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1675
WARRANTS, REGULATIONS, ETC.
Victoria Cross — contd.
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Our
PriDcipal Secretary of State for War or Our
Principal Secretary of State for Air as the case
may be, y<ho shall submit to Us the names of
every one so recommended whom they shall
consider worthy ; in the case of there being no
British or Indian Officer, then the Political
Officer attached to the Force shall, after obtain-
ing conclusive proof of the act of bravery as
far as is possible, if he approve, submit the
recommendation to Us through the proper
channels.
Ninthly : It is ordained that in the event of
any unit of Our Kaval, Military or Air Forces,
consisting ill the case of Our Navy of a squad-
ron, flotilla or ship's company, or of a detached
body of seamen or marines ; or in the case of
Our Army of a regiment, s(iuadron, battery or
company, or of a detached body of soldiers :
or in the case of Our Air Forces of a squadron
or other body of airmen, having distinguished
itself collectively by the performance of an act
of heroic gallantry or daring in the presence of
the enemy in such a way that the Flag, General,
Air or other Officer in Command of the Force to
which such an unit belongs, is unable to single
out any individual as specially pre-eminent in
gallantry or daring, then one or more of the
personnel comprising the unit shall be selected
to be recommended to Us for the award of the
Victoria Cross in the following manner : —
(a) When the total personnel of the unit
does not exceed 100, then one officer shall
be selected for the Decoration by the
officers engaged ; and in like manner one
warrant officer or petty officer or non-
commissioned officer of the unit shall be
selected by the warrant officers, petty
officers or non-commissioned officers en-
gaged, and one seaman, marine, private
soldier or aircraftman shall be selected
by the seamen, marines, private soldiers
or aircraftmen engaged ;
(6) When the total personnel of the unit
exceeds 100 but does not exceed 200 then
the number of seamen, marines, private
soldiers or aircraftmen to be selected in
the manner described in (a) shall be
increased to two ;
(c) When the total personnel of the unit
exceeds 200 in number, the number of
Crosses to be awarded in accordance with
these provisions shall be the subject of
special consideration by Our Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty or by one of
Our Principal Secretaries of State for
submission to Us ;
{d) The selection to be by a secret ballot
in such manner as shall be determined in
accordance with the foregoing provisions
by the Officer directing the selection to
be made ;
(«) The death of any person engaged shall not
be a bar to his selection ;
( / ) The names of the persons recommended in
accordance with these provisions shall be
submitted to Us in the manner laid
down in the Eighth Clause of this Our
\> arrant.
Tenthly : It is ordained that every recipient
of the Cross, not being or ranking as a Com-
missioned Officer and in the case of Our Navy
and Our Marines, not being or ranking with a
warrant officer, and not coming within the
Eleventh Clause of this Our Warrant, shall
from the date of the act by which the Decora-
tion has been gained, be entitled to a special
pension of ten pounds a year, and each addi-
tional Bar conferred under the Seventh Clause
of this Our Warrant on such recipient shall
carry with it an additional pension of live
pounds a year.
Eleventhlu : Every Indian Officer of Our Indian
Army of rank junior to that of Second Lieu-
tenant who shall have received the Cross shall,
from the date of the act by which such Decora-
tion has been gained, be entitled to a special
pension of five hundred and twenty-flve rupees
a year, and each additional Bar conferred on
such Indian Officer shall carry with it an
additional pension of one hundred and fifty
nipees a year. In the case of a Warrant or'
Non-Commissioncd Officer or soldier of Our
Indian Army atoiesaid We ordain and award a
special pension of one hundred and fifty rupees
a year, with seventy-five rupees a year addi-
tional for each additional Bar. On the death of
a recipient of the Cross to whom this clause
applies, the pension sliall be continued to his
widow until her death or remarriage.
Twelfthly : It is ordained that reproductions of
the Cross known as a Miniature Cross which may
be worn on certain occasions by those to whom
the Decoration is awarded shall be half the size
of The Victoria Cross and that a Sealed Pattern
of the said Miniature Cross sliall be deposited
and kept in the Central Chancery of Our Orders
of Knighthood.
ThuUenthly : It Is ordained that It shall be
competent for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, by
an Order under Our Sign Manual and on the
recommendation to that effect by or through Our
First Lord of the Admiralty or one of Our
Principal Secretaries of State to cancel and
annul the award of The Victoria Cross to any
person, together with any pension appertaining
thereto not already paid, and that tliereupon
his or her name in the Register shall be
erased; but that it shall be competent for Us,
Our Heirs and Successors, to restore the Decora-
tion when such recommendation has been
withdrawn and with it such pension as may have
been forfeited.
Fourtsenthly : It is ordained that notice of
cancellation or restoration in every case shall be
published in the London Gazette.
Lastly : We reserve to Ourself, Our Heirs and
Successors full power of annulling, altering,
abrogating, augmenting, interpreting or dis-
pensing with tiiese regulations, or any part
thereof, by a notification under Our Sign
Manual.
Given at Our Court at St. James's, this 51h
day of February, in tlie 21st year of Our Reign,
and in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and thirty one.
By His Majesty's Command,
T. SHAW