King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George VI">George VI</a> awarded the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Award_of_the_George_Cross_to_Malta" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Award of the George Cross to Malta">George Cross to the people of Malta</a> in appreciation of their heroism.<sup about="#mwt55" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"}}' id="cite_ref-10" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_16#cite_note-10" id="mw1w" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 10;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw2A">[10]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-10"><cite about="#mwt52" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB3s"><a class="external text" href="http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm" id="mwB3w" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The GC Collective Awards"</a>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070428221147/http://www.gc-database.co.uk/collective.htm" id="mwB30" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 28 April 2007<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB34">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB38">22 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt52" class="Z3988" id="mwB4A" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=The+GC+Collective+Awards&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gc-database.co.uk%2Fcollective.htm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AApril+16"></span></span>