Lists of Irish Guardsmen who were Mentioned in Despatches. *Honour Those Mentioned, Maton states that the number of Mentions in Despatches credited to the Irish Guards during WW2 were, by Theatre: 1 MiD in Middle East; 20 MiD in Italy; 54 MiD in NW Europe; 57 MiD in other circumstances Total 132. Not all of these could be traced via LG. Another thread for all IG gallantry awards & honours Irish Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours
WW2 226180 Peter Douglas AGNEW, MiD, Irish Guards 2716850 William ARMER, MiD, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards 2718673 Frederick John ARMSTRONG, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 207678 David Charles ATTLEE, MiD, Irish Guards 2719607 W T BALL, MiD, Irish Guards 2720502 T BARKER, MiD, Irish Guards 2721802 H BECKWITH, MiD, Irish Guards 219074 John Francis BELL, MiD, Irish Guards 240637 Michael McNeil BOYD, MiD, Irish Guards 2722215 F BOYDE, MiD, Irish Guards 2718956 CSM John Patrick BOYLE, MiD, 1 & 3 Irish Guards 2719822 J W BRADLEY, MiD, Irish Guards 156085 Charles Andrew BRAND, MiD, Irish Guards 2720019 Jack CARDUS, MM, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 104236 Maurice Herbert CARPMAEL, MiD, Irish Guards 2722791 Frederick Charles CARTLIDGE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 132238 Sir Rupert William John CLARKE Bt, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards 2719092 Percy Leonard CLEMENTS, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 103992 Ian Charles James COATS, MiD, Irish Guards 2723846 D M COLE, MiD, Irish Guards 149142 Captain David Edward COMPTON, MiD, Irish Guards 2717181 John CONROY, MiD, 3 Irish Guards 2718274 G B COWAN, MiD, Irish Guards 300814 Justin Louis England DALY, MiD, Irish Guards 2719685 William Thomas DAVIES, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2722867 E DONNAN, MiD, Irish Guards 2719400 J DRISCOLL, MiD, Irish Guards 2718093 Michael DUNNE, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards 2718093 Michael DUNNE, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards & 3 Irish Guards 106617 James Timothy EGAN, MiD, Irish Guards 2717855 P J ENNIS MiD, Irish Guards 228329 John Layton St George EYRE, MiD, Irish Guards 2565672 W H FANNING, MiD, Irish Guards 2717902 J W FERGUSON, MiD, Irish Guards 138638 Major Desmond John Lyon FITZGERALD, MC, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2722833 T FITZGERALD, MiD, Irish Guards 2615936 John Anthony GEOGHEGAN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2716721 J GINTY, MiD, Irish Guards 2718440 John Joseph GRANT, MM, 3 Irish Guards 2720480 T GREER, MiD, Irish Guards 3385865 H HACKING, MiD, Irish Guards 2718756 P J HAMILTON, MiD, Irish Guards 228330 Anthony Paul HARCOURT, MiD, Irish Guards 2720839 Ralph William HARRISON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 102707 John Stedman Owen HASLEWOOD, MC, 2 Irish Guards 246151 Robert HASTINGS, MBE, MiD, 3 Irish Guards 13865 Joseph Charles HAYDON CB, DSO, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards 7012069 Platoon Sergeant Major H HAYES, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: POW, E&E 2723019 F R G HETHERINGON, MiD, Irish Guards 2717287 F E HOGAN, MiD, Irish Guards 2721078 J A HOOTON, MiD, Irish Guards 62427 John Derek HORNUNG, OBE, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2655011 George Nelson HOWE, MBE, MiD, Irish Guards 2719228 E JOHNSTON, MiD, Irish Guards 2718471 Trevor Gwynfi JONES, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2716204 T R KELLY, MiD, Irish Guards 2716608 F KENNY, MiD, Irish Guards 2722942 D P KEWELL, MiD, Irish Guards 2717566 Serjeant