Citations for Honours and Awards for
List of Awards and the Citations from after the First World War for men who at any time served in units of
The [Royal] Leicestershire Regiment, and in the Leicestershire elements of Battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment
Originally compiled in 2011 by Colonel M K Goldschmidt (late The Royal Leicestershire and The Royal Anglian Regiments)
Notes: Each award has an Award serial number (1-856). Where that award is supported by a citation, the Citation file serial number is shown in bold to the right of a ‘/’ (1-312A). Awards are listed in London Gazette (LG) date order, in order of seniority of award and then seniority of recipient.
(last updated 18 Jan 2016)
|Srl |Rank and Name |Regiment/ |Award and |For service in which Unit and dates |Remarks |
| | |Corps |LG date | | |
|1. |Maj Cecil Power Bellwood |Leicesters (TF) |OBE |DAQMG, for valuable services rendered in connection with |No citation. Later awarded MID 3 Feb 1920 and 11 |
| | | |3 Jun 1919 |Military Operations in North Russia (Murmansk Command) |Jun 1920. |
|2. |Lt John Barradale Melhuish |Leicesters (TF) |Croix de Guerre |attached Royal Engineers |No citation. |
| | | |(Belgium) | | |
| | | |7 Oct 1919 | | |
|3. |Lt Col Cecil Morgan Ley Becher DSO |R Irish Regt |Ordre de Leopold w Croix de |Attached Leicesters in France and Belgium |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 1 Jan 1917 as |
| | | |Guerre (Officer) (Belgium) | |CO 6th R Irish Regt, and MIDs 19 Oct 1914 and 6 Dec|
| | | |24 Oct 1919 | |1916. |
|4. |Lt Col Alec Walter Saumarez |Leicesters |Order of the Nile (4th Class) |Egyptian Expeditionary Force |No citation. Previously awarded DSO as a Company |
| |Brock CMG DSO | |(Egypt) | |Commander 2nd Leicesters at Neuve Chapelle 1 May |
| | | |26 Nov 1919 | |1915 (LG 24 Jul 1915), four MIDs (1 Jan 1916, 15 |
| | | | | |Aug 1917, 27 Aug 1918 and 5 Jun 1919), and CMG |
| | | | | |1919. |
|5. |LSgt George Adkins |Leicesters |Medal of Honour (w bronze |2nd Leicesters |No citation. |
| |(17450) | |swords) (France) | | |
| | | |12 Dec 1919 | | |
|6. |Pte Norman Henry Moss (202103) |Leicesters (TF) |Medal of Honour (w bronze |1/4th Leicesters (TF) |No citation. |
| | | |swords) (France) | | |
| | | |12 Dec 1919 | | |
|7. |Major Peter Hubert Creagh DSO |Leicesters |Order of the Nile (4th Class) |2IC 2nd Leicesters, Egyptian Expeditionary Force in |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 8 Nov 1915 as |
| | | |(Egypt) |Palestine Jan-Oct 1918 |Adjt 1/7th Manchesters (TF) at Gallipoli and three |
| | | |16 Jan 1920 | |MIDs (5 Nov 1915, 28 Jan 1916 and 22 Jan 1919). |
|8. |Lt Col Charles Stewart Davies DSO |Leicesters |CMG |CO, 45th Bn The Royal Fusiliers, military operations in |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 26 Nov 1917, |
| | | |3 Feb 1920 |Archangel, North Russia, in 1919 |French Croix de Guerre avec Etoile en Vermeilon 7 |
| | | | | |Jan 1919, five MIDs, and later the Russian Order of|
| | | | | |St Anne 1921. |
|9. |Maj Herbert Charles Vivian Porter |West India Regiment |OBE |Military operations in Bushire, Persia |Later transferred to Leicesters with whom he served|
| | | |3 Feb 1920 | |1921-24. |
|10. |LSgt Benjamin Bolton |Leicesters (TF) |MM |3rd Leicesters (TF) “in recognition of gallant conduct and|No citation. |
| |(11258) | |3 Feb 1920 |determination displayed in escaping or attempting to | |
| | | | |escape from captivity” during First World War | |
|11. |Maj Cecil Power Bellwood OBE |Leicesters (TF) |MID |DAQMG, for valuable and distinguished services rendered in|No citation. Previously awarded OBE 3 Jun 1919 and|
| | | |3 Feb 1920 |connection with the Operations in North Russia 1 Mar-12 |later MID 11 Jun 1920. |
| | | | |Oct 1919 | |
|12. |Maj Cecil Power Bellwood OBE |Leicesters (TF) |MID |DAQMG, Northern Russian Expeditionary Force, operations at|No citation. Previously awarded OBE 3 Jun 1919 and|
| | | |11 Jun 1920 |Archangel, 1919 |MID 3 Feb 1920. |
|13. |Sergeant Major John George I Hackett (6166) |Leicesters |MSM |2nd Leicesters (Extra Regimentally Employed), Assistant |No citation. |
| | | |20 Oct 1920 |Station Master, India | |
|14. |Sergeant Major William Phillips (5631) |Leicesters |MSM |2nd Leicesters (Extra Regimentally Employed), India |No citation. |
| | | |20 Oct 1920 | | |
|15. |Brig-Gen Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC |RE |Order of St Maurice and St |For ‘distinguished services rendered during the course of |No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters |
| | | |Lazarus (Officer) (Italy) |the campaign’[First World War] |1914-15. Prev-iously awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4|
| | | |29 Oct 1920 | |Jun 1918 and 3 MIDs in First World War, and CBE |
| | | | | |1919. Later awarded FRS 6 May 1926, Knight |
| | | | | |Bachelor 1 Jan 1928, KCVO 1 Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan |
| | | | | |1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967. |
|16. |Major Walter Carandini Wilson |Leicesters |Medal of Honour w Swords |Staff Officer, France 1917-18 |No citation. Previously awarded DSO as Company |
| |DSO* OBE MC | |(silver gilt) (France) | |Commander in 2nd Leicesters in Sep 1915 (LG 4 Nov |
| | | |3 Dec 1920 | |1915) and Bar as BM 70 Inf Bde in France 4 Jun |
| | | | | |1917; also MC 1917 and OBE 1919 and five MIDs (17 |
| | | | | |Feb 1915, 27 Jan and 15 Jun 1916, 15 May 1917, and |
| | | | | |20 May 1918). Later as Gp Capt RAF awarded CBE 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1944. |
|17. |LCpl Herbert Roger Cantrill (4850180) |Leicesters |BEM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Lough Rea, County |No citation. |
| | | |18 Feb 1921 |Roscommon, Ireland, October 1920 | |
|18. |Lt Col Edward Lacy Challenor CB CMG DSO |Leicesters |CBE |CO, 1st Leicesters, Ireland 1919-22 |No citation. Previously awarded DSO as CO 6th |
| | | |1 Jan 1923 | |Leicesters 21 Dec 1916, four MIDs (15 Jun 1916, 27 |
| | | | | |May and 11 Dec 1917, and 20 Dec 1918), CMG 1918 and|
| | | | | |CB 1919. |
|19. |Lt Simon Fraser McKay |Leicesters |MBE |Not known |No citation. |
| | | |1 Jan 1923 | | |
|20. |Sgt Henry E Harley MSM |Royal Fusiliers |DCM |Working in a Signals capacity, Waziristan, India, |No citation. Previously served 2nd Leicesters in |
| |(6454569) | |30 May 1924 |Jan 1922 to Apr 1923 |Palestine (48558) and awarded MID 5 Jun 1919 and |
| | | | | |MSM 12 Dec 1919. |
|21. |Col Claude Henry Haig DSO |Leicesters |CBE |CO, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 1923-24 |No citation. Previously awarded 4 MIDs [10 Sep |
| | | |3 Jun 1925 | |1901, 29 Jul 1902, 1 Jan 1916 and 1 Jan 1917] and |
| | | | | |DSO as CO 9th Leicesters 1 Jan 1917. |
|22 |Capt (Retd) George Stuart Carter |Leicesters (Retd) |Fellow of the Royal Society of |Lecturer in Zoology at Glasgow University |Served 6th Leicesters 1914-17. |
|/00A | | |Edinburgh (FRSE) | | |
| | | |9 Mar 1925 | | |
|23. |Lt Carlton Sykes |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov |No citation. |
| | | |20 Oct 1925 |1924 | |
|24. |LCpl Thomas Baden Percival (4850397) |Leicesters |MM |Section NCO, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov 1924 |No citation. |
| | | |20 Oct 1925 | | |
|25. |Pte Joseph Jones |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov 1924 |No citation. |
| |(4850700) | |20 Oct 1925 | | |
|26/ |Brig-Gen (Retd) Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC |late RE (Retd) |Fellow of the Royal Society |For his investigations in physical and mineralogical |Previously served 7th Leicesters 1914-15. |
|0A. | | |(FRS) |chemistry, and contribution to the building up of a |Previously awarded Previously awarded MC 11 Jan |
| | | |6 May 1926 |notable school of physico-chemical research at Oxford. |1916, OBE 4 Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, |
| | | | | |CBE 1919 and an Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920. |
| | | | | |Later awarded Knight Bachelor 1 Jan 1928, KCVO 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan 1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967. |
|27. |Maj-Gen Henry Leycester Croker CB CMG |late Leicesters (Retd)|KCB |Service to the Regiment and the Army |Previously awarded CB in 1915 as CO 1st Leicesters |
| | | |3 Jul 1926 | |1910-15 and CMG in 1917. |
|28/1. |Col Clive Gerard Liddell CMG CBE DSO |Leicesters |Royal Humane Society’s |Saving the lives of three people from drowning at St |Previously awarded MID six times (LG 17 Feb 1915, |
| | | |Bronze Medal |Lunaire, France, |22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, 4 Apr 1917, 6|
| | | |12 Oct 1926 |26 Aug 1926 |Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, CBE in 1919, |
| | | | | |Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr |
| | | | | |1919, and later CB 1 Jan 1935 and KCB 2 Jan 1939. |
|29. |Brig-Gen (Retd) Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC FRS |late RE (Retd) |Knight Bachelor |Senior scientific adviser to the Gov-ernment on the future|No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters |
| | | |1 Jan 1928 |of chemical weapons 1920-28 |1914-15. Previous-ly awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 |
| | | | | |Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919, an |
| | | | | |Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920, and FRS 6 May 1926.|
| | | | | |Later awarded KCVO 1 Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan 1957, and|
| | | | | |CH 10 Jun 1967. |
|30. |Colonel (Retd) John Edward Sarson OBE VD TD DL |late Leices-ters (TF) |CB (Civil) |Honorary Colonel, 4th Leicesters |No citation. Previously awarded OBE 1919. |
| | |(Retd) |4 Jun 1928 | | |
|31. |SQMS (WO2) Aubrey Oswald Sibbald (S/28774) |RASC |MBE |Not known |No citation. Later served in The Leicesters and |
| | | |4 Jun 1928 | |awarded the OBE 1 Jan 1946. |
|32. |Capt Geoffrey Reddaway King MC |Leicesters |OBE |4th (Uganda) Bn King’s African Rifles |No citation. Previously awarded MC in MG Corps in |
| | | |3 Jun 1929 | |First World War. |
|33. |Lt Col Roland Le Fanu MC |Leicesters |Order of Al Rafidain (4th |Service on the Staff of the Military Mission in Iraq |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, |
| |(4301) | |Class) (Iraq) | |Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, and later MID 18 Feb |
| | | |1 Nov 1929 | |1938, DSO and MID 16 Aug 1938, and MID 16 Oct 1939.|
|34. |Police Superintendent Godwin Edward Banwell MC* |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE |Officiating District Superintendent of Police, Pegu, Burma|No citation. Served 1/5th Leicesters 1916-19; |
| | | |15 Dec 1930 | |awarded MC as a 2Lt 25 Aug 1917 and Bar as an |
| | | | | |A/Capt 14 Feb 1919. Later awarded KPM 1 Jan 1931 |
| | | | | |and CBE 9 Jun 1955. |
|35/ |Police Superintendent Godwin Edward Banwell OBE |Leicesters (Retd) |King’s Police Medal |For actions after an earthquake and fire at Pegu, Burma, 5|Served 1/5th Leicesters 1916-19; awarded MC as a |
|1B |MC* | |1 Jan 1931 |May 1930 |2Lt 25 Aug 1917 and Bar as an A/Capt 14 Feb 1919). |
| | | | | |Previously awarded the OBE 15 Dec 1930 and later |
| | | | | |the CBE 9 Jun 1955. |
|36/2. |Pte William Henry Foster |Leicesters |Albert Medal |1st Leicesters, Punjab, India, |A civilian award equating to the modern George |
| |(4854105) | |30 Oct 1931 |1 June 1931 |Cross, for valour in saving the life of a comrade. |
|37. |Maj Reginald Strelley |Leicesters |OBE |Attached to the Iraqi Army during operations in Southern |No citation. Later awarded CBE 1 Jan 1942. |
| |Moresby White (26104) | |29 Apr 1932 |Kurdistan, | |
| | | | |Oct 1930-May 1931 | |
|38. |Capt John Theodore Harley TD |Leicesters |OBE |Station Staff Officer, India, 1928-32 |No citation. |
| | | |29 Apr 1932 | | |
|39. |Lt Col (Retd) Charles Frederick Oliver TD DL |Leicesters (TF) (Retd)|Knight Bachelor |For political and public services |No citation. CO 4th Leicesters (TF) 1909-13 and |
| | | |2 Jan 1933 |in Leicestershire |2/4th Leicesters (TF) 1914-16. |
|40. |CSgt (BQMS) M Campbell |Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| | | |1934 | | |
|41 |Maj-Gen Clive Gerard Liddell CMG CBE DSO |late Leicesters |CB |General Officer Commanding (designate), 47th (2nd London) |No citation. Previously awarded MID six times (LG |
| | | |1 Jan 1935 |Division (TA) |17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, |
| | | | | |4 Apr 1917, 6 Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, |
| | | | | |CBE in 1919, Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr |
| | | | | |1919, and Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 26 Aug |
| | | | | |1926, and later KCB 2 Jan 1939. |
|42. |Lt Col (Retd) Sir Iain Colquhoun Bt DSO* |Scots Guards (Retd) |Knight of the Thistle |Services to Scotland |No citation. Previously commanded 2/4th Leicesters|
| | | |11 May 1937 | |1917-18. Previously awarded DSO 20 Oct 1916 and |
| | | | | |Bar to DSO 26 Jul 1918. |
|43. |2Lt John Darwin Maling |11th Sikh Regt |MC |Company Commander, 1/11th Sikh Regt, Waziristan, India, |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters in |
| |(AI.537) | |31 Dec 1937 |Oct 1937 |1935. Later awarded an MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO in |
| | | | | |Burma 20 Sep 1945, and MID 19 Sep 1946. |
|44. |Capt Philip Arthur Bentley Wrixon (12969) |Leicesters |Order of the Nile (Officer) |Instructor at the Egyptian Military School, Cairo, 1936-37|No citation. |
| | | |(Egypt) | | |
| | | |1 Jan 1938 | | |
|45. |Col Roland Le Fanu MC |late Leicesters |MID |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Jan-Sep 1937 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, |
| |(4301) | |18 Feb 1938 | |Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 |
| | | | | |Nov 1929, and later DSO and MID both 16 Aug 1938, |
| | | | | |and MID 17 Oct 1939. |
|46. |Lt John Darwin Maling MC |11th Sikh Regt |MID |1/11th Sikh Regt, Waziristan, India, |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters in |
| |(AI.537) | |18 Feb 1938 |Jan-Sep 1937 |1935. Also awarded MC 31 Dec 1937 and later DSO in |
| | | | | |Burma 20 Sep 1945 and MID 19 Sep 1946. |
|47. |Col Roland Le Fanu MC |late Leicesters |DSO |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Sep-Dec 1937 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, |
| |(4301) | |16 Aug 1938 | |Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 |
| | | | | |Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, and MID 16 Aug 1938, and|
| | | | | |later MID 17 Oct 1939. |
|48. |Col Roland Le Fanu DSO MC |late Leicesters |MID |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Sep-Dec 1937 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, |
| |(4301) | |16 Aug 1938 | |Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 |
| | | | | |Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO 16 Aug 1938 and MID |
| | | | | |17 Oct 1939. |
|49. |QMS (ORS) Albert Daffurn Chilton |Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Later awarded MBE 7 Jun 1951. |
| | | |1938 | | |
|50. |Lt-Gen Clive Gerard Liddell CB CMG CBE DSO |late Leicesters |KCB |Adjutant-General to the |No citation. Previously awarded MID six times (LG |
| | | |2 Jan 1939 |Forces, The War Office |17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, |
| | | | | |4 Apr 1917, 6 Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, |
| | | | | |CBE in 1919, Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr |
| | | | | |1919, Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 26 Aug |
| | | | | |1926, and CB 1 Jan 1935. |
|51/3. |Capt Samuel Enderby |Royal North-umberland |MC |Company Officer, 1st Royal North-umberland Fusiliers, |Later awarded DSO 24 Feb 1944 as CO 2/5th |
| |(39320) |Fusiliers |14 Apr 1939 |Sarafand, Palestine, 26 Feb 1939 |Leicesters and CVO 11 Jun 1977. |
|52. |Lt Col (Retd) Robert Edmund Martin CMG JP DL |Leicesters (TF) (Retd)|Knight Bachelor |Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council 1924-39 (and|No citation. Previously awarded MID twice in First|
| | | |8 Jun 1939 |on until 1960) |World War and CMG 14 Jan 1916 as CO 4th Leicesters |
| | | | | |(TF) 1914-15. |
|53. |Major Frederick James |Leicesters (TA) |MBE |QM, 5th Leicesters (TA), Leicester |No citation. Previously awarded MC as a Capt in |
| |Diggins MC | |8 Jun 1939 | |2nd Leicesters in Mesopotamia in 1917 and MIDs 15 |
| | | | | |Aug 1917 and 12 Mar 1918. |
|54/4. |WO3 George Thomas Hollins (4851979) |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Commander, C Company, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, |Later awarded MID 30 Dec 1941. |
| | | |8 Sep 1939 |24 Jun 1939 | |
|55. |Lt John Horace Marriott |Leicesters |MC |Intelligence Officer, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 |No citation. Later awarded MID 8 Jul 1941, 30 Dec |
| |(67122) | |15 Sep 1939 | |1941 and 26 Apr 1945. |
|56. |Lt Col Mark Kingsley Wardle DSO MC (512) |Leicesters |MID |CO, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 26 Jul 1918, |
| | | |15 Sep 1939 | |MC, and MID 20 Dec 1918, and later MID 30 Dec 1941.|
|57. |WO2 Horace Arthur Geoffrey Havilland (113069) |Leicesters |MID |RQMS, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 |No citation. Later awarded awarded MBE 30 Dec |
| | | |15 Sep 1939 | |1941, MID 26 Apr 1945, and OBE 2 Jan 1956. |
|58/5. |LCpl John Farry (4533116) |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Razmak, Waziristan, | |
| | | |26 Sep 1939 |India, Jun 1939 | |
|59. |Col Roland Le Fanu DSO MC |late Leicesters |MID |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Dec 1937-Dec |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, |
| |(4301) | |19 Oct 1939 |1938 |Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 |
| | | | | |Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO and MID 16 Aug 1938.|
|60. |Lt (Retd) Thomas Percival Creed MC |Leicesters (Retd) |Order of the Nile (Commander) |High Court Judge in Khartoum, The Sudan |No citation. Previously awarded the MC in 1/5th |
| | | |20 Oct 1939 | |Leicesters 2 Mar 1917, and later CBE in 1943 as |
| | | | | |Legal Secretary to the Sudan Government (L.G. 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1943) and in same post KBE in 1946 (L.G. 1 Jan |
| | | | | |1946). |
|61/6. |LSgt Harold Blake |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 | |
| |(4857405) | |7 Nov 1939 |Aug 1939 | |
|62/7. |Cpl Leslie Rawson |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 | |
| |(4856949) | |7 Nov 1939 |Aug 1939 | |
|63/8. |2Lt Graham Cecil Gordon Taylor (74627) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 3 September |Later KIA in ME 1941. |
| | | |22 Dec 1939 |1939 | |
|64. |Maj Gerard Francis Hood Stayner (14723) |Leicesters |MID |Staff Officer, Palestine, |No citation. Later awarded three other MIDs (1 Apr |
| | | |22 Dec 1939 |Apr-Jul 1939 |1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], 6 Apr 1944 [ME]), OBE |
| | | | | |30 Dec 41, CBE 14 Oct 1943, CB 13 Dec 1945, and US |
| | | | | |Legion of Merit 14 May 1948. |
|65. |Capt Graham Edward Page Hutchins (47573) |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 |No citation. Later awarded DSO 10 Oct 1952. |
| | | |22 Dec 1939 | | |
|66. |Lt Alan William Delaforce Nicholls (62873) |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939|No citation. Later awarded MC 4 Nov 1941, Order of |
| | | |22 Dec 1939 | |El Istiqlal |
| | | | | |(Jordan) 1954, and OBE 20 Sep 1958. |
|67. |WO1 Allan Ernest Needham |Leicesters |MID |RSM, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, |No citation. |
| |(4850107) | |22 Dec 1939 |Apr-Jul 1939 | |
|68. |Sgt Leonard William Farley |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 |No citation. |
| |(4854273) | |22 Dec 1939 | | |
|69. |LCpl Frank Maskery |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939|No citation. |
| |(4850771) | |22 Dec 1939 | | |
|70/9. |Lt Col Richard Nelson Gale MC (20116) |R Inniskill-ing |OBE |GSO1 (SD), General Staff (Planning Division), The War |Later CO 1/5th Leicesters 1940-41. Previously |
| | |Fusiliers |11 Jul 1940 |Office |awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG Corps. Later awarded |
| | | | | |DSO 31 Aug 1944, two MIDs, CB 2 Aug 1945, KBE 8 Jun|
| | | | | |1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and five |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|71. |2Lt Douglas Robin Dalglish |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 |No citation. |
| |(746628) | |11 Jul 1940 | | |
|72. |Maj Olaf George Abington Phillips (23844 ) |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 |No citation. |
| | | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|73. |Maj John Mylles Serjeantson |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 |No citation. Later awarded MID 30 Dec 1941. |
| |(39490) | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|74. |Sgt Frederick Bagley |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 |No citation. |
| |(4853158) | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|75. |Pte Douglas Boden |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 |No citation. |
| |(4858319) | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|76. |Pte George Frederick Davenport (4858198) |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 |No citation. |
| | | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|77. |Pte Wilfrid Willetts |Leicesters |MID |Signaller, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 |No citation. |
| |(4858116) | |26 Jul 1940 | | |
|78/10 |WO2 (RQMS) Harry Halford |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr |Later awarded MSM 20 Oct 1954. |
| |(4848713) | |6 Aug 1940 |1940 | |
|79. |Maj John Hamilton Cubbon |Cheshire |OBE |Adjutant, 7th Cheshire, BEF, France, |No citation. Later CO 2/5th Leicesters, Italy and |
| |(52600) | |7 Aug 1940 |1940 |Greece 1944-45. Later awarded MID 11 Jan 1945, |
| | | | | |Distinguished Service Medal (Greece) 15 Aug 1946, R|
| | | | | |Order of King George I (Greece) 16 Jan 1948, CBE 23|
| | | | | |May 1958 and CB 2 Jun 1962. |
|80/ |LSgt P W S Brown |Royal Artillery |MM |Detachment Commander, 60th Anti-Tank Field Regt RA, |Later served in 71 Column of 2nd Leicesters in the |
|10A |(906166) | |27 Aug 1940 |Houthem, The Netherlands, 27 May 1940 |Chindits in Burma 1944. |
|81/11 |Lt Rhodri Grahame Mortimer Green (74671) |Sherwood Foresters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Foresters, BEF, Tournai, France, 19|Later served 1st R Leicesters 1959-62. |
| | | |22 Oct 1940 |May 1940 | |
|82/12 |Pte Frank Woodward (4791308) |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, BEF, Carvin, France, 26 May | |
| | |(TA) |22 Oct 1940 |1940 | |
|83/13 |Lt Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale (69129) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 14 |Later awarded DSO 23 Dec 1943 and Bar to DSO 9 Nov |
| | | |25 Oct 1940 |Nov 1939 |1944. |
|84/14 |Cpl Frank Vincent |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 14 | |
| |(4856474) | |25 Oct 1940 |Nov 1939 | |
|85/15 |Pte George Henry Smythe |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 Aug 1939 | |
| |(4856477) | |25 Oct 1940 | | |
