38712 Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Thresher Giles HARRAP, MiD, 13th/18th Royal Hussars: 15/06/1944

Personal Number: 38712
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Name: Richard Thresher Giles HARRAP, MiD
Unit: 13th/18th Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps


London Gazette : 4 October 1935
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34204/page/6217/data.pdf
CAVALRY
13th/18th H.—
Lt. R. T. G. Harrap to be Capt. 1st Oct. 1935.

London Gazette : 8 February 1938
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34480/page/809/data.pdf
CAVALRY.
13th/18th H.—
Capt. R. T. G. Harrap to be Adjt. vice Capt. R. A. Critchley. 8th Feb. 1938.

London Gazette : 26 July 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34904/supplement/4580/data.pdf
The names of the undermentioned have been brought to notice in recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with operations in the field. (First list, to March 1940, sub-joined. Second list, March-June 1940, to be published later):—
Royal Armoured Corps.
Harrap, Capt. R. T. G.

London Gazette : 7 July 1944
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36596/supplement/3170/data.pdf
ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS.
13th/18th H.
Capt. R. T. G. Harrap (38712) to be Maj., 8th July 1944.

 

London Gazette : 26 July 1940
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34904/supplement/4579/data.pdf


https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34904/supplement/4580/data.pdf

 

Recommendation for Award for Harrap, Richard Thresher Giles Rank: Captain ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/89/514
Name Harrap, Richard Thresher Giles
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Hussars
Theatre of Combat or Operation: B E F 1939-40
Award: Mention in Despatch
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940

Recommended for Distinguished Service Order, awarded Mention

 

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD THRESHER GILES HARRAP
Service Number: 38712
Regiment & Unit: 13th/18th Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps
Date of Death: 15 June 1944
Age 37 years old
Buried or commemorated at LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Grave Reference: III. F. 6.
Location: France
Awards: Twice Mentioned in Despatches
Additional Info: Son of Gilbert and Maud Harrap; husband of Sybil Elizabeth Pilkington Harrap, of Bentley, Hampshire. B.A.

 

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