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Knight's Cross with Oak-Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, winners of
Marshals of France, Napoleon's
Seleucid Dynasty

A

Abercromby, James, general
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, 1734-1801
Adachi, Lieutenant General Hatazo, 1890-1947
AEthelfrith, king of Northumbria, (-616)
Alexander, Field Marshal Harold, 1891-1969
Alexander the Great (356BC-323BC)
Allen, Ethan, (1738-1789
Allenby, Edmund Henry, first Viscount Allenby of Megiddo, 1861-1936, British General
Alp Arslam (1029-1072), Seljuk Sultan (1063-1072)
Amakusa Shiro (died 1638)
Amherst, Jeffrey, 1717-1797, first baron Amherst (1776), Field Marshal (1796)
Anami, General Korechika, 1887-1945
Anders, General Wladyslaw, 1892-1970
Anderson, Richard Heron, 1821-1879
Andrew, Lt Col L W, V.C.
Anhalt, Christian I, Prince of
Antigonus I Monophthalmus (one-eye) (382-301 BC)
Antipater (397-319 BC)
Antonov, General Aleksei I., 1896-1962
Areizaga, General Carlos, - 1816
Argylle, John Campbell, second duke of Argylle (1678-1743)
Arima, Rear Admiral Masafumi, 1895-1944
Arnim, Colonel General Hans-Jürgen von, 1889-1962
Astley, Jacob, Lord (1579-1652)

B

Baillie, William, Scottish general
Ballesteros, General Francisco, 1770-1832
Banks, Nathaniel, 1816-1894
Baskeyfield, Lance Sergeant John D., V.C 1944
Batov, Pavel I.
Batten, Admiral Sir William (d.1667)
Beatty, David, 1871-1936, British Admiral
Beauharnais, Eugéne de, 1781-1824
Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant, 1818-1893
Below, General Otto von, 1857-1944
Bernadotte, Jean Baptiste-Jules (1763-1844)
Berthier, Louis-Alexandre (1753-1815)
Beseler, General Hans Hartwig von, 1850-1921
Birmingham class light cruisers
Blake, Joachim, 1759-1827
Bohemund I, de Hauteville, count of Taranto, prince of Antioch (c.1057-1111)
Bor, General
Boscawen, Edward, admiral, 1711-1761
Bothmer, Felix Graf von, 1852-1937
Boucicaut, Jean le Meingre, Marshal of France, c.1366-1421
Braddock, Edward (1695-1755)
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876
Bragg, Edward S., 1827-1912
Brock, Major General Isaac, 1769-1812
Brunswick, Ferdinand of (d.1792)
Brusilov, Aleksey Alekseyevich, 1853-1926, Russian General
Buchan, John Stewart third earl of, 1380-1424
Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1894-1961
Burney, Sir Cecil, 1858-1929, British Admiral
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
Byng, General Sir Julian, Viscount Byng of Vimy, 1862-1935

C

Cadogan, William, first earl of (1675-1726)
Cadwallon, king of Gwynedd, d.632
Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) 1949-
Cassander (358-297 BC)
Castaños, General Francisco Xavier, Duke of Baylen, 1756-1852
Castelnau, Édouard de, 1851-1944, French General
Charles I, 1600-1649, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649)
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1742-45) (Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria)
Charles Albert, Prince of Bavaria, Emperor Charles VII (1742-1745)
Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender (1720-1788)
Charles of Lorraine (d.1780)
Chernyakhovskii, Ivan
Christian of Brunswick, administrator of Halberstadt (1598-1626)
Churchill, Sir Winston (1874-1965)
Cleitus, d.318, Macedonian Admiral
Clive, Robert, baron, 'Clive of India', 1725-1774
Collingwood, Cuthbert, first baron Collingwood (1750-1810)
Coote, Sir Eyrie (1726-1783)
Cradock, Sir Christopher “Kit”, 1862-1914
Crauford, Robert (1764-1812)
Creterus (c.370-321 BC)
Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658, Lord Protector
Cuesta, Don Gregorio de la, 1740-1812
Cumberland, William Augustus, duke of (1721-1765)
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew, 1883 - 1963
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

D

Dagworth, Sir Thomas (d.1352)
Daun, Leopold, Graf von, 1705-1766
Demetrius I Poliorcetes (336-283 BC)
Diaz, Armando, 1861-1928, Italian General
Douglas, Archibald, earl of Wigtown, fifth earl of Douglas, c.1391-1439
Dubail, Auguste, 1851-1934, French General
du Guesclin, Bertrand, constable of France
Dupont De L’Etang, General Pierre Antoine, 1765-1840

E

Edward III, King of England, 1327-1377
Edward, the Black Prince, prince of Wales (1330-1376)
Eichhorn, Emil Gottfried Hermann von, 1848-1918
Einem von Rothmaler, Karl, 1853-1934
Ensslin, Gudrun (1940-1977)
Eumenes of Cardia (c. 362 to 316 BC)
Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868

