Distinguished Conduct Medal


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Distinguished Conduct Medal

n. Abbr. DCM
A British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field.
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Distin′guished Con′duct Med`al


n.
a British military decoration awarded for distinguished conduct in operations in the field against an enemy. Abbr.: D.C.M.
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Noun1.Distinguished Conduct Medal - a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the fieldDistinguished Conduct Medal - a British military decoration for distinguished conduct in the field
laurel wreath, medal, decoration, ribbon, medallion, palm - an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
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Later at Hill 70, Lieutenant MacGregor won the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Then, during the last hundred days of the war, Captain John MacGregor was awarded the Victoria Cross for personally wiping out an enemy machine-gun nest while under intense fire.
The then Pte Brown was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in working with his machine gun with fearlessness, skill and determination during severe fighting in which an enemy machine gun was silenced and captured".
The qualified children of the Distinguished Conduct Medal awardees shall be granted educational scholarships under the PNP's Reward Education Assistance Program, while awardees of the PNP Distinguished Service Medal are entitled to additional five days' leave credits, according to Escueta.
1915: Lance Cpl H L Sheard from the Duke of Wellington's Regiment was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his courage attending a wounded man in the open under heavy rifle and machine gun fire.
On November 5, 1917, he had taken part in an action which saw him earn a Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), the second highest honour behind the Victoria Cross.
Deployed to the Western Front in March 1915, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for preventing the destruction of a listening post, rescuing a wounded comrade and returning to search for another, all the while under heavy fire.
The gallantry of the lance corporal during the Aden Mutiny in 1967 set him apart and won him one of Britain's highest military decorations, the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).
He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest medal for gallantry; the Distinguished Conduct Medal (and Bar); and the Military Medal (and Bar) - and the Croix de Guerre by the French Army.
Fusilier Ronald Crookes won the Korean War Distinguished Conduct Medal for his role in defending a strategic position bravely during a heavy day of fighting on April 24, 1951.
Corp Scott received the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
A BOURNE was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, a pension of pounds 10 a year and a commission, which he refused.

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