Non-Flying Awards, 13 June 1946 (1)

[HughAHalliday]

Thanks to Tom Thorne, I can now provide, to those interested, citations for some 330 non-flying awards gazetted 13 June 1946. These represent the following decorations:


ARRC - 12
BEM - 145
CB - 1
CBE - 4
MBE - 116
MiD - 1
OBE - 60
RRC - 4

They are as follows:

Associate of the Royal Red Cross (ARRC) and Royal Red Cross (RRC) - note, PMRAFNS = Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service


HAWKINS, Mildred Anne, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - 53 RAF Hospital, BAFO - PMRAFNS
HOSSACK, Beatrice Marie, Miss, V.A.D. Grade I - ARRC - 460603 - Henlow Hospital - PMRAFNS
HUDSON, Millicent, Sister - ARRC - Ely Hospital - PMRAFNS
JAMIESON, Lucy Norma, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - Hong Kong - PMRAFNS
PRESCOTT, Annie Nicol, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - Down Amphey Hospital - PMRAFNS
SPENCE, Grace Hannah Bowes, Sister - ARRC - Cosford Hospital - PMRAFNS
STEINBACH, Audrey Marguerite, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - 5 RAF Hospital, Middle East - PMRAFNS
STEWART, Eva Winifred, Sister - ARRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS
STOKES, Phyllis Mary Bettine, Sister - ARRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS
TOOLE, Gladys, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - Northallerton Hospital - PMRAFNS
WILSON, Margaret, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS
WOODWARD, Edith Lucy, Sister - ARRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS

ACHESON, Aileen Frances, Principal Matron, ARRC - RRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS
CARTLEDGE, Louisa Banham, Acting Matron, ARRC - RRC - Kirkham Hospital - PMRAFNS
SUDDABY, Olive, Acting Matron, ARRC - RRC - 5 Royal Air Force Hospital, Middle East - PMRAFNS
YOUNGSON, Clementina McLachlan, Acting Matron, ARRC - RRC - Halton Hospital - PMRAFNS

