The george cross (national war museum, malta) the george cross was awarded to the island of malta by king george vi during the siege of malta undertaken by italy and germany in the early part of world war ii. in a letter to the island's governor, lieutenant general sir william dobbie, king george wrote, "so as to bear witness to the heroism and. The cross was formally presented to the people at a ceremony in palace square in valletta (now known as st george’s square) on 13th september 1942. the cross was later added to the national flag of malta on 28th december 1943. over the past few years, some have debated whether or not the cross should be removed from the national flag. they.
The george cross medal was handed to the new governor who carried it to malta in his pocket on the flight to the island in a sunderland flying boat. it landed at kalafrana at night on may 7 during. The george cross awarded to malta. the george cross was instituted on the 24th of september 1940 by king george vi. it is the highest award given by the british government for non operational acts of gallantry and remarkable actions carried out without the immediate presence of the enemy. between july and october 1940, the battle of britain was. 15 april. the people of malta have been awarded the george cross in recognition of their continuing heroic struggle against enemy attack. the british colony in the mediterranean is of crucial strategic importance to the allied north african campaign and has been under almost constant attack from italian and german aircraft since june 1940. As already stated, the george cross was awarded to malta in april 1942, which happened to be the worst ‘war month’ for the island. in april, no less than 6,727 tons of bombs were dropped by.
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