|86. |Maj Cecil Herbert Vaughan |Leicesters |MID |CO, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1917 and three |
| |Cox MC (8410) | |25 Oct 1940 | |MIDs in First World War. Later awarded MIDs 8 Jul |
| | | | | |and 30 Dec 1941, and DSO 30 Dec 1941. |
|87. |Maj Colin Bishop Callander MC (10503) |Leicesters |MID |2IC, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Sep 1916 in |
| | | |25 Oct 1940 | |1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Later awarded CB 14 |
| | | | | |Jun 1945, KBE 1 Jan 1952, and KCB 9 Jun 1955. |
|88. |Maj Augustus Klingner Ferguson (13080) |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939|No citation. Later awarded CBE 1 Jan 1946 and CMG |
| | | |25 Oct 1940 | |1 Jan 1952. |
|89. |Pte Frederick Dawson |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 |No citation. |
| |(4856840) | |25 Oct 1940 | | |
|90. |Pte Charles Forrest Seymour Lissenberg (4857281) |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 |No citation. |
| | | |25 Oct 1940 | | |
|91/16 |Capt David Mackenzie Shaw (44209) |R Inniskill-ing |MC |Company Commander, 2nd R Innis-killing Fusiliers, BEF, |Later served RHQ R Leicesters 1959-60. Later |
| | |Fusiliers |20 Dec 1940 |Plouvain, Pas-de-Calais, France, 12-31 May 1940 |awarded DSO 18 Oct 1945 and MID 13 Dec 1949. |
|92. |Maj Henry Roubiliac Reignier Conder (38590) |R Norfolk |MID |Brigade Major, HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade, BEF, France, 1940 |No citation. Later awarded OBE |
| | | |20 Dec 1940 | |2 Jun 1943 (GB and India), and MID 5 Apr 1945 and 9|
| | | | | |May 1946 (Burma and India). Transferred to R |
| | | | | |Leicesters 1950. |
|93. |Maj Raymond Johnson German TD (33886) |Leicesters (TA) |MID |Company Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, Norway, |No citation. |
| | | |20 Dec 1940 |Apr 1940. | |
|94. |Maj Philip Dayrell Stewart Palmer (20737) |Leicesters |MID |Staff Officer, BEF, France, |No citation. |
| | | |20 Dec 1940 |1940 | |
|95. |Maj Edward Askey Wood |Leicesters |MID |DAQMG, HQ 43rd Division, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. Later awarded OBE |
| |(17121) | |20 Dec 1940 | |16 Sep 1943. |
|96/17 |Capt Reginald George Coleman (76062) |Leicesters |MID |Intelligence Officer, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, |Also awarded Norwegian MC w sword 4 Aug 1942 for |
| | |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |Norway, 21 Apr 1940. |same action. |
|97. |Capt Ludford Robert Docker (66809) |R Warwick |MID |Adjutant, 8th R Warwick, BEF, France, 1940 |No citation. Later awarded MC 28 Dec 1951 in 1st R|
| | |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 | |Leicesters (Korea) and OBE 1 Jan 1965. |
|98/18 |Capt Hesketh Adair Ramsden MC (114172) |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, Norway, |Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 for action as 2Lt|
| | | |20 Dec 1940 |20-22 Apr 1940. Killed in action. |in 11th KRRC on 27 Mar 1918 at Folies, France. |
|99/19 |Lt John William Burton Marshall (67123) |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Belgium, 29 May 1940 |Later awarded MID Korea 10 Oct 1952 and OBE 1 Jan |
| | | |20 Dec 1940 | |1960. |
|100. |2Lt Charles Laurie Hughes |Leicesters |MID |MTO, 2/5th Leicesters, Carvin, France, April 1940. Killed|No citation. |
| |(99225) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |in action. | |
|101 |Sgt Shirley Albert Pollard (4850246) |Leicesters |MID |MT Sgt, 2/5th Leicesters, Carvin, France, 26 May 1940 | |
|/20 | |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 | | |
|102. |LSgt John Middleton |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr |No citation. |
| |(4859354) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |1940 | |
|103. |Cpl Joseph Quigley |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, BEF, France, 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4856721) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 | | |
|104 |Cpl Albert Neal |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr |Also awarded MC w sword (Norway) 11 Aug 1942 for |
|/21 |(4848076) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |1940 |same action. |
|105. |Pte George Edward Clamp |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4859690) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 | | |
|106. |Pte Ronald Gardner |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, |No citation. |
| |(4860167) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |BEF, France, 1940 | |
|107 |Pte Frederick J W Hatts |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, |No citation. |
| |(4853657) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |BEF, France, 1940 | |
|108. |Pte Maurice Walter Roberts |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, |No citation. |
| |(4859533) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 |BEF, France, 1940 | |
|109 |Pte Wilfrid John Toon |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr 1940 | |
|/22 |(4559429) |(TA) |20 Dec 1940 | | |
|110/ |Lt Col Harold Senhouse Pinder MC* (4293) |Leicesters |OBE |DA & QMG, Dieppe, BEF, France, 1939/40 |Previously awarded MC in 1918 and Bar in 1919 and |
|23A&B | | |31 Jan 1941 | |two MIDs in First World War. Later awarded CBE 5 |
| | | | | |Aug 1943, and MID 9 Aug 1945. |
|111. |Lt Col John Evelyn Derek Watson (41621) |Leicesters |MID |CO, 4th King’s African Rifles, Somaliland |No citation. Later awarded DSO 13 Sep 1945. |
| | | |11 Feb 1941 | | |
|112. |Maj Montague Thorold |Leicesters |MID |Staff Officer, Force HQ, Somaliland |No citation. Later awarded Belgian Order of the |
| |(40796) | |11 Feb 1941 | |Crown (Officer) 23 May 1947. |
|113 |Pte (Retd) Alfred William Campbell |Leicesters (Retd) |BEM (Civil) |Firewatcher, Portsmouth & Gosport Gas Company |Served in Leicesters in First World War as 238016 |
|/24 | | |14 Feb 41 | |Pte A Thomas, and taken PoW. |
|114/ |Inspector Jesse Samuel Weston MM |Leicesters (Retd) |BEM (Civil) |Leicester Police Force, for bravery during and following |Previously awarded MM in 1st Leicesters in the |
|24A | | |21 Feb 1941 |an air raid in Leicester, 19/20 November 1940 |First World War. |
|115/ 24B |Gp Capt George Maxwell Lawson MC |RAF |CBE |Group Captain Operations, HQ Fighter Command, UK |Previously awarded MC in 4th Leicesters 26 Jul |
| | | |17 Mar 1941 | |1917, and later MID 2 Jun 1943. |
|116. |Lt Col Gerard Francis Hood Stayner (14723) |Leicesters |MID |DAQMG, HQ Troops Sudan & Eritrea, 1941 |No citation. Also awarded three other MIDs (22 Dec |
| | | |1 Apr 1941 | |1939 [Palestine], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], 6 Apr 1944 |
| | | | | |[ME]), OBE 30 Dec 41, CBE 14 Oct 1943, CB 13 Dec |
| | | | | |1945, and US Legion of Merit 14 May 1948. |
|117. |Maj Frederick Thomas Russell Darley (18851) |Leicesters |MID |Sudan |No citation. Later awarded OBE 14 Jun 1946 and |
| | | |1 Apr 1941 | |Legion of Merit (USA) 23 May 1947. |
|118. |Capt Frederick Cecil Drummond (39440) |Leicesters |MID |1st King’s African Rifles. Killed in action in East Africa|No citation. |
| | | |1 Apr 1941 | | |
|119. |WO1 George William Killinger (28424) |Leicesters |MID |RSM, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1939-40 |No citation. |
| | | |1 Apr 1941 | | |
|120. |WO2 Matthew Clive Bush |Leicesters |MID |RQMS, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1939-40 |No citation. Later awarded MSM 23 Jun 1952. |
| |(4849604) | |1 Apr 1941 | | |
|121. |WO2 Thomas Perry |Leicesters |MID |CSM, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1939-40 |No citation. |
| |(4854296) | |1 Apr 1941 | | |
|122. |Cpl Sidney Overton |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1939-40 |No citation. |
| |(4855582) | |1 Apr 1941 | | |
|123/ |Capt Roger Barratt |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 1/5th Leicesters, Tretten, Norway, 23 Apr 1940. |Later awarded MBE Italy 20 Sep 1945, and US Medal |
|25. |(86894) |(TA) |4 Apr 1941 | |of Freedom |
| | | | | |18 Jul 1947. |
|124/ |Capt James Ford Smith |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, April 1940. | |
|26. |(62076) | |4 Apr 1941 |Killed in Action 23 Apr 1940 | |
|125/ |WO3 Charles Joseph Rowlinson (4856947) |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Tretten, Norway, 23 |Also awarded Norwegian MC w sword 4 Aug 1942 for |
|27. | | |4 Apr 1941 |Apr 1940. |same action. |
|126/ |Maj Anthony Leslie Novis |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, | |
|28. |(41309) | |25 Apr 1941 |10 Dec 1940 | |
|127/ |Lt John William Bryan |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, 10| |
|29. |(137792) | |25 Apr 1941 |Dec 1940 | |
|128/ |Cpl Thomas Smith Richardson |Leicesters |DCM |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, 10| |
|30. |(4854736) | |25 Apr 1941 |Dec 1940 | |
|129/ |WO3 Leslie Ernest Hollis |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, 10| |
|31. |(4855494) | |25 Apr 1941 |Dec 1940 | |
|130/ |Cpl John George Denby |Leicesters |MM |Anti-Tank Gun NCO, 2nd Leicesters, Sidi Barrani, Libya, 10|Later KIA in Syria in Jul 1941. |
|32. |(4856058) | |25 Apr 1941 |Dec 1940 | |
|131. |CSgt Bernard Andrews |Leicesters |BEM |Orderly Room Sgt, Infantry Training Centre, Leicester |No citation. |
| |(4861562) | |1 Jul 1941 | | |
|132. |Lt Col Cecil Herbert Vaughan |Leicesters |MID |CO, 1st Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1917 and three |
| |Cox MC (8410) | |8 Jul 1941 | |MIDs in First World War and MID 25 Oct 1940, and |
| | | | | |later MID 30 Dec 1941, and DSO 30 Dec 1941. |
|133. |Capt Donald Stapeleton Carden (70489) |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No citation. Later awarded CBE 1 Jan 1969. |
| | | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|134. |Capt John Horace Marriott MC (67122) |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 15 Sep 1939, |
| | | |8 Jul 1941 | |and later MID 30 Dec 1941 and 26 Apr 1945. |
|135. |2Lt Reginald Paul Chalmers |Leicesters |MID |Intelligence Officer, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940|No Citation. |
| |(117639) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|136. |2Lt William Edward Peck |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(117319) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|137. |WO2 Francis John Henry Shardlow (551217) |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| | | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|138. |Sgt Jack Douglas Truluck |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4857222) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|139. |Sgt Denis Patrick Gallagher |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. Later awarded MID as POW 29 Aug 1946.|
| |(4854237) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|140. |Cpl C Davidson |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4856121) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|141. |Cpl Harold Richardson |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4856061) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|142. |LCpl John Chidley |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4858783) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|143. |LCpl Frank Fox |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. Later awarded MM |
| |(4858473) | |8 Jul 1941 | |4 Jan 1945. |
|144. |Pte John Arthur Barker |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4858563) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|145. |Pte William Alfred King |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4857054) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|146. |Pte Frederick James Wright |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Western Desert, 1940 |No Citation. |
| |(4856571) | |8 Jul 1941 | | |
|147/ |WO1 Lewis Legertwood Legg Tevendale (2873628) |Gordon Highlanders |DCM |Action in Special Service Brigade, Litani River, Syria, |Later served as a Major in 2nd Leicesters 1943-44. |
|32A | | |21 Oct 1941 |9/10 Jun 1941 | |
|148/ |Maj Alan William Delaforce Nicholls (62873) |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Heraklion, Crete, |Previously awarded MID 22 Dec 1939, and later Order|
|33. | | |4 Nov 1941 |May-Jun 1941 |of El Istiqlal (Jordan) 1954 and OBE 20 Sep 1958. |
|149/ |Cpl Sydney Markham |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Heraklion, Crete, 20-25| |
|34. |(4855786) | |4 Nov 1941 |May 1941 | |
|150/ |Lt Col Cecil Herbert Vaughan |Leicesters |DSO |CO, 2nd Leicesters, Crete, May-June 1941 |Previously awarded MC 1917 and three MIDs in First |
|35A&B. |Cox MC (8410) | |30 Dec 1941 | |World War, and awarded MID as CO 1st Leicesters in |
| | | | | |Waziristan 25 Oct 1940, and in Syria 8 Jul 1941. |
| | | | | |Same day awarded MID. |
|151/ |Lt Col Gerard Francis Hood Stayner (14723) |Leicesters |OBE |DAQMG, HQ Troops Sudan & Eritrea, 1941 |Also awarded four MIDs (22 Dec 1939 [Palestine], 1 |
|36. | | |30 Dec 41 | |Apr 1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], 4 Apr 1944 [ME]), |
| | | | | |CBE 14 Oct 1943, CB 18 Dec 1945, and US Legion of |
| | | | | |Merit 14 May 1948. |
|152/ |Lt (QM) Horace Arthur Geoffrey Havilland (113069)|Leicesters |MBE |MTO/QM, 2nd Leicesters, Egypt/ Crete/Syria, Dec 1940-Aug |Previously awarded MID 15 Sep 1939 and later 26 Apr|
|37 | | |30 Dec 1941 |1941 |1945, and OBE 2 Jan 1956. |
|153/ |Sgt John Thomas Howes |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant/Commander, 2nd Leicesters, | |
|38. |(4799251) | |30 Dec 1941 |Egypt/Crete/Syria, Dec 1940-Aug 1941. | |
|154/ |Sgt William Hennifer |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2nd Leicesters, Egypt/Crete/Syria, Dec |Also awarded MID same day. |
|39. |(4855177) | |30 Dec 1941 |1940-Jul 1941. | |
|155. |Col Mark Kingsley Wardle DSO MC (512) |Leicesters |MID |CO, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Cairo, Egypt |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 26 Jul 1918, |
| | | |30 Dec 1941 | |MC, and MID 20 Dec 1918, and MID 15 Sep 1939. |
|156. |Lt Col Cecil Herbert Vaughan |Leicesters |MID |CO, 2nd Leicesters, Crete, May-June 1941 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 1917 and three |
| |Cox DSO MC (8410) | |30 Dec 1941 | |MIDs in First World War, and MID as CO 1st |
| | | | | |Leicesters in Waziristan 25 Oct 1940, and in Syria |
| | | | | |8 Jul 1941. Same day awarded DSO. |
|157. |Maj John Mylles Serjeantson |Leicesters |MID |2IC, 2nd Leicesters, Crete, May-Jun 1941 |No citation. Previously awarded MID 26 Jul 1940. |
| |(39490) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|158. |Capt John Horace Marriott MC (67122) |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. Previously awarded MC 15 Sep 1939 and|
| | | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 |MID 8 Jul 1941, and later MID 26 Apr 1945. |
|159. |Lt Keith Hamilton Gordon |Leicesters |MID |2nd Leicesters, Tobruk, 1941 |No citation. |
| |(130788) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|160/ |WO1 George Edward William Harvey (4855292) |Leicesters |MID |RQMS, 1st Bn Nigeria Regiment, Madagascar, Feb-Mar 1941 |Later awarded MBE 17 Jan 1946. |
|40. | | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|161. |WO2 D J Downey |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, Jul 1941 |No citation. |
| |(6976331) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|162. |WO2 George Thomas Hollins |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Leicesters, Crete, 1941 |No citation. Previously awarded MM 8 Sep 1939. |
| |MM (4851979) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|163. |Sgt John Robert Hayden |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Tobruk, 1941 |No citation. |
| |(4910705) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|164. |Sgt William Hennifer MM |Leicesters |MID |Stretcherbearer, 2nd Leicesters, Egypt/Crete/Syria, Dec |No citation. Also awarded MM same day. |
| |(4855177) | |30 Dec 1941 |1940-Jul 1941. | |
|165. |Sgt F S Oakey |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Tobruk, 1941 |No citation. |
| |(4855544) | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|166. |Cpl Albert William Bushell |Leicesters |MID |Driver, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4972485) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|167. |Cpl Joseph Thomas Gumbrecht (4857389) |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, Jul 1941 |No citation. |
| | | |30 Dec 1941 | | |
|168. |Pte John Thomas Ankers |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4855188) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|169. |Pte John Athersmith |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(50445696) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|170. |Pte John Robert Barnes |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4861661) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|171. |Pte Jack Baylay |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria |No citation. |
| |(4856124) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|172. |Pte Albert Edward Brook |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4861723) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|173. |Pte Joseph Richard Fisher |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4857726) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|174. |Pte Thomas William Flowers |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4856031) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|175. |Pte Norman Dennis Fowkes |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4858756) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|176. |Pte John Hurst Heath |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4860411) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|177. |Pte Joseph Hoey |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4858582) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|178. |Pte Maurice Hoff |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4856627) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|179. |Pte Arthur Palfreeman |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4861692) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|180. |Pte Cyril George Peperdy (4857875) |Leicesters |MID |Despatch Rider, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| | | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|181. |Pte Peter Louis Podesta |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4861696) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|182. |Pte Frederick Arthur Thorpe |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, |No citation. |
| |(4855998) | |30 Dec 1941 |Jul 1941 | |
|183. |Col Reginald Strelley |Leicesters |CBE |Fortress Commander, Ceylon, 1939-42 |No citation. Previously awarded OBE 29 Apr 1932. |
| |Moresby White OBE (26104) | |1 Jan 1942 | | |
|184. |Maj Arthur Percival Marsh TD |Leicesters |OBE |OC, Melton Mowbray Coy, 6th (Quorn) Bn TheLeicestershire |No citation. Previously served in 1/5t h |
| | | |1 Jan 1942 |Home Guard 1940-41 |Leicesters 1908-24 and awarded TD 8 Apr 1924. |
|185/ |2Lt Timothy Biron |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, Jun/Jul 1941 | |
|41. |(190296) | |12 Feb 1942 | | |
|186/ |Pte William Allison |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2nd Leicesters, Syria, 11 Jul 1941. | |
|42. |(4858571) | |12 Feb 1942 | | |
|187/ |Pte Percy Illingworth |Leicesters |MM |Machine Gunner, 2nd Leicesters, Dinas, Syria, 10-11 Jul | |
|43. |(4863359) | |12 Feb 1942 |1941. | |
|188/ |2Lt Edgar Melvill Dane Vanderspar (190324) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Tobruk, Libya, 25/26 |Later awarded Bar to MC 26 Apr 1945. |
|44. | | |24 Feb 1942 |Nov 1941. | |
|189/ |Pte Albert John Griffiths |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Tobruk, Libya, 25/26 Nov 1941. | |
|45. |(4914694) | |24 Feb 1942 | | |
|190/ |2Lt Francis Gilbert MacAskie |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Crete, and PoW Escaper,|Later awarded Bar to MC 23 Mar 1944. |
|46. |(121772) | |26 Mar 1942 |Greece 1941-42 | |
|191. |Lt Col Colin Willoughby Baker DSO MC (136060) |Leicesters |OBE |Middle East, Jul-Oct 1941 |No citation. Previously awarded MC in First World |
| | | |11 Jun 1942 | |War and DSO 3 Jun 1919. |
|192. |Flt Lt (Retd) Lambert Eardley-Wilmot |RAF (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Regional Officer, Grade 1, Ministry of Home Security |No citation. Served in 2nd Leicesters 1915, and |
| | | |11 Jun 1942 | |RFC/RAF in WW1. |
|193. |Lt Col Gerard Francis Hood Stayner OBE (14723) |Leicesters |MID |Staff Officer, Middle East |No citation. Also awarded three other MIDs (22 Dec |
| | | |30 Jun 1942 | |1939 [Palestine], 1 Apr 1941 [ME], 6 Apr 1944 |
| | | | | |[ME]), OBE 30 Dec 1941, CBE 14 Oct 1943, CB 18 Dec |
| | | | | |1945, and US Legion of Merit 14 May 1948. |
|194. |Capt Peter Terrey Wykes |Royal Artillery |MID |Pilot in Air OP squadron, for "gallant and distinguished |No citation. Previously Served in 44th AA Bn RE |
| |(85197) | |9 Jul 1942 |services during air operations while attached to the RAF".|(TA) 1939-41. |
|195/ |Lt Reginald George Coleman |Leicesters |MC w sword |Intelligence Officer, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, |Also awarded MID for same action 20 Dec 1940. |
|47. |(76062) | |(Norway) |Norway, 21 Apr 1940. | |
| | | |11 Aug 1942 | | |
|196/ |WO3 Charles Joseph Rowlinson (4856947) |Leicesters |MC w sword (Norway) |Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Tretten, Norway, 23 |Also awarded MID 4 Apr 1941 for same action. |
|48. | | |11 Aug 1942 |Apr 1940. | |
|197/ |Cpl Albert Neal |Leicesters |MC w sword (Norway) |Section Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr |Also awarded MID 20 Dec 40 for same action. |
|49. |(4848076) | |11 Aug 1942 |1940 | |
|198/ |Sgt Victor Forrister |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander/Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, | |
|50. |(4854054) | |9 Sep 1942 |Egypt/Crete/Syria/ Tobruk, Dec 1940-Dec 1941. | |
|199. |WO2 Arthur Swinburn |Leicesters |MID |Special Forces Troops in the Middle East, Nov 41-Apr 42 |No citation. Served 1st and 2nd Leicesters |
| |(4855159) | |15 Dec 1942 | |1928-39. Later awarded DCM 13 Sep 1945. |
|200. |Sgt C T A Page |Leicesters |MID |Signals Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Middle East, Nov 41-Apr |No citation. |
| |(6019484) | |15 Dec 1942 |42 | |
|201. |Cpl Albert James Smith |Leicesters |MID |Special Forces in the Middle East |No citation. |
| |(4863044) | |15 Dec 1942 |Nov 41-Apr 42 | |
|202. |Lt (Retd) Thomas Percival Creed MC |Leicesters (Retd) |CBE (Civil) |Legal Secretary to the Sudan Government |No citation. Previously awarded the MC in 1/5th |
| | | |1 Jan 1943 | |Leicesters 2 Mar 1917, Order of the Nile 20 Oct |
| | | | | |1939, and later KBE 1 Jan 1946. |
|203. |Rev (CF3) Herbert Cecil Davies MC (45456) |RAChD |MBE |Senior Staff Chaplain to the Chaplain General, The War |No citation. Previously awarded MC as 2Lt in 1/5th|
| | | |1 Jan 1943 |Office |Leicesters (TF) 2 Apr 1919. |
|204. |WO2 Edward Douglas Tidd |Leicesters |MBE |ORQMS, 1/5th Leicesters, Northern Ireland and Kent |No citation. |
