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.
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.