George VI institutes the George Cross
1940 · Event
At the height of the Blitz the King creates a new decoration for civilian gallantry, ranking with the Victoria Cross; in 1942 he awards it to the whole besieged island of Malta.
On these timelines: England: Monarchs, United Kingdom (combined), 1940: Britain's Darkest Hour, England, Master
More from England: Monarchs
- Reign of Alfred the Great (871)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Reign of Elizabeth II (1952)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)
- Reign of Edward I (1272)
- Reign of Edward III (1327)
Around 1940
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- The Holocaust (1933)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- World War II (1939)
- Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany (1933)