| |(4850686) | |1 Jan 1943 | | |
|205/ |Maj Walter Johnston Armstrong (38509) |13th Frontier Force |MBE |GSO2, HQ 10th Army, Iraq, 1942 |Previously served Leicesters 1928-35 and rejoined |
|51. | |Rifles |14 Jan 1943 | |1947. |
|206/ |Lt Richard O’Brien |Sherwood Foresters |MC |Platoon Commander, 14th Foresters, Libya, 2 Nov 1942 |Later awarded Bar to MC in same unit on 20 Jul |
|52. |(177794) | |28 Jan 1943 | |1944, and DSO in 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 10 May |
| | | | | |1945. Later knighted 31 Dec 1979. |
|207/ |Lt Charles Peter Dumenil |Leicesters (TA) |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Sedjenane, Tunisia, | |
|53. |(224636) | |8 Apr 1943 |10 Feb 1943 | |
|208/ |Pte Leonard Arthur Jones |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Sedjenane, Tunisia, 10 Feb | |
|54. |(4862721) | |8 Apr 1943 |1943 | |
|209/ |Maj Matthew Anthony Leonard Cripps (56476) |Leicesters |DSO |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Montaigne Farm, |Later awarded CBE (Civil) 1 Jan 1971. |
|55. | | |22 Apr 1943 |Tunisia, 26 Feb-6 Mar 1943 | |
|210/ |Lt Robert Wyndham Pearce |South Staffs |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Montaigne Farm, |Later awarded MID 23 Sep 1943 and Bar to MC 31 Aug |
|56. |(200278) | |22 Apr 1943 |Tunisia, 26 Feb-6 Mar 1943 |1944. |
|211/ |Sgt Nicholas French |R Warwick |MM |MMG Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Thala, Tunisia, |Later awarded Bar to MM 1 Mar 1945. |
|57. |(4265478) | |22 Apr 1943 |21/22 Feb 1943 | |
|212/ |Pte Walter Thomas Pinchess |Leicesters |MM |Company Signaller, 2/5th Leicesters, Montaigne Farm, | |
|58. |(4860973) | |22 Apr 1943 |Tunisia, 26 Feb-6 Mar 1943 | |
|213/ |Lt Jeffrey Gordon Lockett |Seaforth Highlanders |Royal Humane Society |Rescuing a man in imminent danger of drowning in the River|Awarded MC 5 Aug 1943. Later served 7th Leicesters |
|58A. |(149534) | |testimonial on vellum |Sunar, Patharia, Central Provinces, India, 27 Jul 1942 |1943-44. and awarded DSO 26 Apr 1945, and MID 5 Dec|
| | | |11 May 1943 | |1946. |
|214/ |Lt Col Douglas Anthony Kendrew (44766) |Leicesters |DSO |CO, 6th York & Lancs, Sedjanene, Tunisia, 29/30 Mar 1943 |Later awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, Bar to DSO 13 Jan |
|59. | | |1 Jun 1943 | |1944, Second Bar 4 May 1944 and Third Bar 8 Dec |
| | | | | |1953 (Korea), CBE 21 Dec 1944, CB 1 Jan 1958, KCMG |
| | | | | |12 Jul 1963. |
|215. |Air Cdre George Maxwell Lawson CBE MC |RAF |MID |Air Officer Commanding, 242 Group RAF, North West Africa, |Previously awarded MC in 4th Leicesters 26 Jul |
| | | |2 Jun 1943 |Aug 1942-Feb 1943 |1917, and in RAF the CBE 17 Mar 1941. |
|216. |Lt Col Henry Roubiliac Reignier Conder (38590) |R Norfolk |OBE |DAQMG, HQ 2nd Division, UK and India |No citation. Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 40 |
| | | |2 Jun 1943 | |(BEF); later MID 5 Apr 1945 and 9 May 1946 (Burma |
| | | | | |and India). Later trans-ferred to R Leicesters |
| | | | | |1950. |
|219. |Maj Peter Gerald Upcher |Leicesters |MID |Sudan Camel Corps, Middle East |No citation. Later awarded DSO 1 Mar 1945. |
| |(52081) | |24 Jun 1943 | | |
|218. |CSgt Charles Starling |Leicesters |MID |CQMS, Middle East |No citation. |
| |(4857759) | |24 Jun 1943 | | |
|219/ |Brig Harold Senhouse Pinder OBE MC* (4293) |late Leicesters |CBE |Commander, Algiers Base, 1st Army, Algiers, 1943 |Previously awarded MC in 1918 and Bar in 1919 and |
|60. | | |5 Aug 1943 | |two MIDs in First World War, and OBE 31 Jan 1941. |
| | | | | |Later awarded MID 9 Aug 1945. |
|220/ |Lt Jeffrey Gordon Lockett |Seaforth Highlanders |MC |OC Commando Squad, 3 Colm (Chindits), 77 Ind Inf Bde Gp, |Previously awarded Royal Humane Society testimonial|
|61. |(149534) | |5 Aug 1943 |Burma, 1943 |on vellum 11 May 1943. Later served 7th Leicesters |
| | | | | |1943-44 and awarded DSO 26 Apr 1945, and MID 5 Dec |
| | | | | |1946. |
|221/ |Lt Col Edward Askey Wood |Leicesters |OBE |DAA&QMG, HQ Constantine Area, Algeria, Nov 1942-Mar 1943 |Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 1940. |
|62. |(17121) | |16 Sep 1943 | | |
|222. |Lt Col Douglas Anthony Kendrew DSO (44766) |Leicesters |MID |CO, 6th York & Lancs, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 1 Jun 1943, and|
| | | |23 Sep 1943 | |later Bar 13 Jan 1944, Second Bar 4 May 1944 and |
| | | | | |Third Bar 8 Dec 1953 (Korea), CBE 21 Dec 1944, CB 1|
| | | | | |Jan 1958, KCMG 12 Jul 1963. |
|223. |Lt Col Gerald Ernest Thubron |N Staffs |MID |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, 1st Army, Algeria/Tunisia |Later awarded OBE 21 Dec 1944 and DSO 28 Jun 1945. |
| |(28077) | |23 Sep 1943 | |Later transferred to R Leicesters in Jul 1946. |
|224/ |Sgt Herden James Scott |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st Bn Parachute Regt, Bon Halaufa, | |
|63. |(6458727) | |23 Sep 1943 |Tunisia, 23/24 Nov 1942 | |
|225. |Maj John Cassie |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. Later awarded MC, 2/5th Leicesters, |
| |(200785) | |23 Sep 1943 | |Calabritto, Italy 5 Dec 1943. |
|226. |Capt Charles Frederick Buick Pyper (151601) |Leicesters |MID |Company 2IC, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| | | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|227. |Lt John David Berry |Leicesters |MID |Anti-Tank Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Montaigne |No citation. |
| |(187009) | |23 Sep 1943 |Farm, Tunisia, 28 Feb-4 Mar 1943 | |
|228. |Lt Wilfrid Austin Bray |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(242740) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|229. |Lt David Stewart Bush |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(235675) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|230. |Lt Robert Wyndham Pearce MC (200278) |South Staffs |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. Previously awarded MC in 2/5th |
| | | |23 Sep 1943 | |Leicesters, Tunisia, 22 Apr 1943 and later Bar to |
| | | | | |MC 31 Aug 1944. |
|231. |WO2 Harry Thomas Cook |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(4854722) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|232. |WO2 Sidney Whiteside Fenton |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(6007806) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|233. |Sgt Leslie Biderman |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943. |No citation. |
| |(4750571) | |23 Sep 1943 |Killed in action 10 Feb 43 | |
|234. |Cpl Gordon Edward Ebery |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(4862849) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|235. |LCpl John Thomas Woods |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943. Killed in |No citation. |
| |(4860998) | |23 Sep 1943 |action 13 Mar 1943. | |
|236. |Pte Martin Timothy Wood |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, 1943 |No citation. |
| |(4868790) | |23 Sep 1943 | | |
|237. |Pte Herbert Ernest Fletcher |RASC |MID |Driver in 260 Motor Ambulance Convoy RASC in Tunisia |No citation. Previously served in 2nd and 1st |
| |(4864375) | |8 Oct 1943 | |Leicesters 1927-39. Also awarded the Croix de |
| | | | | |Guerre (Fr). |
|238. |Pte Herbert Ernest Fletcher |RASC |Croix de Guerre (Fr) |Driver in 260 Motor Ambulance Convoy RASC in Tunisia, |No citation. Previously served in 2nd and 1st |
| |(4864375) | |DD Oct 1943 |saving the life of a French officer |Leicesters 1927-39. Also awarded MID 8 Oct 1943. |
|239/ |Brig Gerard Francis Hood Stayner OBE (14723) |Leicesters |CBE |DA & QMG, HQ Malta Command, |Also awarded four MIDs (22 Dec 1939 [Palestine], 1 |
|64. | | |13 Oct 1943 |1942-43 |Apr 1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], 6 Apr 1944 [ME]), |
| | | | | |OBE 30 Dec 41, CB 13 Dec 1945, and US Legion of |
| | | | | |Merit 14 May 1948. |
|240/ |Col John Thomson McOuat |RAMC (TA) |OBE |Senior Medical Officer, HQ Sousse Area, Tunisia |Previously RMO 5th Leicesters (TA) 1931-39. Later |
|65. |(36018) | |11 Nov 1943 | |awarded MID 11 Jan 1945. |
|241/ |Maj Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale MC (69129) |Leicesters |DSO |Company Commander, 2nd Bn Parachute Regt, Sicily, 13/14 |Previously awarded MC when Platoon Commander, 1st |
|66. | | |23 Dec 1943 |July 1943 |Leices-ters, in action in Waziristan 14 Nov 1939 |
| | | | | |(LG 25 Oct 1940); later awarded Bar to DSO (Arnhem)|
| | | | | |9 Nov 1944. |
|242. |WO2 (Retd) Charles Henry Yeomans (2686) |Leicesters (Retd) |MSM |Service to The Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| | | |1943 | | |
|243. |Brig-Gen (Retd) Sir Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC |RE (Retd) |KCVO |Chairman, Railway Air Services, Great Britain, 1934-44 |No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters |
| |FRS | |1 Jan 1944 | |1914-15. Previous-ly awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 |
| | | | | |Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919, an |
| | | | | |Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920, FRS 6 May 1926, and|
| | | | | |Knighthood 1 Jan 1928. Later awarded GCVO 1 Jan |
| | | | | |1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967. |
|244. |Col (Retd) Ernest Clive Atkins DL |Leicesters (TA) (Retd)|CB (civil) |Chairman, TA Association of Leicestershire 1938-44 |No citation. |
| | | |1 Jan 1944 | | |
|245/ |Gp Capt Walter Carandini Wilson DSO* OBE MC |RAF |CBE |Senior Training Staff Officer, HQ 54 Group, Flying |Previously served in Leicesters 1907-24. Previously|
|66A. |(77141) | |1 Jan 1944 |Training Command RAF, England |awarded DSO 25 Sep 1915 and Bar to DSO 1917, and |
| | | | | |OBE, MC and five MIDs in First World War, and Medal|
| | | | | |of Honour (France) 3 Dec 1920. |
|246. |Rev (CF3) Richard John Forrester Mayston (69554) |RAChD |MBE |Staff Chaplain to the Chaplain General, The War Office |No citation. Previously served as Chaplain in 2nd |
| | | |1 Jan 1944 | |Leicesters in Palestine 1938-39. Later MID 19 Sep |
| | | | | |46 (Burma) and CBE 2 Jan 1956. |
|247. |Capt Arthur Southey Allan |Leicesters |MBE |Refugee Unit in the Middle East. |No citation. |
| |(124758) | |1 Jan 1944 | | |
|248. |Sgt Ernest Sharpe |Leicesters |BEM |1/5th Leicesters, Wrotham, Kent |No citation. |
| |(4857440) | |1 Jan 1944 | | |
|249/ |Lt Col Douglas Anthony Kendrew DSO (44766) |Leicesters |Bar to DSO |CO, 6th York & Lancs, Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943 |Also awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, DSO 1 Jun 1943, |
|67. | | |13 Jan 1944 | |Second Bar 4 May 1944 and Third Bar 8 Dec 1953 |
| | | | | |(Korea), CBE 21 Dec 1944, CB 1 Jan 1958, and KCMG |
| | | | | |12 Jul 1963. |
|250/ |Maj Michael Moore |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy, 10-14| |
|68. |(63764) |(TA) |13 Jan 1944 |Sep 1943 | |
|251./ |Maj Richard Ernest Harding Ward (89628) |Leicesters (TA) |MC |CO, 5th Hampshires, Cava, Salerno, Italy, 25-28 Sep 1943 | |
|68A | | |13 Jan 1944 | | |
|252/ |Pte Frederick Charles Lingfield |Leicesters |MM |Company Runner, C Coy, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy, | |
|69. |(5117353) | |13 Jan 1944 |16 Sep 1943 | |
|253/ |Pte Thomas William Tams |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy, 10-14 | |
|70. |(4861239) | |13 Jan 1944 |Sep 1943 | |
|254/ |Pte John Henry Warwick |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Runner, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy, 10-14 | |
|71. |(14274312) | |13 Jan 1944 |Sep 1943 | |
|255/ |Pte Joseph Ronald Wood |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy,10-14 | |
|72. |(4866225) | |13 Jan 1944 |Sep 1943 | |
|256. |Maj Vere Carrington Willis |Leicesters |MID |Middle East |No citation. |
| |(46325) | |13 Jan 1944 | | |
|257. |Capt Charles Wortley |Leicesters |MID |Middle East |No citation. Later awarded MID 29 Nov 45 and MBE |
| |(134351) | |13 Jan 1944 | |13 Dec 1945. |
|258. |CSgt L C Lusted |Leicesters |MID |CQMS, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. |
| |(6023728) | |13 Jan 1944 | | |
|259. |Cpl William Henry Martin |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. |
| |(4858234) | |13 Jan 1944 | | |
|260/ |Lt Col Samuel Enderby MC |Royal North-umberland |DSO |CO, 2/5th Leicesters, Calabritto, Italy, 1-7 Dec 1943 |Previously awarded MC 15 Sep 1939 and later CVO 11 |
|73. |(39320) |Fusiliers |24 Feb 1944 | |Jun 1977. |
|261/ |Maj John Cassie |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Calabritto, Italy, |Previously awarded MID |
|74. |(200785) | |24 Feb 1944 |5 Dec 1943 |23 Sep 1943. |
|262/ |Lt John Charles Buchan Ellis |Worcesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, River Volturno, | |
|75. |(201441) | |24 Feb 1944 |Italy, 9-13 Oct 1943 | |
|263/ |LCpl Robert Blower Dickings |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2/5th Leicesters, Calabritto, Italy, 6 | |
|76. |(4855128) | |24 Feb 1944 |Dec 1943 | |
|264/ |Cpl John Arthur Hurt |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Volturno River, |Later awarded Bar to MC on 9 Mar 1944. Killed in |
|77. |(4856613) | |24 Feb 1944 |Italy, 16 Oct 1943 |Action 12 Feb 1944. |
|265/ |Sgt Percy Priestley Clements |Leicesters |DCM |Parachute Regt. POW Italy 1941-43 |Later awarded MC 12 Apr 1945, and MM 20 Jun 1946 |
|78. |(2564415) | |2 Mar 1944 | |(for work on Special Operations Feb 1941). |
|266/ |Sgt John Arthur Hurt MM |Leicesters |Bar to MM |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Calabritto, Italy, |Previously awarded MM 24 Feb 1944. Killed in |
|79. |(4856613) | |9 Mar 1944 |1-4 Dec 1943 |Action 12 Feb 1944. |
|267. |Capt Francis Gilbert MacAskie MC (121772) |Leicesters |Bar to MC |Special Ops, Middle East |No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Mar 1942. |
| | | |23 Mar 1944 | | |
|268/ |Capt Cedric Ellis George Yates |Leicesters |MBE |Camp Commander, Advance HQ 15 Army Group, North | |
|80. |(130460) | |23 Mar 1944 |Africa/Sicily, 1943 | |
|269. |2Lt Hardress de Warenne Waller (EC 5901 I.A.) |13th Frontier Force |MID |Not known |No citation. Later served in R Leicesters |
| | |Rifles |23 Mar 1944 | |1946-49. |
|270. |Lt Col Gerard Francis Hood Stayner CBE (14723) |Leicesters |MID |Staff Officer, Middle East |No citation. Also previously awarded three other |
| | | |6 Apr 1944 | |MIDs (22 Dec 1939 [Palestine], 1 Apr 1941 [ME], 30 |
| | | | | |Jun 1942 [ME]), OBE 30 Dec 1941, and CBE 14 Oct |
| | | | | |1943, and later CB 18 Dec 1945 and US Legion of |
| | | | | |Merit 14 May 1948. |
|271/ |Lt Col Douglas Anthony Kendrew DSO* (44766) |Leicesters |Second Bar to DSO 4 May 1944 |CO, 6th York & Lancs, south of Cassino, Italy, 5 Jan 1944 |Also awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, DSO 1 Jun 1943, Bar |
|81. | | | | |13 Jan 1944, and Third Bar 8 Dec 1953 (Korea), CBE |
| | | | | |21 Dec 1944, CB 1 Jan 1958, and KCMG 12 Jul 1963. |
|272. |LSgt Bryan J Hammond |Leicesters |Medal for Valour (USSR) |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. Later awarded MID |
| |(4856712) | |May 1944 | |24 Aug 1944. |
|273. |Brig Cecil Bernard Simpson Morley TD (32368) |late RA (TA) |CBE |Commander, Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA, Great Britain |No citation. Previously served 4th Leicesters (TA) |
| | | |8 Jun 1944 | |1925-38. |
|274/ |CSgt Nathaniel Berry |Leicesters |BEM |CQMS, 8th and 1st Leicesters, England, 1940-44 | |
|82. |(4852506) | |8 Jun 1944 | | |
|275/ |Sgt Douglas William Marshall |Leicesters |BEM |Pioneer Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, England, 1942-44 | |
|83. |(4861420) | |8 Jun 1944 | | |
|276/ |Sgt Ernest Sowter |Sherwood Foresters |MM |Medical Sergeant, 2nd Foresters, Anzio, Italy, 4 Feb 1944|Later served 4/5th R Leicesters (TA) 1955-67. |
|84. |(4974467) | |15 Jun 1944 | | |
|277. |Maj-Gen Richard Nelson Gale OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |Legion of Merit (Officer) |Director of Air, The War Office, and General Officer |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| | |Fus-iliers |(USA) |Commanding, 6th Airborne Division 1942-1944 |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | |20 Jun 1944 | |Corps, and OBE 11 Jul 1940. Later awarded DSO 31 |
| | | | | |Aug 1944, two MIDs, CB 2 Aug 1945, KBE 8 Jun 1950, |
| | | | | |KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and four other |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|278/ |Lt Col Claude John Wilkinson |R Norfolk |DSO |CO, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), Indaw, Burma, 26-30 Mar | |
|85. |(23812) | |22 Jun 1944 |1944 | |
|279/ |Lt Col Kenneth Ferguson May (15338) |Essex |OBE |Captured at El Alamein, Egypt, in Jul 1942 while CO 2/5th |Later CO 1/5th Leicesters 1944-46. |
|86. | | |29 Jun 1944 |Essex. After 14 months as a POW, escaped from Italy | |
|280/ |Lt Richard O’Brien MC |Sherwood Foresters |Bar to MC |Company 2IC, 14th Foresters, Anzio, Italy, 15 Mar 1944 |Previously awarded MC in same unit in Libya on 28 |
|87. |(177794) | |20 Jul 1944 | |Jan 1943, and later the DSO in 2/5th Leicesters 10 |
| | | | | |May 1945, and knighted 31 Dec 1979. |
|281/ |Lt Stanley Joseph Smith |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 17 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), | |
|88. |(203005) | |27 Jul 1944 |Auktaw, Burma, | |
| | | | |26 Mar 1944 | |
|282/ |Sgt Joseph Thomas Chandler |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Sergeant/Commander, 71 Column, 2nd Leicesters | |
|89. |(4861085) | |27 Jul 1944 |(Chindits), Inwa/Mawlu, Burma, 27 Mar & 12 Apr 1944 | |
|283. |Maj Frederick Lawrence Martin (36718) |South Staffs |MID |Staff Officer, Italy |No citation. CO 2/5th Leicesters Apr-Jun 1944. |
| | | |24 Aug 1944 | |Later awarded MID 11 Jan 1945, DSO 8 Feb 1945 and |
| | | | | |Legion of Merit (USA) 30 Oct 1953. |
|284. |Lt Edward Laurence Trotter |Black Watch |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. Later awarded MC 21 Dec 1944. |
| |(254949) | |24 Aug 1944 | | |
|285. |LSgt Bryan J Hammond |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. Previously awarded Soviet Medal for |
| |(4856712) | |24 Aug 1944 | |Valour. |
|286/ |Maj-Gen Richard Nelson Gale OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |DSO |General Officer Commanding, 6th Airborne Division, |Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters 1940-41. Previously |
|90. | |Fus-iliers |31 Aug 1944 |Breville, France, |awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG Corps, OBE 11 Jul |
| | | | |12 Jun 1944 |1940, and Legion of Merit (USA) 20 Jun 1944. Later |
| | | | | |awarded two MIDs, CB 2 Aug 1945, KBE 8 Jun 1950, |
| | | | | |KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and four other |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|287/ |Lt Robert Wyndham Pearce MC (200278) |South Staffs |Bar to MC |Platoon Commander, 1st South Lancs, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944 |Previously awarded MC in 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia,|
|90A | | |31 Aug 1944 | |22 Apr 1943 and MID 23 Sep 1943. |
|288/ |Sgt Herbert Eden |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Indawgyi, | |
|91. |(4861386) | |5 Oct 1944 |Burma, | |
| | | | |21 May 1944 | |
|289/ |Lt Ronald Victor Pinkham |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 4th Som LI, Italy, 4/5 Jul 1944 | |
|92. |(130790) | |19 Oct 1944 | | |
|290. |Lt William Hugh Snelling |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st R Warwick, Burma |No citation. |
| |(109505) | |19 Oct 1944 | | |
|291/ |Maj Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale DSO MC (69129) |Leicesters |Bar to DSO |Company Commander, 11th Bn Parachute Regt, Arnhem, The |Previously awarded MC as Pla-toon Commander, 1st |
|93. | | |9 Nov 1944 |Netherlands, 20-26 Sep 1944 |Leicesters, in action in Waziristan 14 Nov 1939 (LG|
| | | | | |25 Oct 1940); and DSO 23 Dec 1943. |
|292/ |Sgt John Price |Leicesters |BEM |Training NCO in England | |
|94. |(4854824) | |10 Nov 1944 | | |
|293/ |2Lt Ian Llewellyn Tibbs |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 6th South Wales Borderers, North Burma,|Later awarded MID 5 Apr 1945. |
|95. |(145881) | |16 Nov 1944 |5 Aug 1944 | |
|294. |Lt Col Charles Hamilton Martin |Leicesters |OBE |CO, 10th (Charnwood) Bn The Leicestershire Home Guard “for|No citation. |
| | |(HG) |15 Dec 1944 |inspiring leadership and efficient organisation” | |
|295. |Major E G Bolton |Leicesters (HG) |MBE |OC A Coy, 1st Rutland Bn Rutland Home Guard |No citation. |
| | | |15 Dec 1944 | | |
|296. |Major F J Fensome |Leicesters (HG) |MBE |Coy Comd, 5th (Belvoir) Bn The Leicestershire Home Guard |No citation. |
| | | |15 Dec 1944 |“for raising the standard of efficiency and training in | |
| | | | |the battalion due to his interest and enthusiasm” | |
|297. |Maj Harry Lowes Murray |Leicesters |MBE |2IC, 9th (Loughborough) Bn The Leicestershire Home Guard |No citation. |
| | | |15 Dec 1944 | | |
|298. |Sgt W H Mickleburgh |Leicesters (HG) |BEM |6th (Quorn) Bn The Leicestershire Home Guard “for good |No citation. |
| | | |15 Dec 1944 |work at the outset and for organising the local Home Guard| |
| | | | |in Houghton-on-the-Hill on the night it was bombed” | |
|299. |Sgt William Scragg |Leicesters |BEM |10th (Charnwood) Bn The Leicestershire Home Guard |No citation. |
| | | |15 Dec 1944 | | |
|300/ |Brig Douglas Anthony Kendrew DSO** (44766) |Leicesters |CBE |Commander, 128th Inf Bde, Italy, Jan-Apr 1944 |Also awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, DSO 1 Jun 1943, Bar |
|96. | | |21 Dec 1944 | |13 Jan 1944, Second Bar 4 May 1944 and Third Bar 8 |
| | | | | |Dec 1953 (Korea), CB 1 Jan 1958, and KCMG 12 Jul |
| | | | | |1963. |
|301/ |Lt Col Francis Wyld Sandars |DLI |DSO |CO, 10th DLI, Mesnil Mauger, France, 10 Aug 1944 |Later CO 1st Leicesters Sep 1944-May 1945 and |
|97. |(27399) | |21 Dec 1944 | |awarded Bar to DSO 1 Mar 1945. Also awarded |
| | | | | |Liberty Medal (Norway) 17 Oct 1946. |
|302/ |Lt Col Gerald Ernest Thubron |N Staffs |OBE |GSO1, HQ 1st Division, N Africa and Italy, 1943 |Previously awarded MID 23 Sep 1943 (1st Army), and |
|98. |(28077) | |21 Dec 1944 | |later DSO |
| | | | | |28 Jun 1945. Later transferred to R Leicesters in |
| | | | | |Jul 1946. |
|303/ |Maj Edward James O’Brien Croker (44846) |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 12th Bn Parachute Regt, Puten en Auge, |Later awarded OBE (Malaya) 21 Oct 1951. |
|99. | | |21 Dec 1944 |France, 19 Jul 1944 | |
|304/ |Maj Alfred Reeves Clark |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 13th Bn Parachute Regt, Pont L’Eveque, | |
|100. |(162409) | |21 Dec 1944 |France, 23 Aug 1944 | |
|305/ |Lt Edward Laurence Trotter |Black Watch |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Calabritto/R |Previously awarded MID Italy 24 Aug 1944. |
|101. |(254949) | |21 Dec 1944 |Carigliano, Italy, Dec 43/Jan 1944 | |
|306/ |Lt Victor Frederick William Bidgood (295903) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 | |
|102. | | |21 Dec 1944 |Sep 1944 | |
|307/ |Sgt Thomas Johnson (4855623) |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 | |
|103. | | |21 Dec 1944 |Oct 1944 | |
|308/ |Sgt Raymond Smith |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Marecchia, Italy, 6/7| |
