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Abbott, J.P.F.		 Abbott, J.R.
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Abel, W.K.J.		 Abel Smith, A.
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Abulafia, A. 		Acarnley, C.E.
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Aitken, W.H.H.		 Aizlewood, J.A.
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Anstice, J.H.		 Arbuthnot, A.R.C.
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Arbuthnott, R.K. 		Archdale, A.
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Azzopardi, M.F.

 

J.A. Aizlewood   to   J.H. Anstice
Aizlewood,
John Aldam
J.A. Aizlewood 		04.01.1895
 Sheffield, South Yorkshire
-
09.1990
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt.
 		12.08.1914 [9221]
Lt.
 		28.05.1915
Capt.
 		17.10.1922
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1931
Maj.
 		28.05.1932
Lt.Col.
 		28.05.1936
Col.
 		01.08.1939, seniority 28.05.1939 (retd 09.05.1945)
local Brig.
 		19.05.1939-31.07.1939
T/Brig.
 		01.08.1939-(04.1941)
A/Maj.Gen.
 		12.12.1942-11.12.1943
T/Maj.Gen.
 		12.12.1943
A/Lt.Gen.
1943?
Hon. Maj.Gen.
 		09.05.1945
Military Cross MC
 18.01.1918
 *
Military Cross MC
 22.06.1918
 **
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.01.1943
 Iraq / Syria / Persia 04.41-02.42
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when with the leading troops of an advanced guard. Owing to his initiative and resource an enemy ammunition column was destroyed, a headquarters raided, and several officers, fifty men and two machine guns were captured.
** For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the troops on his right flank withdrawing, he immediately organised a counter-attack, leading it himself, by which the lost ground was regained. He succeeded in (maintaining his position, displaying the greatest initiative and gallantry throughout a most trying period.
 		Education: Staff College, Quetta (1932-1933; psc)
12.08.1914

commissioned into the 4th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
1914
 -
 		1918
 		served European War (France & Belgium), latterly with the Machine Gun Corps
05.08.1927
 -
 		02.08.1931
 		Brigade Major, India
1932

Major, 4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
28.05.1936
 -
 		1939
 		Commanding Officer, 4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
19.05.1939
 -
 		31.07.1939
 		specially employed
1939
 		- 1945 served in India, Persia and UK
01.08.1939
 -
 		1940
 		Commander, 3rd Meerut Cavalry Brigade (India)
1940
 -
 		1941
 		Commander, 2nd Indian Army Brigade
1941
 -
 		1942
 		Commander, 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade Group
17.08.1942
 -
 		26.08.1942
 		Commander, 29th Armoured Brigade (UK)
26.08.1942
 -
 		03.12.1942
 		Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade (UK)
02.12.1942
 -
 		17.10.1943
 		General Officer Commanding, 42nd Armoured Division (UK)
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Commander, Essex and Suffolk District
1943
 -
 		1944
 		acting General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command
Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Gloucester, 10.02.1960. Colonel, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, 06.05.1948-06.06.1958.
Aizlewood,
Peter George Dennis
P.G.D. Aizlewood 		1923 ?
-
16.10.2007
[age 84]
Chastleton ?
2nd Lt.
 		20.02.1943 [264475]
WS/Lt.
 		20.08.1943
Lt.
 		07.02.1949, seniority 08.06.1946
Capt.
 		02.10.1950
20.02.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
07.02.1949

