Captain).<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29024 |date=29 December 1914 |pages=7–9 |supp=y}}</ref> |last_award = |total = [[George V]]: over 40,000<br/>[[George VI]]: over 11,000<br/>[[Elizabeth II]]: not published <ref>{{cite book |first=John W. |last=Mussell |title=Medal Yearbook 2014 |year=2014 |publisher=Token Publishing |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908-828-11-8 }}</ref> |posthumous = |recipients = over 48,000 |individual = |precedence_label=Order of Wear |higher = [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Service Cross]] <ref name=JSP761>{{cite web |title=JSP 761 Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces |url=http://ndm-pr.webs.com/jsp761%5B1%5D.pdf |page=12A-1 |access-date=7 November 2014 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802165525/https://ndm-pr.webs.com/jsp761%5B1%5D.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |same = |lower = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] <ref name=JSP761/> |related= [[Military Medal]] |image2 = [[File:Military cross BAR.svg|center|90px]]<br>[[File:Military cross w bar BAR.svg|center|9