Nutloose - I'm afraid you have misread the Wiki entry on the Military Cross, that number only refers to those holders of the MC and bar for which there is a Wikipedia entry
The numbers taken from British Gallantry Awards by Abbott and Tamplin (1971) are as follows:
World War One :
2,983 1st bars
168 2nd bars
4 3rd bars
Inter war years :
31 1st bars
World War Two :
482 1st bars
24 2nd bars
(Flight Lieutenant, later Wing Commander, F.E.E.Yeo Thomas, GC, MC* is the only RAF recipient of a bar to the Military Cross)
Post-war years up to 1969 :
28, the last one being awarded for Borneo in 1967. I'm not aware of any since then, up to the present award (there were none for the Falklands War), so I'm guessing this is the first one since 1967
Many years ago I had the pleasure of meeting two gentlemen who both held the MC and bar (WW1 awards) I photographed them and their medals - one of them had won his with the Camel Corps!
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