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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mentioned in dispatches posthumously and multiple awards are also possible. A recipient of a Mention in a Despatch is entitled to wear an emblem, in the...
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Tshumelo Ikatelaho (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
INTERVENTION BRIGADE" respectively. Mentioned in Dispatches - Okhankanyiweyo The Mentioned in Dispatches - Okhankanyiweyo emblem is in the form of the coat of arms...
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challenged and removed. Find sources: "1946 New Year Honours" Mentioned in Dispatches – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017)...
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Frontier : 22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963–1966' (1983) 19 July 1940 – Mentioned in Dispatches – Lieutenant Peter Gerald Charles Dickens...
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Battle of New Orleans (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
They were placed in a cabin where their conversation could be heard. Shields, having hearing difficulties, talked loudly and mentioned that 20,000 troops...
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Chamar Regiment (category Military units and formations established in 1943)
4 Pacific Star 7 Burma Star 4 War Medal 8 Mentioned in dispatches 1 battle honour Brass shoulder title in the form of a curved regimental titile, 'Chamar...
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General Service Medal (South Africa) (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
smooth surface. A recipient of the General Service Medal who was Mentioned in Dispatches during such operational service inside South Africa, was entitled...
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Thomas Bland Strange (section Life in Canada)
show he was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with Clasp and was mentioned in dispatches four times. He was promoted second captain (a now-obsolete rank...
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Iraq Levies (category Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II)
Corporal 55416 Mishu Miro – 1927 Six members of the Iraq Levies were Mentioned in Dispatches Rab Emma Malam Odai – 1929 Rab Khamshi Barkhu Hormis – 1929 Corporal...
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Dispatch (redirect from Dispatches)
Look up dispatch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dispatch or dispatches may refer to: The Columbus Dispatch, daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio Daily...
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Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
part of the medal. A recipient of the Pro Patria Medal who was mentioned in dispatches during the 1966-1989 Border War, was entitled to wear a miniature...
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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (category Deaths from pneumonia in England)
at La Coste during the Battle of Martinique, for which he was mentioned in dispatches by General Charles Grey for his "great Spirit and Activity". He...
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Korea Medal (South Africa) (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
in reverse order and separated by a 10 millimetres wide light blue band in the centre. A recipient of the Korea Medal who was mentioned in dispatches...
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Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (category English expatriates in the United States)
lines, being mentioned in dispatches. Bonham-Carter concluded the war by standing as the unsuccessful Liberal candidate for Barnstaple in the 1945 general...
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William Coltman (category Burials in Staffordshire)
the trapped men out. Prior to any of his decorations Coltman was mentioned in dispatches for his work. After the war, Coltman returned to Burton and took...
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William Hicks (Indian Army officer) (category Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2013)
Bombay Army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in dispatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859. In 1861 he...
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1877 Mentioned in Dispatches (MID), 1878 Afghanistan Medal, 1878 Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal 1887, with Diamond Jubilee bar, 1897 Mentioned in Dispatches...
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duty. For his service, he was mentioned in dispatches. He fought in World War I, where he was again mentioned in dispatches. He served on the staff of Field...
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Force, for which he was mentioned in dispatches and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He was promoted colonel in 1915, and was promoted to...
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Alan Lascelles (section In popular culture)
positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both George VI and Elizabeth II. In 1950, he...
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Assam Rifles (category 1835 establishments in British India)
security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast India and in Jammu & Kashmir in lines of Rashtriya Rifles. Its primary duty involves...
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Frederick Augustus Smith (category Irish officers in the British Army)
eventually returned to a museum in New Zealand; a relic of the British Army's wars in that country. He was also mentioned in dispatches. He later achieved the...
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Erlic Pinto (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
helped in relieving the Siege of Imphal. For his service in Burma, Pinto was mentioned in dispatches in December 1944. After a two-year stint in No. 7...
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William Mann (rugby union) (category Date of birth not in Wikidata)
in the Guards Division of the Royal Artillery in World War I, during which he was mentioned in dispatches three times and awarded with the Distinguished...
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Wilfrid Heighington (category All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English)
Force in World War I. He was twice wounded in and twice mentioned in dispatches. After recuperating from serious wounds he returned to France to fight...
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capped in all four of England's matches in 1912 Five Nations Championship. An officer in the Royal Field Artillery, Eddison was mentioned in dispatches and...
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George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth (category Viscounts in the Peerage of Great Britain)
in Italy, for which he was mentioned in dispatches. In 1962, he succeeded as Viscount Falmouth on the death of his father. In 1968, he was appointed a Deputy...
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he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded with the Military Cross. He had several overseas postings over the next two decades before retiring in 1936,...
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again mentioned in dispatches. He served as deputy adjutant general to the forces in Bombay from 1861 to 1862, and was promoted to brevet colonel in 1863...
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