| 词条 | Royal Red Cross |
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|name=Royal Red Cross |image= Badge of the Royal Red Cross |caption=Badge of an Associate of the Royal Red Cross |awarded_by=United Kingdom |type= Military decoration |eligibility= Members of the Military Nursing Services |for= Exceptional services in military nursing |post-nominals=RRC ARRC |status= |description= |clasps= |established=27 April 1883 |first_award= |last_award= |total= |posthumous= |recipients= |individual= |precedence_label=Order of Wear |higher=Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) Air Force Cross (AFC)[1] |same= |lower=Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)[1] Order of Saint John[2] |image2= |caption2=Ribbon bar }} The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing. FoundationThe award was established on 23 April 1883 by Queen Victoria, with a single class of Member and first awarded to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. A second and lower class, Associate, was added during World War I in November 1915.[3] The award is made to a fully trained nurse of an officially recognised nursing service, military or civilian, who has shown exceptional devotion and competence in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed an exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her or his post of duty. It is conferred on members of the nursing services regardless of rank. Holders of the second class who receive a further award are promoted to the first class, although an initial award can also be made in the first class. Holders of the first class who receive a further award are awarded a bar.[4] The decoration was conferred exclusively on women until 1976, when men became eligible, with posthumous awards permitted from 1979.[5] Recipients of the Royal Red Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "RRC" or "ARRC" for Members and Associates respectively.[6] Description
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References1. ^1 {{London Gazette|issue=56878|page=3351|date=17 March 2003|supp=y}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=JSP 761 Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces |url=http://ndm-pr.webs.com/jsp761%5B1%5D.pdf |page=12A-1 |accessdate=7 November 2014}} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=29368 |date=16 November 1915|page=11324}} 4. ^{{Cite book|author= P E Abbott & J M A Tamplin.|title=British Gallantry Awards.|pp=259-270. Nimrod Dix & Co, London, 1981.}}{{ISBN|0-902633-74-0}} 5. ^{{Cite book|author= P E Abbott & J M A Tamplin.|title=British Gallantry Awards.|page=xx. Nimrod Dix & Co, London, 1981.}}{{ISBN|0-902633-74-0}} 6. ^{{Cite book|author=John Mussell (ed).|title=Medal Yearbook 2015.|page=86. Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.}} External links{{Commons category}}
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