Irish Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours

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Separate thread solely for Mentions in Despatches

• Irish Guards: Mentioned in Despatches

 

1. 186932 Robert Charles AIKENHEAD, 1 Irish Guards
2. Harold Alexander, KG GCB OM GCMG CSI DSO MC CD PC PC(Can)
3. 2718510 Robert James ADAMSON, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
4. 226180 Peter Douglas AGNEW, MiD, Irish Guards
5. 2716850 William ARMER, MiD, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
6. 2718673 Serjeant Frederick John ARMSTRONG, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: PoW, E&E
7. 2721511 Anthony ASHTON, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
8. 2721916 Joseph ATKINSON, MM, 3 Irish Guards
9. 207678 Lieutenant David Charles ATTLEE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 2719607 W T BALL, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2720564 George BANKS, MM, 1 Irish Guards
3. 2720502 T BARKER, MiD, Irish Guards
4. 330889 Brian Arthur Stenson BARNES, 1 Irish Guards
5. 2722698 Herbert William BARNETT, MM, 2 Irish Guards
6. 2722581 Serjeant James BARON, MM, 2 Irish Guards
7. 2726506 H BARR, 1 Irish Guards
8. 165052 Hugh David MacEwen BARTON, Irish Guards
9. 2721802 H BECKWITH, MiD, Irish Guards
10. 156081 Anthony Newton BELL, MC, 1 Irish Guards
11. 219074 John Francis BELL, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 86005 James Willcox BERRIDGE, 1 Irish Guards
13. 2717572 John BLACK, MM, 3 Irish Guards
14. 2721107 Michael BOLTON, MM, 3 Irish Guards
15. 240637 Michael McNeil BOYD, MiD, Irish Guards
16. 2722215 F BOYDE, MiD, Irish Guards
17. 2718956 CSM John Patrick BOYLE, MiD, 1 & 3 Irish Guards
18. 2719822 J W BRADLEY, MiD, Irish Guards
19. 156085 Charles Andrew BRAND, MiD, Irish Guards
20. 2721887 James BRANTHWAITE, MM, 1 Irish Guards
21. 2722896 Lance-Corporal Patrick Gerald BRENNAN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
22. 368394 (2726196) John Cecil BRODIE, Irish Guards
23. 68149 George Sinclair BRODRICK, MBE, Irish Guards
24. 101405 Captain John Rudesind BROOKES, MC, MiD, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department att'd 1 Irish Guards
25. 2718862 Ivan BURKE, MM, 2 Irish Guards
26. 436106 (2719257) Capt QM Patrick Joseph BYRNE, MBE, MM, MiD, Irish Guards, Foresters, Parachute Regt

 

1. 2722375 John Joseph CAIN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
2. 2716776 Thomas CALLAGHAN, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
3. 866797 Stanley John CAMPBELL, MM, 21 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
4. 2720019 Jack CARDUS, MM, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
5. 104236 Maurice Herbert CARPMAEL, MiD, Irish Guards
6. 2716755 Michael CARRAGHER, MM, 2 Irish Guards
7. 2726591 W C CARROLL, Irish Guards
8. 2722791 Frederick Charles CARTLIDGE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
9. 100490 George Vincent CAVANAGH, MiD, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department attached 1 Irish Guards
10. 2722614 Edward Colquhoun CHARLTON, VC, 2 Irish Guards
11. 121345 Oliver Sidney CHESTERTON, MC, 1 Irish Guards
12. 132238 Sir Rupert William John CLARKE Bt, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards
13. 2719092 Percy Leonard CLEMENTS, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
14. 103992 Ian Charles James COATS, MiD, Irish Guards
15. 2723846 D M COLE, MiD, Irish Guards
16. 2723977 Eric Mafeking COLTHORPE, MM, 3 Irish Guards
17. 99560 Simon Harvey COMBE, MC, 1 Irish Guards
18. 149142 Captain David Edward COMPTON, MiD, Irish Guards
19. 2720127 Martin Henry CONBY, MM, Irish Guards LG 4 Jan 1945
20. 2717181 John CONROY, MiD, 3 Irish Guards
21. 2718274 George Bertie COWAN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards & 2 Irish Guards
22. 2718036 F COX, 1 Irish Guards
23. 2721185 Robert James CRITCHLEY, MM, 3 Irish Guards
24. 2722217 Alfred Henry CROSS, MM, 1 Irish Guards
25. 2718043 Guardsman John Paul CULLEN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
26. 2724292 S V CUMMINS, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 300814 Justin Louis England DALY, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2719505 Michael D'ARCY, MM, Irish Guards attached Special Boat Service
3. 2719685 William Thomas DAVIES, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
4. 121346 Arthur Paul DODD, MC, 3 Irish Guards
5. 243515 Wilfred Edgar DODD, MC, 2 Irish Guards
6. 2721127 Alan DODDS, MM, 1 Irish Guards
7. 219070 James Colin DODDS, MC, 1 Irish Guards
8. 2722867 Edward DONNAN, MiD, Irish Guards
9. 104106 Captain Hugh Everard Joseph DORMER, DSO, 2 Irish Guards & SOE: 01/08/1944
10. 165046 Anthony DREWE, MC, X Company Scots Guards attached 3 Irish Guards
11. 2719400 J DRISCOLL, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 2718336 Joseph DUNNE, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
13. 2718093 Michael DUNNE, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards

 

1. 104182 Anthony Revell EARDLEY-WILMOT, MC, 3 Irish Guards
2. 106617 James Timothy EGAN, MiD, Irish Guards
3. 2723216 William Joseph EGAN, MM, 2 Irish Guards
4. 2717223 D ENGLISH, Irish Guards
5. 2717885 Serjeant Patrick J ENNIS, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: POW, Escaper & Evader
6. 65413 Basil Oscar Paul EUGSTER, CBE, MC and bar, DSO, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
7. 228329 John Layton St George EYRE, MiD, Irish Guards

 

1. 2720247 John FAHY, MM, 1 Irish Guards
2. 2565672 W H FANNING, MiD, Irish Guards
3. 2717902 J W FERGUSON, MiD, Irish Guards
4. 2721687 Kenneth FIELDING, MM, 3 Irish Guards
5. 50869 Dennis Henry FITZGERALD, DSO, OBE, Irish Guards
6. Lieutenant FITZGERALD, E J Coldstream Guards, not Irish Guards [MiD] In the Field 1940 LG 20 Dec 1940 ; LG 11 Feb 1941, Errata
7. 138638 Major Desmond John Lyon FITZGERALD, MC, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
8. 138639 Edward Neil FITZGERALD, MC, 2 Irish Guards
9. 73091 George Peter Maurice FITZGERALD, MC, 1 Irish Guards
10. 2722833 T FITZGERALD, MiD, Irish Guards
11. 2719886 Matthew FITZSIMMONS, MM, 2 Irish Guards
12. 2725744 S FLETCHER, 1 Irish Guard
13. 2718123 Lance-Corporal John FLYNN, MM, 2 Irish Guards: POW
14. 2721319 W J FRENCH, MM, Irish Guards

 