British Empire Medal

ABBOTT, Jessie Hilda, Sergeant - BEM - Air Member for Personnel - RAAF
ALLEN, Robert Parker, Sergeant - BEM - Air Headquarters, India - RAFVR
ARNOLD, Jack, Flight Sergeant - BEM - South Africa - RAFVR
ATACK, Gilbert, Corporal - BEM - 232 Group Communication Flight - RAFVR
ATTERBURY, James George, Sergeant - BEM - Hemswell, Bomber Cmd - RAFVR
AUBURN, Ivy, Cpl BEM - BAFO - WAAF
AUSTEN, Arthur Eric, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Communication Squadron, ACSEA - RAF
BARRINGTON, Kathleen Grace, Corporal - BEM - 691 Squadron - WAAF
BATCHELOR, Norman John, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Burnham, RAF Police - RAFVR
BEES, Robert Sidney George, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Burnham, RAF Police - RAFVR
BEESLEY, Joseph, Sergeant - BEM - Air Ministry, Directorate of Organisation - RAFVR
BENNETTS, Henry Gilbert, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 5 RAF Hospital, Middle East - RAF
BORRETT, Albert George, Corporal - BEM - Hereford - RAFVR
BRANN, Alexander Allison, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - SAC, SE Asia - RAFVR
BRERETON, Victoria Miriam, Leading Aircraftwoman - BEM - Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment - WAAF
BUCKLE, Ernest Edward, Corporal - BEM - Scampton, Bomber Cmd - RAFVR
BUTLER, Kenneth Ewins, Sergeant - BEM - Bomber Command HQ - RAFVR
CAMBLE, Reginald Arthur, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 216 Group Headquarters - RAFVR
CHALMERS, Robert William Milne, Corporal - BEM - Stockholm, Air Attache’s Staff - RAFVR
CHANDRA, Kharbanda Jai, Sergeant - BEM - 4 Squadron RIAF - RIAF
CHAPLAIN, William, Corporal - BEM - 1 OCTS, ACSEA - RAFVR
CHEETHAM, Leslie Charles, Sergeant - BEM - Leuchars - RAFVR
CLACHER, Robert, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Scampton, Bomber Cmd - RAF
CLARK, Gilbert George Chalmers, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 351 Maintenance Unit - RAF
CLOSE, Ernest Ainsley, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Egypt. British Military Mission - RAFVR
COLDRON, Frank Leslie, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 1 Radio School - RAF
COOKE, Ernest William, Sergeant - BEM - Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit - RAFVR
COOPER, Ernest John, Corporal - BEM - Central Bomber Establishment - RAFVR
COTTRELL, William Frederick, Corporal - BEM - Central Depository, Colnbrook - RAF
COURTNADGE, Gordon Ralph, Sergeant - BEM - Hemswell - RAF
COWARD, Joseph Arthur, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Southeast Sector HQ, Fighter Cmd - RAFVR
CUTHILL, Agnes Harvey, Sergeant - BEM - 1 Marine Craft Training School - WAAF
DALE, George Wilfred, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 72 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
DASH, Arthur Reginald Valentine, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Technical Training Command HQ - RAFVR
DAVIES, Harry Raymond, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 216 Maintenance Unit - RAF
DOW, James Blyth, Sergeant - BEM - Aircraft Safety Centre, Greece - RAFVR
DOWIE, William Frank, Sergeant - BEM - Central Fighter Establishment - Aux AF
DOWSE, James William, Sergeant - BEM - 14 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit - RAF
DRAKE, Norman Denby, Cpl BEM - BAFO - RAFVR
DREWE,Stanley Clifford, Flight Sergeant - BEM - ACSEA - RAF
DYSON, Norman Sidney, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Faldingworth, Bomber Cmd - RAF
EASTWOOD, Robert, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - Hemswell - RAFVR
EDWARD, Douglas, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Netheravon - RAFVR
EUSTACE-DUCKETT, Elizabeth Gertrude, Nursing Member - BEM - RAF Hospital, Cosford - VAD
EVANS, Richard Lloyd, Corporal - BEM - 125 AMES - RAFVR
FAIRGRIEVE, Norman McKay, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Bridgenorth - RAF
FLINT, Joseph Leslie, Corporal - BEM - 575 Squadron, Transport Command - RAFVR
