List of George Cross recipients
The George Cross is the second highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry not "in the presence of the enemy" to both members of the British armed forces and to British civilians. Posthumous awards have always been available. It was previously awarded to Commonwealth countries, most of which have established their own honours systems and no longer recommend British honours. It may be awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians including police, emergency services and merchant seamen. Many of the awards have been personally presented by the British monarch to recipients and in the case of posthumous awards to next of kin. These investitures are usually held at Buckingham Palace.
Initially, the Empire Gallantry Medal recognised acts of the highest bravery but was never considered equal in status to the Victoria Cross. The George Cross succeeded the Empire Gallantry Medal and all those living who had been awarded the medal, and all posthumous awards from the outbreak of World War II, were obliged to exchange their medal for the George Cross. In 1971, the living recipients of either the Albert Medal for Lifesaving or Edward Medal, that respectively recognised the saving of life and acts of bravery following industrial accidents, were invited to exchange their medals for the George Cross; 24 recipients elected not to exchange their medals.
Since the Second World War most Commonwealth realms have instituted their own honours systems with the second highest award being for gallantry not in the face of the enemy. In 1972, Canada created the Cross of Valour for Canadian citizens; in 1975 Australia, inspired by Canada, created a similar award with the same name in the Australian Honours System, the Cross of Valour. Recipients of the Canadian and Australian awards both use the postnominal CV. Unlike the GC within British honours, the majority of Canadian CV awards and all Australian CV awards have been to civilians. The Australian Government ceased recommendations for British awards in 1983 and the last two Australian state governments ceased recommendations in 1989. During the period when Australian states made recommendations for British awards, the Governor of Victoria recommended a GC which was granted. The award gazetted in 1978 was for 39 years the most recent award to a living civilian, until the award in 2017 to Dominic Troulan. On 5 October 1992, the Australian Prime Minister announced that Australian governments would make no further recommendations for British honours with British awards to Australians after that date being treated as foreign awards. The Queen on the recommendation of the Governor-General of New Zealand awarded the New Zealand Cross, instituted in 1999 to four individuals. There were two awards in 1999 and another two awards in 2021. The postnominal is NZC.
There have been 407 George Cross awards, including two special awards, but no honorary awards. Some recipients serving in British forces were foreign born, including Albert Guérisse, Violette Szabo, and Noor Inayat Khan. All three served within the Special Operations Executive during World War II. As of November 2023 there are 12 living recipients.
Individual awards
This list contains all George Cross recipients including former recipients of the Empire Gallantry Medal, the Albert Medal or the Edward Medal who exchanged their earlier award for the George Cross.The table defaults to sorting alphabetically by name. When sorting by the heading "Rank ", military ranks take precedence, followed by police ranks and then all civilian roles. Military ranks are sorted by the comparative rank of the recipient within the British Armed Forces, where the Royal Navy takes precedence, followed by the British Army and then Royal Air Force.
It is customary for Indian and Nepalese names to be written with the family name first, which is followed below unless their citation dictates otherwise.
| Name | Rank | Organisation | Award | Date gazetted | Image |
| Lieutenant | Royal Navy | AM | 12 March 1920 | — | |
| Deck Hand | Royal Naval Reserve | AM | 12 December 1917 | — | |
| Inspector | River Traffic Police, Calcutta, Bengal | EGM | 1 February 1937 | — | |
| Lance Sergeant | British Army | EGM | 4 August 1931 | — | |
| Detachment Leader | Air Raid Precautions | GC | 30 September 1940 | — | |
| Kaid | Transjordan Frontier Force | EGM | 3 January 1939 | — | |
| Nurse | — | AM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Miner | Bentley Colliery Mine Rescue Team | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class | Royal Navy | EGM | 8 June 1939 | — | |
| Flying Officer | Royal Air Force | EGM | 12 April 1929 | — | |
| Second Lieutenant | British Army | EGM | 17 September 1940 | — | |
| Captain | 7th Rajput Regiment | GC | 18 April 1946* | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | GC | 30 September 1941 | — | |