1. 2719381 Henry GALLAGHER, MM, 2 Irish Guards
2. 2721275 Stanley GARLAND, MM, 2 Irish Guards
3. 2615936 John Anthony GEOGHEGAN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
4. 2717907 William John GILCHRIST, MM, 2 Irish Guards
5. 2696160 G H GILL, MiD, Scots Guards
6. 372687 (2726309) John Bryan GILLOW, Irish Guards
7. 2716721 J GINTY, MiD, Irish Guards
8. 63088 David Michael Lindsay GORDON-WATSON, MC & Bar, 1 Irish Guards
9. 255172 Captain John Reginald GORMAN, CVO, CBE, MC, DL, 2 Irish Guards
10. 2718440 John Joseph GRANT, MM, 3 Irish Guards
11. 2717358 Guardsman James Henry GREENAN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
12. 2720480 T GREER, MiD, Irish Guards
13. 2717328 Clements GUNDEL, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 3385865 H HACKING, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2718756 P J HAMILTON, MiD, Irish Guards
3. 228330 Anthony Paul HARCOURT, MiD, Irish Guards
4. 2724687 S W HARDY, 1 Irish Guards
5. 1454267 Edward Charles HARRIS, MM, 21 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
6. 2721001 John HARRIS, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
7. 2720839 Ralph William HARRISON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
8. 295072 (2723683) Charles William David HARVEY-KELLY, Irish Guards
9. 102707 John Stedman Owen HASLEWOOD, MC, 2 Irish Guards
10. 246151 Robert HASTINGS, MBE, MiD, 3 Irish Guards
11. 13865 Joseph Charles HAYDON CB, DSO, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 7012069 Platoon Sergeant Major H HAYES, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: POW, E&E
13. 2721689 Henry HAYMAN, MM, 1 Irish Guards
14. 2717158 T HEADON, Irish Guards
15. 2719057 Fredrick HELLIWELL, 3 Irish Guards
16. 2720347 Patrick HENDERSON, MM, Irish Guards
17. 228326 James Alexander Hay HENDRY, Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star, 3 Irish Guards
18. 2723019 F R G HETHERINGON, MiD, Irish Guards
19. 11889 Arthur HEYWOOD-LONSDALE, MC, 5 Grenadier Guards
20. 2717731 Denis HICKEY, MM, 1 Irish Guards
21. 2724813 S HILL, Irish Guards
22. 2717287 F E HOGAN, MiD, Irish Guards
23. 2721385 John William Frost HOLLINGWORTH, MM, 1 Irish Guards
24. 2721078 J A HOOTON, MiD, Irish Guards
25. 121344 Edward James HOPE, MC, X Company Scots Guards attached 3 Irish Guards & 1 Welsh Guards
26. 2718628 Guardsman Stephen HORAN, DCM, 1 Irish Guards: POW
27. 62427 John Derek HORNUNG, OBE, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
28. 2721078 J A HOOTON, MiD, Irish Guards
29. 415867 2655011 George Nelson HOWE, MBE, MiD, Irish Guards
30. 2718134 A HUGHES, MM, 1 Irish Guards
31. 269055 Ronnie Hutton, MC, 615 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers

 