commissioned, Warwickshire Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
24.02.1954
 -
 		?
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Akerman,
 William Philip Jopp
W.P.J. Akerman
Son of late W.S. Akerman of the Mount, Burnham, Som.
Married 1st (1920) Olga Phyllis (died 1922), only daughter of late Maj.Gen. Sir John Steevens, KCB; one
daughter. 
Married 2nd (1925) Annie, elder daughter of late Maj.Gen. E.W. Alexander, VC, CB, CMG; two daughters.
 		16.01.1888
Wembdon, Somerset
-
22.02.1971
Churt, near Farnham, Surrey
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.07.1908 [4237]
Lt.
 		29.07.1911
Capt.
 		30.10.1914
A/Maj. TF
 		14.03.1917-21.03.1918
Maj.
 		22.03.1918
A/Lt.Col. TF
 		05.11.1918-04.12.1918
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1928
Col.
 		16.10.1934, seniority 01.07.1931
local Maj.Gen.
 		29.08.1939-01.10.1939
Maj.Gen.
 		02.10.1939, seniority 19.06.1938 (retd 05.07.1942)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.07.1941
 HM's birthday 41
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.01.1918
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.01.1919
 ?
Military Cross MC
 17.04.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.04.1916
 ? (twice mentioned)
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.07.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.12.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1918
 ?
1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
 		Education: Oundle School; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; idc, psc
29.07.1908

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1908
 -
 		1914
 		served in India
01.11.1914
 -
 		24.08.1915
 		served in Mesopotamia (wounded three times)
13.03.1917
 -
 		11.11.1918
 		served in France & Belgium
10.05.1919
 -
 		22.01.1922
 		Major Instructor in Gunnery, School of Instruction for Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery
1922
 -
 		1923
 		Staff College, Camberley
23.03.1924
 -
 		18.02.1926
 		Brigade Major, RA (Aldershot Command)
25.02.1926
 -
 		22.03.1928
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Rhine Army
01.01.1929
 -
 		31.12.1931
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
1933

Imperial Defence College
16.10.1934
 -
 		12.03.1936
 		Assistant Director of Artillery, War Office (London)
13.03.1936
 -
 		15.10.1938
 		Assistant Master-General of the Ordnance, War Office (London)
29.08.1939
 -
 		1942
 		Major-General Royal Artillery, Army HQ, India
Akers-Douglas,
Anthony George
 A.G. Akers-Douglas
Son of Hon. George Alexander Akers-Douglas [brother of 2nd Viscount Chilston], and Doris Christopherson.
Married (09.08.1941) Dorothy Louise Gage (born 29.09.1917), daughter of Lt.Col. Moreton Foley Gage; two sons, one daughter.
 		21.12.1914
-
04.1991
2nd Lt.
 		21.12.1935 [56835]
Lt.
 		21.12.1938
A/Capt.
 		06.12.1940-05.03.1941
T/Capt.
 		06.03.1941-20.12.1943
Capt.
 		21.12.1943 (retd 14.10.1947)
A/Maj.
 		27.12.1941-03.03.1942,
27.04.1945-19.05.1945
T/Maj.
 		20.05.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Maj.
 		14.10.1947
Education: Eton



from Supplementary Reserve of Officers
21.12.1935

commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps
(06.1944)

Squadron Officer, "C" Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
Alanbrooke,
Viscount 		see: Brooke,
Sir Alan Francis 		 
Alban,
Clifton Edward Rawdon Grant
C.E.R.G. Alban 		04.12.1889
India
-
died between 02.1957 and 02.1967
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		20.04.1910 [5189]
Lt.
 		26.02.1913
T/Capt.
 		19.05.1915-18.08.1915
Capt.
 		19.08.1915
A/Maj.
 		17.02.1917-07.05.1917,
11.04.1919-06.05.1919
Bt. Maj.
 		03.06.1918
Maj.
 		30.09.1927
A/Lt.Col.
 		08.05.1917-10.08.1918,
07.05.1919-31.07.1919
T/Lt.Col.
 		11.08.1918-10.04.1919,
01.08.1919-19.10.1919
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1930
Lt.Col.
 		17.02.1936
Col.
 		16.01.1939, seniority 01.07.1933 (supernumerary 31.12.1942) (retd 26.02.1945)
A/Brig.
 		24.01.1941-24.07.1941
T/Brig.
 		24.07.1941-01.10.1943
A/Maj.Gen.
 		02.10.1943-01.10.1944
T/Maj.Gen.
 		02.10.1944-...
Hon. Maj.Gen.
 		26.02.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 02.06.1943
 HM's brithday
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 18.07.1917
 *
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 15.02.1919
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 02.04.1919
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.07.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.12.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.07.1919
 ?
1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
 * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When assembly trenches were ordered to be dug he reconnoitred the position, placed the tape, and superintended the digging of the trench. On a later date he carried out a daring reconnaissance of the enemy wire, and rendered most valuable reports.
 		Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (22.01.1921-10.02.1923; psc)
20.04.1910

commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
04.07.1913
 -
 		03.07.1916
 		Adjutant, ... (service in Mohmands and Swatis, 04.1915 & 08.1915-10.1915)
16.01.1917
19.07.1918
 -
-
 		16.04.1918
11.11.1918
 		served France & Belgium (wounded)
08.05.1917
 -
 		10.08.1918
 		Lieutenant-Colonel, South Staffordshire Regiment
11.08.1918
 -
 		03.04.1919
 		Commanding Officer, 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (NW Frontier, India)
05.04.1919
07.05.1919
 -
-
 		10.04.1919
19.10.1919
 		Commanding Officer, 52nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment
11.04.1919
 -
 		06.05.1919
 		52nd Battalion Liverpool Regiment
12.03.1923
 -
 		27.01.1924
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
28.01.1924
 -
 		23.06.1924
 		Brigade Major, ... (Aldershot Command)
20.12.1925
 -
 		14.01.1929
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 44th (Home Counties) Division (Eastern Command)
01.10.1932
 -
 		03.02.1936
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), War Office (London, UK)
17.02.1936
 -
 		15.01.1939
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Regiment
16.01.1939
 -
 		(01.1940)
 		an Assistant Adjutant-General to the Director of Organisation, Adjutant-General's Branch, Army HQ, India
24.01.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Area Commander, India
27.09.1940
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		ADC to the King
26.02.1945
 -
 		04.12.1947
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Colonel, The King's Regiment, 24.10.1940-01.04.1947. CStJ, 29.12.1949.
Aldam,
Jeffery Heaton
J.H. Aldam
Son of William and Clara Ellen Aldam.
Married (1950) Editha Hilary Mary (née Preece); two sons, two daughters.
 		11.11.1922
-
30.10.1993
Winchester, Hampshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.08.1943 [292660]
WS/Lt.
29.02.1944 (reld 12.12.1945)
Hon. Lt.
 		12.12.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 14.06.1980
 County Education Officer, Hampshire
Military Cross MC
 24.01.1946
 NW Europe
Education: Chesterfield Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA); Harvard University (AM)
29.08.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
1943
(06.1944)
 -

 		1945

 		13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
Officer Commanding, 2 Troop, "B" Squadron
Admininstrative Assistant, Assistant Education Officer, then Seneior Assistant Education Officer, Norfolk CC, 1949-56; Deputy County Education Officer, NR Yorks CC, 1957-62; Chief Education Officer, East Suffolk CC, 1962-71; County Education Officer, (former) Hampshire CC, 1972-73. County Education Officer, Hampshire, 1973-83.
Member, Court and Council, University of Southampton, 1972-1993.
Alderson,
Ian Stuart
I.S. Alderson (Photo courstesy of Mr Albert Hurst) I.S. Alderson (Photo courstesy of Mr Albert Hurst) 		18.07.1912
-
01.1999
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1932 [53616]
Lt.
 		01.09.1935
A/Capt.
 		03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.
 		03.12.1939-31.08.1940
Capt.
 		01.09.1940
A/Maj.
 		07.11.1940-06.02.1941
T/Maj.
 		07.02.1941-05.11.1944,
12.12.1944-30.06.1946
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		28.11.1945-09.01.1946,
11.08.1947-23.09.1947
T/Lt.Col.
 		03.12.1951-31.03.1954
Lt.Col.
 		01.04.1954 (supernumerary 01.04.1957)
T/Col.
 		05.08.1955-11.10.1957
Col.
 		12.10.1957 (retd 20.02.1963)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 31.12.1960
 New Year 61
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1946
 Mediterranean
Indian General Service Medal 1936-1939 with the bar North West Frontier 1937-39; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 1st Army bar; Italy Star; War/Defence Medals
 		Education: Royal Military Academy; jssc; psc
01.09.1932