| Temporary Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 27 December 1940 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Navy | AM | 2 August 1928 | — | |
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force | EGM | 9 November 1928 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 21 December 1917 | ||
| Ashraf-un-Nisa Begum | — | — | EGM | 1 February 1937 | — |
| Corporal | British Army | EGM | 25 July 1939 | — | |
| Awang anak Raweng | Iban Tracker | Federation of Malaya | GC | 20 November 1951 | — |
| Driver | British Railways | GC | 7 May 1957* | — | |
| Temporary Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 27 December 1940 | — | |
| Sergeant 3rd Class | New South Wales Police Force | GC | 29 October 1946* | ||
| Lieutenant | British Army | AM | 30 September 1927 | — | |
| Trainee Coalminer | — | EM | 22 November 1929 | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | AM | 20 August 1918 | — | |
| Sub-Inspector | Punjab Police | EGM | 1 January 1932 | — | |
| Doctor | — | EM | 16 April 1943 | — | |
| Colliery worker | — | GC | 16 December 1952 | — | |
| Sergeant | Desert Air Force | GC | 5 November 1946* | ||
| Major | Royal Engineers | GC | 22 January 1941 | — | |
| Naik | Indian Army | EGM | 1 January 1938 | — | |
| Lance Corporal | British Army | EGM | 27 November 1936 | — | |
| Sergeant | Indian Army | EGM | 25 November 1930 | — | |
| Colliery Agent | — | EM | 17 April 1936 | — | |
| Senior Engineering Officer | merchant seaman | AM | 17 August 1943 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 1 May 1942 | — | |
| Trooper | Indian Army | EGM | 24 July 1931 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 17 April 1936 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 3 May 1927 | — | |
| ** | Inspector | Metropolitan Police Force | GC | 27 September 1974 | — |
| Sergeant | Royal Air Force | GC | 16 December 1947* | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 20 December 1930 | — | |
| Second Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | GC | 17 June 1958* | — | |
| Sub-Inspector | Punjab Police | EGM | 1 January 1932 | — | |
| Shri | — | EGM | 19 June 1934 | — | |
| Major | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 11 October 1946 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 23 June 1936 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 21 November 1947 | — | |
| Captain | Royal Engineers | GC | 15 April 1941* | — | |
| Coxswain | Cromer Lifeboat | EGM | 30 June 1924 | ||
| Mulazim | Trans-Jordan Frontier Force | EGM | 30 June 1939 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 4 February 1938 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 4 February 1938 | — | |
| Major | Indian Army | EGM | 8 May 1934 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 20 June 1944 | ||
| Radio Officer | Merchant Navy – | GC | 6 October 1953* | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Reserve | GC | 27 June 1941 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 13 January 1948 | — | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | British Army | AM | 4 January 1918 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | AM | 11 January 1918 | — | |
| Mate | Royal Navy | AM | 27 April 1920 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 3 June 1925 | — | |
| Major | — | EGM | 30 June 1924 | — | |
| Doctor | — | AM | 28 September 1948 | — | |
| Lance Sergeant | British Army | EGM | 17 September 1940 | — | |
| Factory Development Officer | Ministry of Supply | GC | 26 September 1944 | — | |
| Second Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | GC | 22 January 1941* | — | |
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force | EGM | 5 July 1940 | — | |
| Flight Sergeant | Royal Flying Corps | AM | 26 April 1918 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 7 July 1922 | — | |
| Petty Officer | Royal Navy | EGM | 18 June 1926 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 2 June 1923 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 10 February 1948 | — | |
| Flight Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | GC | 21 January 1944 | ||
| Assistant Civil Engineer | Air Ministry Works Department, Middle East Command | EGM | 8 March 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 5 May 1939 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 3 May 1927 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 5 August 1938 | — | |
| Apprentice | Merchant Navy | GC | 20 July 1943* | ||
| — | — | AM | 30 December 1919 | — | |
| Teacher | Sherrardswood School | GC | 7 December 1976* | — | |
| Pilot Officer | Royal Air Force | EGM | 21 December 1937 | — | |
| Midshipman | Royal Navy | EGM | 1 January 1930 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Navy, HMS Penelope | GC | 17 November 1942 | — | |
