R.R.C & A.R.R.C (Royal Red Cross)

The Royal Red Cross was instituted by Royal Warrant on 23 April 1883. On 10 November 1915 the second class or Associate of the Royal Cross was created. From 1917, subsequent services by holders of the Royal Red Cross were recognised by the award of a bar. Both classes are awarded to trained nurses who have shown special devotion in nursing the sick and wounded of the military forces, or who performed some exceptional act of bravery at their post of duty. Crosses awarded during the First World War were issued unnamed.

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The figures above have been taken with permission from Orders, Decorations and Medals awarded to New Zealanders by Geoff Oldham & Brett Delahunt.