4980 Brigadier Alan MacDougall RITCHIE, DSO, OBE, MiD, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

dbf · Feb 2, 2023

Personal Number: 4980
Rank: Brigadier
Name: Alan MacDougall RITCHIE, DSO, MiD
Unit: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

London Gazette : 3 September 1912
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28641/page/6537/data.pdf
The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets from, the Royal Military College to be Second. Lieutenants. 1912: —
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders),
Alan MacDougall Ritchie.

London Gazette : 31 July 1920
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31988/supplement/7739/data.pdf
Arg. & Suth'd Higlvrs.—
Capt. and Bt. Maj. A. MacD. Ritchie is restd. to the estabt. 10th May 1920.

London Gazette : 22 December 1939
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34758/supplement/8529/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve of the undermentioned rewards for distinguished services rendered in.the field in connection with operations in Palestine during the period 1st April to 30th July, 1939:—
The Distinguished Service Order.
Lieutenant-Colonel Alan MacDougall Ritchie, 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).

London Gazette : 30 December 1941
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7340/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:—
Brig, (temp.) A. MacD. Ritchie, D.S.O. (4980), late A. & S.H.

London Gazette : 15 March 1946
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37500/supplement/1372/data.pdf
REGULAR ARMY.
Col. A. MacD. RITCHIE, D.S.O. (4980) retires on ret. pay I5th Mar. 1946, and is granted the hon. rank of Brig.

London Gazette : 27 June 1952
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39584/page/3521/data.pdf
THE GRAND PRIORY IN THE BRITISH REALM OF THE VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM.
The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to sanction the following Promotions in, and Appointments to, the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem:—
As Officers (Brothers)
Brigadier Alan MacDougall Ritchie, D.S.O.

London Gazette : 12 June 1958
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41404/supplement/3525/data.pdf
The QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to, The Most Excellent Order, of .the British Empire:—
To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:—
Brigadier Alan MacDougall RITCHIE, D.S.O., Assistant Commissioner-in-Chief, St. John Ambulance Brigade.

dbf · Dec 19, 2021

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/7340/data.pdf