| Lieutenant | British Army, Royal Engineers | AM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Boilerman | — | GC | 10 September 1943* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 1 June 1923 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 15 May 1928 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 25 February 1936 | — | |
| ** | Lance Corporal | 40 Commando, Royal Marines Reserve | GC | 24 July 2008 | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Reserve | GC | 20 December 1940 | ||
| Miner | Bentley Colliery | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| Fireman | National Fire Service | GC | 5 February 1946* | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Engineers | GC | 30 September 1940 | — | |
| Leading Seaman | Royal Naval Reserve | AM | 23 March 1918 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Marine Light Infantry | AM | 7 January 1919 | ||
| Captain | King's Shropshire Light Infantry | EGM | 8 May 1934 | — | |
| Squadron Leader | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 4 February 1947 | — | |
| Ditto Ram | Sowar | Central India Horse | GC | 13 December 1945* | — |
| — | — | EM | 23 February 1940 | — | |
| Porter | South Eastern Hospital, London | GC | 17 January 1941* | — | |
| Tram Driver | Metropolitan Transport Trust, Hobart, Tasmania | GC | 11 October 1960* | ||
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force | EGM | 27 March 1931 | — | |
| Squadron Leader | Royal Air Force | GC | 7 January 1941 | ||
| Shri | — | EGM | 3 June 1931 | — | |
| Senior Shipwright Diver | HM Dockyard, Portsmouth | EGM | 1 February 1937 | — | |
| Private | 4th Battalion, Parachute Regiment | GC | 9 November 1943* | — | |
| Captain | 1st Bahawalpur Infantry, British Indian Army | GC | 23 May 1946 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 24 December 1940 | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 23 January 1941 | — | |
| Acting Bombardier | British Army | EM | 22 January 1918 | — | |
| Chief Petty Officer | HMS Vernon | GC | 20 December 1940* | — | |
| Lieutenant | British Army | AM | 18 July 1919 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| District Commissioner | Territory of Papua New Guinea | GC | 1 February 1972* | — | |
| Fireman | London Auxiliary Fire Service | GC | 8 August 1941 | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | AM | 31 January 1919 | — | |
| Gunner | British Army | AM | 8 May 1928 | — | |
| Detective Constable | Metropolitan Police Force | GC | 6 January 1953 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 26 July 1940 | — | |
| Constable | Cardiff City Police Force | AM | 15 October 1948 | — | |
| Lieutenant | HMS Petard, Royal Navy | GC | 14 September 1943* | — | |
| Rais | Trans-Jordan Frontier Force | EGM | 12 July 1938 | — | |
| Fireman | merchant seaman | AM | 18 March 1919 | — | |
| ** | Trooper | Blues and Royals | GC | 31 October 2003 | — |
| — | — | EM | 15 August 1939 | — | |
| Coxswain | Gorleston Lifeboat | EGM | 30 June 1924 | ||
| — | — | EM | 26 January 1926 | — | |
| Farm labourer | — | EM | 8 December 1944 | — | |
| Sergeant | British Army | AM | 21 August 1917 | — | |
| Captain | Royal Scots | GC | 18 April 1946* | — | |
| Lieutenant | 7th Wiltshire Battalion, Home Guard | GC | 27 November 1942* | — | |
| Deputy Party Leader | London County Council Heavy Rescue Service | GC | 20 February 1945 | — | |
| Staff Nurse | Territorial Force Nursing Service | AM | 31 January 1919 | — | |
| Assistant Attorney General | Hong Kong Colonial Service | GC | 29 October 1946* | ||
| Aircraftman 1st Class | Royal Air Force | EGM | 5 July 1940 | — | |
| Sub-Inspector | Punjab Police | EGM | 3 June 1931 | — | |
| Temporary Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | AM | 11 August 1942 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 8 February 1927 | ||
| Sergeant | Royal Engineers | GC | 22 January 1941* | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 9 June 1942 | — | |
| Aircraftman 1st Class | Royal Air Force | GC | 3 October 1950* | — | |
| Driver | London and North Eastern Railway | GC | 25 July 1944 | — | |
| ** | Police Constable | Metropolitan Police Force | GC | 23 May 1967 | — |
| Captain | Metropolitan Police Force | GC | 1 October 1976* | — | |
| Leading Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 26 January 1943 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 4 June 1934 | ||
| Lieutenant | HMS Vernon, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 19 September 1944 | ||
| Lieutenant | HMS Vernon, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 15 September 1942 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 17 June 1930 | — | |
| Lieutenant | HMS Vernon, Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 30 April 1946 | ||
| Flg Off. | Royal Air Force | EGM | 11 November 1939 | — | |