Michael Joseph KIELY, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2716992 Warrant Officer Class II William KIELY, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 132243 Colonel Thomas Bennett LANGTON, MC, MiD, Irish Guards & SAS: E&E 2723030 J LENIHAN, MiD, Irish Guards 165060 Roland Stephen LANGTON, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 102123 Peter David LINDSAY, DSO, MiD, Irish Guards 31179 Colonel Thomas Graham LINDSAY, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards, attached Royal Air Force Regiment 42289 A S LOCKWOOD, MiD, Irish Guards attached Royal Air Force Regiment 2720627 T LOFTHOUSE, MiD, Irish Guards 156080 Dennis Gerald MADDEN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 44604 John Fitzgerald MARNAN, MBE, MiD, Irish Guards 113564 A A McCOMAS, MiD, Irish Guards 2718419 Robert McCONNELL, MM, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2717233 Lance-Serjeant John McCORMACK, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 37266 Hugh Cameron McGILDOWNY, MiD, Irish Guards 291685 Hugh Francis McKINNEY, MBE, MiD*, Irish Guards 291685 Hugh Francis McKINNEY, MBE, MiD*, Irish Guards 2717805 B McMAHON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 69334 Derek MILLS-ROBERTS, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, MiD, Irish Guards & Commandos 36921 Brigadier Claud Andrew MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT, DSO & Bar, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2718322 P MORIARTY, MiD, Irish Guards 2719007 Lance-Corporal John MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards: POW L D MURPHY MC, MiD, Irish Guards 4977315 Serjeant William MUSGROVE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: POW 2719566 F A NOLAN, MiD, Irish Guards 165064 John Joseph NUNN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 121349 Patrick Antony Cosmus O’DONOVAN, MiD, Irish Guards 92178 Nial Arthur Ramleh O’NEILL, MiD, Irish Guards 267577 Captain James Bourke OSBOURNE, MiD, Irish Guards 2720358 Guardsman James Joseph O’SHEA, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: 23/12/1945 2717550 Guardsman John Joseph O'Sullivan, MID, 2 Irish Guards: POW 2722062 B E PARRATT, MiD, Irish Guards 99600 Sir Francis Henry Grenville PEEK, Bt, MiD, Irish Guards 228333 Stephen Edward Thomas PRESTON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2718969 Guardsman Gilbert J PRITCHARD, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: PoW 2719844 J PRITCHARD, MiD, Irish Guards 2718512 L PRUNTY, MiD, Irish Guards 2716882 Serjeant John Joseph QUINN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards: 27/01/1944 224210 D E J RADCLIFFE, MiD, Irish Guards 2720304 J H RATCLIFFE, Irish Guards 219069 Captain (Acting) RAWLENCE Edward Ernest, MID, 3 Irish Guards 138642 Major Michael Fitzgerald RAWLENCE, MiD, Irish Guards 121351 Sir Peter Anthony Grayson RAWLINSON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2723277 K S READING, MiD, Irish Guards 2718829 Frederick Thomas REARDON, MiD, 1 Irish Guards & 2 Irish Guards 9581 Robert Bruce Stephen REFORD, MC, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 53090 Percy Fergus Ivo REID, OBE, MiD, Irish Guards 2718694 A RICHARDSON, MiD, Irish Guards 2718365 William Ignatius ROONEY, MBE, MM, MiD, Irish Guards 138635 R J McC SADOINE, Irish Guards 2720926 J L L SARGANT, MiD, Irish Guards 271496 J STEENSON, MiD, Irish Guards 100316 Sir Ian Rory Hay STEWART-RICHARDSON Bt, MiD, Irish Guards 124479 Paul STOBART, MiD, Irish Guards 2716550 George STONE, MiD, Irish Guards 2723414 J J SULLIVAN, MiD, Irish Guards 2717075 M F SWEENEY, MiD, Irish Guards 