Grenadier Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours

INDEX

1. 2617867 William SARGEANT, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards
2. 278657 Alfred Jonathan SAVILL, MC, Grenadier Guards
   
3. 2621363 Stephen SCOTT, MM, 6 Grenadier Guards
4. 2617187 Thomas SEALE, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards
5. 2611455 H SHIPPER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
6. 2619757 Robert SHIRLEY, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
7. 2615057 John Edmund SIBBALD, DCM, 3 Grenadier Guards
8. 2621940 R SIDLOW, MiD*, Grenadier Guards attached SBS
9. 42108 William Philip SIDNEY, Viscount De L'Isle, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ, PC, Grenadier Guards
   
10. 2619676 George Edward Thomas SIMMONDS, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
11. 2621243 Clifford B SKEET, RVM, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
12. 2618923 Frederick SMITH, MM, 6 Grenadier Guards
13. 15578 Osbert Walter Dudley SMITH, MiD, Grendier Guards
    
14. 2615590 Guardsman George Alfred SPENCE, MiD, 3 Grenadier Guards: PoW, 24/04/1944
    
15. 2615794 Jack Arthur SPILLER, DCM, 3 Grenadier Guards
16. 2610382 Arthur James SPRATLEY, MBE, MM, Croix de Guerre, 4 Grenadier Guards
17. 74155 Edward (Lord) STANLEY, MC, 5 Grenadier Guards
18. 124532 Henry Ferdinand STANLEY, MC, 1 Grenadier Guards
    
19. 38766 Lewis Stanton STARKEY, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
20. 108138 Robert STEELE, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
21. 99254 Alan Maurice STERN, OBE, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
22. 242275 Eric Fielder STERN, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
23. 165004 John David William STOBART, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
24. 2612464 H F STOCKTON, MiD*, Grenadier Guards
    
25. 233183 George Richard STOKES-ROBERTS, MC, 6 Grenadier Guards: 22/01/1944
26. 261396 Robert Edward STRATTON, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
27. 233181 Thomas Edward STREATFEILD-MOORE, MiD, 3 Grenadier Guards: 05/08/1945
    
28. 156041 Gerard Lewis William STREET, OBE, MC, Grenadier Guards & Parachute Regiment
    
29. 2616842 P J SULLIVAN, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
30. 207655 Ian Richard Kenneth SWIFT, MiD, Grenadier Guards

 

INDEX

1. 136947 Evan Arthur Christopher TALBOT, MBE, Grenadier Guards
   
2. 137405 John TAYLEUR, MiD, 3 Grenadier Guards
   
3. 200075 Arthur Ronald TAYLOR, MBE, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
4. 2617683 L TAYLOR, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
5. 2621138 Robert TAYLOR, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
6. 321982 (2624203) Robert Coston TAYLOR, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
7. 2617414 Seymour Montague Huckley TAYLOR, MM, 6 Grenadier Guards
8. 2615578 C TESTER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
9. 2623394 Wallace William THORMAN, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
10. 51364 George THORNE, MC, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
11. 2614858 A THORNLEY, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
12. 2614627 Alexander TREEBY, DCM, 3 Grenadier Guards
13. 57688 J TROTTER, MiD*, Grenadier Guards
14. 34928 Lord Charles George Vivian TRYON, DSO, MiD, 4 Grenadier Guards
    
15. 23953 Kenneth Edward Mortimer TUFNELL, MC, 3 Grenadier Guards
16. 85790 Timothy TUFNELL, MC, ERD, Grenadier Guards
    
17. 2620662 Leonard TUNNICLIFFE, MM, 5 Coldstream Guards
18. 95781 George Frederick TURNER, MBE, DCM, MiD*, Grenadier Guards

 

INDEX

1. 2624056 R UDALL, MiD, Grenadier Guards

1. 34934 Alastair Edward Hyde VILLIERS, MiD, Grenadier Guards
2. 68823 Charles English Hyde VILLIERS, MC, ERD, Grenadier Guards & SOE

 

INDEX

1. 124540 Peter Arthur WALKER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
2. 68930 Richard Stanley WALKER, MBE, 1 Grenadier Guards
   
