Grenadier Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours

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Name Preston, Rupert Lionel
Rank: Colonel
Service No: 7041
Regiment: Coldstream Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North-West Europe 1944-1945
Award: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 11 October 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/85

 

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Name Randall, Ernest Reginald
Rank: Captain
Service No: 221772
Regiment: 4 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 24 January 1946
Date 1946
Catalogue reference WO 373/86

 

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Name Reed, Walter
Rank: Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant
Service No: 2607683
Regiment: 3 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Member of British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 28 June 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/73

 

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Name Reeve, Christopher William
Rank: Orderly Room; Quarter Master Serjeant
Service No: 2610922
Regiment: 5 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 13 December 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/74

 

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Name Ritchie, Rio
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service No: 113562
Regiment: Grenadier Guards attached 2(Ny) Battalion King's African Rifles
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Burma
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 15 November 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/47

 

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Name Roberts, Richard Crompton
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment: 3 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 11 July 1940
Date 1940
Catalogue reference WO 373/15

 

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Name Robinson, Peter Thomas
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2613912
Regiment: 2 Armoured Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Distinguished Conduct Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/51

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ROBINSON, P. Sgt.
2613912
Sgt Robinson was in command of a Tp of No. 1 Sqn, 2nd Armd Bn Gren Gds which, at about 1600 hours on Wed 20 Sep 44, was ordered to assault and cross the bridge at NIJMEGEN. The bridge is approximately 700 yards long and has an embankment of equal length on the far side which makes it impossible for tracked vehicles to get off the road even when across. The bridge was known to be prepared for demolition and as the far side was in the hands of the Germans it could be blown at any time. This Sgt started to lead his Tp across the bridge and had just reached it when A/Tk Guns opened up from the far bank. Showing great coolness, Sgt Robinson quickly withdrew his Tp to Hull Down positons and engaged the enemy. At this stage, it was reported to him that it was thought that the road across the bridge was mined. As the light was failing, he was ordered to make a dash across the bridge at all costs with his Tp Sgt leading. This was successfully done under heavy fire from 88mm A/Tk Guns, and firing from the other bank and from an SP A/Tk Gun firing down the bridge. Enemy small arms fire from the bridge itself, in the girders of the bridge, as well as Bazooka Fire directed at the Comd made this extremely hazardous.

On reaching the far side of the bridge Sgt Robinson took the lead on his own initiative and knocked out the SP Gun, which was firing down the road. He then continued down the road for 1500 yards, under very heavy A/Tk and Bazooka fire until contact was made with the American Paratroops. This Sgt showed outstanding bravery and initiative in crossing such a formidable obstacle against such defence and there is no doubt that but for his courageous action the bridge might not have been captured intact.

 

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Name Rolleston, Sydney Christopher
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 267564
Regiment: 4 Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 24 January 1946
Date 1945-1946
Catalogue reference WO 373/56

 

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Name Rollo, D I
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 207654
Regiment: 3 Battalion Grenadier Guards attached 6 Armoured Division
Theatre of Combat or Operation: The London Omnibus List For Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field
Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 15 June 1944
Date 1944
Catalogue reference WO 373/95

 

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Name Roscoe, Frederick Ambrose
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2615196
Regiment: 3 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Award: British Empire Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 23 September 1943
Date 1943
Catalogue reference WO 373/71

 

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Name Rose, Christopher
Rank: Acting Serjeant
Service No: 2619466
Regiment: 4 Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Netherlands
Award: Medal of the Bronze Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 15 October 1945
Date 1942-1952
Catalogue reference WO 373/144

 

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Name Ross, Colin Alexander Stewart
Rank: Captain
Service No: P/68398
Regiment: 238 Field Company Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 19 April 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/11

 

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Name Rousell, Charles George
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3582
Regiment: 4 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Belgium
Award: Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 08 December 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/111

 

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Name Russell, The Hon Langley Gordon Aslington
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 300817
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 12 April 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/53

 

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Name Rutherford, James Hunter
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 277970
Regiment: 225 Field Company Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Italy
Award: Military Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 19 April 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/11

 

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Name Scott, Thomas William
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant
Service No: 2808107
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Birthday Honours
Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date 1944
Catalogue reference WO 373/156

 

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Name Sheffield, George Berkeley
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 176743
Regiment: 4 Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Netherlands
Award: Order of the Bronze Lion or Medal of the Bronze Cross
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 15 October 1945
Date 1942-1952
Catalogue reference WO 373/144

 

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Name Shelley, John Patrick
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment: Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: The London Omnibus List for Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field
Award: Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 16 August 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/98

 

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Name Slack, Donald Smith
Rank: Warrant Officer Class 2
Service No: 2611163
Regiment: 1 Battalion Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Foreign to British: Belgium
Award: Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 08 December 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/111

 

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Name Smith, Edward Arthur
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 2615730
Regiment: 2 Armoured Grenadier Guards
Theatre of Combat or Operation: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 11 October 1945
Date 1945
Catalogue reference WO 373/55