200113 Brian Thackeray SYNGE, MiD, Irish Guards 2717701 D W THOMPSON, MiD, Irish Guards 2717152 R THOROGOOD, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 207682 E R UDAL, MiD, Irish Guards 2720171 J VAN DE GEVEL, MiD, Irish Guards 28140 John Ormsby Evelyn VANDELEUR, DSO & Bar, MiD, 3 Irish Guards 17944 Gerald Harry George Lloyd-Verney, DSO, MVO, MiD*, Irish Guards 2719875 Guardsman John Michael WELSH, MiD, 2 Irish Guards: POW, E&E 2718906 J WOOD, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2719527 J WYLIE, DCM, MiD, Irish Guards 67098 Henry Lawrence Savill YOUNG, DSO, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 137409 Robert Neville Desmond YOUNG, MiD, 1 Irish Guards out of a probable *132 in total. On attachment 101405 Captain John Rudesind BROOKES, MC, MiD, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department att'd 1 Irish Guards 100490 George Vincent CAVANAGH, MiD, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department attached 1 Irish Guards 106849 Desmond Francis O’NEILL, MC, MiD, Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1 Irish Guards
Further possible awards identified via various sources, but not yet located in Gazette: 13111455 Lance-Sergeant J. CASSIN Irish Guards TWICE Mentioned in Despatches Served as CASSIN, alias Robert Oliver SMITH CWGC - Casualty Details Roy HOLMES, 2nd Armoured Bn Irish Guards [NWE] TWICE Mentioned in Despatches 2722863 Guardsman R. OWTRAM 3rd Bn Irish Guards [NWE - BELGIUM & HOLLAND] Lance Serjeant D SMITH, 1st Bn Irish Guards Mentioned in Despatches POW 2717019 James O'DONNELL, MM & Bar, 2 Irish Guards 2717019 Lance-Sergeant James O’DONNELL [2BN] (captured The Hague, escaped Germany) ( LG 25 Jun 1946? Bar to Military Medal not Mid !!
Unable to locate LG entry To date only able to locate 2 mentions in LG, yet CWGC cites 3 2718093 Michael DUNNE, MiD*, 3 Irish Guards Attached 254296 Hujohn RIPMAN, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS attached 2 Irish Guards
2721001 John HARRIS, MiD, 1 Irish Guards Casualty Guardsman HARRIS, JOHN Service Number 2721001 Died 28/04/1943 Aged 28 1st Bn. Irish Guards Mentioned in Despatches Son of John and Katherine Harris, of Deptford, London. INSCRIPTION: A PERFECT SON AND BROTHER, ON WHOSE SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: V. J. 14. See cemetery plan
Palestine 186932 Robert Charles AIKENHEAD, 1 Irish Guards 2726506 H BARR, 1 Irish Guards 86005 James Willcox BERRIDGE, 1 Irish Guards 368394 (2726196) John Cecil BRODIE, Irish Guards 2726591 W C CARROLL, Irish Guards 2718036 F COX, 1 Irish Guards 2724292 S V CUMMINS, 1 Irish Guards 2725744 S FLETCHER, 1 Irish Guards 372687 (2726309) John Bryan GILLOW, Irish Guards 2724687 S W HARDY, 1 Irish Guards 228326 James Alexander Hay HENDRY, Croix de Guerre with Vermilion Star, 3 Irish Guards 2724813 S HILL, Irish Guards 2723023 J JOHNSTON, Irish Guards 2718979 J J KELLY, Irish Guards 43619 Alexander Louis Wynand KOCH DE GOOREYND, 1 Irish Guards 247101 Desmond Ambrose LAMBERT, Irish Guards 165060 Roland Stephen LANGTON, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2717157 Arthur Andrew (Tabs) MAHONEY, Irish Guards 2725144 V PIKE, Irish Guards 2724755 T TRANTER, Irish Guards 2726357 V W TRINDER, Irish Guards 2724494 C T WALLACE, 1 Irish Guards 2725824 G WALSH, 1 Irish Guards 247103 Mark Barrett Haydon WHITE, Irish Guards 354981 (2725115) Edward Clifford WHITLEY, Irish Guards 2724732 M A WRAFTER, 1 Irish Guards
woodham? London Gazette : 7 January 1949 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38505/supplement/128/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38505/supplement/129/data.pdf
