To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior...
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This is a list of Mention in Despatches awarded in the 1945 Birthday Honours. Surgeon Captain Gordon Ernest Dormer Ellis (Westbury, Wilts.). Commander...
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Paddy Mayne (category Road incident deaths in Northern Ireland)
was killed in action. Mayne played a distinguished part in the raid, being mentioned in despatches. Mayne's name was recommended to Captain David Stirling...
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Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (category Awards established in 1939)
for those who had been mentioned at the regiment or brigade level. Silver star (étoile en argent), for those who had been mentioned at the division level...
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lieutenant on 8 November 1947. He served in Malaya during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation and was mentioned in despatches. Swinton was promoted to captain...
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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (category Burials in Essex)
1900: Mentioned in Despatches 23 June 1902: Mentioned in Despatches 11 December 1915: Mentioned in Despatches 11 December 1915: Mentioned in Despatches 22...
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Frederic John Walker (category Royal Navy personnel killed in World War II)
England, or to Brittany. He was Mentioned in Despatches for his work during this operation. Walker received his own command in October 1941, taking control...
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Khoshaba (X13). Civilian C. Cachia. Royal New Zealand Air Force Mentioned in despatches Flight Lieutenant G. A. Delves (N.Z.40757). Flight Sergeant N.Z...
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19 September 1916. For his service during the war, Stirling was mentioned in despatches twice, and was awarded the 1914–15 Star, the British War Medal...
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David Stirling (section Post-war activities in Africa)
Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS)...
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Order of the British Empire (OBE), mentioned in despatches, and awarded the French Croix de guerre. At the age of 28 in 1942, Major Hasler planned and personally...
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Distinguished Service Order (category Awards established in 1886)
gallantry just short of deserving the Victoria Cross'. In either case, being 'Mentioned in Despatches' was a pre-condition for appointment to the Distinguished...
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Walter Tunbridge (category All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English)
Elands River and Rhenoster Kop. He served with distinction and was mentioned in despatches, appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath, awarded the Queen's...
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April 1915, and served as a staff officer in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was mentioned in despatches for a daring raid behind enemy lines. He later...
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Somnath Sharma (category Indian military personnel killed in action)
Hyderabad Regiment, in 1942. He served in Burma during the Arakan Campaign in World War II, for which he was mentioned in despatches. Fighting in the Indo-Pakistani...
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Anthony Quayle (category Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners)
it was published that he had been mentioned in despatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Mediterranean Theatre". From 1948...
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Mandatory Palestine and during the Malayan Emergency, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches. He went on to hold a series of command posts with the Parachute...
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he served in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency, as well as Oman where he was mentioned in despatches and was awarded the Military Cross in 1959 for leading...
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temporary captain on 3 September 1943. In March 1945 he was mentioned in despatches for service in North-West Europe. In April 1945 Fiennes and his regiment...
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1964, and was mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1980. In 1991 he became commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade and in late 1996 he...
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wife as "Lady [Surname]". The designation "Bachelor" in this context conveys the concept of "junior in rank". Knighthood is usually conferred for public...
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and was mentioned in despatches on 23 May 1918. In September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive which saw the tide of the war turn in favour of...
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Dudley Clarke (category British military personnel of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine)
Great Central Hotel where the department was disbanded. Clarke was mentioned in despatches on 19 October 1944, relating to his work setting up 'A' Force....
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Harry Chauvel (category All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English)
even mentioned in despatches and an outstanding Australian regimental commander recommended for the CMG was also not even mentioned in despatches, while...
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Neil Ritchie (category British military personnel of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine)
paratyphoid and was evacuated to Bombay. For his services in Mesopotamia, he was mentioned in despatches. He was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service...
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HMS Cygnet off Northern Ireland in 1982, as part of the patrols for IRA gun-runners. For his services he was mentioned in despatches. After attending HMS Dryad...
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John Hackett (British Army officer) (category British military personnel of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine)
May 1945 – December 1992). He served in Palestine during the Arab revolt, where he was mentioned in despatches in 1936, and then with the Trans-Jordan...
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Talaiasi Labalaba (category British military personnel killed in action)
surely lost the battle. Labalaba was awarded a posthumous Mention in Despatches for his actions in the Battle of Mirbat, although some of his former comrades...
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Service operations in-theatre during the Falklands War, following which he was promoted to colonel on 30 June 1982, and Mentioned in Despatches. He conducted...
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Peter Townsend (RAF officer) (category British expatriates in France)
mentioned in despatches the same month. On 31 August, during combat with Messerschmitt Bf 110s over Tonbridge, Townsend was shot down and wounded in the...
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