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Searching for an officer "Mentioned in Dispatches"....but no trace?
I post this in off topic because the soldier was injured during action in Italy.
This is a friend of mine's grandfather and he has recently received his war record showing he received the War medal with bronze leaf for dispatches mention. I have searched on the London Gazette pages to no avail for his service number and name, so is there anywhere else I can try and find his mention in dispatches? He obviously was as he got the bronze leaf entitlement? He was a Private. First Name: F Surname: Dudley Date of Action: 01/10/1944 Fate: Wounded Incident Details: Reported to War Office Casualty Branch for 48 hours ending at 9.00. Incident Date: 23/10/1944 Information: Casualty List No 1584. Rank: Private Service Number: 4920244 Duty Location: Italy Service: British Army Regiment: Gordon Highlanders Battalion: 1st Battalion, London Scottish (Why is this important?) Archive Reference: WO417/83 Any help is very much appreciated as knowing the location he was injured in would help greatly. Thanks, Neil |
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Re: Searching for an officer "Mentioned in Dispatches"....but no trace?
I have found regimental museums helpful as Bruce suggests. While researching a WW1 casualty, the relevant museum copied an 8 page war diary which allowed me to trace his last steps near Hooghe in Belgium
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Re: Searching for an officer "Mentioned in Dispatches"....but no trace?
Hello,
Having trouble verifying a British Army MiD in the London Gazette. First port of call - is the late Michael Maton: https://www.tokenpublishing.com/shop/product/7753/18 Col. |
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Re: Searching for an officer "Mentioned in Dispatches"....but no trace?
Thank you all for your replies, cheers, Neil
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