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Canadian Air Force | GC | 11 June 1942* | — | |
| Flight Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | GC | 19 April 1946* | — | |
| Flying Officer | Royal Canadian Air Force | GC | 13 March 1945* | ||
| Able Seaman | HMS Petard, Royal Navy | GC | 14 September 1943* | ||
| Apprentice | merchant seaman | AM | 2 February 1943 | — | |
| Sergeant | New Zealand Police | GC | 19 December 1991* | ||
| ** | Colour Sergeant | Royal Marines | GC | 31 July 2015 | — |
| — | — | EM | 20 January 1939 | — | |
| Sergeant | British Army | EGM | 2 June 1923 | — | |
| Private | 22nd Australian Garrison Battalion | GC | 1 September 1950* | ||
| Acting Sergeant | British Army | EM | 22 January 1918 | — | |
| Staff Officer | Air Raid Precautions | GC | 17 December 1940 | — | |
| Air Stewardess | British Overseas Airways Corporation | GC | 8 August 1969* | ||
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | EGM | 1 January 1931 | — | |
| Civilian Armament Instructor | Air Ministry | GC | 3 January 1941 | — | |
| Air Mechanic Ist Class | Royal Flying Corps | AM | 19 May 1916 | — | |
| Colliery Worker | — | EM | 22 June 1917 | — | |
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 29 June 1943 | — | |
| Cadet | Royal Naval Reserve | AM | 8 July 1941 | — | |
| Yuzbashi | Sudan Defence Force | EGM | 23 June 1936 | — | |
| Section Leader | Civil Defence Rescue Service | GC | 17 July 1945 | — | |
| Sub-Officer | Gibraltar Dockyard Fire Service | GC | 20 November 1951* | ||
| — | — | EGM | 3 May 1927 | — | |
| Corporal | Royal Canadian Engineers | GC | 2 April 1943* | ||
| Lance Corporal | British Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Mine Manager | Loftus Ironstone Mine | EM | 26 May 1936 | — | |
| Lieutenant Commander | HMS St Angelo, Royal Navy | GC | 16 June 1942* | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | EGM | 2 August 1940 | — | |
| Aircraftman First Class | Royal Air Force | GC | 21 January 1941 | ||
| Corporal | Manchester Regiment | GC | 23 March 1945* | ||
| Ordinary Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 2 September 1941 | — | |
| Sergeant | Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment | GC | 11 October 1974* | ||
| Driver | Royal Army Service Corps | GC | 26 June 1947* | — | |
| ** | Staff Sergeant | Royal Logistic Corps | GC | 19 March 2010 | — |
| — | — | EM | 16 May 1941 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Navy | EGM | 12 November 1937 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 July 1948 | — | |
| Sergeant | British Army | AM | 4 January 1918 | — | |
| Shawish | Blue Nile Province Police | EGM | 2 March 1934 | — | |
| Section Commander | 30th Warwickshire Battalion, Home Guard | GC | 27 May 1941* | ||
| Islam-ud-Din | Lance Naik | 9th Jat Regiment, British Indian Army | GC | 5 October 1945* | — |
| — | — | EM | 8 October 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 23 June 1936 | — | |
| Captain | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 24 December 1940 | — | |
| ** | Staff Sergeant Major | British Army – Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 6 November 1990 | — |
| Overseer | Mohpani Coal Mine, India | EM | 19 March 1926 | — | |
| Commander | Royal Navy | EGM | 23 December 1939* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 9 September 1938 | — | |
| Private | 22nd Australian Garrison Battalion | GC | 1 September 1950* | ||
| — | — | AM | 16 October 1930 | ||
| Assistant River Surveyor | Port Commissioners, Calcutta, Bengal | EGM | 1 February 1937 | — | |
| Able Seaman | Merchant Navy | GC | 10 February 1948* | — | |
| Major | Royal Armoured Corps | GC | 9 November 1943* | ||
| Security Guard | British Rail Engineering Limited | GC | 15 August 1975* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 December 1938 | — | |
| Chief Petty Officer | Royal Naval Air Service | AM | 14 January 1916 | — | |
| Acting Shawish | Berber Province Police | EGM | 29 September 1925 | — | |
| Assistant Section Officer, WAAF; Ensign, FANY | Special Operations Executive | GC | 5 April 1949* | ||
| Fusilier | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | GC | 13 April 1954 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 October 1931 | — | |
| Kirpa Ram | Naik | Frontier Force Regiment, British Indian Army | GC | 15 March 1946* | — |
| Ordinary Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 12 December 1917 | — | |
| Captain | Somerset Light Infantry | GC | 10 September 1946* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 10 May 1949 | — | |
| Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 11 March 1941 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 5 May 1939 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 9 December 1927 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 2 March 1926 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Navy | EGM | 16 August 1940* | — | |