F

Fairfax, Thomas, Third Baron Fairfax (1612-1671)
Falkenhayn, Erich von, (1861-1922), German General
Ferdinand of Brunswick (d.1792)
FitzClarence, Brigadier General Charles, VC, 1865-1914
Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929
Foote, Andrew H. 1806-1863
Francis I (1708-65), duke of Lorraine (1729-37), Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
Frederick II (the Great) (1712-1786), king of Prussia (1740-1786)
Frederick William I, second king of Prussia (d.1740)
Freyberg, General Bernard

G

Gallieni, Joseph, 1849-1916
Gallwitz, Max von, German General, 1852-1937
George I, (1660-1727), elector of Hanover (1698-1727), king of Great Britain and Ireland (1714-1727)
George II (1683-1760), king of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-1760)
Germain, George Sackville, first Viscount Sackville (1716-1785)
Ghormley, Vice-Admiral Robert Lee, 1883-1958
Goodenough, Sir William Edmund, 1867-1945, British Admiral
Gort, John Vereker, sixth Viscount, 1886-1946
Gough, General Sir Hubert de la Poer, 1870-1963
Gough-Calthorpe, Sir Somerset Arthur, 1864-1937, British Admiral
Gouvion-Saint-Cyr, Laurent Marquis de (1764-1830)
Granby, John Manners, Marquess of Granby (1721-1770)
Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885)
Grenvile, Sir Bevil, 1596-1643, Royalist General
Guesclin, Bertrand du, constable of France

H

Hackett, John Winthrop, Junior, 1910 - 1997
Halsey Jr, William Frederick "Bull", 1882-1959
Hannibal Barca, 247- 183B
Hardee, William J., 1815-1873
Hargest, Brigadier James, 1891-1944
Hawke, Edward, first Baron Hawke, admiral of the fleet (1705-1781)
Hawker, L. G., VC, DSO. (1890-1916)
Hill, Ambrose Powell, 1825-1865
Hill, Rowland "Daddy" (1772-1842)
Hoare, Mike, 1920-
Hoffman, Max, 1869-1927, German General
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
'Hotspur, Percy, Henry, (1364-1403)
Hube, Generalleutnant Hans (1890-1944)

I

Inglis, Brigadier Lindsay M, 1894-1966

J

Jackson, Thomas ‘Stonewall’ 1824-1863
Jaenecke, General der Pioniere Erwin (1890-1960)
James Edward Stuart, the old Pretender (1688-1766)
Jellicoe, John R., 1859-1935, British Admiral
Joffre, Joseph, 1852-1931
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790)
Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste Comte, Marshal of France, 1762-1833
Junot, Andoche, duc d’Abrantès, 1771-1813

K

Kearny, Stephen Watts, US General, 1794-1848
Kelly, Sir John D., 1871-1936, British Admiral
Khan, Noor Inayat, GC, MBE, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1944
Kippenberger, Lt Col Howard (1897-1957)
Kluck, Alexander von, German General, 1846-1934
Komorowski, Tadeusz Bor
Kutuzov, Prince Mikhail Ilarionovich 1745-1813

L

Langdale, Marmaduke, first Baron Langdale (?1598-1661)
Langle de Cary, Fernande de, 1867-1927
Lasalle, Antoine , 1775-1809
Laugharne, Rowland
Law, Oliver, 1899-1937
Lee, Robert E., 1807-70
Lefebvre, Francois Joseph, duke of Danzig, 1755-1820
Lefebvre-Desnouettes, Charles, 1755-1820
Leosthenes, Athenian General (d.322)
Liddell-Hart, Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)
Lincoln, Benjamin, American Revolutionary General, 1733-1810
Little, Robert Alexander (1895-1918)
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Lowery Cole, Galbraith (1772 -1842)
Ludendorff, Erich von, 1865-1937, German General
Lysimachus (c.360-281 BC)

M

Mack, Karl, von Leiberich (1752-1828), Austrian general
Mackensen, August von, 1849-1945, German Field Marshal
Maistre, Paul, 1858-1922, French General
Manchester, Edward Montagu, second earl of (1602-1671)
Mangin, Charles, 1866-1925, French General
Mar, John Erskine, earl of Mar (1675-1732)
Maria Theresa (1717-1780), empress of Austria (1740-1780)
Marlborough, John Churchill, first duke of (d.1722)
Marwitz, Georg von der, 1856-1929
Massena, Andre, Duc de Rivoli, Prince d'Essling (1758-1817)
Mathews, Thomas, Admiral (1676-1751)
Matsukara Shigeharu (died 1638)
Mauny, Sir Walter de, (-1372)
Maurice, Prince (1620-1652)
Maximilian of Bavaria, duke then elector
Maxse, General Sir (Frederick) Ivor, 1862-1958
McClernand, John A, 1812-1900
McCook, Edward Moody, 1833-1909
McDowell, Irvin 1818-1885
Meinhof, Ulrike (1934-1976)
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf Von (1800-91)
Montcalm, Louis-Joseph, French general in French and Indian War (1712-1759)
Montgomery, Bernard Law, General (1887-1976)
Montrose, James Graham, 1st Marquess of (1612-1650)
Morgan, Thomas, Sir (d.1679
Murad, Ottoman Sultan (1361-1389)

