69094 Richard Christopher SHARPLES, OBE, MC, MiD, Welsh Guards

Hello all,

Although I would say I fairly well versed in the use of the London Gazette I have not been able to find a citation for R. C. Sharples of the Welsh Guards?

Any help would be fantastic, Don

 

Is this who you are looking for:

Name: Richard Christopher Sharples Publication Date: 20 Dec 1940 Rank: Lieutenant Service Number: P/64044 Regiment or Unit: 2 Battalion Welsh Guards Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 Award: Military Cross Date of Action or Award: 1940-1942 URL: http://discovery.nationalarchi...


from National Archives:

Reference:
WO 373/16/464

Description:


Name Sharples, Richard Christopher Rank: Lieutenant Service No: P/64044 Regiment: 2 Battalion Welsh Guards Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force 1939-40 Award: Military Cross Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940



TD

edited to add for clarity : TNA Link is : http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=WO+373%2F16%2F464&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy

 

Hello both,

Thanks for the replies, TD - yes that's the chap. I was going to download the file from TNA but I have an iPad and cannot view any of the files downloaded from there.

Dbf, I did find that page but thought here must have been a full citation somewhere but I guess not. I have seen it before with an initial mention in the gazette with a citation being printed later.

Don

 

In fact, I see there are 3 files in the Army Recommendations section at TNA.

1) Military Cross
2) OBE
3) Silver Star

Don

 

That's odd tried to edit my earlier post for clarity and it has deleted part of that post - so here goes again

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=WO+373%2F16%2F464&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy

Recommendation for Award for Sharples, Richard Christopher. Rank: Lieutenant. Service No: P/64044. Regiment: 2 Battalion ...
War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations for Honours and Awards for Gallant and Distinguished Service (Army). COMBATANT GALLANTRY AWARDS. British Expeditionary Force 1940. Name Sharples, Richard Christopher. Rank: Lieutenant. Service No: P/64044. Regiment: 2 Battalion Welsh ...

• Collection: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
• Date range:01 January 1940 - 31 December 1942
• Reference:WO 373/16/464
• Subjects:Armed Forces (General), Medals, Official publications, Army

 

Here's his MC

John

 

John that's great, really appreciate it.

Don

 

Just thought I'd add his OBE & Silver Star Citations

View attachment 113543

Cheers
Paul

 

Paul,

Many thanks for the citations, very interesting reading indeed. Interesting to read a personal recommendation from Montgomery.

Don

 

He only gets a brief mention in Boulogne by Jon Cooksey

 

Thanks for the look up mate, he seems to have had an interesting career and a google search shows he met a violent end.

Don