The Queen's Gallantry Medal

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British decoration gallantry award state decoration

The Queen's Gallantry Medal is a British decoration awarded to civilians and military personnel for exemplary acts of bravery not in the presence of the enemy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Queen's Gallantry Medal	6
Queen’s Gallantry Medal	6
Empire Gallantry Medal	1
The King's Gallantry Medal	1
The Queen's Gallantry Medal canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T95989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Queen's Gallantry Medal
Context triple: [British honours system, includes, The Queen's Gallantry Medal]

A. The George Cross
The George Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
B. Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
C. Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a British military decoration awarded to officers for meritorious or distinguished service in combat.
D. The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
E. The Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established by Queen Victoria in 1896 to recognize personal service to the British monarch and the royal family.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Queen's Gallantry Medal
Target entity description: The Queen's Gallantry Medal is a British decoration awarded to civilians and military personnel for exemplary acts of bravery not in the presence of the enemy.

A. The George Cross
The George Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest civilian decoration for bravery, awarded for acts of the greatest heroism or most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger.
B. Distinguished Service Cross
The Distinguished Service Cross is the United States Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat against an armed enemy.
C. Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a British military decoration awarded to officers for meritorious or distinguished service in combat.
D. The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the United Kingdom’s highest and most prestigious military decoration, awarded for extraordinary valour in the presence of the enemy.
E. The Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood established by Queen Victoria in 1896 to recognize personal service to the British monarch and the royal family.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British decoration ⓘ gallantry award ⓘ state decoration ⓘ
awardedFor	exemplary acts of bravery ⓘ gallantry not in the presence of the enemy ⓘ
awardingAuthority	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
civilianUse	awarded to members of the public ⓘ
confersTitle	no title of nobility ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decorationClass	non-combat gallantry decoration ⓘ
eligibility	civilians ⓘ military personnel ⓘ
established	1974 ⓘ
firstAwarded	1974 ⓘ
higherAward	George Medal ⓘ
isPartOf	British honours system ⓘ United Kingdom system of gallantry awards ⓘ
lowerAward	Queen's Commendation for Bravery ⓘ
militaryUse	awarded to members of the armed forces ⓘ
namedAfter	the reigning Queen of the United Kingdom ⓘ
postNominals	QGM ⓘ
postNominalUsage	recipients may use the letters QGM after their name ⓘ
presentedBy	the monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
replaced	British Empire Medal for Gallantry ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: Order of the British Empire for Gallantry
ribbonColor	purple ⓘ
ribbonFeature	narrow white stripes ⓘ
scope	acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances ⓘ
status	replaced by the King's Gallantry Medal ⓘ
type	medal ⓘ
wearingOrder	above the Queen's Commendation for Bravery ⓘ below the George Medal ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British honours system → includes → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: The King's Gallantry Medal

The George Cross → replaced → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

subject surface form: George Cross

this entity surface form: Empire Gallantry Medal

QGM → associatedWith → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's Gallantry Medal

QGM → abbreviationOf → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's Gallantry Medal

British Empire Medal for Gallantry → replacedBy → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's Gallantry Medal

British Empire Medal for Gallantry → hasSuccessor → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen's Gallantry Medal

George Medal → lowerAward → The Queen's Gallantry Medal ⓘ