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
(06.1933)
 -
 		(01.1937)
 		5th Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (Jhansi, later Rawalpindi, India)
(01.1939)

Aide-de-Camp of the Commander, Rawalpindi District, Northern Command, India
05.05.1940
 -
 		06.11.1940
 		Adjutant, ...
13.08.1944
 -
 		05.09.1944
 		Brigade Major, 1st Infantry Division
21.04.1945
 -
 		26.07.1945
 		Staff Officer, 2nd grade (SO2), AF [= Allied Forces?]
27.07.1945
 -
 		27.11.1945
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ 13th Corps
28.11.1945
 -
 		09.01.1946
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
10.01.1946
 -
 		23.01.1946
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
24.01.1946
 -
 		10.08.1947
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ Central Mediterranean Forces
11.08.1947
 -
 		22.09.1947
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), AFHQ
23.09.1947
 -
 		10.03.1948
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ BETFOR
15.01.1950
 -
 		05.04.1951
 		Brigade Major, 86 Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA)
03.12.1951
 -
 		26.05.1954
 		Assistant Adjutant & Quarter-Master General (AA&QMG), War Office
05.08.1955
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		Colonel A/Q, Commander-in-Chief's TAS, GHQ Pakistan
Alderson,
John
J. Alderson
Son of John Henry and Dorothy Alderson; husband of Diana Mary Alderson, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

Biography at www.ornebridgehead.org
 		1916 ?
-
08.04.1945
(KIA) [age 29]
[Rheinberg War Cemetery, 13.B.1]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		14.01.1940 [113655]
WS/Lt.
14.07.1941
T/Capt.
 		1944?
Military Cross MC
 31.08.1944
 Normandy
14.01.1940

commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission]
(06.1944)

attached No. 3 Commando (Normandy)
08.04.1945

died of wounds received in action (Germany)
Aldous,
James Robert Travers
 J.R.T. Aldous
Son of Hugh Graham Aldous and Catherine May Inez Travers. Married (31.10.1925) Nancy Corona Morse; one son, two daughters.
 		05.10.1898
 Kensington, Greater London
-
11.07.1985
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		19.02.1916 [13510]
Lt.
 		19.08.1917
Capt.
 		01.10.1925
Maj.
 		24.09.1934
A/Lt.Col.
 		13.06.1940-12.09.1940
T/Lt.Col.
 		13.09.1940-22.07.1941
Lt.Col.
 		23.07.1941
A/Col.
 		18.10.1941-17.04.1942
T/Col.
 		18.04.1942-09.01.1943, 23.09.1943-12.07.1944
Col.
 		13.07.1944
A/Brig.
 		18.10.1941-17.04.1942
T/Brig.
18.04.1942-...
Brig.
 		07.12.1948 (retd 06.04.1950)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
Military Cross MC
 15.10.1918
 *
British War Medal; Victory Medal; NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp; King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway; 25.03.1949)
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During important operations this officer led his party forward immediately after the objective had been reached, to wire in a strong point some 200 yards from the front line posts. He was heavily and continuously shelled for five hours until he withdrew when he had successfully accomplished his task.. His fine example inspired his men with the greatest confidence under very trying conditions.
 		Education: Royal Military Academy; Staff College (psc)
19.02.1916

