Gallantry Awards & Honours - Lincolnshire Regt, WW2

N/A Reference: WO 373/63/8
Name: Dunning, George
Service No: 5045548
Rank: Lance Corporal
Award: Distinguished Conduct Medal
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: Escape and Evasion

George Dunning wrote to the Authorities and thought he was entitled to some sort of Medal after eventually escaping. He got one.

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/302
Name: Firbank, Cecil Llewellyn
Service No: 28072
Rank: Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Award: Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

Also awarded a Bar to the DSO, London Gazette 21/6/1945

 

N/A Reference: WO373/111/1091
Name: Fleet, Jesse James
Service No: 4808393
Rank: Serjeant
Award: Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium)
London Gazette: 16/1/1947
Unit: 336 Battery, 102 LAA (7 Lincolns) Regt, RA
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO373/111/1371
Name: Plant, Brian Arthur
Service No: 4802878
Rank: Gunner
Award: Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium)
London Gazette: 16/1/1947
Unit: 337 Battery, 102 LAA (7 Lincolns) Regt, RA
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/301
Name: Flint, John Owen
Service No: 90448
Rank: Acting Major
Award: Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 4 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

Also awarded the Military Cross, London Gazette 29/03/1945 &
awarded a Mention in Despatches, London Gazette 20/12/1940

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/66/1428
Name: Foster, Ronald Charles
Service No: 4806722
Rank: Private British Empire Medal
London Gazette: 21/10/1941
Unit: Lincolns ?
Theatre: Non-Combatant Gallantry (UK)

Name: WO 373/66/1427
Name: Perry, George Isaac Charles
Service No: 4809235
Rank: Private
Award: British Empire Medal
London Gazette: 21/10/1941
Unit: Lincolns ?
Theatre: Non-Combatant Gallantry (UK)

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/144/447
Name: Fountain, Albert
Srrvice No: 6396761
Rank: Company Serjeant Major
Award: Bronze Cross (Netherlands)
London Gazette: 18/07/1947
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Foreign to British: Netherlands

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/56/252
Name: Hill, Ronald
Service No: 5962086
Rank: Private
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 24/01/1946
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

Also awarded a Mention in Despatches, London Gazette 8/11/1945

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/56/251
Name: Noble, Wilfred
Service No: 4804980
Rank: Corporal
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 24/01/1946
Unit: 4 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/56/253
Name: Herson, George
Service No: 14661076
Rank: Private
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 24/01/1946
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/1/236
Name: Frith, Albert
Service No: 5042385
Rank: Serjeant
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 01/06/1943
Unit: 6 Lincolns
Theatre: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/1/498
Name: Gibson, Arthur Douglas
Service No: 4805600
Rank: Corporal
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 8/07/1943
Unit: 6 Lincolns
Theatre: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/1/499
Name: Lawtey, Stanley
Service No: 4807011
Rank: Private
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 08/07/1943
Unit: 6 Lincolns
Theatre: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/213
Name: Gilbert, Glyn Charles Anglin
Service No: 108156
Rank: Captain, Temporary Major
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/214
Name: Larkin, Sydney James
Service No: 99708
Rank: Captain, Temporary Major
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

Also awarded a Mention in Despatches, London Gazette 20/12/1940 (BEF)

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/217
Name: Golding, Ronald Francis
Service No: 269365
Rank: Acting Captain
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 4 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

Also awarded a Mention in Despatches, London Gazette 22-3-1945

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/51/218
Name: Pogson, Thomas
Service No: 264913
Rank: Lieutenant
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 01/03/1945
Unit: 2 Lincolns
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/6/337
Name: Glenny, Alan Mousley
Service No: P/129094
Rank: Captain
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 29/06/1944
Unit: 6 Lincolns
Theatre: Italy

 

N/A Reference: WO 373/42/237
Name: Goulson, Frank Job
Service No: 66499 Lt. Col (Temp)
Award: Distinguished Service Order (Recommended for an OBE)
London Gazette: 17/01/1946
Unit: Lincolns (Attached The Gold Coast Regt)
Theatre: Burma

Also Awarded a Mention in Despatches, London Gazette 20/12/1940 (2 Lincolns, BEF 1940)

 

Dunning wrote a book about his war time experiences called "Where bleed the many". Well worth a read as it details the time he spent fighting with the Italian partisans after escaping from the Germans.