George Cross

noun

1. GC. a British award for bravery, esp of civilians: instituted 1940

Example Sentences

Others have expressed discomfort due to tensions running high across England over immigration and the St George cross often being used to promote far-right groups.

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Weeks later, the suburbs of Weoley Castle and Northfield in Birmingham had a mixture of the St George Cross and union jacks hanging from every lamppost along several of their streets.

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A spokesperson for the national Reform UK party said on Monday evening: "All 12 Reform UK-controlled councils across the country have today committed that they will not be removing Union and St George Cross flags from lampposts."

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They come to Rustaveli Avenue draped in flags, the blue and gold of the EU and the red and white of the George Cross, and accuse their increasingly authoritarian government of ditching their European future for a return to the sphere of their Russian neighbour.

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A George Cross is awarded only rarely, for "acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger"

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