Army Number: 2318997 Rank: Warrant Officer Class III Name: W H THORP, MiD Unit: Royal Corps of Signals London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7345/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of distinguished services in the Middle East (including Egypt, East Africa, The Western Desert, The Sudan, Greece, Crete, Syria and Tobruk) during the period February, 1941, to July, 1941:— ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS. 2318997 W.O.Ill (Sn. S.M.) W. H. Thorp.
London Gazette : 30 December 1941 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7339/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7345/data.pdf