Volunteers from Eire who have won distinctions ...

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  1. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    Quite right Tom , excellent ......does "D" do house work like other women ???? :p
    Thanks D

    Is it true the rumour? Can they multi-task?:p

    D,
    have you got this one, 'from Geoff's Search Engine'


    Name: RANKIN, HERBERT
    Initials: H
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.)
    Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Unit Text: 61 Sqdn.
    Age: 22
    Date of Death: 25/02/1944
    Service No: 173840
    Awards: DFM
    Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Agnes Rankin, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
    Casuality Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. G. 1.
    Cemetery: CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
     
    geoff501, Sep 13, 2009
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  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Is it true the rumour? Can they multi-task?:p

    :blush: No comment / right to remain silent....


    D,
    have you got this one, 'from Geoff's Search Engine'


    Name: RANKIN, HERBERT
    Initials: H
    Nationality: United Kingdom
    Rank: Pilot Officer (Air Gnr.)
    Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
    Unit Text: 61 Sqdn.
    Age: 22
    Date of Death: 25/02/1944
    Service No: 173840
    Awards: DFM
    Additional Information: Son of Hugh and Agnes Rankin, of Dublin, Irish Republic.
    Casuality Type: Commonwealth War Dead
    Grave/Memorial Reference: 1. G. 1.
    Cemetery: CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

    Thanks Geoff, he wasn't on my list on the thread - but checked for any omission on my part. He def. does not appear in any of the publications, so one to add to the list.

    Many thanks, that search engine is a wonderful thing! :)
     
    dbf, Sep 13, 2009
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  3. geoff501

    geoff501 Achtung Feind hört mit

    Thanks Geoff, he wasn't on my list on the thread - but checked for any omission on my part. He def. does not appear in any of the publications, so one to add to the list.


    There may be more.... I used to have a Awards field on one of my engines but as it was never used even once, I took it down to save weight. It's too much work for me to re-install it with all the uncertainty, but I can search from here. I got about 20 hits for Dublin, I'll check the others against this post and PM you any I find to avoid messing up the format and also check a few other locations.

    With all due respect to the gallant officer. I would check for a citation - it's not unknown for the award field to have scanning errors, but probably quite rare and he was simply missed off the lists you have.
    (found a DSO like that once, after I told the rellies they never spoke to me again. Was it the Romans who used to exectute messengers who brought bad news? I got off lightly.)
     
    geoff501, Sep 13, 2009
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  4. CannonFodder

    CannonFodder Junior Member

    Thanks, this is really excellent. Quite a few years ago - in the pre-Internet days - I did a bit of research on the subject for a college project. I don't see anything that I could add.

    However, with the joys of the massive volume of online material now available, I'd love to add to the list if I got some time.

    From the briefest of glances I noticed that there are one or two cases where a DFM is mentioned instead of a DFC, e.g. here's one re JA Hemingway:

    World War 2 Awards.com - HEMINGWAY, John Allman

    However, I'm not going to trawl through such an excellent resource with minor corrections, as I'd prefer to take on perhaps some of the gaps in the later years of the war. Congratulations on such a fine body of research.
     
    CannonFodder, Nov 9, 2011
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  5. Assam

    Assam Senior Member

    I have tried to cross reference those with names on The Free states "confidential list", have a few hits with the same name but I suppose the only way to be sure is to pull there file for last known address & pre war profession.

    I am not warrying about officers per se, but for enlisted men it is highly likely I will get a few hits confirmed

    Regards

    Simon
     
    Assam, Nov 9, 2011
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  6. Deacs

    Deacs Well i am from Cumbria.

    Wow Diane excellent work done here well done. When do you find the time for all this ?
     
    Deacs, Nov 9, 2011
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  7. Hyacynth

    Hyacynth Member

    Just came across this thread, great information... I am from what was "neutral" Eire during the war, both my grandfathers along with most of their brothers served in WW2 in all theatres, Army, Navy & Airforce... they never spoke about it and never got any formal recognition, all survived but two died of their injuries years later... still a contentious issue even after 70 years...

