Decorations and Awards to Members of the Reconnaissance Corps

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  1. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Albert Charles Peirce
    Rank: Serjeant
    Service No: 7899312
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 12 July 1945
    Reference: WO 373/54

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  2. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Cedric Richards
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 179895
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre : North West Europe
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 31 August 1944
    Reference: WO 373/48

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  3. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Desmond Richardson-Jones
    Rank: Temporary Captain
    Service No: 179586
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre: North-West Europe 1944-1945
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 21 June 1945
    Reference: WO 373/84
     

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  4. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Harry Thompson
    Rank: Acting Corporal
    Service No: 305273
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre : North West Europe
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 31 August 1944
    Reference: WO 373/48
     

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  5. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Dennis Willmott
    Rank: Corporal
    Service No: 7895959
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre : North West Europe
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 31 August 1944
    Reference: WO 373/48
     

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  6. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Arthur Clarence Gardiner
    Rank: Serjeant
    Service No: 5183642
    Regiment: 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 12 July 1945
    Reference: WO 373/54

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  7. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: James George Taylor
    Rank: Trooper
    Service No: 6921700
    Regiment: 1st Airborne Division Reconnaissance Squadron
    Theatre: Italy
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 13 January 1944
    Reference: WO 373/4
     

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  8. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Ali Yola
    Rank: Serjeant
    Service No: NA27478
    Regiment: West African Division 81st Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: Burma
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 27 July 1944
    Reference: WO 373/33
     

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  9. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: John Reid Gibson Ross
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 255712
    Regiment: Seaforth Highlanders attached 81st West African Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: Burma
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 08 February 1945
    Reference: WO 373/35
     

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  10. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Bernard Archibald Shaptock (Shattock)
    Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Service No: 69954
    Regiment: Queens & 81st (West African) Division Reconnaissance Battalion
    Theatre: Burma
    Award: Distinguished Service Order
    London Gazette: 15 November 1945
    Reference: WO 373/47
     

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  11. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Clifford Maurice Bake
    Rank: Trooper
    Service No: 557111
    Regiment: 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry
    Theatre: North West Europe
    Award: Military Medal
    London Gazette: 21 December 1944
    Reference: WO 373/50
     

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  12. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Charles Spencer Colbeck
    Rank: Temporary Major
    Service No: 99797
    Regiment: Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
    Theatre: North-West Europe 1944-1945
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 21 June 1945
    Reference: WO 373/84
     

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  13. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Ralph James Hope
    Rank: Temporary Major
    Service No: 90026
    Regiment: Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
    Theatre: North-West Europe 1944-1945
    Award: Member of the British Empire
    London Gazette: 11 October 1945
    Reference: WO 373/85
     

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  14. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: Robert William Bedlington
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 130898
    Regiment: 50th Reconnaissance Regiment
    Theatre: Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 31 December 1942
    Reference: WO 373/22
     

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  15. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: John Narbrough Corlett
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 184203
    Regiment: Reconnaissance Regiment RAC att Assam Regiment
    Theatre: Burma
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 27 July 1944
    Reference: WO 373/33

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  16. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Name: John Francis Pearcy
    Rank: Acting Captain
    Service No: 109069
    Regiment: Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
    Theatre: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
    Award: Military Cross
    London Gazette: 08 July 1943
    Reference: WO 373/1
     
  17. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

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  18. At Home Dad (Returning)

    At Home Dad (Returning) Well-Known Member

    Tony, a great post, cheers for that

    I s'pose I should thank Hollywood or Commando comics for
    providing the 'ability' to almost 'see' those citations come
    to life from the descriptions with the photos alongside.

    It constantly amazes me, how if you saw the scene in a movie,
    you'd almost think it 'film cliché'... Yet here are a few of the
    real blokes who did the real stuff

    Thanks again, appreciated
     
  19. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    Tony a great post and certainly of interest

    Cheers
    Paul
     
  20. Paul_A_Bell

    Paul_A_Bell Junior Member

    Excellent stuff guys - My grandad holds the MM but does not appear on the lists he was Cpl John Coates 14206576 of the 46th Recce - does anyone know of this cause i have the medal and it exists!!!

    HELP please

    Paul
     

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