1. 2719228 E JOHNSTON, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2723023 J JOHNSTON, Irish Guards
3. 446669 2718517 William George JOHNSTON, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
4. 2718471 Trevor Gwynfi JONES, MiD, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 2716568 William KEARNEY, BEM, 1 Irish Guards
2. 94933 John KEATING, OBE, 2 Irish Guards
3. 186929 Timothy Charles Carelton KEIGWIN, MC, 1 Irish Guards
4. 26078 Colonel Edward Orlando KELLETT, DSO, Royal Armoured Corps: 22/03/1943
5. 2718979 J J KELLY, Irish Guards
6. 2716204 T R KELLY, MiD, Irish Guards
7. 138640 Colin David Carelton KENNARD, DSO, 1 Irish Guards
8. 2722925 Serjeant John Patrick KENNEALLY (Leslie JACKSON), VC, 1 Irish Guards
9. 94576 Darby Michael KENNEDY, MC, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
10. 2716608 F KENNY, MiD, Irish Guards
11. 2719186 John KERR, MM, 1 Irish Guards
12. 2722656 Claude Duncan KETTLEBOROUGH, MM, 2 Irish Guards
13. 2722942 D P KEWELL, MiD, Irish Guards
14. 2717566 Serjeant Michael Joseph KIELY, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
15. 2716992 Warrant Officer Class II William KIELY, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
16. 121551 Lieutenant Desmond Glover KINGSFORD, MC, 3 Irish Guards: 10/08/1944
17. 43619 Alexander Louis Wynand KOCH DE GOOREYND, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 247101 Desmond Ambrose LAMBERT, Irish Guards
2. 267573 Duncan LAMPARD, Irish Guards
3. 165060 Roland Stephen LANGTON, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards
4. 132243 Colonel Thomas Bennett LANGTON, MC, MiD, Irish Guards & SAS: E&E
5. Colonel LAW MC, Hugh Francis D'Assisi Stuart [E.R.E. 5 Border Regiment] [DSO] [BEF]
6. 2719743 E T LEE, Irish Guards
7. 2723030 J LENIHAN, MiD, Irish Guards
8. 31179 Colonel Thomas Graham LINDSAY, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards, attached Royal Air Force Regiment
9. 102123 Peter David LINDSAY, DSO, MiD, Irish Guards
10. 42289 A S LOCKWOOD, MiD, Irish Guards attached Royal Air Force Regiment
11. 2720627 T LOFTHOUSE, BEM, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 288309 Prince Jean of LUXEMBOURG, Irish Guards
13. 2718820 Desmond Thomas Lee LYNCH, MBE, DCM, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 269231 James Richard Alfred MacMULLEN, MC, Irish Guards
2. 156080 Dennis Gerald MADDEN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
3. 2721745 Edward MAHER, MM, 1 Irish Guards
4. 2717157 Arthur Andrew (Tabs) MAHONEY, Irish Guards
5. 44604 John Fitzgerald MARNAN, MBE, MiD, Irish Guards
6. 2727551 Lance-Corporal MAWHINNEY, Thomas Henry [2BN] [MM] [HoH/B]
7. 37264 Major Conolly Robert McCAUSLAND, MC, 2 Irish Guards
8. 2717080 Michael Gerard McCLEAN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
9. 113564 A A McCOMAS, MiD, Irish Guards
10. 2721063 Samuel McCOMISH, MM, 2 Irish Guards
11. 2718419 Robert McCONNELL, MM, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
12. 2717233 Lance-Serjeant John McCORMACK, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
13. 2716645 Serjeant Arthur James McELROY, DCM, 3 Irish Guards
14. 2718360 Thomas McGEE, 1 Irish Guards
15. 37266 Hugh Cameron McGILDOWNY, MiD, Irish Guards
16. 6977185 Thomas Edward McGURREN, MM, 2 Irish Guards
17. 291685 Hugh Francis McKINNEY, MBE, MiD*, Irish Guards
18. 2717805 B McMAHON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
19. 2716684 John McMANUS, MM, 2 Irish Guards
20. 2718842 James McRORY, MM, 2 Irish Guards
21. 2721637 Guardsman William G MEALEY, MM, 2 Armoured Irish Guards: POW
22. 2723989 Guardsman James Albert MENDES, DCM, 2 Armoured Irish Guards
23. 2718877 Patrick MERCER, MBE, MM, 1 Irish Guards
24. 2717128 Thomas Ellemore MILLER, MM, 1 Irish Guards
25. 262296 Lieutenant MILLER MM, T E [E.R.E. - 8 Para] [MC] [NWE]
26. 69334 Derek MILLS-ROBERTS, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, MiD, Irish Guards & Commandos
27. 2697146 James MITCHELL, MM, X Company Scots Guards attached 3 Irish Guards
28. 2723687 Colin MOLLARD, MM, 3 Irish Guards
29. 36921 Brigadier Claud Andrew MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT, DSO & Bar, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
30. 2718746 Serjeant William Walter MONTGOMERY, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
31. 307919 (2723856) William MOORE, MC, Irish Guards
32. 2718472 Michael MORAN, MBE, MM, 1 Irish Guards
33. 2718497 Maurice MORIARTY, DCM, 1 Irish Guards
34. 2718322 P MORIARTY, MiD, Irish Guards
35. 2717753 Patrick MOYNIHAN, MM, 3 Irish Guards
36. 2719007 Lance-Corporal John MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards: POW
37. 2718806 D MURPHY, MM, 1 Irish Guards
38. L D MURPHY MC, MiD, Irish Guards
39. 2722392 CQMS Robert Henry MURPHY, MM, 1 Irish Guards
40. 2716785 John MURRAY, MM, 2 Irish Guards
41. 4977315 Serjeant William MUSGROVE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: POW

 

1. 2720987 Samuel James NICHOLSON, 1 Irish Guards
2. 2719566 F A NOLAN, MiD, Irish Guards
3. 165064 John Joseph NUNN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 2718765 Maurice Terrence O’BRIEN, MM, 1 Irish Guards
2. 124478 Brigadier Michael James Palmer O’COCK, MC, 2 Irish Guards
3. 2717019 Lance-Serjeant James O'DONNELL, MM & Bar, QPM, 2 Irish Guards: POW, E&E
4. 121349 Patrick Antony Cosmus O’DONOVAN, MiD, Irish Guards
5. 2719054 Christopher O’DOWD, MM, Irish Guards & Special Air Service Regiment
6. 314053 (2723943) Captain Robert Hardriss Standish O'GRADY, MC, Irish Guards
7. 106849 Desmond Francis O’NEILL, MC, MiD, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1 Irish Guards
8. 92178 Nial Arthur Ramleh O’NEILL, MiD, Irish Guards
9. 2716586 John Myles O’REILLY, MM, Irish Guards
10. 2721082 Owen O’ROARTY, MM, Irish Guards
11. 267577 Captain James Bourke OSBOURNE, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 2720358 Guardsman James Joseph O’SHEA, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: 23/12/1945
13. 2717837 Guardsman Michael Patrick O’SHEA, DCM, 1 & 3 rish Guards
14. 2717550 Guardsman John Joseph O'Sullivan, MID, 2 Irish Guards: POW