3. 2615840 Frederick WALLER, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards
4. 2617752 Frank WALMSLEY, DCM, 3 Grenadier Guards
5. 2612263 Joseph WALSH, MM, 6 Grenadier Guards
6. 2617369 John WARDLE, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards
7. 2615263 R P WARNER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
8. 2616438 D A WARREN, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
9. 2617095 A WARRINGTON, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
10. 2614321 Kenneth Charles WATERS, MM, MiD, 3 Grenadier Guards: 02/08/1944
11. 2613143 E WATSON, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
12. 112976 Anthony Gerald WAY, MiD, MC, 3 Grenadier Guards
13. 2614839 Edward Charles WEAVER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
14. 156032 Michael George Thomas WEBSTER, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
15. 2623583 Charles Alfred WELLINGS, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
16. 76284 Richard Victor Charles WESTMACOTT, ERD, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
17. 124543 James Dunbar WHATMAN, MC, 6 Grenadier Guards
18. 2620077 John E WHITE, MM, Grenadier Guards & 2 Commando
19. 2612922 Samuel James Hardy Steele WHITE, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
20. 251980 Peter Norman WHITLEY, MiD, 2 Grenadier Guards
    
21. 124539 Reginald Henry WHITWORTH, CB, CBE, Grenadier Guards
    
22. 2620067 J WICKERS, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
23. 186897 Major Sir John Henry WIGGIN, MC, 6 Grenadier Guards: PoW
    
24. 66919 George Neville Clive WIGRAM, MC, Grenadier Guards
    
25. 2620306 Lance-Serjeant Charles Henry WILKES, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards: PoW
26. 2618589 James Leslie WILKINSON, MM, 5 Grenadier Guards
27. 240879 Charles Ivor Mervegh WILLIAMS, MC, 5 Grenadier Guards
28. 2611981 Francis Joseph WILLIAMS, MBE, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
29. 176745 Walter James Latimer WILLSON, DSO, 5 Grenadier Guards
30. 141095 Raymond Clive WILSON, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
31. 200088 Anthony Desmond WINCH, MiD, 4 Grenadier Guards: 24/01/1945
    
32. 52416 Thomas Foley Churchill WINNINGTON, MBE, MiD*, Grenadier Guards
    
33. 156037 Henry Woods WOLLASTON, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
34. 2622000 Ronald WOOD, MM, 3 Grenadier Guards
35. 5250214 C W WORKMAN, MiD, Grenadier Guards
    
36. 2616841 Edward Joseph Morgan WORLEY, MM, 6 Grenadier Guards
37. 2616117 Douglas WRIGHT, MM, Grenadier Guards attached SBS

 

INDEX

1. 2621457 W YORK, MiD, Grenadier Guards
   
2. 2613498 G H I YOUNG, MiD, Grenadier Guards
3. 219039 Archibald Evariste YUILL, MiD, Grenadier Guards

 

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Name: Adams, Douglas Frederick
Rank: Driver
Service No: 2077180
Regiment: 42 Field Company Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 19 April 1945

 

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Name Adey, Henry
Rank: Paid Lance Corporal
Service No: 2621074
Regiment: 6 Motor Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 19 August 1943

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ADEY, W
Lcpl
2621074
During the attack on the night of the 16/17 March1943 the Battalion suffered very heavy casualties in extensive minefields. Lcpl Adey was in charge of stretcher-bearers and was ordered forward to collect the wounded. Throughout the night he worked at his task, not only in the minefield but under almost continuous shelling and machine gun fire. His personal courage and disregard of danger resulted in the saving of many lives which otherwise must have been lost, and provided a magnificent example of coolness and determination for all who saw him at his task.

 

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Name Anchor, John Robert
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 2616491
Regiment: 2 Commando Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Mediterranean
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 5 October 1944

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ANCHOR, J.R.
Lcpl
2616491
Lcpl Anchor was in command of a Bren Gun. At dawn his Troop led the assault against enemy positions, strongly fortified and tenaciously defended.

During the early stages of the advance Lcpl Anchor, coming under vicious enemy machine gun fire, carried his Bren Gun forward across dangerously open ground. From now onwards, he not only succeeded in giving effective covering fire to the advancing troops and thereby ensuring the steady advance of the leading troops, but continually engaged enemy strong points with deliberate and accurate fire, having complete disregard for his own personal safety.

In the final assault, Lcpl Anchor, observing several Germans immediately in front of him, displayed great initiative and courage; when charging forward under intense fire he hurled a grenade in the midst of the enemy, who were making a last desperate attempt to hold the objective. This action contributed largely to their withdrawal from the position.

By now a machine gun in the immediate vicinity was pouring bullets into the captured position. Lcpl Anchor located this machine gun and immediately engaged it through the window of his house forcing the enemy to stop firing and withdraw to another position.