|104. |(4868154) | |21 Dec 1944 |Feb 1944 | |
|309/ |Pte Thomas Banks |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Marecchia, Italy, 7 Feb 1944 | |
|105. |(4458440) | |21 Dec 1944 | | |
|310/ |Pte William Alec Ratcliffe |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 1st Leicesters, Ouilly Le Vicomte, | |
|106. |(4859782) | |21 Dec 1944 |France, 23 Aug 1944 | |
|311/ |Maj Arthur Edgar Pollard |Leicesters |Croix de Guerre with Vermillion|Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Vimont, France, 16 Aug |Later awarded MID 10 May 1945. |
|107. |(149284) | |Star (France) 1944 |1944 | |
|312/ |Pte Robert Smith |Leicesters |Croix de Guerre with Bronze |Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Ouilly Le Vicomte, France, 24 | |
|108. |(4976371) | |Star (France) 1944 |Aug 1944 | |
|313. |2Lt (Retd) Thomas Reuben Leonard Gibson |Leicesters (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Group Surveyor and Rescue Officer, London Heavy Rescue |No citation. Served in 1/5th Leicesters in First |
| | | |1 Jan 1945 |Service, Lewisham, England |World War. |
|314/ |Sgt William Allen |DCLI |BEM |Orderly Room Sergeant, 1st DCLI, England, 1944 |Presumed to have served in The Leicesters at some |
|109. |(5439281) | |1 Jan 1945 | |time. |
|315/ |Sgt Robert Alford Ross |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Tatlwin, | |
|110. |(3129914) | |4 Jan 1945 |Burma, | |
| | | | |12 Mar 1944 | |
|316/ |Cpl Frank Fox |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 71 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |Previously awarded MID |
|111. |(4858473) | |4 Jan 1945 |Mawlu, Burma, |8 Jul 1941. |
| | | | |12 Apr 1944 | |
|317/ |Col John Thomson McOuat OBE TD (36018) |RAMC (TA) |MID |Assistant Director Medical Services, HQ 57 Area, Italy, |Previously RMO 5th Leicesters (TA) 1931-39. |
|112. | | |11 Jan 1945 |1944 |Previously awarded OBE North Africa 11 Nov 1943. |
|318. |Maj John Hamilton Cubbon OBE (52600) |Cheshire |MID |Italy 1944 |No citation. Later CO 2/5th Leicesters Oct 1944-Apr|
| | | |11 Jan 1945 | |1945. Previously awarded OBE 7 Aug 1940, and later |
| | | | | |Distinguished Service Medal (Greece) 15 Aug 1946, R|
| | | | | |Order of King George I (Greece) 16 Jan 1948, CBE 23|
| | | | | |May 1958 and CB 2 Jun 1962. |
|319. |Maj Eric Capron |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, |No citation. |
| |(117316) | |11 Jan 1945 |29/30 Aug 1944. Killed in Action | |
|320/ |Maj Frederick Lawrence Martin (36718) |South Staffs |MID |Brigade Major, HQ 167th Inf Bde, Italy Sep-Dec 1943 |Later CO 2/5th Leicesters Apr-Jun 1944. Previously|
|113. | | |11 Jan 1945 | |awarded MID 24 Aug 1944, and later DSO 8 Feb 1945 |
| | | | | |and Legion of Merit (USA) 30 Oct 1953. |
|321. |Maj Ronald Alexander Francis Girdlestone (130457)|Leicesters |MID | 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, |No citation. |
| | | |11 Jan 1945 |1944 | |
|322. |Capt Reginald Paine |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece, 1944 |No citation. Also awarded Officer of Royal Order |
| |(190189) | |11 Jan 1945 | |of King George I (Greece) 19 Nov 1948. |
|323. |Lt John Henry Fareham (273889) |Sherwood Foresters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. Later awarded MBE 8 Dec 1953. |
| | | |11 Jan 1945 | | |
|324. |Pte Albert C Dunn |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, 29/30 Aug |No citation. |
| |(4867049) | |11 Jan 1945 |1944 | |
|325/ |Brig William Ernest Underhill (18870) |Leicesters |OBE |Commander, 102 Reinforcement Group, L of C in NW Europe in|Later awarded MID 9 Aug 1945 and 4 Apr 1946, and US|
|114. | | |1 Feb 1945 |1944 |Bronze Star 16 Jan 1948. |
|326/ |Lt Col Frederick Lawrence Martin (36718) |South Staffs |DSO |CO, 2/5th Leicesters, Gothic Line, Italy, 31 Aug 1944 |Previously awarded MID 24 Aug 1944 and 11 Jan 1945 |
|115. | | |8 Feb 1945 | |and later Legion of Merit (USA) 30 Oct 1953. |
|327/ |Maj Terence Jackson |Sherwood Foresters |MC |Company Commander, 14th Foresters, San Savino, Italy, 13 |Later served in 2/5th Leicesters, Greece 1944-45. |
|116. |(176286) | |8 Feb 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|328/ |Maj Nigel Theodore Lennan |Queen’s Royal Regt |MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, | |
|117. |(63565) | |8 Feb 1945 |29/30 Aug 1944 | |
|329/ |Lt Peter John de Appleby Moore (235672) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, | |
|118. | | |8 Feb 1945 |30/31 Aug 1944 | |
|330/ |Sgt William Leadbetter |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, 31 | |
|119. |(4105843) | |8 Feb 1945 |Aug/1 Sep 1944 | |
|331/ |Cpl Walter John Booth |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Mondaino, Italy, 30 | |
|120. |(4862815) | |8 Feb 1945 |Aug/1 Sep 1944 | |
|332/ |Cpl John William Hegg |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Monte Gross, Italy, | |
|121. |(4855391) | |8 Feb 1945 |27 Aug 1944 | |
|333/ |Pte Alexander Shiels |Leicesters |MM |Runner, 2/5th Leicesters, San Giorgio, Italy, 29 Aug 1944 | |
|122. |(3607097) | |8 Feb 1945 | | |
|334/ |Lt Col Francis Wyld Sandars DSO (27399) |DLI |Bar to DSO |CO, 1st Leicesters, Wuustwezel, Belgium, 21 Oct 1944 |Previously awarded DSO 21 Dec 1944 for work as CO |
|123. | | |1 Mar 1945 | |10th DLI, and later awarded Liberty Medal (Norway) |
| | | | | |17 Oct 1946. |
|335/ |Maj Peter Gerald Upcher |Leicesters |DSO |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 30 |Previously awarded MID 24 Jun 1943. |
|124. |(52081) | |1 Mar 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|336/ |Capt Victor William Jules Roussel (138248) |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Wuustwezel, Belgium, 21| |
|125. | | |1 Mar 1945 |Oct 1944 | |
|337/ |Lt Francis Alan Gaunt |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 30 | |
|126. |(251612) | |1 Mar 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|338/ |WO2 Walter Shaw |Leicesters |DCM |Company Sergeant Major, 2nd Lincolns, Overloon, The | |
|127. |(479610) | |1 Mar 1945 |Netherlands, 14 Oct 1944 | |
|339/ |Sgt Nicholas French MM |R Warwick |Bar to MM |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd R Warwick, Reichwald, Germany, 5-7 |Previously awarded MM 22 Apr 43 in 2/5th |
|128. |(4265478) | |1 Mar 1945 |Oct 1944 |Leicesters. |
|340/ |Sgt John Henry Corbett |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Brembosch, Belgium, 25 | |
|129. |(4862495) | |1 Mar 1945 |Oct 1944 | |
|341/ |Sgt William Irwin |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 | |
|130. |(4860761) | |1 Mar 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|342/ |LCpl William Albert Saunders |Leicesters |MM |Section 2IC, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 Sep | |
|131. |(14204510) | |1 Mar 1945 |1944 | |
|343/ |Pte Herbert Thomas Gill |Leicesters |MM |Stretcher Bearer, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 | |
|132. |(4863229) | |1 Mar 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|344/ |Pte Charles Henry Woods |Leicesters |MM |Stretcher Bearer, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 30 | |
|133. |(4860165) | |1 Mar 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|345/ |Capt Thomas Frederick Herbert Addis (247173) |Durham Light Infan-try|MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Marrechia, Italy, | |
|134. | | |8 Mar 1945 |22/23 Sep 1944 | |
|346/ |Sgt James George Johnson |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Marrechia, Italy, |Later awarded MID 19 Jul 1945. |
|135. |(5437677) | |8 Mar 1945 |22/23 Sep 1944 | |
|347/ |Sgt Robert Smith |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Marrechia, Italy, | |
|136. |(4465876) | |8 Mar 1945 |22/23 Sep 1944 | |
|348. |Maj-Gen Richard Nelson Gale DSO OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |MID |General Officer Commanding, 6th Airborne Division and 1st |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| | |Fus-iliers |22 Mar 1945 |Airborne Corps, North West Europe |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, Legion of Merit (USA) 20 |
| | | | | |Jun 1944 and DSO 31 Aug 1944. Later awarded MID, CB|
| | | | | |2 Aug 1945, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1954, and four other foreign awards. |
|349. |Pte Frank Collins |Leicesters |MID |1/5th Leicesters. POW (from Norway), shot trying to escape|No citation. |
| |(4859430) | |22 Mar 1945 | | |
|350. |Maj Colwyn Streeten Hemsley |Leicesters |MID |DAA&QMG, HQ 185th Inf Bde, France-Germany, Feb 1944-May |No citation. Later awarded MBE 24 Jan 1946. |
| |(117636) | |22 Mar 1945 |1945 | |
|351. |Maj Henry Roubiliac Reignier Conder OBE (38590) |R Norfolk |MID |CO, 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Arakan, Burma |No citation. Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 40 (BEF)|
| | | |5 Apr 1945 | |and OBE 2 Jun 1943 (GB and India), and later MID 9 |
| | | | | |May 1946 (Burma). Transferred to R Leicesters 1950.|
|352. |Capt Rowland Frederick Adnitt |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1944 |No citation. |
| |(138240) | |5 Apr 1945 | | |
|353. |Lt Douglas Alexander Anderson (258246) |Leicesters |MID |The Sierra Leone Regt, Burma, 1944 |No citation. |
| | | |5 Apr 1945 | | |
|354. |Lt David Alexander Newton Gardner (200786) |Leicesters |MID |Indian Army Ordnance Corps, Burma, 1944 |No citation. |
| | | |5 Apr 1945 | | |
|355. |2Lt Ian Llewellyn Tibbs MC |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 6th South Wales Borderers, North Burma,|No citation. Previously awarded MC 16 Nov 1944. |
| |(145881) | |5 Apr 1945 |5 Aug 1944 | |
|356. |WO2 J Eustace |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1944 |No citation. |
| |(4856823) | |5 Apr 1945 | | |
|357. |CSgt T Farrell |Leicesters |MID |CQMS, The Gambia Regt, Burma, 1944 |No citation. |
| |(4857038) | |5 Apr 1945 | | |
|358/ |Lt Percy Priestley Clements DCM (327224) |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 12th Bn Parachute Regt, Belgium, 5 Jan |Previously awarded DCM 2 Mar 1944, and later MM 20 |
|137. | | |12 Apr 1945 |1945 |Jun 1946 (for Special Operations Feb 1941). |
|359/ |Cpl Thomas Joseph Kearns |Leicesters |DCM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|138. |(5255255) | |12 Apr 1945 |Netherlands, 18 Jan 1945 | |
|360/ |Sgt David Poole |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Merxplas, Belgium, 29 | |
|139. |(5043426) | |12 Apr 1945 |Sep 1944 | |
|361/ |Cpl Hugh Mansfield |Leicesters |DCM |Carrier Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|140. |(4863900) | |12 April 1945 |Netherlands, 18/19 Jan 1945 | |
|362/ |Lt Reginald Henry John Oliver (301493) |Sherwood Foresters |MC |Platoon Commander, 5th Foresters, Italy, Apr-Aug 1944 |Served Depot R Leicesters/Fores- ter Bde 1959-62. |
|141. | | |19 Apr 1945 | | |
|363/ |Capt Terence Ignatius Michael Scully (84005) |General List |MBE |Camp Commandant and QM, Civil Affairs School Chrea, QM HQ |Served in Leicesters until commissioned in 1943. |
|142. | | |19 Apr 1945 |15th Army Group, and OC British Detachment at HQ Allied |Served in R Leicesters from 1947. |
| | | | |Control Commission, Italy 1943-44 | |
|364. |LCpl Harry Meehan |Leicesters |MID |For escaping |No citation. |
| |(6023738) | |19 Apr 1945 | | |
|365/ |Lt Col Herbert Noel Daniels |Leicesters |DSO |CO, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, 5-13 Apr 1944 | |
|143. |(67124) | |26 Apr 1945 | | |
|366/ |Maj Jeffrey Gordon Lockett MC (149534) |Seaforth Highlanders |DSO |OC 74 Column, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, May-Aug |Previously awarded Royal Humane Society testimonial|
|144. | | |26 Apr 1945 |1944 |on vellum 11 May 1943, and MC 5 Aug 1943. Later |
| | | | | |awarded MID 5 Dec 1946. |
|367/ |Capt Matthew Marshall Campbell (250651) |RAMC |MBE |Medical Officer, 47 Colm, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), |London Gazette incorrectly describes him as |
|145. | | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 |‘Malcolm Marshall Campbell’. |
|368/ |Maj Edgar Melvill Dane Vanderspar MC (190324) |Leicesters |Bar to MC |Company Commander, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Indawgki, |Previously awarded MC 24 Feb 1942. |
|146. | | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 20-22 May 1944. | |
|369/ |Maj Egbert Charles Booth |Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, | |
|147. |(31532) | |26 Apr 1945 |Apr-Aug 1944 | |
|370/ |Capt Oliver Parry Llewellyn |RAMC |MC |Medical Officer, 17 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), | |
|148. |(133678) | |26 Apr 1945 |Auktaw/Inwa, Burma 25-29 Mar 1944 | |
|371/ |Capt Francis Bertram Newbould (87917) |Northants Yeo/Burma |MC |Detachment Commander, 7th Leicesters (Chindits),Tatlwin, | |
|149. | |Rifles |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 16 Apr 1944 | |
|372/ |Sgt Ernest Stafford |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Romano Ridge , Italy, |Later KIA 22 Nov 1944. |
|150. |(4466949) | |26 Apr 1945 |19 Oct 1944 | |
|373. |Lt Col Forbes Russell Wilford |Northamptons |MID |CO (and OC 47 Column), 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, |No citation. |
| |(50597) | |26 Apr 1945 |Apr-Aug 1944 | |
|374. |Maj Horace Arthur Geoffrey Havilland MBE (113069)|Leicesters |MID |OC Echelon at Air Base, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, |No citation. Previously awarded MID 15 Sep 1939 |
| | | |26 Apr 1945 |1943-44 |and MBE 30 Dec 1941, and later OBE 2 Jan 1956. |
|375. |Maj John Horace Marriott MC (67122) |Leicesters |MID |Brigade Major, HQ 16th Indep Inf Bde (Chindits), Burma, |No citation. Previously awarded MC 15 Sep 1939, and|
| | | |26 Apr 1945 |1943-44 |MID 8 Jul 1941 and 30 Dec 1941. |
|376. |Capt Peter Coombe Harris |R Sussex |MID |Platoon Commander, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, 1944 |No citation. |
| |(153261) | |26 Apr 1945 | | |
|377. |Capt Wilfrid Rought Kinnersley (201200) |Leicesters |MID |Intelligence Officer, HQ 16th Indep Inf Bde (Chindits), |No citation. |
| | | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1943-44 | |
|378. |Capt John Royston McGregor |RAMC |MID |Medical Officer, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, 1944 |No citation. |
| |(173436) | |26 Apr 1945 | | |
|379. |Capt Richard Leigh Perkins |Border Regt |MID |Platoon Commander, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, 1944 |No citation. Later transferred to R Leicesters in |
| |(107111) | |26 Apr 1945 | |1946. |
|380. |Capt Bernard Michael Francis Samuelson (166160) |RA |MID |Intelligence Officer, 7th Leicesters (Chindits), Burma, |No citation. In 1981 became 5th Baronet Samuelson |
| | | |26 Apr 1945 |1944 |of Bodicote. Died 2008. |
|381. |Capt Alan Cecil Vivian Sheppard (220649) |Leicesters |MID |Orderly Officer, HQ 16th Indep Inf Bde (Chindits), Burma, |No citation. |
| | | |26 Apr 1945 |1943-44 | |
|382. |Lt Robert James Baggaley |Leicesters (TA) |MID |Platoon Commander, 17 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(235297) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|383. |CSgt Maurice Wilfred Brewin |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4861370) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|384. |Sgt John Chidley |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4858783) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|385. |Sgt Herbert Ramsey Cowie |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 17 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. Later awarded MM 13 Sep 1945. |
| |(4861730) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|386. |Sgt Frederick Moss |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4863669) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|387. |Sgt J H Timbrell |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(5383695) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|388. |Cpl G Brabbs |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4861605) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|389. |Cpl Leslie Edward Muggleton |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4864477) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|390. |LCpl Francis F Ward |Leicesters |MID |71 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(4858907) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|391. |Pte T Q Jones |Leicesters |MID |7th Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(3859020) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|392. |Pte W V E V Weatherley |Leicesters |MID |71 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(5342062) | |26 Apr 1945 |Burma, 1944 | |
|393. |Pte Edward Walker |Leicesters |MID |1/5th Leicesters: POW shot trying to escape |No citation. |
| |(4860127) | |26 Apr 1945 | | |
|394/ |Maj Leonard Stanley Nayler |Leicesters |MC |7th Bn Hampshire Regt, Berkhofel, Germany, 15/16 Feb 1945 | |
|151. |(162412) | |3 May 1945 | | |
|395/ |Maj Ian Heath Stock |Durham Light Infan-try|MC |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|152. |(253976) | |3 May 1945 |Netherlands, 18 Jan 1945 | |
|396/ |Lt Vernon Sidney Boyd |King’s Own Royal |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|153. |(300350) |Regi-ment |3 May 1945 |Netherlands, | |
| | | | |18-19 Jan 1945 | |
|397/ |Lt Percy Alex Gardiner |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|154. |(251256) | |3 May 1945 |Netherlands, | |
| | | | |18 Jan 1945 | |
|398/ |Sgt John Taylor |Leicesters |DCM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The | |
|155. |(14443359) | |3 May 1945 |Netherlands, | |
| | | | |18-20 Jan 1945 | |
|399/ |LCpl Basil Light |Leicesters |MM |Section 2IC, 1st Leicesters, Zetten, The Netherlands, | |
|156. |(3531037) | |3 May 1945 |18-20 Jan 1945 | |
|400/ |Maj Richard O’Brien MC* |Sherwood Foresters |DSO |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Castiglione, Italy, |Previously awarded MC in 14th Foresters 28 Jan 1943|
|157. |(177794) | |10 May 1945 |15-24 Nov 1944. |and Bar to MC 20 Jul 1944. Later knighted 31 Dec |
| | | | | |1979. |
|401/ |Maj Godfrey Frederick Walker (149441) |Sherwood Foresters |MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Piraeus, Athens, 8 | |
|158. | | |10 May 1945 |Dec 1944 | |
|402/ |Capt Robert Arthur Leigh |Royal North-umberland |MC |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Piraeus, Athens, 6 | |
|159. |(113573) |Fusiliers |10 May 1945 |Dec 1944 | |
|403/ |Lt Cyril Brooker Grant |East Surreys |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Castiglione, Italy, | |
|160. |(315387) | |10 May 1945 |21/22 Nov 1944 | |
|404/ |Lt Gordon Alfred Ryland |East Surreys |MC |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Ponticello, Italy, | |
|161. |(315388) | |10 May 1945 |22/23 Nov 1944 | |
|405/ |Sgt Harold Sibson |Leicesters |DCM |Signals Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Piraeus, Athens, 8 Dec| |
|162. |(4863949) | |10 May 1945 |1944 | |
|406/ |Cpl Raymond White |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Castiglione, Italy, | |
|163. |(4861265) | |10 May 1945 |20/21Nov 1944 | |
|407. |Pte William Jonah Pound (5125689) |AAC |MM |Rifleman, 6th Bn Parachute Regt, Greece, 1944/45 |No citation. Later transferred to R Leicesters. |
| | | |10 May 1945 | | |
|408. |Pte Henry Knott |Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Pireas, Athens, 14 Dec 1944 |No Citation. |
| |(14611989) | |10 May 1945 | | |
|409. |Maj Arthur Edgar Pollard |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, N W Europe |No citation. Previously awarded Croix de Guerre |
| |(149284) | |10 May 1945 | |with Vermillion Star 1944. |
|410. |Sgt H Hale |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4860420) | |10 May 1945 | | |
|411/ |CSgt Donald Loftus Wesson |Leicesters |MM |Intelligence Sergeant, 4th King’s African Rifles, Burma, |Later awarded MID 27 Sep 1945. |
|164. |(4860881) | |24 May 1945 |Jan 1945 | |
|412. |Maj-Gen Colin Bishop Callander MC (10503) |late Leicesters |CB |General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry Division, Greece |No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Sep 1916 in |
| | | |14 Jun 1945 | |1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, and MID 2 Oct 1940. |
| | | | | |Later awarded KBE 1 Jan 1952, and KCB 9 Jun 1955. |
|413. |Alderman (Sgt (Retd)) Frank Thraves JP |Leicesters (Retd) |CBE |Chairman of the Emergency Committee of Sheffield 1939-45 |No citation. Previously served in 2nd and 1st |
| |(2641) | |14 Jun 1945 | |Leicesters 1889-1902. |
|414. |Lt Col (Retd) Archibald Henry Buchanan-Dunlop TD |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |County Army Welfare Officer, City of Edinburgh |No citation. Commanded 1st Leicesters 1915-16. |
| | | |15 Jun 1945 | | |
|415/ |Lt Col Cecil William Bannon Orr (33737) |Duke of Wellingtons |OBE |GSO1, G3 (Operations - Greece & Yugoslavia), HQ Allied |Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, Apr-Sep |
|165. | | |15 Jun 1945 |Forces HQ, Italy, 1944-45 |1943. Later awarded US Bronze Star 28 Jan 1949. |
|416/ |Capt Charles Freeman Knighton (177626) |Leicesters |MBE |Staff Capt, GHQ 2nd Ech CMF, North Africa, Jul 1943-Dec | |
|166. | | |21 Jun 1945 |1944 | |
|417/ |Lt Col Gerald Ernest Thubron OBE (28077) |N Staffs |DSO |CO, 2nd N Staffs, North Italy, |Previously awarded MID (1st Army) 23 Sep 1943 and |
|167. | | |28 Jun 1945 |Aug-Nov 1944 |OBE (Italy) 21 Dec 1944. Later trans-ferred to R |
| | | | | |Leicesters in Jul 1946. |
|418/ |Capt Philip William Rogers |R Warwick |MC |9th York & Lancs, the Arakan, Burma, May-Aug 1944 |Previously served in 7th Leicesters in 1942-43. |
|168. |(228668) | |28 Jun 1945 | | |
|419/ |Sgt Patrick Edward Kelly (5884953) |Northamptons |DCM |Sniper Sergeant, 1st Northamptons, Kohima, Burma, 15 |Later served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian |
|169. | | |28 Jun 1945 |May-24 Jun 1944 |1963-69. |
|420/ |Pte Albert Creighton |Leicesters |MM |Stretcherbearer, 2/5th Leicesters, Monte Colombo, Italy, | |
|170. |(11410182) | |28 Jun 1945 |15-23 September 1944 | |
|421/ |Brig John Michael Kane Spurling (31731) |Leicesters |DSO |Commander, 131st Inf Bde, Ibbenburen, Germany, 6-8 Apr |Later awarded CBE 1 Jun 1953 and CB 1 Jan 1957. |
|171. | | |12 Jul 1945 |1945 | |
|422. |Maj Reginald Alfred Wain |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. |
| |(148899) | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|423. |Capt James Leonard Nelson |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy |No citation. |
| |(176842) | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|424. |Capt Stuart Arthur Smith |Royal Fusiliers |MID |SO3 (Air), HQ 8 Ind Div and Bde IO, Italy, 1944-45 |No citation. Later awarded MBE 13 Dec 1945 and OBE |
| |(156183) | |19 Jul 1945 | |13 Jun 1964. Later transferred to R Leicesters in |
| | | | | |1947. |
|425. |Lt William Garford Underwood (301812) |Leicesters (TA) |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| | | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|426. |Sgt James George Johnson MM (5437677) |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-44 |No citation. Previously awarded MM 8 Mar 1945. |
| | | |19 Jul 1945 | |KIA 8 Dec 1944. |
