Decorations and Awards to Members of the Reconnaissance Corps

Name: Phillip Antony Worrall
Rank: Captain, Temporary Major
Service No: 77631
Regiment: Reconnaissance Corps, South Wales Borderers
Theatre: Middle East (Special Operations and Escapes)
Award: Member of the British Empire
London Gazette: 04 January 1945
Reference: WO 373/78

 

Name: Frederick Ball
Rank: Paid Lance Corporal
Service No: 7893059
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 31 August 1944
Reference:WO 373/48

 

Name: Harold Bayliff
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 7913148
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 31 August 1944
Reference: WO 373/48/272

Born 25th Jan. 1915, Flookburgh South Lakeland.
Died 31st May 2002, Barrow Cumbria.

 

Name: Albert Edward Brown
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 7892181
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : Foreign to British: France
Award: Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star
Reference:WO 373/186

 

Name: Geoffrey Clough
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 166676
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 31 August 1944
Reference: WO 373/48

 

Name: William Cyril Davies
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 292602
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 12 July 1945
Reference: WO 373/54

 

Name: Robert Dunlop
Rank: Temporary Major
Service No: 102020
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Member of the British Empire
London Gazette: 24 January 1946
Reference: WO 373/86

 

Name: Thomas Freer
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2345891
Regiment: Royal Corps of Signals att 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North-West Europe 1944-45
Award: Mention in Despatches
London Gazette: 04 April 1946
Reference: WO 373/91

 

Name: John Neill Harris
Rank: Temporary Major
Service No: 165944
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 31 August 1944
Reference:WO 373/48

Name: John Neill Harris
Rank: Temporary Major
Service No: 165944
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Bar to Military Cross
London Gazette: 23 August 1945
Reference: WO 373/55

 

Name: Kenneth Frederick Hoyne
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 179889
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 11 March 1943
Reference: WO 373/24

 

Name: Reginald Jackson
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 289725
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 21 June 1945
Reference: WO 373/54

 

Name: Arthur John Jones
Rank: Captain
Service No: 93423
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North-West Europe 1944-1945
Award: Member of the British Empire
London Gazette: 11 October 1945
Reference:WO 373/85

 

Name: Eric Harding Lace
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 299438
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 01 March 1945
Reference: WO 373/51

 

Name: Langley-Smith
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment: Royal Tank Regiment attached Head Quarters 2 Division
Theatre: British Expeditionary Force
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 11 July 1940
Reference: WO 373/15

Name: Alec Frederick Collingwood Langley-Smith
Rank: Captain, Temporary Major
Service No: 100353
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Bar to Military Cross
London Gazette: 24 January 1946
Reference: WO 373/56

Name: Alec Frederick Collingwood Langley-Smith
Rank: Acting Lieutenant Colonel
Service No: 100353
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : Foreign to British: Belgium
Award: Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with palm and Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm
London Gazette: 08 December 1945
Reference:WO 373/111

 

Name: Gordon Marshall
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 7896694
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 12 July 1945
Reference: WO 373/54

 

Name: James Bate Milne
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 295879
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : Foreign to British: France
Award: Croix de Guerre with Silver Star
Reference: WO 373/186

 

Name: Ronald John Mortimore
Rank: Lieutenant, Temporary Captain
Service No: 182962
Regiment: Headquarters 7th Armoured Division 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre : Foreign to British: Netherlands
Award: Knight of the Order of Oranje Nassau with Swords
London Gazette: 15 October 1945
Reference: WO 373/144

 

Name: Desmond Corbett Owen
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 210540
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 29 March 1945
Reference: WO 373/53

 

Name: Leslie William Parkhouse
Rank: Temporary Major
Service No: 95329
Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North-West Europe 1944-1945
Award: Member of the British Empire
London Gazette: 11 October 1945
Reference: WO 373/85

 

Name: Walter Pearce-Serocold
Rank: Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Service No: 35946
Regiment:2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: 11 October 1945
Reference: WO 373/55