| ** | Boy 1st Class | Royal Navy | AM | 8 February 1949 | — |
| Lance Sergeant | British Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Chief Petty Officer | Royal Navy | AM | 15 June 1948 | — | |
| Private | Royal Australian Regiment | GC | 30 December 1955* | ||
| Petty Officer | Royal Navy | EGM | 23 December 1927 | — | |
| Staff Sgt | Royal Tank Corps | EGM | 3 July 1926 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 1 November 1949 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 5 December 1924 | ||
| Major | Royal Engineers | GC | 11 March 1943 | — | |
| Captain | Merchant Navy | GC | 8 September 1942 | ||
| Mata Din | Lance-Naik | Indian Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — |
| Captain | Royal Australian Corps of Signals | GC | 28 November 1947* | ||
| Lieutenant Commander | Royal Navy | AM | 11 November 1929 | — | |
| Leading Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 25 November 1947 | — | |
| Aircraftman | Royal Australian Air Force | AM | 18 February 1938 | ||
| Private | British Army | EGM | 25 July 1939 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 13 June 1919 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 31 May 1940* | — | |
| Boatswain | Royal Navy | AM | 27 July 1943 | — | |
| Corporal | Royal Air Force | EGM | 19 July 1940 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 23 July 1909 | — | |
| FltCadet | Royal Air Force | EGM | 18 October 1929 | — | |
| Corporal | Royal Air Force | EGM | 12 April 1929 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 29 December 1931 | — | |
| Experimental Officer | Ministry of Supply | GC | 3 December 1940 | — | |
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 29 April 1941 | — | |
| Air Raid Warden | Air Raid Precautions | GC | 17 January 1941* | — | |
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | EGM | 16 August 1940* | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 14 January 1941 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 2 June 1923 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 2 January 1933 | — | |
| Acting 2nd Hand | Royal Naval Reserve | AM | 29 April 1941 | — | |
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 27 December 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 4 July 1924 | — | |
| Constable | Royal Ulster Constabulary | EGM | 3 June 1924 | — | |
| Fireman | City of Birmingham Fire Brigade | GC | 28 March 1941 | — | |
| Special Constable | Coventry Constabulary | GC | 13 December 1940 | ||
| Private | British Army | EGM | 25 February 1938 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Australian Naval Reserve attached HMS Vernon | GC | 3 November 1942 | ||
| Squadron Leader | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 17 December 1940* | ||
| Nafar | Khartoum Police Force | EGM | 12 December 1924 | — | |
| Journalist | The People | GC | 29 June 1965* | — | |
| Captain | Grenadier Guards | GC | 13 February 1979* | ||
| Naik | British Indian Army – 8th Gurkha Rifles | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Private | British Army – Royal Tank Corps | EGM | 1 February 1937 | — | |
| Sol | Khartoum Police Force | EGM | 12 December 1924 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 4 March 1941 | ||
| Acting Mate | Royal Navy | AM | 1 March 1918 | — | |
| Colonel | The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) | GC | 18 April 1946* | — | |
| Brigadier | Special Operations Executive | GC | 1 March 1946* | — | |
| Fireman | London and North Eastern Railway | GC | 25 July 1944* | — | |
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | EGM | 1 January 1930 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 21 November 1944 | — | |
| ** | Captain | British Army – Royal Logistic Corps | GC | 23 March 2006 | |
| Lieutenant-Commander | Special Operations Executive | GC | 5 November 1946 | ||
| Driver | British Rail | GC | 19 October 1965* | — | |
| Explosive Worker | Royal Gunpowder Factory | EGM | 6 February 1940 | — | |
| Dick Oliver | Leading Seaman | Royal Navy | AM | 2 August 1928 | — |
| — | — | EGM | 9 October 1934 | — | |
| SpHd.Cons | Ulster Special Constabulary | EGM | 3 June 1924 | — | |
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 10 July 1942* | ||
| Reverend | — | EGM | 30 June 1924 | — | |
| Pilot Officer | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | EGM | 6 August 1940 | — | |
| Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 2 April 1943* | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Canadian Engineers | GC | 17 December 1940 | — | |
| Corporal | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | EGM | 19 July 1940 | ||
| — | — | EM | 20 October 1925 | — | |
| Pir Khan | Subedar-Major | Indian Army | EGM | 28 June 1940 | — |
| — | — | EM | 17 April 1936 | — | |
| ** | Constable | Victoria Police | GC | 4 July 1978 | — |