FREESTON, Harold Joseph, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 3 Storage Unit (Mechanical Transport) - RAF
GALE, Ernest Albert, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - Bircham Newton - RAFVR
GALE, Herbert Stanley, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 2 (Indian) Group Headquarters - RAFVR
GERRARD, Helen Robertson, Sgt - BEM - Burnham (Police) - WAAF
GILMOUR, James, Flight Sergeant - BEM - HMS Dipper - RAFVR
GOMM, Kenneth Christopher, Corporal - BEM - 89 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
GREGORY, Horace Yearley, Sergeant - BEM - 11 Maintenance Unit - RAF
GREGORY, Vivian Mary, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Air Ministry, Intelligence - WAAF
HANN, Peter Graham, Sergeant - BEM - Transport Cmd Devel Unit - RAF
HARDING, Jack, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Middle East Provost duty - RAFVR
HARDING, Raymond Charles, Corporal - BEM - 15 Embarkation Unit, East Africa - RAFVR
HARVEY, Kenneth James, Corporal - BEM - 13 OTU - RAFVR
HESKETH, Rhoda, Corporal - BEM - No.51 Maintenance Unit - WAAF
HICKS, William John, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Burnham - RAFVR
HODGE, James Wilson, Sergeant - BEM - Aircrew Officers School - RAFVR
HODGSON, Harry, Sergeant - BEM - 271 Squadron - RAF
HORROCKS, Gladys Audrey, Sergeant - BEM - 26 Group HQ - WAAF
HOWARD, Thelma, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Oakington, Transport Command - WAAF
IBBETSON, George, Corporal - BEM - 17 Service Flying Training School - RAFVR
IRVING, Robert John, Corporal - BEM - Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School - RAFVR
JARRETT, Edward, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Air Traffic Control School - RAF
JEAVONS, Richard, Sergeant - BEM - Bombay - RAFVR
JOHN, Arthur George, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 3 Service Flying Training School - RAF
JOHNSON, Leonard Edward, Corporal - BEM - Hereford - RAFVR
JOHNSON, Leslie Frank, Sergeant - BEM - St. Mawgan, Transport Command - RAFVR
JONES, Ann Winter, Corporal - BEM - 106 Personnel Reception Centre - WAAF
JONES, Harry, Sergeant - BEM - 81 Signals Wing, Bomber Cmd - RAF
KERN, Herbert, Acting Flight Sergeant - BEM - 1 RAF Regiment Depot, Grantham - RAFVR
KING, Francis Charles, Sergeant - BEM - 225 Squadron - RAF
KING, Joseph Suthren, Sergeant - BEM - India, Air Headquarters - RAF
LEAVER, Eva Margaret, Corporal - BEM - Technical Training Command HQ - WAAF
LEMAR, Mabel, Corporal - BEM - 73 Wing - WAAF
LOFTUS, Veronica Norah, Corporal - BEM - Central Fighter Establishment - WAAF
LONG, Royston Cecil, Sergeant - BEM - Hethel, Fighter Command - RAFVR
MASSON, Howard, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Ratmalena, ACSEA - RAFVR
McBRIDE, Peter, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 2 Recruit Centre, Cardington - RAFVR
MAY, George William, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 298 Squadron - RAFVR
McLAREN, Marion Margaret, Leading Aircraftwoman - BEM - Bomber Command HQ - WAAF
MEDLEY, William Henry, Sergeant - BEM - 97 Squadron - RAFVR
MELLIS, Percival Edmund, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 4 Group SAAF - SAAF
MERRYLEES, Henry James, Corporal - BEM - 6201 Bomb Disposal Flight - RAFVR
MILLS, Arthur Reginald Russell, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 7 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit - RAFVR
MONTEITH, Mary Hannah, Corporal - BEM - 1680 Transportation Flight - WAAF
MOODEY, James Stanley, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Bomber Command HQ - RAFVR
NELSON, Constance Norma, Corporal - BEM - 106 Personnel Reception Centre - WAAF
NICHOLSON, Richard, Corporal, GM - BEM - 16 OTU - RAFVR
NORWOOD, Peter Douglas, Sergeant - BEM - MEF Broadcasting Service - RAFVR
NOTLEY, Norman Edgar, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 7 Air Navigation School - RAF
PAYNE, Cecil James, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 357 Squadron, ACSEA - RAF
