From The Times, Monday, July 8, 1940 ARMY AWARDS GALLANT REARGUARD ACTIONS FINE LEADERSHIP AND COURAGE The War Office issues the following list of immediate awards by the Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force:- DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL MONAGHAN, T.S.M. P., R.A. Throughout the operations in Belgium and France T.S.M. Monaghan showed conspicuous courage, foresight, and initiative. As a result of his determination all four guns of his troop reached the Dunkerque area intact and in full fighting order. At daybreak on June 2 after orders had been given for embarkation and a hitch in the supply of boat had occurred, T.S.M. Monaghan found a sailing-boat containing food, but no crew. He took charge of the boat and sailed it across the Channel without charts, with nearly 200 officers and men on board. The boat was located by the Dover Patrol 24 hours later and brough safely into harbour. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7652847&queryType=1&resultcount=1 Name Monaghan, P Rank: Troop Serjeant Major Service No: 1065892 Regiment: 13 Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 Award: Distinguished Conduct Medal Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940 Date 1940-1942 Catalogue reference WO 373/16