| Squadron Leader | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 1 April 1947* | ||
| — | — | EM | 22 November 1929 | — | |
| Flight Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | GC | 23 October 1951* | ||
| 2nd Lieutenant | British Army | AM | 3 January 1919 | — | |
| Havildar | 9th Jat Regiment, British Indian Army | GC | 10 September 1946* | — | |
| Babu | — | EGM | 1 January 1935 | — | |
| Bombardier | Royal Artillery | GC | 23 September 1941* | — | |
| Chief Officer | merchant seaman | AM | 25 May 1943 | — | |
| Sergeant | GC | 26 May 1944* | |||
| Lieutenant | British Army | EGM | 17 September 1940 | — | |
| Sergeant | Royal Flying Corps | AM | 1 January 1918 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 6 July 1923 | — | |
| Superintendent | Lancashire Constabulary | GC | 14 November 1972* | — | |
| Randolph Gordon Ridling | Lieutenant | New Zealand Army | AM | 9 December 1919 | — |
| — | — | AM | 3 October 1944 | — | |
| Sergeant | Bombay Police Force | EGM | 3 June 1931 | — | |
| Acting Flight Commander | Royal Naval Air Service | AM | 18 June 1918 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 July 1948 | — | |
| AsstSurgeon | Indian Army | EGM | 2 June 1923 | — | |
| Chief Petty Officer | Royal Australian Navy | GC | 19 March 1965* | ||
| Staff Sergeant | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 11 October 1946 | — | |
| Air Commodore | Royal Canadian Air Force | GC | 27 October 1944 | ||
| Wing Commander | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 10 August 1943 | ||
| Lance-Corporal | 22nd Battalion (New Zealand) | GC | 24 December 1948* | — | |
| Lieutenant-Commander | HMS President | GC | 20 December 1940* | — | |
| — | Special Operations Executive | GC | 20 August 1946 | ||
| Doctor | — | EM | 19 August 1937 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 8 October 1940 | — | |
| Staff Sergeant | Royal Logistic Corps | GC | 19 March 2010* | — | |
| Corporal | Pioneer Corps | GC | 8 July 1941 | ||
| Major | Special Operations Executive | GC | 12 September 1946* | — | |
| Explosive Worker | Royal Gunpowder Factory | EGM | 6 February 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 July 1948 | — | |
| ** | Lieutenant | Royal Marines | GC | 3 October 2014 | — |
| — | — | EM | 14 February 1930 | — | |
| Private | Somerset Light Infantry | GC | 13 June 1944* | — | |
| Wing Commander | Royal Air Force | GC | 21 January 1941 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 28 June 1940 | — | |
| Member | Civil Defence Rescue Service | GC | 30 May 1944 | ||
| Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | GC | 19 October 1945* | — | |
| Miner | Bentley Colliery | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| Ordinary Seaman | HMS Vernon | GC | 23 January 1941* | — | |
| Detail fitter | — | GC | 29 June 1965* | — | |
| Leading Aircraftman | Royal Canadian Air Force | GC | 7 January 1944* | ||
| Private | British Army – West Yorkshire Regiment | AM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Deck Hand | Royal Naval Reserve | AM | 16 May 1918 | — | |
| Police Constable | Metropolitan Police | GC | 21 October 1958 | — | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | British Army | EGM | 26 June 1928 | — | |
| Principal Officer | HM Prison Service | EGM | 23 October 1928 | — | |
| Chief Officer | Merchant Navy | GC | 23 November 1943 | — | |
| Major | British Army – Royal Army Ordnance Corps | GC | 11 January 1972 | — | |
| Subramanian | Subedar | Queen Victoria's Own Madras Miners & Sappers | GC | 30 June 1944* | — |
| Chief Field Research and Experimental Officer | Ministry of Supply | GC | 18 July 1941* | ||
| Miner | Bentley Colliery | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| Explosive Worker | Royal Gunpowder Factory | EGM | 6 February 1940 | — | |
| Lieutenant | Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 3 August 1943 | ||
| Lieutenant, FANY | Special Operations Executive | GC | 17 December 1946* | ||
| Shawish | Khartoum Police Force | EGM | 12 December 1924 | — | |
| 2nd Lieutenant | British Army | EGM | 17 September 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 19 June 1934 | — | |
| Volcanologist | Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources | GC | 22 April 1952 | ||
| Captain | — | EGM | 9 July 1937 | ||
| Newspaper advertising representative | — | GC | 1 August 1950* | ||
| Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 14 January 1941 | — | |
| Assistant Surveyor | Bentley Colliery | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 31 March 1931 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 2 March 1934 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 6 February 1934 | — | |
| Captain | Royal Army Medical Corps | GC | 2 February 1945* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 28 June 1940 | — | |