PEACOCK, Cyril Henry, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 216 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
PERRY, Frederick Charles, Sgt - BEM - 6222Bomb Disposal Flight - RAFVR
PIPKIN, Gordon Redvers, Sergeant - BEM - Feltwell - RAFVR
POWELL, William John, Sergeant - BEM - Medi and Middle East Cmd HQ - RAFVR
PURSEY, Leonard Joseph, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Medley - RAF
QUINN, Kathleen Muriel, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Air Member for Personnel - WAAF
RANDALL, Edwin Kenneth, Sergeant - BEM - 5 Base Personnel Office - RAFVR
REED, Stanley Eric, Sgt - BEM - unit unknown - RAFVR
RICHARDS, Charles Ivens, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Oakington, Transport Command - RAF
RIMMER, James Reginald, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Medical Training Est and Depot - RAFVR
ROAST, Dennis Arthur, Sgt - BEM - 6201Bomb Disposal Flight - RAF
ROBERTSON, John Smith, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 219 Air Sea Rescue Unit, Mid East Cmd - RAF
ROGERS, Harold William, Sergeant - BEM - 1 Medical Rehabilitation Unit - RAFVR
ROWE, Leslie Henry Thomas, Sergeant - BEM - 1 Mechanical Transport Repair Unit - RAFVR
RUSHIN, Geoffrey George, Corporal - BEM - No.88 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
RUSHMORE, Clifford Walter, Sergeant - BEM - Scampton - RAF
SADLER, Constance Frances, Corporal - BEM - Air Member for Personnel - WAAF
SANFORD, Maurice Edward, Sergeant - BEM - 84 Group Communications Squadron - RAF
SCOBIE, Davis, Sergeant - BEM - 1334 Transport SCU, ACSEA - RAFVR
SCOTT, James George, Air Sergeant - BEM - 31 Squadron SAAF - SAAF
SENIOR, Eric, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 106 Personnel Reception Unit - RAFVR
SMITH, Gordon Templeton, Sergeant - BEM - Maydlay - RAFVR
SMITH, Richard Henry, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Medical Training Establishment and Depot - RAF
SNODIN, Alexander, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Cranborne, Rhodesian Air Training Group - RAF
SPEED, Sybil Aline Carrood, Corporal - BEM - 1381 Transport Conversion Unit - WAAF
STEPHENSON, George Willmot, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 7159 Servicing Echelon - RAF
STONE, Gladys Emily, Sergeant - BEM - 13 Maintenance Unit - WAAF
SUMMERS, Arthur, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 43 Squadron, M and ME Cmd - RAFVR
TATTERSFIELD, Harry, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 135 Maintenance Unit, Middle East - RAFVR
TAYLOR, George John, Sergeant - BEM - 51 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
THOMAS, David Brynmore, Sergeant - BEM - 4 School of Tech Training - RAFVR
THOMSON, Charles Frederick, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 55 Squadron - RAF
TRUEFITT, Cyril William, Sergeant - BEM - Cottesmore - RAFVR
TURNER, Lloyd Howard, Sergeant - BEM - Scampton - RAF
VAUGHAN, Jack Charles, Sergeant - BEM - 5759 (B) MSU, ACSEA - RAFVR
VORLEY, Ena Pamela, Corporal - BEM - 104 Personnel Dispersal Centre - WAAF
WALKER, Eric Stanley, Cpl - BEM - 403 Repair and Salvage - RAFVR
WALKER, John Kenneth, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 10 School of Technical Training - RAF
WALSH, James, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 3 Parachute Training School - RAFVR
WHARTON, Thomas, Corporal - BEM - 280 Squadron, Coastal Command - RAFVR
WHITE, William George Henry, Sergeant - BEM - 8 Staging Post, Transport Cmd - RAF
WHITWORTH, Edward Stanley, Sergeant - BEM - Bombay - RAFVR
WILCOCK, Ronald James, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 21 OTU - RAFVR
WILKINSON, Vera, Corporal - BEM - 44 Group HQ, Transport Command - WAAF
WILLIAMSON, Thomas, Sergeant - BEM - ACSEA HQ - RAFVR
WILLS, Reginald William, Sergeant - BEM - 13 Maintenance Unit - RAF
WILLSON, Eric Trevor, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 11 Air Gunner School - RAF
WOOD, Frederick James John, Corporal - BEM - Kankesanturai, ACSEA - RAFVR
WOOD, Leslie, Flight Sergeant - BEM - British Pacific Fleet - RAF

