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 J P BOYLE, MiD, 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 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 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 H HAYES, MiD, Irish Guards 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 Michael Joseph KIELY, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2716992 W KIELY, MiD, Scots Guards 132243 Thomas Bennett LANGTON, MC, MiD, Irish Guards & SAS 2723030 J LENIHAN, MiD, Irish Guards 165060 Roland Stephen LANGTON, MC, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 102123 Peter David LINDSAY, DSO, MiD, Irish Guards 31179 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 J McCORMACK, MiD, 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 Claude Andrew MONTAGU-DOUGLAS-SCOTT, DSO & Bar, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 2718322 P MORIARTY, MiD, Irish Guards 2719007 J MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards 2719007 J MURPHY, MiD*, 1 Irish Guards L D MURPHY MC, MiD, Irish Guards 4977315 William MUSGROVE, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 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 James Bourke OSBOURNE, MiD, Irish Guards 2720358 James Joseph O’SHEA, MiD, 2 Irish Guards 2717550 John Joseph O'Sullivan, MID, 2 Irish Guards 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 G PRITCHARD, MiD, Irish Guards 2719844 J PRITCHARD, MiD, Irish Guards 2718512 L PRUNTY, MiD, Irish Guards 2716882 John Joseph QUINN, MiD, 1 Irish Guards 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 Michael Fitzgerald RAWLENCE, MiD, Irish Guards 121351 Peter Anthony Grayson RAWLINSON, MiD, 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 17944 Gerald Harry George Lloyd-Verney, DSO, MVO, MiD*, Irish Guards 2719875 John Michael WELSH, MiD, Irish Guards 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. On attachment 101405 Captain John Rudesind BROOKES, MC, MiD, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department att'd 1 Irish Guards 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 !! O’DONNELL, JAMES, MM, 2BN)
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
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 2721001 John HARRIS, MiD, 1 Irish Guards
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