| Flg Off. | Royal Air Force | EGM | 6 August 1940 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 6 September 1932 | — | |
| Private | British Army | EGM | 2 June 1923 | — | |
| ** | Security Consultant | — | GC | 16 June 2017 | — |
| Able Seaman | Royal Navy | GC | 14 January 1941 | — | |
| Shunter | Great Western Railway | GC | 24 January 1941 | ||
| Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | GC | 27 June 1941 | — | |
| Radio Officer | merchant seaman | EGM | 13 October 1939 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 18 March 1927 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 14 February 1930 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 1 November 1949 | — | |
| Constable | Lancashire Constabulary | GC | 14 November 1972 | — | |
| Petty Officer | Royal Navy | AM | 15 December 1942 | — | |
| Temporary Lieutenant | Royal Navy | AM | 8 June 1948 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 6 June 1930 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 30 December 1922 | — | |
| Lieutenant | British Army – West Yorkshire Regiment | GC | 13 April 1954* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 2 April 1946 | — | |
| Flight Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | AM | 8 March 1918 | — | |
| Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | EGM | 5 August 1932 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 9 June 1944 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 24 October 1941 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 13 August 1948 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 5 September 1922 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 30 September 1949 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 22 October 1926 | — | |
| Sergeant | British Army – Parachute Regiment | GC | 25 May 1971* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 29 November 1932 | — | |
| Lance Corporal | British Army | AM | 30 August 1918 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 22 August 1924 | — | |
| Pilot Officer | Royal Air Force | EGM | 31 January 1930 | — | |
| — | — | EGM | 28 June 1940 | — | |
| — | — | AM | 28 March 1911 | — | |
| Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 28 September 1948* | — | |
| Warrant Officer | Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve | AM | 13 April 1945 | — | |
| Corporal | 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment | GC | 15 December 2006* | ||
| Sapper | Royal Engineers | GC | 30 September 1940 | — | |
| Havildar | British Army | EGM | 19 November 1935 | — | |
| Miner | Bentley Colliery | EM | 30 September 1932 | — | |
| Constable | Khartoum Police Force | EGM | 1 January 1932 | — | |
| Wing Commander | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve | GC | 15 February 1946 | — | |
| — | — | EM | 1 January 1917 | — | |
| Lieutenant | The Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) | GC | 20 July 1945* | — | |
| — | — | EM | 20 July 1948 | — |
List of 407 individual George Cross recipients with note whether original or exchange award. The three collective are not listed.
Group awards
By express instruction of King George VI, the Island of Malta has been awarded the George Cross collectively in perpetuity. In a letter to Malta's Governor dated 15 April 1942, King George VI awarded the George Cross "to the Island Fortress of Malta to bear witness to a heroism and devotion that will long be famous in history". Dobbie replied: "By God's help Malta will not weaken but will endure until victory is won."In a similar manner, Queen Elizabeth II awarded the Royal Ulster Constabulary the George Cross on 23 November 1999. Buckingham Palace announced that it was awarded "to honour the courage and dedication of the officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and their families who have shared their hardship". Queen Elizabeth II presented it in person at Hillsborough Castle, County Down. On 4 November 2001, the Royal Ulster Constabulary was reorganised and renamed as the Police Service of Northern Ireland with most former RUC officers remaining in the new organisation.
On 5 July 2021, on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS, and during the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Queen awarded the George Cross to the National Health Service staff of the United Kingdom. The Queen wrote in a personal message: "It is with great pleasure, on behalf of a grateful nation, that I award the George Cross to the National Health Services of the United Kingdom. This award recognises all NHS staff, past and present, across all disciplines and all four nations. Over more than seven decades, and especially in recent times, you have supported the people of our country with courage, compassion and dedication, demonstrating the highest standards of public service. You have our enduring thanks and heartfelt appreciation. Elizabeth R."