[HughAHalliday]

Member, Order of the British Empire

ADDERLEY, James William, SL - MBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAFVR
ALEXANDER, Charles Ronald, FL, DFM - MBE - Oakington - RAF
ANDREWS, Frank Dorrien, FL - MBE - 309 Supply and Transport Co - RAFVR
ARROL, Ian, FL - MBE - 5020 Airfield Construction Squadron - RAFVR
AUGUST, Wyvll, SL - MBE - 54 Group HQ - RAFVR
BARBER, Eric Ernest, FL - MBE - 81 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
BARNETT, Morris, FL - MBE - 6223 (Special Duties) Flt - RAFVR
BARRETT, George Thurlow, Warrant Officer - MBE - Inspector General’s Department - RAF
BASSETT, Martin Curnow, Warrant Officer - MBE - 24 Group - RAF
BEARD, Richard, SL - MBE - Deputy Directorate of Rescue, CAS - RAFVR
BINFIELD, Amos, SL - MBE - Eastern Command, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
BOUGHTON, Thomas Vincent John, FL - MBE - 252 Squadron - RAF
BOWER, John, Warrant Officer - MBE - 3 Radio School - RAF
BROWN, Herbert Thomas, FL - MBE - Pershore, Transport Command - RAFVR
BRUCE, Lionel Frost, SL - MBE - No.2830 Squadron, RAF Regt - RAFVR
BUCHAN, Alexander Fairlie, SL - MBE - Scottish Headquarters, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
BULGIN, Arthur Frederick, SL - MBE - London Command, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
BUNN, Harold Robert, SL - MBE - 52 Maintenance Unit - RAF
BURDETT, William Henry, Warrant Officer - MBE - St. Athan - RAF
BURNETT, Reginald George, SL - MBE - 21 Group Headquarters - RAFVR
BURROW, Edgar Whittaker, Warrant Officer - MBE - 298 Squadron - RAF
BUTTANSHAW, Reginald John Roger, FL - MBE - Station Bright, Sussex - RAFVR
CHESTERFIELD, Frederick Charles Thomas, Warrant Officer - MBE - Record Office, Gloucester - RAF
CLARK, Joseph, Warrant Officer - MBE - RAF Middle East HQ - RAF
CLARKE, Leslie, SL - MBE - Manchester Air Training Corps - RAFVR
COLDRICK, Walter, Warrant Officer - MBE - 46613 - CAS Department, Air Ministry - RAFVR
COLEBY, Ronald, Warrant Officer - MBE - Kohat, India - RAF
COOPER, Albert Edward, SL - MBE - Coastal Command HQ - RAFVR
COWARD, Basil Louis, Warrant Officer - MBE - Dorval, Transport Command - RAF
CRANE, Frederick James, SL - MBE - 41 Group Headquarters - RAF
DAVIS, Thomas Anderson, SL - MBE - Hertfordshire Air Training Corps - RAFVR
DE FRAINE, Phyllis Margaret, Squadron Officer - MBE - 54 Group HQ - WAAF
DONALD, Ian, FL - MBE - 206 Squadron - RAFVR
EBBLEWHITE, Paul, Warrant Officer - MBE - Levant AHQ - RAF
ELIOT, Ina May Radigund, Flight Officer - MBE - 22 Personnel Transit Centre - WAAF
FEUGARD, Cecil Morley, FL - MBE - 21 Personnel Transit Centre - RAFVR
FLINCROFT, James Herbert, FL - MBE - Coastal Command HQ - RAFVR
FRASER, David Henry, FL - MBE - Rhodesia Central Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
GEORGE, Mabel Doris, Squadron Officer - MBE - Provost Marshal’s Department - WAAF
GREEN, Geoffrey Arthur Reginald, SL - MBE - 13 OTU, Fighter Command - RAFVR
HARKUS, Joseph Cowan, FL The Reverend - MBE - Mepal, Bomber Command - RAFVR
HARRIS, Cyril Leslie, FL - MBE - Lindholme, Bomber Cmd - RAF’
HARRIS, Frank Thomas, WC - MBE - BAFO - RAFVR
HARVEY, Albert Derek, Warrant Officer - MBE - 1 Base Personnel Office, ME - RAF
HEARNES, Thomas Reginald, FL - MBE - 114 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR
HENSON, Wilfred, SL - MBE - Midland Command, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
HENSSER, Henry, SL - MBE - ACSEA HQ - RAFVR
HONEY, Frank, SL - MBE - Flying Training Cmd HQ - RAFVR