|427. |Sgt W H Jones |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(4105296) | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|428. |LSgt Dennis Convery |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(4866486) | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|429. |Cpl P J M Dawes |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(896661) | |19 Jul 1945 | | |
|430/ |Lt-Gen Richard Nelson Gale DSO OBE MC (20116) |Late R Innis-killing |CB |General Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Corps, and Deputy|Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters 1940-41. Previously |
|172. | |Fus-iliers |2 Aug 1945 |Commander XVIII US Airborne Corps, NW Europe |awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG Corps, OBE 11 Jul |
| | | | | |1940, Legion of Merit (USA) 20 Jun 1944, DSO 31 Aug|
| | | | | |1944 and MID. Later awarded MID, KBE 8 Jun 1950, |
| | | | | |KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and four other |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|431. |Brig William Ernest Underhill OBE (18870) |Leicesters |MID |Commander, 16 L of C Sub-Area, Ghent, Belgium, 1944-45 |No citation. Previously awarded OBE 1 Feb 1945, and|
| | | |9 Aug 1945 | |later MID 4 Apr 1946, and US Bronze Star 16 Jan |
| | | | | |1948. |
|432. |Brig Harold Senhouse Pinder CBE MC* (4293) |Leicesters |MID |Commander, 8 Base Sub-Area of 21st Army Group, NW Europe |No citation. Previously awarded MC in 1918 and Bar |
| | | |9 Aug 1945 |1944-45 |in 1919 and two MIDs in First World War, OBE 31 Jan|
| | | | | |1941 and CBE 5 Aug 1943. |
|433. |Lt Col James Norman Carter (34655) |R Warwick |MID |GSO1 (Air), HQ 52 (Lowland) Div, North-West Europe, |No citation. Later CO 2nd R Leicesters 1947. Later|
| | | |9 Aug 1945 |1944-45 |awarded OBE 24 Jan 1946 and CBE 1 Jan 1955. |
|434. |Maj Gordon Percy Brown |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, 1944-45 |No citation. Later awarded MC 24 Jan 1946. |
| |(289665) | |9 Aug 1945 | | |
|435. |Maj Harry Fine MC |Leicesters |MID |NW Europe |No citation. Previously awarded MC in 7th East Kent|
| |(110538) | |9 Aug 1945 | |Regiment 3 June 1918. |
|435. |Sgt Victor Archie David Hancock (4859879) |Leicesters |MID |NW Europe |No citation. |
| | | |9 Aug 1945 | | |
|436. |Sgt Benjamin Mooney |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, 1944-45 |No citation. Later awarded DCM 24 Jan 1946. |
| |(4864164) | |9 Aug 1945 | | |
|438. |LCpl George Arthur Birch |Leicesters |MID |NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4868407) | |9 Aug 1945 | | |
|439/ |Sgt Richard Charles Evans |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, Renswoude, The | |
|173. |(5115089) | |23 Aug 1945 |Netherlands, | |
| | | | |24 April 1945 | |
|440/ |Pte Trevor Williams |Leicesters |MM |Section 2IC, 1st Leicesters, Renswoude, The Netherlands, | |
|174. |(1464022) | |23 Aug 1945 |24 April 1945 | |
|441/ |Lt Col John Evelyn Derek |Leicesters |DSO |CO, 4th King’s African Rifles, Assam/Burma, Sep-Nov 1944 |Previously awarded MID Somaliland 11 Feb 1941. |
|175. |Watson (41621) | |13 Sep 1945 | | |
|442/ |WO2 Arthur Swinburn |Leicesters |DCM |CSM, Special Forces Troops, raid on Tobruk, Libya, 13/14 |Served 1st and 2nd Leicesters 1928-39. Previously |
|176. |(4855159) | |13 Sep 1945 |Sep 1942 |awarded MID 15 Dec 1942. |
|443/ |Sgt Herbert Ramsey Cowie |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), Auktaw, |Previously awarded MID 26 Apr 1945. |
|177. |(4861730) | |13 Sep 1945 |Burma, | |
| | | | |22 Mar 1944 (and before) | |
|444/ |Maj John Darwin Maling MC |1st Sikh LI |DSO |CO, 1st Sikh LI, Burma, 7-9 Apr 1945 |Previously served 1st Leicesters in 1935. |
|178. |(AI.537) | |20 Sep 1945 | |Previously awarded MC on 31 Dec 1937 and MID 18 Feb|
| | | | | |1938 for service in Waziristan, and later and MID |
| | | | | |19 Sep 1946. |
|445/ |Maj Roger Barratt |Leicesters (TA) |MBE |Staff Officer G5, Allied Forces HQ, Italy |Previously awarded MID 4 Apr 1941, and later US |
|179. |(86894) | |20 Sep 1945 | |Medal of Freedom 18 Jul 1947. |
|446/ |Capt Bernard Walter Briggs (129061) |Leicesters |MC |HQ 1st Para Brigade, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 17-21 Sep |Later awarded MID Korea 10 Oct 1952. |
|180. | | |20 Sep 1945 |1944 | |
|447. |2Lt Robert John Barr |Royal Artillery |MC |Gallant and distinguished service in the defence of Calais|No citation. Served in 44th (The Leicestershire |
| |(92683) | |20 Sep 1945 |in May 1940 |Regiment) AA Bn RE (TA) 1939-40, and in 579th (The |
| | | | | |Royal Leicestershire Regiment) LAA Regt RA (TA) |
| | | | | |1947-49. |
|448. |Maj Allen Radford Collins |Leicesters |MID |3rd Bn 6th Rajputana Rifles, Burma, 1944/45. Killed in |No citation. |
| |(189256) | |20 Sep 1945 |action | |
|449. |Maj John Gillies Shields |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, King’s African Rifles battalion, Burma |No citation. |
| |(72526) | |27 Sep 1945 |1944 | |
|450. |CSgt Donald Loftus Wesson MM (4860881) |Leicesters |MID |Intelligence Sgt, 4th King’s African Rifles, Burma, Jan |No citation. Previously awarded MM 24 May 1945. |
| | | |27 Sep 1945 |1945 | |
|451/ |Lt Col Guy Johnson German |Leicesters (TA) |DSO |CO, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr-May 1940 | |
|181. |(2361) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|452. |Capt Samuel Philip Symington |Leicesters (TA) |MC |Company 2IC, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr-May 1940 |No citation. Later awarded MID 21 Feb 1946. |
| |(49654) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|453/ |2Lt Ian Gray Jessop |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Oier, Norway, 22/23 | |
|182. |(68509) | |11 Oct 1945 |Apr 1940 | |
|454/ |WO3 Leslie John Sheppard (4856611) |Leicesters |DCM |Mortar Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Tretten, | |
|183. | |(TA) |11 Oct 1945 |Norway, 23 Apr 1940 | |
|455/ |Sgt Donald Sexton |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, 1944-45 | |
|184. |(6206608) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|456. |2Lt Donald Herbert Kirk |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Oier, Norway, 22/23 |No citation. |
| |(113782) | |11 Oct 1945 |Apr 1940 | |
|457. |WO2 Richard Harvey |Leicesters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940|No citation. |
| |(4851602) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|458. |Sgt Harry Edward Cort |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4858027) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|459. |LCpl Lawrence Harding |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4855089) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|460. |Pte William Frederick Bartram |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4859675) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|461. |Pte Albert Edwin Billington |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4859500) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|462. |Pte John Arthur Healey |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4856678) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|463. |Pte Leslie Watts |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, Apr 1940 |No citation. |
| |(4858101) | |11 Oct 1945 | | |
|464. |Lt Col David Mackenzie Shaw |R Inniskill-ing |DSO |CO, 2nd R Inniskilling Fusiliers, Argenta, Italy, 17 Apr |Later served RHQ R Leicesters 1959-60. Previously |
| |MC (44209) |Fusiliers |18 Oct 1945 |1945 |awarded MC 20 Dec 1940 and later MID 13 Dec 1949. |
|465. |Lt Stanley Toone |Leicesters |MID |Italy |No citation. |
| |(229021) | |18 Oct 1945 | | |
|466. |Maj Francis Reginald Adrian Dubery (121577) |Leicesters |MID |DAA&QMG, HQ 3rd Para Bde, |No citation. Leicesters 1940-47. Later awarded MBE|
| | | |8 Nov 1945 |NW Europe |1 Jan 1951. |
|467. |Maj William Pennington MC |Leicesters |MID |NW Europe |No citation. Previously awarded MC 4 Oct 1919 as |
| |(146773) | |8 Nov 1945 | |2Lt in 2nd Bedf R at Ronssoy France 21 Sep 1918. |
|468. |Maj Percy John Charles Ayling |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(160510) | |8 Nov 1945 | | |
|469. |Capt John Champion Stevenson (134349) |Leicesters |MID |Adjutant, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe 1944-45 |No citation. Later awarded Knight of the Order of|
| | | |8 Nov 1945 | |Orange Nassau 18 Jul 1947. |
|470. |LSgt Edwin Coxall |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4864301) | |8 Nov 1945 | | |
|471. |Cpl Thomas Gooder |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4862413) | |8 Nov 1945 | | |
|472. |Pte W A Jones |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(14733053) | |8 Nov 1945 | | |
|473. |Lt Col Gerald Louis Dolman |Loyals |MID |Staff Officer, Italy |No citation. Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters Aug |
| |(26074) | |29 Nov 1945 | |1942-Apr 1943. |
|474, |Maj Geoffrey Simpson Gee (89669) |Leicesters (TA) |MID |Staff Officer, Infantry Reinforcement Training Depot, N |No citation. Later awarded MBE 3 Dec 1945. |
| | | |29 Nov 1945 |Africa and Italy, 1943-45 | |
|475. |Lt James Alan Comrie |Rifle Brigade |MID |Intelligence Officer, 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, Italy, 1944-45|No citation. Later CO 1st R Leicesters/4th R |
| |Cowan (245350) | |29 Nov 1945 | |Anglian 1963-66. Later awarded MBE 2 Jan 1956 and |
| | | | | |CBE (Civil) 31 Dec 1991. |
|476. |Maj William Jesson Joyce |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(132297) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|477. |Maj Charles Wortley |Leicesters |MID |Assistant Provost Marshal, HQ 15 Army Group, Italy, |No citation. Previously awarded MID 13 Jan 1944 |
| |(134351) | |29 Nov 1945 |1944-45 |and later MBE 13 Dec 1945. |
|478. |Capt Peter Sinclair Martyr |Leicesters |MID | 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(72904) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|479. |WO1 Victor Davies (4855115) |Leicesters |MID |RSM, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| | | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|480. |Sgt George Arthur Spencer (4862001) |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Gothic Line, Italy, |No citation. Later awarded MM 13 Dec 1945. |
| | | |29 Nov 1945 |1944-45 | |
|481. |Cpl J Cragg |Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(3461400) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|482. |LCpl Reginald Herbert Ballinger (4861817) |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| | | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|483. |LCpl Leslie John Harper |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(4860940) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|484. |LCpl H McEwan |Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(14552842) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|485. |Pte R Biggs |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(5349269) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|486. |Pte Dennis William Howe |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(4860754) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|487. |Pte A W Ridsdale |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. | |
| |(4081440) | |29 Nov 1945 | | | |
|488. |Pte T Turner |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 1943-45 |No citation. |
| |(1537536) | |29 Nov 1945 | | |
|489/ |Brig Gerard Francis Hood |Leicesters |CB |Senior Admin Officer, HQ Eighth Army, Italy 1944-45 |Previously awarded four MIDs (22 Dec 1939 |
|186. |Stayner CBE (14723) | |13 Dec 45 | |[Palestine], 1 Apr 1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], and|
| | | | | |6 Apr 1944 [ME]), OBE 30 Dec 1941, CBE 14 Oct 1943,|
| | | | | |and later US Legion of Merit 14 May 1948. |
|490/ |Lt Col Charles Esmond |Leicesters |DSO |CO, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, Malaya, Dec |Previously awarded MC in First World War, and later|
|187. |Morrison MC (10276) | |13 Dec 1945 |1941-Feb 1942 |MID as PoW of Japanese 12 Sep 1946. |
|491/ |Maj Geoffrey Simpson Gee |Leicesters (TA) |MBE |Staff Officer, Infantry Reinforcement Training Depot, N |Previously awarded MID 29 Nov 1945. |
|188. |(89669) | |13 Dec 1945 |Africa and Italy, 1943-45 | |
|492/ |Maj Peter McHugh Preston |RE (TA) |MBE |69 Airfield Construction Group, Italy, 1943-45 |Previously 4th Leicesters (TA) 1938. Later CO 5th R|
|189. |(76122) | |13 Dec 1945 | |Leicesters (TA) 1956-59. |
|493/ |Maj Charles Wortley |Leicesters |MBE |Assistant Provost Marshal, HQ 15 Army Group, Italy, |Previously awarded MID 13 Jan 1944 and 29 Nov 1945.|
|190. |(134351) | |13 Dec 1945 |1944-45 | |
|494/ |Capt Stuart Arthur Smith |Royal Fusiliers |MBE |SO3 (Air), HQ 8th Ind Div and Bde IO, Italy, 1944-45 |Previously awarded MID 19 Jul 1945 and later |
|191. |(156183) | |13 Dec 1945 | |awarded OBE 13 Jun 1964. Later transferred to R |
| | | | | |Leicesters in 1947. |
|495/ |2Lt Albert Edgar Newland |Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Kampar, Malaya, 2/3 Jan| |
|192. |(186373) | |13 Dec 1945 |1942 | |
|496/ |WO1 (RSM) John Thomas |Leicesters |DCM |RSM, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, Malaya, 11 |Later awarded the MSM 1954. |
|193. |Meredith (482705) | |13 Dec 1945 |Feb 1942 | |
|497/ |Sgt Enoch Charles Macdonald |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Kampar, Malaya, 1-3 Jan| |
|194. |(4857535) | |13 Dec 1945 |1942 | |
|498/ |Sgt George Arthur Spencer |Leicesters |MM |Platoon Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Gothic Line, Italy, |Previously awarded MID 29 Nov 1945. |
|195. |(4862001) | |13 Dec 1945 |1944-45 | |
|499. |Sgt A C Higgins (2191) |Leicesters (Retd) |MSM |Service to The Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. 1st Leicesters 1887-1911, and |
| | | |1945 | |1914-18. |
|500. |Maj (Retd) Charles Geoffrey Vickers VC |Sherwood Foresters |Knight Bachelor |Director-General, Economic Intelligence Division, Foreign |No citation. Served as a Capt in 4th Leicesters |
| | |(retd) |1 Jan 1946 |Office |(TA) in 1921. |
|501. |Maj-Gen Augustus Klingner Ferguson (13080) |late Leicesters |CBE |Deputy Director Military Intelligence, India |No citation. Previously awarded MID 25 Oct 1940, |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | |and later awarded CMG 1 Jan 1952. |
|502. |Lt (Retd) Thomas Percival Creed CBE MC |Leicesters (Retd) |KBE |Legal Secretary to the Sudan Government |No citation. Previously awarded the MC in 1/5th |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | |Leicesters 2 Mar 1917, Order of the Nile 20 Oct |
| | | | | |1939, and CBE 1 Jan 1943. |
|503. |Lt Col Henry Douglas Muggeridge (125606) |RAOC |OBE |Not known. RAOC RFI on 27 Mar 14 |No citation. Previously served 2nd Leicesters |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | |1915-19. |
|504. |Lt Col John George Ernest Scott (76445) |Leicesters (TA) |OBE |Not known |No citation. |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | | |
|505. |Lt Col Aubrey Oswald Sibbald MBE (66604) |RASC |OBE |Not known |No citation. Previously served in The Leicesters |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | |and awarded the MBE 4 Jun 1928. |
|506. |Capt (Retd) St John Hodson |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |For social welfare services in Barbados |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 | |1920-22. |
|507. |Maj Kenneth Richard Bowes TD (28329) |Leicesters (TA) |MBE |2IC 1/5th Leicesters/Chief Instructor Pre-OCTU, Wrotham, |No citation. |
| | | |1 Jan 1946 |Kent, 1943-45 | |
|508/ |Pte Richard Arthur Brown |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters. Escaped from Japanese PoW camp in Thailand| |
|196. |(4857898) | |4 Jan 1946 |in Dec 1944 | |
|509/ |Pte John Henry Smith |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters. Escaped from Japanese PoW camp in | |
|197. |(4858547) | |4 Jan 1946 |Thailand in Dec 1944 | |
|510. |WO2 James Thomas Webb |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. |
| |(4909076) | |10 Jan 1946 | | |
|511/ |Lt Col Claude Danolds Oliver |Leicesters (TA) |OBE |CO, 122nd Anti-Tank Regt RA, Burma | |
|198. |TD (22224) | |17 Jan 1946 | | |
|512/ |Maj Alec Addison Halliley |18th R Garhwal Rifles |MBE |Brigade Major, HQ 63rd Ind Inf Bde, Burma, Feb 44-May 1945|Later transferred to R Leicesters 1949. |
|199. |(I.A. 689) | |17 Jan 1946 | | |
|513/ |Lt (QM) George Edward William Harvey (274866) |Leicesters |MBE |QM, 1st Bn Nigeria Regiment, Arakan, Burma, Feb-May 1945 |Previously awarded MID 30 Dec 1941. |
|200. | | |17 Jan 1946 | | |
|514/ |Lt Col James Norman Carter (34655) |R Warwick |OBE |GSO1 (Air), HQ 52th (Lowland) Div, North-West Europe, |Later CO 2nd R Leicesters 1947. Previously awarded|
|201. | | |24 Jan 1946 |1944-45 |MID 9 Aug 1945 and later CBE 1 Jan 1955. |
|515/ |Maj Colwyn Streeten Hemsley |Leicesters |MBE |DAA&QMG, HQ 185th Inf Bde, France-Germany, Feb 1944-May |Previously awarded MID 22 Mar 1945. |
|202. |(117636) | |24 Jan 1946 |1945 | |
|516/ |Capt Cyril David Wain |RA (TA) |MBE |Adjutant, 133rd LAA Regt RA, |Served 4th Leicesters (TA) pre-War and later CO |
|203. |(86697) | |24 Jan 1946 |NW Europe, 1944-45 |579th (The Royal Leicestershire Regiment) LAA Regt |
| | | | | |RA (TA) 1951-54. |
|517/ |Maj Gordon Percy Brown |Leicesters |MC |Carrier Platoon and Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW | |
|204. |(289665) | |24 Jan 1946 |Europe 1944-45 (esp Zetten Jan 1945) | |
|518/ |Lt Frank Herbert Harris |Leicesters |MC |Pioneer Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, | |
|205. |(253498) | |24 Jan 1946 |1944-45 | |
|519/ |Sgt Benjamin Mooney |Leicesters |DCM |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, 1944-45 |Previously awarded MID 9 Aug 1945. |
|206. |(4864164) | |24 Jan 1946 | | |
|520/ |Maj Robert Donald Brown |King’s Own Scottish |DSO (Posthumous) |Company Commander, 2/5th Leicesters, Salerno, Italy 13-16 |KIA 16 Sep 1943. |
|206A |(121622) |Borderers |21 Feb 1946 |Sep 1943. | |
|521. |Lt Basil Leslie Gunnell (66280) |R Warwick |MC |Platoon Commander in 2nd R Warwick at Wormhoudt near |No citation. Later served 1st R Leicesters 1950-54|
| | | |21 Feb 1946 |Dunkirk in May 1940. Thereafter POW 1940-45 |and awarded OBE 12 Jun 1958. |
|522.. |Capt Samuel Philip Symington MC (49654) |Leicesters (TA) |MID |1/5th Leicesters. Prisoner of War 1940-45 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 11 Oct 1945. |
| | | |21 Feb 1946 | | |
|523. |Pte Maurice Roberts |Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, BEF, France. Prisoner of War |No citation. |
| |(4860287) | |21 Feb 1946 |1940-45 | |
|524/ |Brig William Ernest Underhill OBE (18870) |Leicesters |MID |CO, 16 L of C Sub-Area, Belgium, |Previously awarded OBE 1 Feb 1945, and MID 9 Aug |
|207. | | |4 Apr 1946 |Jan-Jun 1945 |1945, and later US Bronze Star 16 Jan 1948. |
|525. |Maj Albert Henry Hilton |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(145367) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|526. |Maj Michael St George Pallot |Leicesters |MID |6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers, NW Europe |No citation. Later awarded MID 30 Sep 1958. |
| |(69128) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|527. |Capt Kenneth John Ashbrook |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(224640) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|528. |Capt William Knight |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. Later awarded the MSM Dec 1951. |
| |(231615) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|529/ |Lt Walter Henry Cox |Leicesters |MID |Admin Officer, 15 Convalescent Depot, L of C in NW Europe,| |
|208. |(114288) | |4 Apr 1946 |1944-45 | |
|530. |WO2 William Arthur Green |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. Later awarded MBE 13 Jun 1946. |
| |(4853347) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|531. |CSgt Herbert Robinson |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4855821) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|532. |Sgt C F Henson |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(5119938) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|533. |Sgt Frank Ernest Hopkins |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4860753) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|534. |Cpl G Mander |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(5049303) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|535. |Pte Charles Edwin Marriot |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. |
| |(4863657) | |4 Apr 1946 | | |
|536. |Lt Col Henry Roubiliac Reignier Conder OBE |R Norfolk |MID |CO, 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, Burma and India |No citation. Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 40 |
| |(38590) | |9 May 1946 | |(BEF), OBE 2 Jun 1943 (GB and India), and MID 5 Apr|
| | | | | |1945 (Burma and India). Later transferred to R |
| | | | | |Leicesters 1950. |
|537. |Lt Col Eric Curtis Dunkley |Leicesters |MID |Burma |No citation. |
| |(176071) | |9 May 1946 | | |
|538. |Lt Col Henry Arthur Pears |Leicesters |MID |GSO1 (Ops), HQ 14th Army, Burma, |No citation. Later knighted 1 Jan 1968. |
| |Fisher (117638) | |9 May 1946 |1944-45 | |
|539. |Lt Col Douglas Philip St Clair Roissier (47630) |Lincolns |MID |CO, 1st Lincolns, Burma and Sumatra, 1944-46 |No citation. Later 2IC 1st R Leicesters 1949-51. |
| | | |9 May 1946 | |Later awarded OBE 6 Jun 1946. |
|540. |Lt Col Eric Seymour Orpwood |R Berks |MID |Italy |No citation. Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters Sep |
| |(14887) | |23 May 1946 | |1943 (Salerno). |
|541. |Maj Douglas S Astbury |Leicesters |MID |Italy |No citation. |
| |(90395) |(TA) |23 May 1946 | | |
|542. |Maj Cliff Norman Marriott |Leicesters |MID |Italy |No citation. |
| |(117318) |(TA) |23 May 1946 | | |
|543. |Maj Leslie Herbert Syder Mowbray (130459) |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| | | |23 May 1946 | | |
|544. |CSgt D E Lonsdale |Leicesters |MID |CQMS, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4854663) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|545. |LSgt S H Oakes |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4913047) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|546. |Cpl Thomas Carey Haines |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4862773) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|547. |Cpl R Stubbings |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4393133) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|548. |Cpl Neville Voase |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4861791) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|549. |LCpl Robert Flitcroft |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(4863115) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|550. |Pte H Marsden |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece |No citation. |
| |(5348765) | |23 May 1946 | | |
|551. |Lt Col Douglas Philip St Clair Roissier (47630) |Lincolns |OBE |CO, 1st Lincolns, Burma and Sumatra, 1945-46 |No citation. Later 2IC 1st R Leicesters 1949-51. |
| | | |6 Jun 1946 | |Previously awarded MID 9 May 1946. |