Throughout the action this NCO displayed not only courage and determination but great initiative at all times. His efforts contributed greatly to the success of the assault and were largely responsible for dislodging Germans determined to hold out at all costs.

 

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Name Anderson, David Alexander
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Service No: 2614898
Regiment: 2 Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Belgium
Award: Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 08 December 1945

 

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Name Armstrong, William David
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 2614409
Regiment: 1 Motor Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 21 December 1944

 

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Name Ashcroft, Charles Edward Wilfred
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2614606
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 12 July 1945

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ASHCROFT, C.E.W.
Sgt
2614606
On 3 Apr 45 this NCO was commanding the leading Tp of the leading Sqn of the Bn under my Comd. His Tp was ordered to enter the town of GROENLO on the Bn Centre Line. Outside the town a large road block was encountered and his Tp came under heavy fire from a SP gun.

Sgt Ashcroft immediately engaged the gun and personally directed the fire of a Bty of 25-pdrs onto it. The gun was destroyed. He then proceeded to tackle the road block and under heavy fire his Tp succeeded in forcing the block and thereby cleared the Centre Line. His own tank was hit by a Bazooka. On reaching the outskirts of the town he came under heavy small arms and Bazooka fire. His Tp killed many Germans and seeing that some enemy were shooting from the houses he ordered his crews to dismount and led them to attack and clear the houses. He succeeded in capturing fifty prisoners during this operation although he was under continual spandau fire from other parts of the town.

This Sergeant’s very able and inspiring leadership, together with his total disregard for his own safety undoubtedly were responsible for the great success of this operation.

 

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Name Aston, Frederick Charles
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2612864
Regiment: Grenadier Guards attached Iraq Levies
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Syria, Iraq and Iran)
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 19 August 1941

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ASTON, F.C.
CSM
2612864
During the operation of the 6th May 1941 at SIN EL DHIBBAN against Iraqi Forces, CSM F.C. Aston was in command of the Mortar Detachment which was sent forward by the officer commanding, Land Defences, to give supporting fire to the 1st King’s Own Royal Regiment which was attacking the ridge overlooking Sin el Dhibban, and to assist in putting out of action two MGs which were holding up the advance.

He showed outstanding determination and courage in getting his Mortar forward to a position sufficiently close to enable these two positions to be bombed.

He greatly assisted in the advance by the accurate observation of fire, and by organising the gun numbers and organising the supply of ammunition and Mortar bombs.

During the action, he went back and rallied his men under heavy fire and got them up to a forward position from where he succeeded in effectively bombing the Machine gun posts which were holding up the advance.

During the last state of the advance he went forward with a Rifle Section, and engaged enemy who were still resisting.

 

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Name Atkins, Lloyd George
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 2615131
Regiment: 1 Motor Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945

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ATKINS, L.
Sgt
2615131
At PONT A MARCQ on 3 Sep 44, The King’s Coy & No.2 Sqn 2 Armd Gren Gds were attacking a party of Germans holding this village. The strength of the enemy was unknown. Shortly after the attack started, the coy came under very heavy fire from 88mm guns and automatic weapons. Sgt Atkins’ Platoon Sergeant was at once wounded, and with great dash and drive, Sgt Atkins reorganised the platoon and immediately attacked and cleared the objective given to his platoon. On his own initiative, he started to push forward towards the cross- roads in the village and at once came under heavy fire. With considerable skill, he withdrew his platoon, together with the casualties, and consolidated the position at the west end of the original objective. From here, he kept up offensive action sending out patrols and fire from an O.P. which he sited on the roof of a building.

Sgt Atkins showed the very highest initiative and energy, disregarding his own personal safety, and setting a splendid example to his platoon which inspired them throughout the action.

 

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Name Atkinson, James
Rank: Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant
Service No: 2610100
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 21 December 1944

 

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Name Baker, Nigel Ernest Westby
Rank: Captain
Service No: 121862
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Bar to Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945

 

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Name Ball, John Armistice
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 1890650
Regiment: 237 Field Company Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 24 May 1945

 

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Name Barber, Arthur Edward
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 14671490
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 21 June 1945

 

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Name Barnes, George
Rank: Serjeant Major
Service No: 2617252
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 24 February 1942

 

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Name Barnes, George
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2617252
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East Special Operations and Escapes
Award: Bar to Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 5 November 1942

 

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Name Bayliss, Raymond
Rank: Guardsman
Service No: 2619502
Regiment: 2 Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945

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