 

1. 2722062 B E PARRATT, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2721484 Thomas PEARSON, MM, 1 Irish Guards
3. 99600 Sir Francis Henry Grenville PEEK, Bt, MiD, Irish Guards
4. 132247 David Arthur PEEL, MC, 2 Irish Guards
5. 45462 Henry Steuart PHILLPOTTS, MC, 2 Irish Guards
6. 2725144 V PIKE, Irish Guards
7. 228333 Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
8. 3449205 Leslie Crompton PRICE, 2 Irish Guards
9. 2718969 Guardsman Gilbert J PRITCHARD, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: PoW
10. 2719844 J PRITCHARD, MiD, Irish Guards
11. 2718512 L PRUNTY, MiD, Irish Guards

 

1. 276105 John Barrington Pellew QUINAN, MC, 2 Irish Guards
2. 2716882 Serjeant John Joseph QUINN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: 27/01/1944

 

1. 224210 D E J RADCLIFFE, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2720304 Joseph Henry RATCLIFFE, Irish Guards
3. 219069 Captain (Acting) RAWLENCE Edward Ernest, MID, 3 Irish Guards
4. 138642 Major Michael Fitzgerald RAWLENCE, MiD, Irish Guards
5. 121351 Sir Peter Anthony Grayson RAWLINSON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
6. 2723277 K S READING, MiD, Irish Guards
7. 2718829 Frederick Thomas REARDON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards & 2 Irish Guards
8. 9581 Robert Bruce Stephen REFORD, MC, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
9. 53090 Percy Fergus Ivo REID, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards
10. 2718694 A RICHARDSON, MiD, Irish Guards
11. 254296 Major Hujohn RIPMAN, MiD, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS attached 2 Irish Guards
12. 2717873 James RITCHIE, MM, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards
13. 2722539 Joseph ROBERTS, MM, 3 Irish Guards
14. 425957 2718365 William Ignatius ROONEY, MBE, MM, MiD, Irish Guards
15. 114130 Laurence Michael Harvey PARSONS, Earl of ROSSE, KBE, Irish Guards
16. 2716900 Richard RUSSELL, 3 Irish Guards
17. 2718210 James RYAN, MM, 1 Irish Guards

 

1. 138635 Raymond John McCulloch SADOINE, MiD, Irish Guards
2. 2720926 J L L SARGANT, MiD, Irish Guards
3. 132249 John Loscombe Lydall SAVILL, Irish Guards
4. 76534 Hugh Adeane Vivian SMITH, MBE, Irish Guards
5. 2117990 Thomas SMITH, MM, 615 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers
6. 150352 (2715069) John Arthur STACK, MC, 1 Irish Guards
7. 237623 Captain John Oliver STANLEY-CLARKE, MC, 3 Irish Guards
8. 271496 J STEENSON, MiD, Irish Guards
9. 2720932 Fred STEERS, MM, 1 Irish Guards
10. 100316 Sir Ian Rory Hay STEWART-RICHARDSON Bt, MiD, Irish Guards
11. 124479 Paul STOBART, MiD, Irish Guards
12. 2716550 George STONE, MiD, Irish Guards
13. 2723414 J J SULLIVAN, MiD, Irish Guards
14. 2717075 M F SWEENEY, MiD, Irish Guards
15. 200113 Brian Thackeray SYNGE, MiD, Irish Guards

 

1. 3312196 Harry TAYLOR, MM, 1 Irish Guards
2. 224215 John Vivian David TAYLOR, MC, 2 Irish Guards
3. 2717701 D W THOMPSON, MiD, Irish Guards
4. 2717152 R THOROGOOD, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
5. 200105 Ninian THORPE, MC, X Company Scots Guards attached 3 Irish Guards & 1 Welsh Guards
6. 278682 Charles Barton TOTTENHAM, MC, 2 Irish Guards
7. 2724755 T TRANTER, Irish Guards
8. 2723650 Henry TRIMBLE, MM, 3 Irish Guards
9. 2726357 V W TRINDER, Irish Guards
10. 108251 Edward Guy TYLER, MC & Bar, 2 Irish Guards