|552. |Capt Ian Wyse Kennedy |Leicesters |MBE |1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in recognition |No citation. Later awarded MID 1 Aug 1946. |
| |(36618) | |6 Jun 1946 |of gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of | |
| | | | |war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|553. |Capt Alfred Roy MD |RAMC |MBE |RMO, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in |No citation. |
| |(104515) | |6 Jun 1946 |recognition of gallant and distinguished services while | |
| | | | |prisoner of war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|554. |Col Frederick Thomas Russell Darley (18851) |Leicesters |OBE |AQMG (Senior ‘Q’ Staff Officer), HQ Berlin District, |No citation. Previously awarded MID 1 Apr 1941 and|
| | | |13 Jun 1946 |Germany 1945 |later Legion of Merit (USA) 23 May 1947. |
|555. |WO2 William Arthur Green |Leicesters |MBE |1st Leicesters, NW Europe |No citation. Previously awarded MID 4 Apr 1946. |
| |(4853347) | |13 Jun 1946 | | |
|556. |Sgt Richard Millington |Leicesters |BEM |SNCO Instructor in explosives, 1/5th Leicesters, Pre-OCTU,|No citation. |
| |(4859409) | |13 Jun 1946 |Wrotham, Kent | |
|557/ |Sgt Percy Priestley Clements MC DCM (2564415) |Leicesters |MM |Section Sergeant, 11th SAS Bn, Calatri, Italy, 10/11 Feb |Previously awarded DCM 2 Mar 1944 for escaping from|
|209. | | |20 Jun 1946 |1941. Became POW. |this captivity, and MC 12 Apr 1945. |
|558. |2Lt William Henry Musson |Leicesters |MID |2/5th Leicesters, BEF, France, 1940. Then POW 1940-45 |No citation. |
| |(73687) | |20 Jun 1946 | | |
|559/ |Maj Richard Gowland Gaskell |Leicesters |DSO |2IC, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, Malaya Dec |Later awarded OBE (Civil) 2 Jan 1956. |
|210. |Harvey (19636) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|560/ |Cpl George Owen Stock |Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st Leicesters and The British | |
|211. |(4857490) | |1 Aug 1946 |Battalion, Malaya, 1941-42 | |
|561. |Capt L E Hutchinson |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Batt-alion, Malaya, Dec |No citation. |
| |(76781) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|562. |Capt Ian Wyse Kennedy MBE |Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st Leicesters and The British |No citation. Previously awarded MBE 6 Jun 1946. |
| |(36618) | |1 Aug 1946 |Battalion, Malaya, | |
| | | | |Dec 1941-Feb 1942 | |
|563. |Lt Philip James Marley |Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters and The British |No citation. |
| |(165673) | |1 Aug 1946 |Battalion, Malaya, Dec 1941-Feb 1942 | |
|564. |Lt Laurence William St John McNair (164545) |Leicesters |MID |MTO, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, Malaya Dec |No citation. |
| | | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|565. |WO2 Howard Bate |Leicesters |MID |CSM, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, Malaya Dec |No citation. Later awarded MID as POW 12 Sep 1946. |
| |(4857347) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|566. |WO2 George Arthur Godbold |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Batt-alion, Malaya, Dec |No citation. |
| |(4853976) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|567. |Cpl Reginald Smart |Leicesters |MID |Stretcherbearer, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion,|No citation. |
| |(4859914) | |1 Aug 1946 |Malaya, | |
| | | | |Dec 1941-Feb 1942 | |
|568. |LCpl Horace Foxley Morrison |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Batt-alion, Malaya, Dec |No citation. |
| |(4865054) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|569. |Pte Robert William Dunn |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Batt-alion, Malaya, Dec |No citation. |
| |(4857777) | |1 Aug 1946 |1941-Feb 1942 | |
|570/ |Lt Col John Hamilton Cubbon OBE (52600) |Cheshire |Distinguished Service Medal |CO, 2nd Leicesters, Greece, Dec 1944-Apr 1945 |Previously awarded OBE 7 Aug 1940 and MID 11 Jan |
|212. | | |(Greece) | |1945, and later R Order of King George I (Greece) |
| | | |15 Aug 1946 | |16 Jan 1948, CBE 23 May 1958 and CB 2 Jun 1962. |
|571/ |LCpl Kenneth James Brydson |Leicesters |BEM |1/5th Leicesters. Captured in Norway in Apr 1940. For | |
|213. |(4859162) | |29 Aug 1946 |conduct as a PoW at Stalag XXA, Poland, 1940-45 | |
|572. |Sgt William George Hallam (4862237) |Leicesters |BEM |SNCO Instructor, 1/5th Leicesters, Pre-OCTU, Wrotham, Kent|No citation. |
| | | |6 Sep 1946 | | |
|573. |Lt Col Charles Esmond |Leicesters |MID |CO, 1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in |No citation. Previously awarded MC in First World |
| |Morrison DSO MC (10276) | |12 Sep 1946 |recognition of gallant and distinguished services while |War, and DSO 13 Dec 1945. |
| | | | |prisoner of war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|574. |Capt Victor George Underwood (165672) |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in recognition |No citation. |
| | | |12 Sep 1946 |of gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of | |
| | | | |war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|575. |WO2 Howard Bate |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in recognition |No citation. Previously awarded MID for Malaya |
| |(4857347) | |12 Sep 1946 |of gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of |1942 1 Aug 1946. |
| | | | |war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|576. |Pte V M Butters |Leicesters |MID |1st Leicesters and The British Battalion, “in recognition |No citation. |
| |(4865725) | |12 Sep 1946 |of gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of | |
| | | | |war” of the Japanese 1942-45 | |
|577. |Rev (CF2) Richard John Forrester Mayston MBE |RAChD |MID |Deputy Assistant Chaplain General, HQ British Commonwealth|No citation. Previously served as Chaplain to 2nd |
| |(69554) | |19 Sep 1946 |Force, Burma |Leicesters in Palestine 1938-39. Previously |
| | | | | |awarded MBE 1 Jan 1944 and later CBE 2 Jan 1956. |
|578. |Lt Col John Darwin Maling DSO MC |1st Sikh LI |MID |CO, 1st Sikh LI, Burma |Previously served 1st Leicesters in 1935. |
| |(AI.537) | |19 Sep 1946 | |Previously awarded MC on 31 Dec 1937 and MID 18 Feb|
| | | | | |1938 for service in Waziristan, and DSO 20 Sep |
| | | | | |1945. |
|579. |Maj Oswald James Mirylees |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. Later awarded MC 28 May 1957. |
| |(112888) | |19 Sep 1946 | | |
|580. |Capt John James Baggaley |Leicesters |MID |17 Column, 2nd Leicesters (Chindits), |No citation. |
| |(174408) | |19 Sep 1946 |Burma, 1943-44 | |
|581. |Capt E W Cattell |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. |
| |(71286) | |19 Sep 1946 | | |
|582. |Capt C R Sergeantson |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. |
| |(87115) | |19 Sep 1946 | | |
|583. |Capt Owen Theodore Leon Steger (138236) |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. |
| | | |19 Sep 1946 | | |
|584. |Cpl R A Stewart |Leicesters |MID |Burma 1945 |No citation. |
| |(5626062) | |19 Sep 1946 | | |
|585/ |Brig Francis Wyld Sandars DSO* (27399) |late DLI |Liberty Medal (Norway) |Commander 304th Inf Bde, Tromso, Norway, 1945 |Previously awarded DSO 21 Dec 1944, and Bar to DSO |
|214. | | |17 Oct 1946 | |1 Mar 1945 as CO 1st Leicesters. |
|586. |Maj Ian Edward Abbey |Leicesters |MID |Burma, 1945 |No citation. |
| |(162408) | |7 Nov 1946 | | |
|587. |Maj Jeffrey Gordon Lockett |Seaforth Highlanders |MID |Member of the Special Operations Executive of Allied Land |Previously awarded Royal Humane Society testimonial|
| |DSO MC (149534) | |5 Dec 1946 |Forces South East Asia Feb-Jul 1945, operating in Siam |on vellum 11 May 1943,and MC 5 Aug 1943, and DSO 26|
| | | | | |Apr 1945 as OC 74 Column 7th Leicesters. |
|588/ |Sgt Denis Patrick Gallagher |Leicesters |MID |2nd Leicesters. Captured in Crete in May 1941. Escaped |Previously awarded MID 8 Jul 1941. |
|215. |(4854237) | |5 Dec 1946 |and recaptured in 1941 and 1942. | |
|589/ |Lt Col Frederick Thomas Russell Darley OBE |R Leicesters |Legion of Merit (Officer) (USA)|ACOS G4 (British), HQ Berlin District, Germany, Feb-May |Previously MID 1 Apr 1941 and OBE 13 Jun 1946. |
|216. |(18851) | |23 May 1947 |1945 | |
|590. |Lt Col Montague Thorold |R Leicesters |Officer of Order of the Crown |Control Commission Germany |No citation. Previously awarded MID 11 Feb 1941. |
| |(40796) | |(Belgium) | | |
| | | |23 May 1947 | | |
|591/ |Lt Col Roger Barratt MBE |R Leicesters (TA) |Medal of Freedom (with bronze |HQ US Forces Mediterranean, 1943-46 |Previously awarded MID 4 Apr 1941 and MBE Italy 20 |
|217. |(86894) | |palm) (USA) 18 Jul 1947 | |Sep 1945. |
|592/ |Capt John Champion Stevenson (134349) |Leicesters |Knight of the Order of Orange |Adjutant, 1st Leicesters, NW Europe, 1944-45 |Previously awarded MID 8 Nov 1945. |
|218. | | |Nassau (with swords) | | |
| | | |(Netherlands) | | |
| | | |18 Jul 1947 | | |
|593. |Edward Gilbert |Leicesters (Retd) |MSM |For service to The Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Joined Leicesters in 1891. |
| | | |1947 | |Recommended for MSM in 1912! |
|594/ |Lt-Gen Richard Nelson Gale CB DSO OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |Legion of Merit (Commander) |For distinguished war service and General Officer |Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters 1940-41. Previously |
|219. | |Fus-iliers |(USA) 16 Jan 1948 |Commanding, 1st Infantry Division in Palestine 1946-47 |awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG Corps, OBE 11 Jul |
| | | | | |1940, Legion of Merit (Officer) (USA) 20 Jun 1944, |
| | | | | |DSO 31 Aug 1944, MID 22 Mar 1945 and CB 2 Aug 1945.|
| | | | | |Later awarded MID, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, |
| | | | | |GCB 1 Jan 1954, and three other foreign awards. |
|595/ |Brig William Ernest Underhill OBE (18870) |R Leicesters |Bronze Star Medal (USA) |CO, 16 L of C Sub-Area, Belgium, |Previously awarded OBE 1 Feb 1945 and MID 9 Aug |
|220. | | |16 Jan 1948 |Jan-Jun 1945 |1945 and 4 Apr 1946. |
|596/ |Lt Col Donald Walter Sinclair Price (41204) |Dorset |Bronze Star Medal (USA) |Brigade Major, HQ 139th Infantry Brigade, Italy, Feb |Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters Apr-Nov 1945. |
|221. | | |16 Jan 1948 |1944-Mar 1945 | |
|597. |Lt Col John Hamilton Cubbon |Cheshire |Royal Order of King George I |CO, 2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece, 1944-45 |No citation. Previously awarded OBE 7 Aug 1940, |
| |OBE (52600) | |with Swords (Officer) (Greece) | |MID 11 Jan 1945, and Distinguished Service Medal |
| | | |16 Jan 1948 | |(Greece) 15 Aug 1946, and later CBE 23 May 1958 and|
| | | | | |CB 2 Jun 1962. |
|598. |Maj Charles Hugh Emerson MC* |R Leicesters |King Haakon VII Liberty Medal |Not known |No citation. Previously awarded MC 17 Dec 1917 and |
| | |(TA) |(Norway) | |Bar 1 Jan 1918 in Lincolns. |
| | | |19 Mar 1948 | | |
|599/ |Brig Gerard Francis Hood Stayner CB CBE (14723) |Leicesters |Legion of Merit (Officer) (USA)|DAQMG, British Increment, HQ US Fifth Army, Italy, Feb-Apr|Previously awarded four MIDs (22 Dec 1939 |
|222. | | |14 May 1948 |1944 |[Palestine], 1 Apr 1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], and|
| | | | | |6 Apr 1944 [ME]), OBE 30 Dec 1941, CBE 14 Oct 1943,|
| | | | | |and CB 18 Dec 1945. |
|600. |Capt Colin Peatle Tivey |R Leicesters |Order of Crown (Chevalier) |Not known. Possibly 1st Leicesters |No citation. |
| |(190191) | |(Belgium) | | |
| | | |17 Sep 1948 | | |
|601. |Maj Reginald Paine |R Leicesters |Royal Order of King George I |Adjutant, 2/5th Leicesters |No citation. Previously awarded MID 11 Jan 1945. |
| |(190189) | |(Officer) (Greece) |Italy and Greece, 1944-45 | |
| | | |19 Nov 1948 | | |
|602. |Lt Col (Retd) Thomas Cecil Howitt DSO FRIBA |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |For services to architecture and design |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 19 Nov 1917. |
| | | |1 Jan 1949 | | |
|603. |Lt Col (Retd) John Frederick Alexander Pitcairn |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Secretary, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Associations |No citation. Previously awarded MC 13 Nov 16 and |
| |MC* DL | |1 Jan 1949 |of the Counties of Leicester and Rutland 1936-51 |Bar 31 Dec 1917, and MID in 1917. |
|604. |Lt-Gen Richard Nelson Gale CB DSO OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |MID |General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division, |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| | |Fus-iliers |7 Jan 1949 |Palestine |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | |Mar-Sep 1946 |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, MID, CB 2 |
| | | | | |Aug 1945 and two USA awards. Later awarded KBE 8 |
| | | | | |Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and three|
| | | | | |other foreign awards. |
|605. |Cpl Ronald Todd |R Lincolns |BEM |For gallant and distinguished services in 1st R Lincolns |No citation. Previously served in The Leicesters |
| |(4866599) | |9 Jan 1949 |in Palestine during the period Sep 1947 to Mar 1948 |1941-42. |
|606/ |Lt Col Cecil William Bannon Orr OBE (33737) |Duke of Wellingtons |Bronze Star Medal (USA) |GSO1, G3 (Operations - Greece & Yugoslavia), HQ Allied |Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters, Tunisia, Apr-Sep |
|223. | | |28 Jan 1949 |Forces HQ, Italy, Jun 1944-Apr 1945 |1943. Prev-iously awarded OBE 15 Jun 1945. |
|607. |Lt Col David Mackenzie Shaw |R Inniskill-ing |MID |Malaya |No citation. Later served RHQ R Leicesters |
| |DSO MC (44209) |Fusiliers |13 Dec 1949 | |1959-60. Previously awarded MC 20 Dec 1940 and DSO|
| | | | | |18 Oct 1945. |
|608. |CSgt H W Farringdon |R Leicesters (Retd) |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| | | |1949 | | |
|609. |Sgt D F Wilmer |R Leicesters (Retd) |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| | | |1949 | | |
|610. |Lt Col Ralph Henry Lefroy Oulton (30694) |R Lincolns |OBE |CO, 2nd and 1st R Lincolns, Egypt and ‘O’ Force |No citation. Previously CO 1st R Leicesters 1947. |
| | | |2 Jan 1950 |Transjordan, 1947-49 |Later awarded CBE 12 Jun 1958. |
|611. |Lt Col Kenneth Stewart |R Leicesters |MBE |GSO1, HQ BAOR, Germany |No citation. |
| |McGregor (34238) | |2 Jan 1950 | | |
|612. |Lt Col Charles Henry Fox Wollaston MC (14439) |R Leicesters |MBE |Chief Recruiting Officer, Southern Command, England |No citation. Previously awarded MC in 1/5th |
| | | |2 Jan 1950 | |Leicesters at Hohenzollern Redoubt 13 Oct 1915 (LG |
| | | | | |18 Nov 15). |
|613. |Lt-Gen Richard Nelson Gale CB DSO OBE MC (20116) |late R Innis-killing |KBE |Director General of Military Training, The War Office |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| | |Fus-iliers |8 Jun 1950 | |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs and two USA awards. Later awarded |
| | | | | |KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and three other |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|614/ |Maj Francis Reginald Adrian Dubery (121577) |Para (TA) |MBE |DAA&QMG, HQ 44th Para Bde (TA), London, 1947-50 |Previously served Leicesters 1940-47. Previously |
|224. | | |1 Jan 1951 | |awarded MID 8 Nov 1945. |
|615/ |Capt Albert Daffurn Chilton |R Leicesters |MBE |Adjutant, 17 Primary Training Centre/Depot R Leicesters, |Previously awarded MSM in 1938. |
|225. |(112846) | |7 Jun 1951 |Leicester 1946-50 | |
|616. |CSgt G Crane |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(3862) | |20 Jun 1951 | | |
|617/ |2Lt Peter Leslie Philcox (385009) |Essex |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Bn The Malay Regiment, Malaya, 8 |Later served 1st R Leicesters/4t h R Anglian |
|226. | | |24 Jul 1951 |Apr 1951 |1964-67. |
|618. |Sgt T Brownlow |Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4848508) | |1 Aug 1951 | | |
|619. |WO2 Ernest Sargeant |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(5170) | |28 Aug 1951 | | |
|620/ |Lt Col Edward James O’Brien |R Leicesters |OBE |GSO1, HQ Singapore Base District, Malaya, Nov 1949-May |Previously awarded MC in Parachute Regt (France) 21|
|227. |Croker MC (44846) | |19 Oct 1951 |1951 |Dec 1944. |
|621/ |Lt Adrian Henry Victor Gillmore (393143) |Suffolk |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Suffolk, Malaya, Sep 1949-May 1951 |Later served 4/5th R Leicesters (TA) 1965-6 and 4th|
|228. | | |19 Oct 1951 | |R Anglian 1967-68. |
|622. |WO2 William Knight |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded an MID 4 Apr 1946.|
| |(4848861) | |5 Dec 1951 | | |
|623/ |Maj Ludford Robert Docker TD (66809) |R Warwick |MC |Company Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5-19 Nov 1951 |Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 1940 and later OBE 1 |
|229. | | |28 Dec 1951 | |Jan 1965. |
|624/ |Cpl Arthur George Applin |R Warwick |MM |Section Commander , 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5 Nov 1951 | |
|230. |(14421867) | |28 Dec 1951 | | |
|625. |Lt-Gen Colin Bishop Callander CB MC (10503) |late |KBE |Director-General of Military Training, |No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Sep 1916 in |
| | |R Leicesters |1 Jan 1952 |The War Office |1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, MID 2 Oct 1940, and CB|
| | | | | |1 Jan 1945. Later awarded KCB 9 Jun 1955. |
|626. |Maj-Gen Augustus Klingner Ferguson CBE (13080) |late R Leicesters |CMG |Military Adviser to the UK Political Representative in |No citation. Previously awarded MID 25 Oct 1940 |
| | | |1 Jan 1952 |Tokyo 1948-51 |and CBE 1 Jan 1946. |
|627/ |2Lt Geoffrey Arthur Havilland |R Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5 Nov 1951 | |
|231. |(411964) | |18 Jan 1952 | | |
|628. |WO2 C S Stevens |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4848510) | |3 Mar 1952 | | |
|629/ |2Lt Frank Arthur Godfrey (407846) |Suffolk |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st Suffolk, Malaya, Aug 1950-Dec 51 |Later served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. |
|232. | | |4 Apr 1952 | | |
|630/ |Pte William Corrigan |R Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, | |
|233. |(22441381) | |8 Apr 1952 |1 Mar 1952 | |
|631. |WO2 Joseph French DCM |R Leicesters |MSM |Services to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded DCM in 1 /4th |
| |(4850340) | |25 Apr 1952 | |Leicesters (TF) 3 Jun 1919. |
|632. |Sgt A Pearce |R Leicesters |MSM |Services to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4850245) | |25 Apr 1952 | | |
|633/ |Lt Anthony Guyton Burke |York & Lancs |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea 19 Nov 1951 | |
|234. |(403403) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|634/ |Cpl Nigel Henry Peter Jenks |Sherwood Foresters |MM |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea 15 Nov-20 Dec |Later awarded MBE 8 Jun 1968. |
|235. |(19045177) | |29 Apr 1952 |1951 | |
|635/ |Cpl Sidney Mervyn Cox |R Warwick |MM |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5 Nov 1951 | |
|236. |(22220718) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|636/ |Cpl John Thomas Morris |R Warwick |MM |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5 Nov 1951 | |
|237. |(22276046) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|636/ |Pte Stanley Williamson |R Leicesters |MM |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, | |
|238. |(22229895) | |29 Apr 1952 |5 Nov 1951 | |
|637. |2Lt Roderick James Townshend (416587) |York & Lancs |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Nov-Dec 1951 |No citation. |
| | | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|638. |WO2 F J de M Lawrence |Sherwood Foresters |MID |Company Sergeant Major, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Nov-Dec |No citation. |
| |(823559) | |29 Apr 1952 |1951 | |
|639. |Sgt E W Parr |R Leicesters |MID (Posthumous) |Platoon Sergeant, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Nov 1951. |No citation. |
| |(14491054) | |29 Apr 1952 |Killed in Action 5 Nov 1951. | |
|640. |Cpl J A Barron |RAMC |MID |Medical Orderly, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Nov-Dec 1951 |No citation. |
| |(22306091) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|641. |Cpl Leslie J Kemp |R Warwick |MID |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 5 Nov 1951 |No citation. |
| |(19040606) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|642. |LCpl J Quinney |R Warwick |MID |Section 2IC, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(22455077) | |29 Apr 1952 |Nov-Dec 1951 | |
|643. |LCpl F W J Shaler |R Warwick |MID |Section 2IC, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(19042010) | |29 Apr 1952 |Nov-Dec 1951 | |
|644. |LCpl C Webster |Sherwood Foresters |MID |Company Signaller, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 20 Nov 1951 |No citation. |
| |(22430529) | |29 Apr 1952 | | |
|645. |Pte H Crocker |Sherwood Foresters |MID |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(22028406) | |29 Apr 1952 |Nov-Dec 1951 | |
|646. |Pte A E Randell |R Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(14468529) | |29 Apr 1952 |Nov-Dec 1951 | |
|647. |Pte K Taylor |R Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(22471143) | |29 Apr 1952 |Nov-Dec 1951 | |
|648. |Pte Herbert Stanley Topping |R Leicesters |MID |Rifleman, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(22447332) | |29 Apr 1952 |Killed in Action 5 Nov 1951 | |
|649. |WO1 Lionel R Grundy |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4850478) | |5 May 1952 | | |
|650. |CSgt F Lewis |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4848655) | |5 May 1952 | | |
|651. |WO2 Matthew Clive Bush |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded MID 1 Apr 1941. |
| |(4849604) | |23 Jun 1952 | | |
|652/ |Lt Michael Herbert Brewer |R Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 25/26 May 1952| |
|239. |(407771) | |4 Jul 1952 | | |
|653/ |Cpl Charles Alexander Taylor |R Leicesters |MM |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, 25/26 May 1952| |
|240. |(19036308) | |4 Jul 1952 | | |
|654/ |Lt Col Graham Edward Page |R Leicesters |DSO |CO, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |Previously awarded MID 22 Dec 1939. |
|241. |Hutchins (47573) | |10 Oct 1952 |Nov 1951-May 1952 | |
|655/ |Capt Arthur John Parsons |R Leicesters |MBE |Adjutant, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, | |
|242. |(304694) | |10 Oct 1952 |Oct 1951-Apr 1952 | |
|656/ |2Lt Peter Fenwick Holmes |R Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun |Later knighted 11 Jun 1988. |
|243. |(417240) | |10 Oct 1952 |1952 | |
|657. |Maj Bernard Walter Briggs MC (129061) |R Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun |No citation. Previously awarded MC for Arnhem 20 |
| | | |10 Oct 1952 |1952 |Sep 1945. |
|658. |Maj James Patrick Nagle Creagh (240401) |R Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun |No citation. |
| | | |10 Oct 1952 |1952 | |
|659. |Maj John William Burton |R Leicesters |MID |Bn 2IC, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun 1952 |No citation. Previously awarded MID France 20 Dec |
| |Marshall (67123) | |10 Oct 1952 | |1940 and later OBE 1 Jan 1960. |