N

Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821)
Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805), Part 1: Early life
Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805), Part 2: The Nile to Copenhagen
Nelson, Horatio (1758-1805), Part 3: 1803 to Trafalgar
Nelson, Horatio, first Viscount Nelson (1758-1805) (Short Life)
Newcastle, William Cavendish, duke of, 1592-1676
Nicholas, Grand Duke, 1856-1929, Russian general
Nivelle, Robert Georges, (1856-1924), French General
Nixon, John Eccles, Sir, 1857-1921, British General
Noailles, Adrien Maurice, duc de (1678-1766)
Nobunaga, Odo

O

O'Hare, Edward “Butch” (1914-1943)
Orkhan, son of Othman, early Ottoman ruler (1326-1361) Ormonde, James Butler, second duke of, 1665-1745
Oswiu, king of Bernicia and Northumbria, (d.670)
Othman, founder of Ottoman power (ruled 1289-1326)
Oudinot, Nicolas Charles, Duc De Reggio 1769-1851.
Outram, General Sir James (1803-63)

P

Pappenheim., Gottfried Heinrich, count of (d.1632)
Penda, king of Mercia (d.654)
Percy, Henry, 'Hotspur' (1364-1403)
Perdiccas (d.321 BC)
Pershing, John Joseph (1860-1948)
Peter III (1728-62), Tsar of Russia (1762)
Pitt the elder, William, 1st earl of Chatham (1708-78)
Polk, James Knox, 1795-1849, 11th US President (1845-1849)
Poniatowski, Prince Josef Anton (1763-1813)
Price, Stirling, 1809-1867
Ptolemy I Soter (367/6-283 BC)
Ptolemy Keraunos (d.279 BC)
Puttick, Brigadier Edward, 1890-1976

Q

R

Ramsay, Sir Bertram Home (1883–1945)
Ranken, Harry Sherwood, VC MB ChB MRCP 1883-1914
Reding, Teodoro, d.1809
Revere, Paul, 1735-1818
Romanus IV Diogenes, Byzantine Emperor (1067-1071(
Rommel, Erwin (1891-1944)
Rupert, Prince, count palatine of the Rhine, duke of Bavaria, duke of Cumberland, earl of Holderness (1619-1682)
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, 1869-1955

S

Samsonov, Alexander, 1859-1914, Russian General
Saxe, Herman Maurice, Comte de (1696-1750)
Schorner, Ferdinand (1892-1973)
Scott, Winfield, US General, 1786-1866
Seleucus I Nicator (358-280 BC)
Shaka Zulu (1787-1828)
Sheaffe, Sir Roger Hale, 1763-1851
Sheridan, Philip Henry (1831-1888)
Sherman, William Tecumseh
Skippon, Philip, Parliamentary general
Smith-Dorrien, Sir Horace Lockwood, 1858-1930
Soult, Marshal Nicholas Jean de Dieu, duc de Dalmatie, 1769-1851
Spee, Maximilian Reichsgraf von, 1861-1914, German Admiral
Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886-1969
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von (1730-94)
Stewart, John, third earl of Buchan, 1380-1424
Stewart, Sir John, Lord of Darnley, c.1380-1429
Stuart, Charles Edward, the Young Pretender (1720-1788)
Stuart, James Edward Brown, 1833-1864
Subatai Ba'adur (1190-1242)
Sun Tzu b.500 BC

T

Tilly, Johan Tserclaes, count of (1559-1632)
Tolbukhin, Fyodor I. (1894 – 1949)

U

V

Van Dorn, Earl, 1820-1863
Vasey, Brigadier George A
Vasilevsky, Marshal Alexandr, 1895-1977
Vegetius
Vereker, John, sixth Viscount Gort, 1886-1946
Verney, Edmund, Sir (1590-1642)

W

Wake-Walker, Sir William Frederic (1888–1945)
Waller, William, Sir (1597-1668)
Walpole, Sir Robert, 1st earl of Orford (1676-1745)
Wavell, General Sir Archibald, 1883-1950
Wayne, General Anthony, 1745-96
Westmoreland, General William, 1914-2005
Whitworth, Sir Joseph (1803-1887)
Wigtown, Archibald Douglas, earl of, fifth earl of Douglas, c.1391-1439
Wolf, Markus ‘Mischa’ (1923-2006)
Wolfe, James (1727-1759), major-general
Woyrsch, Remus von, 1847-1920

X

Y

Yeremenko, Andrei Ivanovich (1892 - 1970)

Z

Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich (1896-1974)