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers
23.10.1917
 -
 		11.11.1918
 		served in France
06.09.1922
 -
 		14.12.1928
 		employed under the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries (Ordnance Survey)
08.01.1935
 -
 		18.01.1937
 		Staff Captain, School of Military Engineering (UK)
19.01.1937
 -
 		13.03.1938
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Southern Command (UK)
14.03.1938
 -
 		29.03.1939
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Senior Officers' School (UK)
01.06.1939
 -
 		26.05.1940
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Home Forces (UK)
27.05.1940
 -
 		05.06.1940
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British Expeditionery Force (France)
13.06.1940
 -
 		17.10.1941
 		Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), ...
18.10.1941
 -
 		31.07.1942
 		Commander, 5th Infantry Brigade (UK, India)
01.08.1942
 -
 		22.09.1943
 		Brigadier General Staff, ...
?
 -
 		23.07.1944
 		Regimental Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Engineers
23.09.1943
 -
 		14.10.1944
 		Commandant, 140 (Royal Engineers) Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU), North Midland District (UK)
15.10.1944
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command (York, UK)
06.04.1950
 -
 		05.10.1956
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Suffolk, 05.08.1964. Sheriff, Suffolk, 1966-1969.
Alexander,
Fulco Peter
F.P. Alexander
04.12.1909
-
died between 1967 and 1985
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		30.01.1930 [44806]
Lt.
 		30.01.1933
Capt.
 		01.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		01.12.1940-28.02.1941
T/Maj.
 		01.03.1941-02.02.1945,
23.01.1945-30.06.1946
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 18.05.1947)
T/Lt.Col.
 		1946/47?
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		18.05.1947
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; certificate of the long survey course at the School of Artillery
30.01.1930

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)
  
 		 
 		3rd Field Brigade RA (Woolwich)
(06.1933)
  
 		 
 		1st Survey Company RA (Larkhill)
06.1937

qualified as interpreter 1st class in Italian
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		supernumerary
...
 -
 		...
 		...
1945
 -
 		1947
 		Commanding Officer, 922 Military Government Detachment (Hagen, Germany)
18.05.1947
 -
 		04.12.1964
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Alexander,
Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George;
1st Earl of Tunis (14.03.1952); 
1st Viscount of Tunis, and of Errigal (1946);
1st Baron Rideau of Ottawa and of Castle Derg in Co. Tyrone (14.03.1952)
H.R.L.G. Alexander







3rd son of 4th Earl of Caledon and Lady Elizabeth Graham Toler, daughter of 3rd Earl of Norbury. Married (1931) Lady Margaret Diana Bingham, GBE created 1954,
DStJ, younger daughter of 5th Earl of Lucan, PC, GCVO, KBE, CB; two sons, one daughter (and one adopted daughter).
° Wikipedia
° biography
° papers
10.12.1891
London
-
16.06.1969
Wexham Park Hospital, Slough
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		23.09.1911 [17884]
Lt.
 		05.12.1912
T/Capt.
 		15.11.1914-06.02.1915
Capt.
 		07.02.1915
T/Maj.
 		22.10.1915-01.11.1915
A/Maj.
 		10.12.1916-02.03.1917
Maj.
 		01.08.1917
A/Lt.Col.
 		03.03.1917-22.05.1917, 15.10.1917-19.12.1918
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1919-08.06.1920
Lt.Col.
 		14.05.1922 (half-pay 22.12.1927-01.02.1928)
Col.
 		01.02.1928, seniority 14.05.1926 (half-pay 20.12.1930-16.01.1931)
T/Brig.
 		13.10.1934-15.10.1937
Maj.Gen.
 		16.10.1937 (half-pay 15.01.1938-16.02.1938)
A/Lt.Gen.
 		08.06.1940-30.06.1940
Lt.Gen.
 		01.07.1940, seniority 13.07.1938
Gen.
 		17.01.1942
Field Marshal
 		04.06.1944 (retd 05.04.1946)
Knight of the Garter KG
 03.12.1946
 ?
Member of the Order of Merit OM
 01.01.1959
 New Year 59
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 11.11.1942
 ?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 1942
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1938
 ?
Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George GCMG
 1946
 ?
Companion of the Star of India CSI
 07.02.1936
 Loe-Agra operations 23.02-13.04.35
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1916
 ?
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
Military Cross MC
 14.01.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.01.1917
 France
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.12.1918