|660. |Lt (QM) Frederick William Newton (375949) |R Leicesters |MID |QM, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun 1952 |No citation. |
| | | |10 Oct 1952 | | |
|661. |WO2 George Mellors |R Leicesters |MID |RQMS, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, |No citation. |
| |(4856828) | |10 Oct 1952 |Oct 1951-Jun 1952 | |
|662. |Sgt H Searcey |Sherwood Foresters |MID |Platoon Sergeant, 1st R Leicesters, Korea, Oct 1951-Jun |No citation. |
| |(14473580) | |10 Oct 1952 |1952 | |
|663. |Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale KBE CB DSO MC (20116)|late R Innis-killing |KCB |Commander Northern Army Group and CinC British Army of the|No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| | |Fus-iliers |1 Jan 1953 |Rhine, Germany |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs, KBE 8 Jun 1950, and two USA awards.|
| | | | | |Later awarded GCB 1 Jan 1954, and three other |
| | | | | |foreign awards. |
|664/ |SSgt Clifford Cassell |RASC |BEM |Platoon Commander, 7 Company RASC, Egypt, Dec 1951-Jul |Previously served Leicesters 1944-46. |
|243A |(14485457) | |1 Jan 1953 |1952 | |
|665/ |Lt John Garton Jones |R Norfolk |MBE |Training subaltern at Depot R Norfolk, leading military |Later served in 4th R Anglian 1967-9. |
|243B |(410271) | |28 Apr 1953 |groups during floods in Norfolk and Suffolk in Feb 1953 | |
|666/ |Brig John Michael Kane |late R Leicesters |CBE |Commandant, Senior Officers’ School, Devizes, England |Previously awarded DSO 12 Jul 1945 and later CB 1 |
|244. |Spurling DSO (31731) | |1 Jun 1953 |1950-53 |Jan 1957. |
|667. |Capt Edwin Reuben Ross DCM |REME |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment and REME |No citation. Served R Leicesters till 1915-50. |
| |(167151) | |15 Aug 1953 | |Previously awarded DCM, 2nd Leicesters, 14 Apr |
| | | | | |1916. |
|668/ |Col Frederick Lawrence Martin DSO (36718) |late South Staffs |Legion of Merit (Legionnaire) |AA&QMG, HQ British Common-wealth Forces, Korea, May-Sep |Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, Apr-Jun |
|245. | | |(USA) 30 Oct 1953 |1951 |1944. Previously awarded MID 24 Aug 1944 and 11 |
| | | | | |Jan 1945 and DSO 8 Feb 1945. |
|669/ |Brig Douglas Anthony |late R Leicesters |Third Bar to DSO |Commander, 29th (British) Infantry Brigade, Korea, 1953 |Previously awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, DSO 1 Jun 1943,|
|246. |Kendrew CBE DSO** (44766) | |8 Dec 1953 | |Bar 13 Jan 1944, Second Bar 4 May 1944, CBE 21 Dec |
| | | | | |1944, and later CB 1 Jan 1958, and KCMG 12 Jul |
| | | | | |1963. |
|670/ |Capt John Henry Fareham (273889) |Sherwood Foresters |MBE |OC 104 Air Photo Interpretation Section, HQ 1st |Previously awarded MID 11 Jan 1945 in 2/5th |
|246A | | |8 Dec 1953 |Commonwealth Division, Korea, Nov 1952-Oct 1953 |Leicesters. |
|671. |Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale KCB KBE DSO MC |late R Innis-killing |GCB |Commander Northern Army Group and CinC British Army of the|No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| |(20116) |Fus-iliers |1 Jan 1954 |Rhine, Germany |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, and|
| | | | | |two USA awards. Later awarded three other foreign |
| | | | | |awards. |
|672. |WO2 Harry Halford MM |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded MM 6 Aug 1940. |
| |(4848713) | |20 Oct 1954 | | |
|673/ |Lt Col Henry Rex Beauchamp |RAPC |OBE |OC Regimental Pay Office, Malaya, 1953-54 |Served in Leicesters 1928-38. |
|247. |(34574) | |24 Oct 1954 | | |
|674. |Maj Alan William Delaforce |R Leicesters |Order of El Istiqlal |Brigade Major, HQ 2nd Brigade, Arab Legion, Jordan, |No citation. Previously awarded MID 22 Dec 1939 |
| |Nicholls MC (62873) | |(Third Class) (Jordan) 1954 |1951-53 |and MC 4 Nov 1941, and later OBE 30 Sep 1958. |
|675. |WO2 (ORQMS) T A Cumbley |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4855111) | |1954 | | |
|676. |WO1 (RSM) John Thomas |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded DCM 13 Dec 1945. |
| |Meredith DCM (482705) | |1954 | | |
|677/ |Col James Norman Carter OBE (34655) |late R Warwick |CBE |Chief of Staff, HQ British Common-wealth Forces, Korea |Previously CO 2nd R Leicesters 1947. Previously |
|248. | | |1 Jan 1955 | |awarded MID 9 Aug 1945 and OBE 24 Jan 1946 . |
|678. |Lt-Gen Sir Colin Bishop Callander KBE CB MC |late |KCB |Military Secretary, The War Office |No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Sep 1916 in |
| |(10503) |R Leicesters |9 Jun 1955 | |1st Royal Munster Fusiliers, MID 2 Oct 1940, CB 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1945, and KBE 1 Jan 1952. |
|679. |Maj (Retd) Frederick Ernest |R Leicesters (TA) |CBE (Civil) |Political and public service in Leicester |No citation. Later knighted 1 Jan 1962. |
| |Oliver TD DL |(Retd) |1 Jan 1955 | | |
|680. |WO1 (RSM) H Brown |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| | | |1 Jan 1955 | | |
|681. |WO2 George Bertram Payne |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. Later awarded MBE |
| |(4341899) | |1 Jan 1955 | |28 Apr 1959. |
|682. |Chief Constable Godwin Edward Banwell OBE MC* KPM|Leicesters (Retd) |CBE |Chief Constable of Cheshire 1948-55 |No citation. Served 1/5th Leicesters 1916-19; |
| | | |9 Jun 1955 | |awarded MC as a 2Lt 25 Aug 1917 and Bar as an |
| | | | | |A/Capt 14 Feb 1919. Previously awarded the OBE15 |
| | | | | |Dec 1930 and KPM 1 Jan 1931. |
|683. |Maj (Retd) Charles Aubrey Babington Elliott JP |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Member of the Domestic Coal Consumers' Council |No citation. Served in 8th Leicesters in First |
| | | |9 Jun 1955 | |World War |
|684/ |WO1 Sidney Wilson Ord-Hume (4339673) |Northamptons |MBE |Bandmaster, 1st Northamptons, British Commonwealth |Later served 4/5th R Leicesters (TA) 1960-63. |
|249. | | |9 Jun 1955 |Forces, Korea | |
|685. |Col (Retd) Alfred Halkyard MC TD DL |Leicesters (TA) (Retd)|CB (Civil) |Service to the TA, Leicestershire |No citation. Previously awarded MC in 4th |
| | | |2 Jan 1956 | |Leicesters 3 Jun 1918. |
|686/ |Rev (CF1) Richard John Forrester Mayston MBE QHC |RAChD |CBE |Assistant Chaplain General, |Previously served as Chaplain to 2nd Leicesters in |
|250. |(69554) | |2 Jan 1956 |HQ Northern Army Group, Germany, 1953-55 |Palestine 1938-39. Previously awarded MBE 1 Jan |
| | | | | |1944 and MID 19 Sep 1946. |
|687/ |Lt Col (Retd) Horace Arthur Geoffrey Havilland |R Leicesters (Retd) |OBE |QM, RMA Sandhurst, Surrey, |Previously awarded MID 15 Sep 1939 and 26 Apr 1945 |
|251. |MBE | |2 Jan 1956 |1946-55 |and MBE 30 Dec 1941. |
| |(113069) | | | | |
|688. |Lt Col (Retd) Richard Gowland Gaskell Harvey DSO |R Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Service to SSAFA in Northern Ireland |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 1 Aug 1946 as |
| |JP DL | |2 Jan 1956 | |2IC 1st Leicesters in Malaya 1941-42. |
|689/ |Maj James Alan Comrie |Rifle Brigade |MBE |Military Assistant to Vice-Chief of the Imperial General |Later CO 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1963-66. |
|252. |Cowan (245350) | |2 Jan 1956 |Staff, War Office |Previously awarded MID 29 Nov 1945 and later |
| | | | | |awarded CBE (Civil) 31 Dec 1991. |
|690. |Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale GCB KBE DSO MC |late R Innis-killing |Legion of Honour (Commander) |“For exceptional services in war” |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| |(20116) |Fus-iliers |(France) | |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | |28 Dec 1956 | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB|
| | | | | |1 Jan 1954 and two USA awards. Later awarded two |
| | | | | |other foreign awards. |
|691. |Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale GCB KBE DSO MC |late R Innis-killing |Croix de Guerre w Palm (France)|“For exceptional services in war” |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| |(20116) |Fus-iliers |28 Dec 1956 | |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | | | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB|
| | | | | |1 Jan 1954 and three foreign awards. Later awarded |
| | | | | |one other foreign award. |
|692. |Brig-Gen (Retd) Sir Harold Brewer Hartley KCVO |RE (Retd) |GCVO |President of the World Power Conference 1950-56, and |No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters |
| |CBE MC FRS | |1 Jan 1957 |Chairman of the Energy Commission, Organization for |1914-15. Previous-ly awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 |
| | | | |European Economic Co-operation 1955-56 |Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919, an |
| | | | | |Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920, FRS 6 May 1926, |
| | | | | |Knighthood 1 Jan 1928, and KCVO 1 Jan 1944. Later |
| | | | | |awarded CH 10 Jun 1967. |
|693/ |Lt Ernest Malcolm Clive Douglas Taylor (430458) |R Lincolns |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Lincolns, Bahau, Malay, 23 Oct |Previously served 1st R Leicesters 1954-55. |
|253. | | |4 Jan 1957 |1956 | |
|694/ |Pte Trevor M Jervis |R Leicesters |MID |Driver, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, | |
|254. |(23213390) | |29 Jan 1957 |30 May 1956 | |
|695/ |Maj Oswald James Mirylees |R Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 3rd Bn The Malay Regt, Malaya, Mar |Previously awarded MID 19 Sep 1946. |
|255. |(112888) | |28 May 1957 |1955-Nov 1956 | |
|696. |Lt Col (Retd) George Kenneth Fordham Ruddle TD DL|Leicesters (TA) (Retd)|Knight Bachelor |Political and public service to Rutland |No citation. CO 2/5th Leicesters 1939-40. |
| | | |13 Jun 1957 | | |
|697. |Maj-Gen John Michael Kane |late R Leicesters |CB |Chief of Staff, HQ Northern Command, York |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 12 Jul 1945, |
| |Spurling CBE DSO (31731) | |13 Jun 1957 | |and awarded CBE 1 Jun 1953. |
|698. |WO2 P O Ratcliffe |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment |No citation. |
| |(4851363) | |19 Sep 1957 | | |
|699. |Lt Col Robert Bernard Penfold |RA |MVO |GSO1, British Military Mission, Washington, USA |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters in |
| |(375887) | |29 Oct 1957 | |1936/37. Later awarded CB 14 Jun 1969. |
|700/ |Maj-Gen Douglas Anthony |late R Leicesters |CB |General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District, 1956-57 |Previously awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, DSO 1 Jun 1943,|
|256. |Kendrew CBE DSO*** (44766) | |1 Jan 1958 | |Bar 13 Jan 1944, Second Bar 4 May 1944, and Third |
| | | | | |Bar 8 Dec 1953 (Korea), CBE 21 Dec 1944, and later |
| | | | | |KCMG 12 Jul 1963. |
|701/ |WO2 Horace Almen |R Leicesters (TA) |MBE |CSM, Support Company, 5th R Leicesters (TA), Leicester | |
|257. |(22267095) | |1 Jan 1958 |1949-57 | |
|702. |Maj Peter Eric Beaumont |R Leicesters |MID |Company Commander,1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, 1955-1957 |No citation. Later awarded MID 21 Aug 1964. |
| |Badger (95260) | |7 Feb 1958 | | |
|703. |2Lt Anthony John Griffin |R Leicesters |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, 1955-1957 |No citation. Later awarded MID 15 Apr 1980, CBE 31|
| |Pollard (446685) | |7 Feb 1958 | |Dec 1984 and CB 12 Jun 1992. |
|704. |Cpl Norman James |R Leicesters |MID |Section Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, 10 Feb 1957 |No citation. |
| |(23203458) | |7 Feb 1958 | | |
|705/ |Brig John Hamilton Cubbon OBE (52600) |late Cheshire |CBE |Commander, 18th Infantry Brigade and Brig I/C Admin HQ |Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters 1944-45. Previously|
|258. | | |23 May 1958 |17th Gurkha Division, Malaya, 1956-57 |awarded OBE 7 Aug 1940, MID 11 Jan 1945, |
| | | | | |Distinguished Service Medal (Greece) 15 Aug 1946, |
| | | | | |and R Order of King George I (Greece) 16 Jan 1948, |
| | | | | |and later CB 2 Jun 1962. |
|706. |Capt Richard Eustace John |R Lincolns |MID |Adjutant, 1st R Lincolns, Malaya, |No citation. Later served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. |
| |Gerrard-Wright (407841) | |23 May 1958 |Aug-Dec 1957 |Later awarded MBE 12 Jun 1965, OBE 12 Jun 1971, MID|
| | | | | |1 May 1973, CBE 1977 and CB 31 Dec 1984. |
|707/ |Brig Ralph Henry Lefroy Oulton OBE (30694) |late R Lincolns |CBE |Provost Marshal, The War Office |Previously CO 1st R Leicesters 1947. Previously |
|259. | | |12 Jun 1958 |1956-58 |awarded OBE 2 Jan 1950. |
|708/ |Lt Col Basil Leslie Gunnell MC (66280) |R Warwick |OBE |CO, 1st R Warwick, Northern Ireland 1957 |Previously served 1st R Leicesters 1950-54. |
|260. | | |12 Jun 1958 | |Previously awarded MC 21 Feb 1946. |
|709/ |Lt Col Alan William Delaforce |R Leicesters |OBE |CO, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, |Previously awarded MID 22 Dec 1939, MC 4 Nov 1941 |
|261. |Nicholls MC (62873) | |30 Sep 1958 |Jun 1956-Jul 1958 |and Order of El Istiqlal (Jordan) 1954. |
|710/ |WO1 Thomas Joseph Marston |R Leicesters |MBE |RSM, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus,1955-1958 |Later awarded the MSM in 1962. |
|262. |(4856588) | |30 Sep 1958 | | |
|711. |Maj Michael St George Pallot |R Leicesters |MID |2IC, 1st R Leicesters, Cyprus, |No citation. Previously awarded MID 4 Apr 1946. |
| |(69128) | |30 Sep 1958 |Sep 1956-Jul 1958 | |
|712/ |WO2 George Bertram Payne |R Leicesters |MBE |RQMS, 1st Foresters, India/UK/ BAOR/Middle East/Malaya, |Previously awarded MSM in 1955. |
|263. |(4341899) | |28 Apr 1959 |1946-58 | |
|713. |Capt (QM) George Henry Greaves |R Leicesters |MID |QM, 1st Foresters, Malaya |No citation. |
| |(416058) | |28 Apr 1959 | | |
|714/ |Lt Col John William Burton |R Leicesters |OBE |GSO1, HQ Aldershot District, Hmpshire, 1958-59 |Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 1940 France and 10 |
|264. |Marshall (67123) | |1 Jan 1960 | |Oct 1952 Korea. |
|715. |Pilot Officer (Retd) Kenneth William Bowder |RAFVR (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Political and public services in Leicester |No citation. Previously served Leicesters 1939-40,|
| | | |11 Jun 1960 | |then 2Lt in Hamps Regt and RAFVR. |
|716/ |Maj James Clamp DCM MM (347127) |Leics and Rutland ACF |MBE |Deputy County Cadet Commandant, Leicestershire& Rutland |Previously served Coalville Home Guard of The |
|265. | | |10 Jun 1961 |ACF |Leicester-shire Regiment 1941-45. Prev-iously |
| | | | |1945-60 |awarded DCM in The Queen’s Westminster Rifles for |
| | | | | |action on 28 March 1918 and MM 23 Jul 1919. |
|717/ |Capt Thomas Benedict Felix |R Leicesters |MC |Company Commander, 2nd Bn Ghana Regt, The Congo, 27/28 Apr| |
|266. |Hiney (448980) | |19 Sep 1961 |1961 | |
|718. |Maj (Retd) Frederick Ernest |R Leicesters (TA) |Knight Bachelor |Political service in Leicester |No citation. Previously awarded CBE (Civil) 1 Jan |
| |Oliver CBE TD DL |(Retd) |1 Jan 1962 | |1955. |
|719. |Maj-Gen John Hamilton Cubbon CBE (52600) |late Cheshire |CB |General Officer Commanding, 43 (Wessex) Division/District,|No citation. Previously CO 2/5th Leicesters |
| | | |2 Jun 1962 |Taunton |1944-45. Previously awarded OBE 7 Aug 1940, MID 11|
| | | | | |Jan 1945, Distinguished Service Medal (Greece) 15 |
| | | | | |Aug 1946, R Order of King George I (Greece) 16 Jan |
| | | | | |1948, and CBE 23 May 1958. |
|720. |WO1 Thomas Joseph Marston MBE (4856588) |R Leicesters |MSM |Service to the Regiment |No citation. Previously awarded MBE 30 Sep 1958. |
| | | |1962 | | |
|721/ |Brig George Le Fevre Payne (52707) |late RAOC |CBE |Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, The War Office |Previously served 1st Leicesters 1931-38. Later |
|267. | | |8 Jun 1963 | |awarded CB 11 Jun 1966. |
|722. |Maj-Gen (Retd) Douglas Anthony Kendrew CB CBE |late R Leicesters |KCMG |Governor (designate) of Western Australia |No citation. Previously awarded MID 23 Sep 1943, |
| |DSO*** | |12 Jul 1963 | |DSO 1 Jun 1943, Bar 13 Jan 1944, Second Bar 4 May |
| | | | | |1944 and Third Bar 8 Dec 1953 (Korea), CBE 21 Dec |
| | | | | |1944 and CB 1 Jan 1958. |
|723/ |2Lt Alan Elliott Thompson |R Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Sarawak, Sep 1963-Jan|Later awarded MBE 1 May 1973 and MID 17 Jun 1974. |
|268. |(471365) | |21 Apr 1964 |1964 | |
|724/ |Cpl Geoffrey Booth |R Leicesters |Queen’s Commend-ation for Brave|Off Duty, 1st R Leicesters, Somerset | |
|269. |(22772570) | |Conduct |9 Jun 1964 | |
| | | |25 Aug 1964 | | |
|725/ |Lt Col Stuart Arthur Smith MBE (156183) |R Leicesters |OBE |CO, 4/5th R Leicesters (TA), Leicester 1961-63 |Previously awarded MID 19 Jul 1945 and MBE 13 Dec |
|270. | | |13 Jun 1964 | |1945. |
|726/ |CSgt George Anthony Brian |R Leicesters |BEM |SNCO IC Borders Scouts, 1st R Leicesters, Borneo Oct | |
|271. |Davis (19009137) | |13 Jun 1964 |1963-Jan 1964 | |
|727. |Lt Col Peter Eric Beaumont |R Leicesters |MID |CO,1st R Leicesters, Borneo, Sep 63-Mar 64 |No citation. Previously awarded MID 7 Feb 1958. |
| |Badger (95260) | |21 Aug 1964 | | |
|728. |Maj Terence Holloway (403494) |R Leicesters |MID |Company Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Borneo, Sep 63-Mar 64|No citation. |
| | | |21 Aug 1964 | | |
|729. |Capt Peter William Barker |RA |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Borneo, Sep 63-Mar 64|No citation. |
| |(454918) | |21 Aug 1964 | | |
|730. |LCpl William Dance |R Leicesters |MID |Section 2IC, 1st R Leicesters, Borneo, Sep 63-Mar 64 |No citation. |
| |(22959170) | |21 Aug 1964 | | |
|731. |LCpl Thomas James Reece |R Leicesters |MID |Signaller, 1st R Leicesters, Borneo, Sep 63-Mar 64 |No citation. |
| |(23742566) | |21 Aug 1964 | | |
|732/ |2Lt Michael John Peele |R Leicesters |MC |Platoon Commander, 1st R Leicesters, Sabah, 23-25 Jan 1964| |
|272. |(472597) | |17 Nov 1964 | | |
|733/ |Lt Col Ludford Robert Docker MC TD (66809) |R Warwick Fusiliers |OBE |AQMG, HQ East Africa Command, Kenya, Dec 1962-Aug 1964 |Previously awarded MID 20 Dec 1940, and MC 28 Dec |
|273. | | |1 Jan 1965 | |1951 in 1st R Leicesters. |
|734/ |Maj Keith Burch |R Anglian |MBE |SO2, Army Staff Duties 2, Ministry of Defence (Army), |Later served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. Later awarded |
|274. |(418208) | |1 Jan 1965 |1962-64 |CBE 11 Jun 1977 and CB1985. |
|735. |Lt Col Richard Eustace John |R Anglian |MBE |Brigade Major, East African Brigade, Kenya, 1963-65 |No citation. Later served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. |
| |Gerrard-Wright | |12 Jun 1965 | |Previously awarded MID 23 May 1958; later awarded |
| |(407841) | | | |OBE 12 Jun 1971, MID 1 May 1973, CBE 1977 and CB 31|
| | | | | |Dec 1984. |
|736. |Maj-Gen George Le Fevre Payne CBE (52707) |late RAOC |CB |Director-General Ordnance Services, The War Office |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters |
| | | |11 Jun 1966 | |1931-38. Previous-ly awarded CBE 8 Jun 1963. |
|737/ |Lt Col Hugh Jack Cox TD |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE |CO, Oakham School CCF 1944-66 |Previously in The Leicesters 1940-42. |
|274A |(176067) | |11 Jun 1966 | | |
|738/ |Maj John Richard Ellis Bowes (457111) |R Anglian |President’s Champion Shot Medal|For the Champion Rifle Shot in the Zambian Army 1966 |Previously served R Leicesters 1956-64. |
|275. | | |(Zambia) 1966 | | |
|739/ |Capt (QM) Anthony Dennis |R Anglian |MBE |QM, 3rd Division HQ & Signal Regiment, Bulford, Hampshire |Previously served R Leicesters 1938-1950. |
|276. |Russell (473172) | |1 Jan 1967 |1963-66 | |
|740/ |WO2 David Gilbert Grove |R Anglian |MBE |OIC, 17 Army Youth Team, Leicester 1965-66 |Previously served R Leicesters 1945-64. |
|277. |(14474163) | |1 Jan 1967 | | |
|741. |Brig-Gen (Retd) Sir Harold Brewer Hartley GCVO |RE (Retd) |Companion of Honour (CH) |For services in scientific and public affairs |No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters |
| |CBE MC FRS | |10 Jun 1967 | |1914-15. Previous-ly awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 |
| | | | | |Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919, an |
| | | | | |Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920, FRS 6 May 1926, |
| | | | | |Knighthood 1 Jan 1928, KCVO 1 Jan 1944, and GCVO 1 |
| | | | | |Jan 1957. |
|742/ |Capt Leslie Turner Hunt |RMP (TA) |MBE |Permanent Staff Officer, 49 Div/Dist Pro Coy RMP (TA), |Later served R Leicesters (Terri-torial) 1967-69. |
|278. |(303872) | |10 Jun 1967 |Leicester, 1953-66 | |
|743. |Lt Col (Retd) The Hon Henry Arthur Pears Fisher |Leicesters (Retd) |Knight Bachelor |High Court Judge |No citation. Previously awarded MID 9 May 1946. |
| |QC | |1 Jan 1968 | | |
|744/ |Lt Nigel Henry Peter Jenks MM (483134) |R Anglian |MBE |RSM and MTO, 4th R Anglian, Aden and Malta, 1965-68 |Previously awarded MM 29 Apr 1952. |
|279. | | |8 Jun 1968 | | |
|745. |Capt George Arthur Holben |R Anglian |MSM |Service to The Royal Norfolk, East Anglian and Royal |No citation. Later served 4th R Anglian 1969-70. |
| |(479999) | |28 Aug 1968 |Anglian Regiments | |
|746/ |Brig Donald Stapeleton Carden |late R Anglian |CBE |Commander, Advance Base, Belgium,1967-68 |Previously served R Leicesters 1936-64. Previously|
|280. |(70489) | |1 Jan 1969 | |awarded MID 8 Jul 1941. |
|747. |Maj-Gen Robert Bernard Penfold MVO (375887) |late RA |CB |Chief of Defence Staff, Kenya Armed Forces, and Commander |No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters |
| | | |14 Jun 1969 |British Army Training Team Kenya 1966-69 |1936-7. Previously awarded MVO 29 Oct 1957. |
|748. |Lt Col Richard Geoffrey |R Anglian (TA) |OBE |CO, 4/5th R Leicesters, Leicester |No citation. Later awarded CBE (Civil) 16 Jun 1990.|
| |Wilkes TD DL (385029) | |14 Jun 1969 | | |
|749. |Maj (Retd) Arthur Bertram Entwistle MC |Leicesters (Retd) |OBE (Civ) |RFI 360 3 Oct 15 |No citation. Previously awarded MC 7 Jul 1918. |
| | | |?? 1970 | |Served 6th Leicesters in WW2. |
|750. |Maj (Retd) Matthew Anthony Leonard Cripps DSO TD |R Leicesters (TA) |CBE (Civil) |Public service in the judiciary |No citation. Previously awarded DSO 12 Apr 1943. |
| |QC |(Retd) |1 Jan 1971 | | |
|751/ |Lt Col Richard Eustace John |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 2nd R Anglian, Belfast, |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. |
|281. |Gerrard-Wright MBE (407841) | |12 Jun 1971 |Oct 1970-Feb 1971 |Previously awarded MBE 12 Jun 1965 and MID 23 May |
| | | | | |1958; later awarded MID 1 May 1973, CBE 1977 and CB|
| | | | | |31 Dec 1984. |
|752/ |Lt Col Edwin Turnill |R Anglian |OBE |CO, The Desert Regiment, Oman 1970-71 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1967-8. Also |
|282. |(397389) | |12 Jun 1971 | |awarded the Sultan’s Bravery Medal (= DSO) 1971. |
|753. |Lt Col Edwin Turnill OBE (397389) |R Anglian |Sultan of Oman’s Bravery Medal |CO, The Desert Regiment, Oman 1970-71 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| | | |1971 | |1967-8. Also awarded OBE 12 Jun 1971. |
|754/ |Maj Richard Henry Robinson |R Anglian |MBE |Staff Officer, HQ Southern Command, Hounslow Jul 1970-Jul |Previously served 1st R Lei-cesters/4th R Anglian |
|283. |(443738) | |1 Jan 1972 |1971 |1957-1970. Later awarded OBE 1 Jan 1977. |
|755. |Sgt Denis James Foran |R Anglian |MID |Platoon Sergeant,1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 1st R |
