wˈʌn bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ˈɑːfɪsɚ hˈæzbiːn ɐwˈɔːɹdᵻd ðə mˈɛdəl twˈaɪs, ˈeɪ. ˈɛs. lˈæŋkæstɚ, æz ɐ mˈeɪdʒɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt, ænd ɐɡˈɛn æz ɐ kˈɜːnəl ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi sˈɪks; ænd wˈʌn bɹˈɪɾɪʃ ˈɪndiən, ʃˈɑːzæd mˈɪɹ, fˈɜːst æz dˈæfɐdˌɑːɹ, ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti sˈɛvən, ðˈɛn ɐɡˈɛn æz ɹˈɪzɐldˌɑːɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪks.
One British officer has been awarded the medal twice, A. S. Lancaster, as a major in 1938, and again as a colonel in 1946; and one British Indian, Shahzad Mir, first as Daffadar, in 1897, then again as Risaldar in 1906.