    And they shouldn't be forgotten - would you post their names on here? :poppy:

    Thanks Diane you do wonderful work on the forum and I bet your house is spotless. Clearly the inventor of multitasking! :D
     
    Hyacynth, Nov 9, 2011
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  8. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Cheers all.

    Please feel free to add a name or make a correction. It'll help someone down the line.

    I'll add images here from the DO file when I have time - it'd be quicker than transcribing. :blush:

    I still refuse to comment on the quality of my housekeeping though. ;)
     
    dbf, Nov 9, 2011
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  9. dbf

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    RN & MN

    Captain Edward Stephen FOGARTY FEGEN, R.N.

    Lieutenant-Commander Eugene ESMOND, D.S.O., R.N.

    Vice-Admiral Raymond FITZ-MAURICE
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  10. dbf

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    RN & MN

    Lieutenant-Commander Eugene ESMOND, D.S.O., R.N. (continued)
    Temporary Lieutenant James Hooper Poynter Campbell
    Temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant Milse Patrick Martin, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
    Lieutenant Henry Owen L'Estrange
    Lieutenant J.A. Osborne
    Sub-Lieutenant J.K.B. Miles
    Captain R.H. Garstin
    Commander John Witham Esmond
    Mr Patrick Michael Swiney
    Stoker O'Brien
    Petty Officer Vincent Brennan
    Stoker Petty Officer John O'Donoghue


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  11. dbf

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    RN & MN

    Able Seaman John James Hesse
    Petty Officer Telegraphis Joseph Norman Victor Lewis
    Chief Engineer Edward Toolan
    Second Engineer Neale H.F. Mitchell
    Ultan Tobin Todd


    ARMY
    Major Harold Marcus Ervine-Andrews
    Captain J.J.B. Jackman

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  12. dbf

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    ARMY

    Captain J.J.B. Jackman (continued)
    Lance-Corporal John Patrick Keneally JOHN KENNEALLY VC
    Private Richard Kelliher

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  13. dbf

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    ARMY

    Private Richard Kelliher (continued)
    Corporal James Patrick Scully
    Brigadier George Frederick Allison, M.C.
    Monsignor John Coghlan
    Colonel (Temporary) William James FitzPatrick Eassie

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  14. dbf

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    ARMY

    Colonel (Temporary) William James FitzPatrick Eassie (continued)
    Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Rober Fowler Walker, O.B.E., M.C., M.B.
    Brigadier Brian John Fowler, M.C.

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  15. dbf

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    ARMY

    Brigadier Brian John Fowler, M.C. (continued)
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Ian Henry Good
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Anthony Desmond Rex Wingfield, M.C.

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  16. dbf

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    ARMY

    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Anthony Desmond Rex Wingfield, M.C. (continued)
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Joseph Patrick O'Brien Twohig
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Robert Peisley Liddwill

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  17. dbf

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    ARMY

    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Ricahrd Wakefield Goodbody
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Beauchamp Henry Butler
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) David Dawnay
    Captain (Temporary Major) (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Arthur Francis McCausland Riggs, M.C.

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  18. dbf

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    ARMY

    Captain (Temporary Major) (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Arthur Francis McCausland Riggs, M.C. (continued)
    Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) Dudley Stewart Norman
    Lieutenant-Colonel E.O. Martin
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) William Anthony Sheil

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  19. dbf

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    ARMY

    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, D.S.O.
    Captain (Temporary Major) William Lyle Newell
    Major (Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) George Edward Knox-Peebles
    Captain (Temporary Major) Arthur Charles Doyle, M.C.

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  20. dbf

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    ARMY

    Captain (Temporary Major) Arthur Charles Doyle, M.C. (continued)
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Kendal George Fleming Chavasse
    Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) Cornelius William Grogan, M.C.

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