| |(23951516) | |3 Oct 1972 | |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1960-70. |
|756. |Cpl Paul Leslie Ludbrook |R Anglian |MID |Section Commander,1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(24128633) | |3 Oct 1972 | |1966-70. Later awarded MBE 14 Apr 1987. |
|757/ |Capt Shaun Michael Brogan |R Anglian |MC |Ops Officer/Field Commander, 22 SAS, Oman, Apr 1971-Apr |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1966-69. |
|284a & b. |(480255) | |24 Nov 1972 |1972 | |
|758. |Lt Col Peter Worthy |R Anglian |Sultan of Oman’s Distinguished |CO, The Jebel Regiment, Oman |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(408086) | |Service Medal |1970-72 |1965-67. |
| | | |1972 | | |
|759. |Capt Robin Wright |R Anglian (Retd) |Sultan of Oman’s Commendation |Company Officer, The Muscat Regiment, Oman 1971-72 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(481308) | |1972 | |1966-70. |
|760. |Cpl Nevil Jephcote |R Anglian |MM |Section Commander, 3rd R Anglian, Belfast, June 1972 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(24114763) | |20 Feb 1973 | |1967-70. |
|761. |Capt Alan Elliott Thompson MC (471365) |R Anglian |MBE |SO3 Intelligence, HQ 39 Infantry Brigade, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| | | |1 May 1973 | |R Anglian 1963-70. Previously awarded MC 21 Apr |
| | | | | |1964, and later MID 17 Jun 1974. |
|762. |Lt Col Richard Eustace John |R Anglian |MID |CO, 2nd R Anglian, Belfast, 1973 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |Gerrard-Wright OBE (407841) | |1 May 1973 | |1965-67. Pre-viously awarded MID 23 May 1958, MBE |
| | | | | |12 Jun 1965 and OBE 12 Jun 1971; later awarded CBE |
| | | | | |11 Jan 1977 and CB 31 Dec 1984. |
|763. |Maj Paul Philip Young |R Anglian |MID |2IC,1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |(420965) | |1 May 1973 | |1952-64. Later awarded MID 30 Sep 1975. |
|764. |Capt Roger Howe |R Anglian |MBE (Gallantry) |Intelligence Officer, 2nd R Anglian, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| |(473975) | |24 Jul 1973 | |R Anglian 1963-68. Later awarded OBE 14 Dec 1982. |
|765. |Maj George Humphrey |R Anglian |MBE |Military Intelligence Officer, HQ 39th Infantry Brigade, |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| |Bradshaw (432494) | |18 Sep 1973 |Belfast |R Anglian 1953-65. |
|766. |Cpl Julian Laker |RRF |MM |Section Commander, 3rd RRF, County Armagh |No citation. Previously served 1st R |
| |(23928843) | |18 Sep 1973 | |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1962-65. |
|767/ |WO1 George Edward Veitch |R Anglian |MBE |WO Admin, Jungle Warfare Wing, Malaysia 1971-73 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1965. |
|285. |(21063115) | |1 Jan 1974 | | |
|768/ |Col Terence Arthur Cave |late Int Corps |CBE |Defence Attaché Prague 1971-73 |Previously served R Leicesters 1946-55. |
|286. |(350706) | |15 Jun 1974 | | |
|769/ |Lt Col William Gaskell |R Anglian (TA) |OBE |CO, 7th R Anglian (V), Leicester 1971-73 |Previously served 1st R Leicest-ers and 4/5th R |
|287. |Wallace TD (425883) | |15 Jun 1974 | |Leicesters (TA) 1952-67. |
|770. |Maj Alan Elliott Thompson MBE MC (471365) |R Anglian |MID |Intelligence Officer, 2nd R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| | | |17 Jun 1974 | |R Anglian 1963-70. Previously awarded MC 21 Apr |
| | | | | |1964 and MBE 1 May 1973. |
|771. |Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale GCB KBE DSO MC |late R Innis-killing |Order of the Crown (Grand |Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, SHAPE, Belgium |No citation. Previously CO 1/5th Leicesters |
| |(20116) |Fus-iliers |Officer) (Belgium) | |1940-41. Previously awarded MC 26 Jul 1918 in MG |
| | | |16 Sep 1974 | |Corps, OBE 11 Jul 1940, DSO 31 Aug 1944, CB 2 Aug |
| | | | | |1945, two MIDs, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB|
| | | | | |1 Jan 1954 and four foreign awards. |
|772/ |Maj David John Macrae |RRF |Sultan of Oman’s DSM |Company Commander, Jebel Regiment, Oman, 1973 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1969-70. |
|288. |Daniels (480056) | |(Gallantry) | | |
| | | |1974 | | |
|773. |Lt Col Stuart Albert Green |R Anglian |Sultan of Oman’s Distinguished |Chief of Staff, HQ SAF, Oman, 1974-75 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(424997) | |Service Medal 1974 | |1968-70. Later awarded OBE 12 Jun 1976. |
|774/ |CSgt Maurice Edward Taylor |R Anglian |BEM |CQMS, Tiger Company 4th R Anglian, England and NI, 1973-75| |
|289. |(22973143) | |14 Jun 1975 | | |
|775. |Lt Col Paul Philip Young |R Anglian |MID |CO, 11th UDR, North Armagh, NI |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |(420965) | |30 Sep 1975 | |1952-64. Previously awarded MID 1 May 1973. |
|776. |CSgt Clive Alfred Mallett |R Anglian |MID |Platoon Commander, 3rd R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 1st R |
| |(23720959) | |30 Sep 1975 | |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1962-68. |
|777/ |Lt Col Stuart Albert Green |R Anglian |OBE |Chief of Staff, HQ SAF, Oman, 1974-75 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1968-70. |
|290. |(424997) | |12 Jun 1976 | |Previously awarded Sultan of Oman’s DSM 1974. |
|778/ |Lt Col Richard Henry |R Anglian |OBE |Commander, Union Defence Force, Abu Dhabi, 1974-76 |Previously served 1st R Leicest-ers/4th R Anglian |
|291. |Robinson MBE (443738) | |10 June 1977 | |1957-1970. Previously awarded MBE 1 Jan 1972. |
|779. |Brig Richard Eustace John |late R Anglian |CBE |Commander, 39th Infantry Brigade, Belfast, 1975-76 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |Gerrard-Wright OBE (407841) | |11 Jan 1977 | |1965-67. Pre-viously awarded MID 23 May 1958, MBE |
| | | | | |12 Jun 1965, OBE 12 Jun 1971 and MID 1 May 1973, |
| | | | | |and later CB 31 Dec 1984. |
|780/ |Col Keith Burch MBE (418208) |late R Anglian |CBE |Colonel GS, HQ 2nd Armoured Division, Lubbecke, Germany, |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1965-67. |
|292. | | |11 Jun 1977 |1976 |Previously awarded MBE 1 Jan 1965, and later CB 31 |
| | | | | |Dec 1984. |
|781. |Col (Retd) Samuel Enderby DSO MC JP |late Royal Northumber-|CVO |Services to The Queen's Body Guard |No citation. Previously awarded MC 15 Sep 1939 in |
| | | |11 Jun 1977 |of the Yeomen of the Guard |1st RNF and DSO 24 Feb 1944 as CO 2/5th Leicesters.|
| | |land Fusiliers (Retd) | | | |
|782. |WO1 H D Benham |R Anglian |MSM |Service to The Royal Leicestershire and The Royal Anglian |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |(19039457) | |3 Mar 78 |Regiments |1940-64. |
|783. |Maj (Retd) Richard O’Brien |Sherwood Foresters |Knight Bachelor |Chairman, Manpower Services Commission, Great Britain |No citation. Previously awarded MC 28 Jan 1943 in |
| |DSO MC* |(Retd) |31 Dec 1979 | |14th Foresters and Bar to MC in same unit on 20 Jul|
| | | | | |1944, and DSO in 2/5th Leicesters, Italy, 10 May |
| | | | | |1945. |
|784. |Brig Angus Francis Fletcher |late R Anglian |CBE |Commander, British Forces Belize, 1978-79 |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |Hope Robertson (393268) | |31 Dec 1979 | |1966-67. |
|785/ |Maj Daniel Richard Baily (454974) |R Anglian |MBE |SO2 (SD) , HQ BAOR, Germany 1976-77 |Later CO 7th R Anglian (V) 1979 -82. |
|293. | | |31 Dec 1977 | | |
|786/ |Sgt Trevor Hobday |REME |BEM |NCO IC ‘A’ Vehicle repairs, SEME Bordon, 1976-78 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1966-68. |
|293A |(23657011) | |1 Jan 1979 | | |
|787/ |Major Albert John James |RAMC (V) |MBE |Training Officer, 222nd Field Ambulance RAMC (V), |Previously served 4/5th R Leicesters (TA) 1953-69. |
|294. |Pryce-Howells TD (464596) | |31 Dec 1979 |Leicester, 1978-79 | |
|788. |Lt Col Anthony John Griffin |R Anglian |MID |CO, 1st R Anglian, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| |Pollard (446685) | |15 Apr 1980 | |R Anglian 1956-68. Previously awarded MID 7 Feb |
| | | | | |1958, and later CBE 31 Dec 1984 and CB 12 Jun 1992.|
|789. |Capt Kevin Michael Ryan |R Anglian |MID |Intelligence Officer, 1st R Anglian, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(487574) | |15 Apr 1980 | |1969-70. Later awarded MID 6 Oct 1981 and MBE 13 |
| | | | | |Oct 1987. |
|790. |CSgt Peter Anthony Cookson |R Anglian |MID |Platoon Commander, 1st R Anglian, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(24060602) | |15 Apr 1980 | |1966-70. |
|791/ |Lt Col Francis Anthony Hereward Swallow (451582) |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 5th R Anglian (V), Peterborough |Served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1957-75. |
|295. | | |14 Jun 1980 |Oct 1978-79 | |
|792. |Maj (Retd) Eric Jack Townsend TD |R Leicesters (TA) |OBE (Civil) |Service to the Charity CARE |No citation. |
| | |(Retd) |13 Jun 1981 | | |
|793. |Capt Kevin Michael Ryan |R Anglian |MID |SO3, HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade, Lurgan |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(487574) | |6 Oct 1981 | |1969-70. Earlier awarded MID 15 Apr 1980 and later |
| | | | | |MBE 13 Oct 1987. |
|794/ |Sgt Robert Colin Willmott |ACC |BEM |Master Chef, det 13 Signal Regt, Gross Gusborn, Germany, |Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian |
|296. |(23779722 ) | |12 Jun 1982 |1977-81 |1964-70. |
|795. |WO2 Rodney Travis |R Anglian |MID |Assistant Intelligence Officer, 10th UDR, Belfast |No citation. Previously served Tiger Coy 4th R |
| |(23924698) | |14 Sep 1982 | |Anglian 1969-72. |
|796/ |Maj Christopher Patrick Benedict Keeble (475184) |Para |DSO |CO, 2nd Bn Parachute Regt, Goose Green, Falkland Islands |Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian |
|297. | | |8 Oct 1982 |28 May 1982 |1963-70. |
|797. |Lt Col Roger Howe MBE |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 2nd R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 1 R Leicesters/4th R|
| |(473975) | |14 Dec 1982 | |Anglian 1963-68. Previously awarded MBE (Gallantry)|
| | | | | |24 Jul 1973. |
|798/ |Lt Col David William James |R Anglian (V) |OBE |CO, 6th R Anglian (V), Bury St Edmunds 1981-83 |Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian |
|298. |(473983) | |30 Dec 1983 | |1963-68. |
|799/ |Maj David Keith Harris TD |R Anglian (V) |MBE |SO2 G3 (TA), HQ 49th Infantry Brigade, Chilwell, Notts, |Later CO 7th R Anglian (V) and awarded OBE 31 Dec |
|299. |(483629) | |30 Dec 1983 |1982 |1987. |
|800. |Maj-Gen Keith Burch CBE |late R Anglian |CB |Director Personnel, MOD |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(418208) | |31 Dec 1984 | |1965-67. Pre-viously awarded MBE 1 Jan 65 and CBE |
| | | | | |11 Jun 1977. |
|801. |Maj-Gen Richard Eustace John |late R Anglian |CB |Director TA & Cadets, MOD |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |Gerrard-Wright CBE (407841) | |31 Dec 1984 | |1965-67. Pre-viously awarded MID 23 May 1958, MBE |
| | | | | |12 Jun 1965, OBE 12 Jun 1971, MID 1 May 1973, and |
| | | | | |CBE 11 Jan 1977. |
|802/ |Brig Anthony John Griffin |late R Anglian |CBE |Commander, British Forces Belize, 1982-84 |Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian |
|300. |Pollard (446685) | |31 Dec 1984 | |1956-68. Previously awarded MID 7 Feb 1958 and 15 |
| | | | | |Apr 1980, and later CB 12 Jun 1992. |
|803/ |Lt Col Hugh William Lambert |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 7th R Anglian (V), Leicester, | |
|301. |(470097) | |31 Dec 1984 |1982-84 | |
|804. |Bandsman (Retd) Charles Fredrick Fisher |Leicesters (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Services to the Loughborough Band |No citation. Previously served 2nd Leicesters |
| | | |31 Dec 1984 | |1936-45. |
|805. |2Lt (Retd) David Chetwode |R Leicesters (Retd) |CBE (Civil) |Services to food and meat marketing |No citation. Later awarded Knight Bachelor 12 Jun |
| |Samworth DL | |15 Jun 1985 | |2009. |
|806/ |Maj David Henry Greenfield (502209) |R Anglian |MBE |QM, 2nd R Anglian, UK/ Berlin/ Cyprus, 1982-84 |Later awarded MID 14 Apr 1987. Later served 7th R |
|302. | | |15 Jun 1985 | |Anglian (V) 1986-88. |
|807/ |WO2 Cecil Kenneth Keightley |RAPC (V) |MBE |Military Accountant, 7th R Anglian (V), Leicester, 1984-85| |
|303. |(23860071) | |1 Jan 1986 | | |
|808. |Lt Col Martin Edridge Romilly |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 2nd UDR, Armagh |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| |(475225) | |11 Nov 1986 | |R Anglian 1963-70. |
|809. |Capt David William Spalding |R Anglian |MBE |QM, 1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(504723) | |11 Nov 1986 | |1964-72. |
|810. |Maj George Frederick Tomlin (492718) |R Anglian |MID |Company Commander, 1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Later served 7th R Anglian (V) |
| | | |11 Nov 1986 | |1988-90. Later awarded MBE 11 Jun 1993. |
|811. |Lt Paul Leslie Ludbrook |R Anglian |MBE |RSM, 1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(523710) | |14 Apr 1987 | |1966-70. Pre-viously awarded MID 3 Oct 1972. |
|812. |WO2 Tyrone Derek Smith |R Anglian |MBE |Commander, Close Observation Platoon, 1st R Anglian, |No citation. Previously served HQ Coy 7th R Anglian|
| |(24197305) | |14 Apr 1987 |Londonderry |(V) 1973-74. Later served C Coy 3rd R Anglian |
| | | | | |(TA). |
|813. |Maj David Henry Greenfield MBE (502209) |R Anglian |MID |QM, 2nd R Anglian, Bessbrook, 1986 |No citation. Previously awarded MBE 15 Jun 1985 |
| | | |14 Apr 1987 | |Later served 7th R Anglian (V) 1986-88. |
|814. |Maj Peter Michael Holme |R Anglian |MID |Company Commander, 2nd R Anglian, Crossmaglen, 1986 |No citation. Later served CO 7th R Anglian (V) |
| |(495628) | |14 Apr 1987 | |1995-97. |
|815. |Maj Kevin Michael Ryan |R Anglian |MBE |Company Commander, 1st R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(487574) | |13 Oct 1987 | |1969-70. Earlier awarded MID 15 Apr 1980 and 6 Oct|
| | | | | |1981. |
|816/ |Lt Col David Keith Harris MBE TD (483629) |R Anglian (V) |OBE |CO, 7th R Anglian (V), Leicester |Previously awarded MBE 31 Dec 1983. |
|304. | | |31 Dec 1987 |1984-87 | |
|817. |2Lt (Retd) Peter Fenwick |R Leicesters (Retd) |Knight Bachelor |CEO, Shell Oil Company |No citation. Previously awarded MC 10 Oct 1952. |
| |Holmes MC | |11 Jun 1988 | | |
|818. |2Lt (Retd) Peter Machin North QC |R Leicesters (Retd) |CBE (Civil) |Chairman, Road Traffic Law Review, Great Britain |No citation. Later elected FBA in 1990 and |
| | | |30 Dec 1988 | |knighted 31 Dec 1997. |
|819/ |Maj Richard James Jackson |R Anglian |MBE |OC Selection Wing, Army Personnel Selection Centre, Sutton|Previously served 1st R Leicest-ers/4th R Anglian |
|305. |(499187) | |30 Dec 1988 |Coldfield, Warcs,1984-88 |1953-68. |
|820/ |WO2 Stuart Anthony Pollitt |R Anglian |BEM |Training WO, Depot The Queen’s Division, Bassingbourn, |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1969-70. |
|306. |(23943627) | |17 Jun 1989 |Cambs 1985-88 | |
|821/ |CSgt Anthony Ali |R Anglian |BEM |Medical Sergeant, 2nd R Anglian, Celle, 1977-88 |Previously served 4th R Anglian 1964-70. |
|307. |(24059655) | |17 Jun 1989 | | |
|822. |Col (Retd) Richard Geoffrey |late R Lei-cesters |CBE (Civil) |Service to the accountancy profession |No citation. Previously awarded OBE 14 Jun 1969. |
| |Wilkes OBE TD DL |(TA) (Retd) |14 Jun 1990 | | |
|823/ 308. |Lt Col Michael John Kinson |R Anglian |OBE |Staff Officer, Military Secretary’s Dept, MOD, 1985-89 |Previously served R Leicesters 1955-63. |
| |(490141) | |14 Jun 1990 | | |
|824/ |Capt Anthony Powell |R Anglian |MBE |QM, 1st R Anglian, Gibraltar/Col-chester/South Armagh, |Later served as Training Major 7th R Anglian (V) |
|309. |(519260) | |14 Jun 1990 |1986-90 |1990-94. |
|825/ |WO1 Stojan Dexter |R Anglian |MBE |Admin WO, British Military Mission to South Arabian |Previously served Tiger Coy 4th R Anglian 1972-75. |
|310. |(24221265) | |14 Jun 1990 |National Guard, Riyadh 1987-89 | |
|826/ |2Lt (Retd) Peter Machin North CBE QC |R Leicesters (Retd) |Fellow of the British Academy |For his work as a Law Commissioner for 8 years and for his|Previously awarded CBE (Civil) 30 Dec 1988 and |
|311. | | |(FBA) 1990 |contribution as an internationally-recognised expert on |later knighted 31 Dec 1997. |
| | | | |private international law | |
|827. |Brig (Retd) James Alan Comrie |late R Ang-lian (Retd)|CBE (Civil) |Secretary, Government Hospitality Fund, Foreign Office, |No citation. Previously CO 1st R Leicesters/ 4th R|
| |Cowan MBE | |31 Dec 1991 |Whitehall |Anglian 1963-66. Previously awarded MID 29 Nov |
| | | | | |1945 and MBE 2 Jan 1956 . |
|828. |SSgt Bruce Howard Hobday (23876392) |REME |MSM |Service to the REME |No citation. Previously served in 1st R |
| | | |1991 | |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1964-69. Later Awarded MBE|
| | | | | |14 Jun 1997. |
|829. |Lt Col Peter William Field |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 7/10th UDR, Belfast |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(488431) | |12 May 1992 | |1969-73. |
|830. |Maj-Gen Anthony John Griffin |late R Anglian |CB |General Officer Commanding, South West District, Bulford, |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters/4th|
| |Pollard CBE (446685) | |12 Jun 1992 |Hnats |R Anglian 1956-68. Previously awarded MID 7 Feb |
| | | | | |1958 and 15 Apr 1980, and CBE 31 Dec 1984. |
|831. |Maj (Retd) Christopher John |R Leicesters (TA) |CBE (Civil) |Service to education |No citation. |
| |Lowe TD |(Retd) |12 Jun 1992 | | |
|832. |Maj William Burford |R Anglian |MBE |QM, 3rd R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 1st R Leicesters |
| |(517057) | |27 Oct 1992 | |1962-64. |
|833. |Lt Col Richard Edward Haes (481782) |R Anglian |OBE |CO, 7th R Anglian (V), Leicester, |No citation. |
| | | |30 Dec 1992 |1990-92 | |
|834. |2Lt (Retd) Colin Stuart Paterson |R Leicesters (Retd) |CBE (Civil) |Managing Director of Caledonian MacBrayne shipping |No citation. Served 1 R Leicesters 1951-53. |
| | | |30 Dec 1993 |company, | |
| | | | |1980-97 | |
|835. |Maj Simon John Marriner (504950) |Adjutant |MBE |Deputy Chief of Staff, HQ UK Expeditionary Logistics |No citation. Previously served Adjutant 7th R |
| | |General's Corps (SPS) |11 Jun 1994 |Group, CSSG(UK), Tidworth, Hants |Anglian (V) 1986-87. Later awarded CBE 30 Dec 2009|
| | | | | |and QCVS 23 Mar 2012. |
|836. |Maj George Frederick Tomlin (492718) |R Anglian |MBE |British Military Adviser to Commander Belize Defence |No citation. Previously served 7th R Anglian (V) |
| | | |11 Jun 1993 |Force, Belize 1990-92 |1988-90. Pre-viously awarded MID 11 Nov 1986. |
|837. |Capt Robert William Potter |R Anglian |MBE |QM (Technical), 3rd R Anglian, Londonderry |No citation. Previously served 4th R Anglian |
| |(531955) | |30 Dec 1993 | |1966-70. |
|838. |Maj (Retd) William Garratt St Stephen Brogan DL |R Anglian (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Service to the Army Benevolent Fund, Leicestershire and |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| | | |11 Jun 1994 |Rutland |1950-64. |
|839. |Maj (Retd) Peter Norman |Intelligence Corps |MBE (Civil) |Service to the Independent Commiss-ion against Corruption,|No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |Graham |(Retd) |15 Jun 1996 |Hong Kong |1957-63. |
|840/ |SSgt Bruce Howard Hobday MSM (23876392) |REME |MBE |Army Recruiter in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire 1978-96 |Previously served in 1st R Leicesters/4th R Anglian|
|312 | | |14 Jun 1997 | |1964-69. |
|841. |2Lt (Retd) Peter Machin North CBE QC FBA |R Leicesters (Retd) |Knight Bachelor |Service to International Law |No citation. Previously awarded CBE (Civil) 30 Dec|
| | | |31 Dec 1997 | |1988 and FBA 1990. |
|842. |Sgt Balbir Singh Nagra |R Anglian (V) |MBE (Civil) |Service to the Asian Community in Leicester |No citation. Served in C Coy 7th R Anglian, EER |
| |(24560310) | |12 Jun 1999 | |and 3rd R Anglian 1990-date. |
|843. |Lt Col (Retd) John Lawrence |R Anglian (Retd) |OBE (Civil) |Service to the community (esp the St John Ambulance |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |Wilson DL | |31 Dec 1999 |Brigade) in Leic-estershire |1951-64. |
|844. |Maj Rhett Gerrard Corcoran |AGC (MPS) |MBE |OC Detention Operations (Kosovo) in the Former Yugoslavia |No citation. Served in Tiger Coy 4th R Anglian |
| |(547361) | |3 Nov 2000 |and Albania Oct 1999-Mar 2000 |1972-73. |
|845. |WO2 (Retd) Raymond Peter |RRF (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Security Officer, British High Comm-ission, Islamabad, |No citation. Previously served 1st R |
| |Cunningham | |16 Jun 2001 |Pakistan |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1960-68. |
|846. |Lt (Retd) George Nicholas |R Leicesters (TA) |OBE (Civil) |Service to the Heart of the National Forest Foundation |No citation. |
| |Corah DL |(Retd) |31 Dec 2001 | | |
|847. |Revd (2Lt (Retd)) George Malcolm Stonestreet |R Leicesters (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to the community in Cumbria |No citation. |
| | | |31 Dec 2004 | | |
|848. |Capt (Retd) David Ernest Ashwyn Michael |R Anglian (Retd) |Nawab |Service to the Nizam of Hyderabad |No citation. Previously served 1st R |
| | | |2005 | |Leicesters/4th R Anglian 1962-67. |
|849. |2Lt (Retd) Richard Leslie |R Leicesters (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to music in Kent |No citation. |
| |Burnett | |29 Dec 2007 | | |
|850. |Maj (Retd) Arthur Eric Robins |RAPC (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to The Royal British Legion in Somerset |No citation. Previously served R Leicesters |
| |Peters | |31 Dec 2008 | |1948-55. |
|851. |2Lt (Retd) David Chetwode |R Leicesters (Retd) |Knight Bachelor |Service to charity in Leicestershire |No citation. Previously awarded CBE (Civil) Jun |
| |Samworth CBE DL | |12 Jun 2009 | |1985. |
|852. |Brig Simon John Marriner MBE (504950) |late Adjutant General |CBE |Director, Staff & Personnel Support (Army), Worthy Down, |No citation. Previously served Adjutant 7th R |
| | |'s Corps (SPS) |30 Dec 2009 |Hants, |Anglian (V) 1986-87. Previously awarded MBE 11 |
| | | | |2006-09 |Jun 1994. Later awarded QCVS 23 Mar 2012. |
|853. |Maj (Retd) Geoffrey George Simpson TD DL |R Anglian (TA) (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to Cadets and Reserve Forces in Leicestershire |No citation. Previously served B Coy 7th R Anglian|
| | | |12 Jun 2010 | |(V) 1971-75. |
|854. |Maj (Hon Col) (Retd) Peter John Soloman Child |R Anglian (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to People with Visual Impair-ment in Norfolk |No citation. Previously served Tiger Coy 4th R |
| | | |1 Jan 2011 |1995-2010 |Anglian 1970-72. |
|855. |Capt (Retd) Robert James Allen |R Leicesters (Retd) |MBE (Civil) |Service to Ex-Service Men and Women in Leicestershire and |No citation. |
| | | |31 Dec 2011 |Rutland and to the community in Belton-in-Rutland | |
|856. |Brig Simon John Marriner CBE (504950) |late Adjutant General |Queen’s Commend-ation for |Commander British Forces Iraq 2009- 2011 |No citation. Previously served Adjutant 7th R |
| | |'s Corps (SPS) |Valuable Service | |Anglian (V) 1986-87. Previously awarded MBE 11 |
| | | |23 Mar 2012 | |Jun 1994 and CBE 30 Dec 2009. |
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