987th Field Artillery Battalion

Lt Col William C. Smith, commanding officer, received the DSO and Lt Arthur J. Ponstein, acting as O.P. officer, received the M.C. for service in support of the British 50th Division in Normandy. Their citations have been taken from British awards | The National Archives.

987 FA Bn and the M12 GMC have been touched upon in passing in a few threads:
Ordnance Quick-fire 17-pounder gun
Priests and 25 pounders in Normandy
British 50th (Northumbrian) Division in Normandy

 

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