Cecil Lionel Thomas Greening

I have a distant cousin )named above) who served in The Welch Regiment during WW2. From what I have found he was a Captain and received an MiD whilst at HQ Medjerba Area in Sep 43 before moving onto the Sicily then Italian Campaigns. He was killed in action on 13 May 1944 and is buried at Cassino Military Cemetery.
According to the information he was only awarded the 39/45 Star and War Medal but not either The Africa or Italy Stars.
Can any of you experts out there shed any light on why?

 

You say according to the information. What information do you have. Newports War Dead - G

 

According to CWGC his name is actually https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/f...etails/2409855/cedric-lionel-thomas-greening/

Service no. 137769

MiD: Page 4227 | Supplement 36180, 21 September 1943 | L...

Note that the cut-off date for the Africa Star was 12 May 1943 - do you know when he arrived in North Africa?

 

I have The National Archive sheet which shows the awards mentioned.

His first name was Cedric not Cecil

 

Do you have his records of service
You stated Cecil

 

Recommendation for Award for Greening, Cedric Lionel Thomas Rank: Major ... | The National Archives, MiD downgraded from MBE.

I now suspect that the Ancestry/FWR page is simply incomplete.

 

He must have been on the staff of a Bde, Div or Corps HQ at Cassino when he was killed because 1 WELCH were not in Italy until well after that battle.

Regards

Frank