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Holders of the award are listed in [[The National Archives]], and citations are announced in the ''London Gazette''.
The youngest recipient was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fitzgibbon Arthur Fitzgibbon ] of the Indian Medical establishment . He was 15 years and 3 months at the time of his award in 1861. For further details see [[Apothecaries]]
The oldest recipient was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Raynor William Raynor] of the Bengal Veteran Establishment - who was awarded the medal for gallantry during the [[Indian Mutiny]] of 1857. He was 61 years old.
