Editing Distinguished Conduct Medal (section)

==Recipients==
All awards of the Distinguished Conduct Medal were notified in the London Gazette and, during the First World War, citations were generally also included.

From '''1854 to 1914''' 3,529 medals and 13 second award bars were awarded. Of these, about 808 medals were awarded for the Crimean War and 2,092 for the [[Second Boer War]], with some of the latter being the Edward VII version.<ref name="Lancaster"/> During the Boer War, six medals were awarded posthumously and six dated bars were awarded, three of them to recipients who had won their first Distinguished Conduct Medal in this war.<ref name="ABW">[http://www.angloboerwar.com/medals-and-awards/british/241-dcm AngloBoerWar.com – British and Colonial – Distinguished Conduct Medal] (Access date 19 May 2015)</ref><ref name=Abbott82>Figures from Abbott & Tamplin, pp. 81–82, excluding cancelled and disallowed awards.</ref>

For the '''[[First World War]]''', 24,620 medals as well as 472 first bars and nine second bars were awarded, with 46 further awards for the period 1920–39.

For the '''[[Second World War]]''', 1,891 medals and nine first bars were awarded.

'''Post War''', a total of 153 DCMs were earned between 1947 and 1979, including 45 to Australian and New Zealand forces for service in Vietnam.<ref name="Lancaster"/>{{sfn|Abbott|Tamplin|1981|pp=81-84}} A further 25 awards were made after 1979, nine for service in [[The Troubles|Northern Ireland]],<ref>DCMs for Northern Ireland post 1979, London Gazette: [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/48822/supplement/15924 15 December 1981]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49315/supplement/4958 12 April 1983]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51296/supplement/4325 11 April 1988]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51298/supplement/4330 12 April 1988];
[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52324/supplement/17200 6 November 1990]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/53653/supplement/6170 6 April 1994]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54393/page/6549 10 May 1996]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/55130/supplement/5579 18 May 1998].
.</ref> eight for the [[Falklands War|South Atlantic]],<ref>DCMs for S. Atlantic. Supplement to London Gazette, 8 October 1982: [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49134/supplement/12838 Page 12838]. [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49134/supplement/12847 Page 12847]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49134/supplement/12848 Page 12848].</ref> and eight for the [[Gulf War]],<ref>DCMs for Gulf War. London Gazette: [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52588/supplement/9 29 June 1991 (1)]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52588/supplement/10 29 June 1991 (2)];[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52601/page/10703 12 July 1991]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54763/supplement/5628 13 May 1997];
[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54969/supplement/13691 5 December 1997]; [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/55340/supplement/13620 15 December 1998];
[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58092/supplement/12274 8 September 2006].</ref> including a number of retrospective awards up to 2006.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58092|page=12274|date=8 September 2006|supp=y}}</ref>

'''Honorary awards''' of the Distinguished Conduct Medal were made to members of allied forces, including 5,227 for the First World War<ref>Howard Williamson. ''Awards of the DCM and MM to the Allied armies during the Great War of 1914-20.'' Orders & Medals Research Society Journal, Vol 59, No 1. March 2020, p. 13. Numbers based on names published in the ''London Gazette'' and ''War Office Lists'' up to August 1925, and includes DCMs for [[North Russia intervention|Russian intervention]] 1919–20.</ref> and 107 for the Second World War.{{sfn|Abbott|Tamplin|1981|pp=81-84}} (Lists of WW1 awards to allied forces are kept in country specific files within the [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_cr=WO%20388%2F6&_dss=range&_ro=any&_st=adv WO 388/6] series at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|Kew]], and were published in 2018.)<ref name=Williamson_DCM_2018>{{cite book|last=Williamson|first=Howard J.| title=The Distinguished Conduct Medal Awarded to The Allied Armies by The British Government| publisher= privately published by Anne Williamson| year= 2018| isbn= 978-1-9996727-0-6}}</ref>

;Australia
Beginning in the Second Boer War, the Distinguished Conduct Medal has been awarded to 2,071 members of the [[Australian Army]] and to three members of the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. Thirty first Bars were awarded, all to members of the Army and the majority for actions during the First World War.<ref name="Australia"/> The last award to an Australian was made in 1972, arising from the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=LG72/>

;Canada
The medal was first awarded to a Canadian on 19 April 1901. Altogether, there were 2,132 awards to [[Canadian Army]] and [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] personnel, 38 first Bars and one second Bar.<ref name="Canada"/>

;New Zealand
Between 1899 and 1970, 525 awards of the Distinguished Conduct Medal were made to New Zealanders.<ref name="NewZealand"/>

;South Africa
More than 300 Distinguished Conduct Medals were awarded to South Africans during the two World Wars.<ref name="Union1913"/>