JAMIESON, William Magnus, FL - MBE - Washington - RAF
JEFFERY, Alfred Richard, SL - MBE - 386 Maintenance Unit, West Africa - RAFVR
JEVONS, Philip William, FL - MBE - 1 Parachute Training School - RAFVR
JONES, Agnes Maude, Flight Officer - MBE - Air Member for Personnel, Casualties - WAAF
KEPPLE, Patricia, Flight Officer - MBE - Air Member for Personnel, Manning - WAAF
KERR, Alexander Samuel, Warrant Officer - MBE - Filton, Transport Command - RAF
KING, Horace Frederick, SL - MBE - Chief of Air Staff, Intelligence - RAFVR
KINNA, Thomas John, WC - MBE - 216 Maintenance Unit - RAF
LANGHORNE, Edward John Bailey, SL - MBE - 7 Flying Instructor School - RAFVR
LEE, Walter William, FL, DFC - MBE - Bomber Command HW - RAF
LEITCH, Douglas Sloan, FL - MBE - Dalcross, Fighter Command - RAFVR
LILEY, Henry, FL - MBE - 10 OTU, Bomber Command - RAFVR
MANN, Charles William, SL - MBE - Air Member Staff Organisation - RAFVR
MASON, Edwin Felix, SL - MBE - 3 Medical Rehabilitation Unit - RAFVR
McCARTHY, Andrew Frederick, Warrant Officer - MBE - Directorate/ Equipment, Washington - RAF
MILLER, Herbert, FL - MBE - 908 Wing, ACSEA - RAFVR
MILNE, John Robertson, Warrant Officer - MBE - 47 Group Headquarters, Transport Cmd - RAF
MOFFITT, Douglas Gordon, SL - MBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAFVR
MONK, Herbert Francis Drake, FL - MBE - 230 ASR Unit, ACSEA - RAFVR
MORRIS, Arnold, FL - MBE - 36 Staging Post Transport Cmd - RAF
MORRISON, Daniel John Hyslop, SL - MBE - 5023 Squadron, BAFO - RAFVR
MOWAT, James Alexander, SL - MBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production, Short and Harland - RAFVR
NICOL, Frank Douglas, FL - MBE - 1 Ground Wing, Yatesbury - RAFVR
NICHOLS, Nicholas Nathan, FL - MBE - Netherlands East Indies AHQ - RAFVR
PARKINSON, Henry Albert, Warrant Officer - MBE - Padgate - RAF
PATTERSON, Richard Brown, FL - MBE - Milmslow - RAFVR
PIKE, Reginald Joseph Henry, Warrant Officer - MBE - Air Ministry - RAF
PINCOTT, Coralie Marie, Captain and Mrs. - MBE - Med and Middle East HQ - SAAF
PITCHER, Sidney Thomas, Warrant Officer - MBE - 19 Staging Post, Transport Cmd - RAF
PRICE, Laurence Edward, SL - MBE - London Command, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
PRICHARD, Wilfred Augustus, SL, MC - MBE - Judge Advocate General’s Dept - RAFVR
READE, Herbert Cecil, WC - MBE - 5 Motor Transport Company - RAFVR
REYNOLDS, John Joseph, Warrant Officer, DFC - MBE - Old Sarum, Fighter Cmd - RAF
ROBERTS, Thomas, SL - MBE - Transit Section, Westlake, S Africa - RAF
ROBERTSON, Robert, Acting Warrant Officer - MBE - South-East Asia - RAF
ROBERTSON, William Tyson, SL - MBE - Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment - RAF
ROBINSON, Leonard Pritchard, SL - MBE - Central Depository, Colnbrook - RAFVR
ROBINSON, Madeleine Mary, Section Officer - MBE - St. Athan - WAAF
ROBINSON, William Henry, FL - MBE - Bramcote, Transport Cmd - RAFVR
ROUSE, Edward Clive, FL - MBE - Central Interpretation Unit - RAFVR
RUTHERFORD-JONES, Marjorie, Squadron Officer - MBE - 216 Maintenance Unit - WAAF
SCROPE-DAVIES, Aubrey Reginald, FL - MBE - Transport Command HQ - RAFVR
SEALES, Maie Lillie Hamilton, Squadron Officer - MBE - Air Member Staff Organisation - WAAF
SIMPSON, Ralph, FL - MBE - Netherlands East Indies AHQ - RAFVR
SLACK, Kenneth, the Reverend - MBE - 228 Group HQ, ACSEA - RAFVR
SMITH, John William Simpson, FL, DFC - MBE - 7 SFTS - RAFVR
SQUIER, Derek Roy, SL - MBE - Minneriya, South-East Asia - RAFVR
SMYTHE, George, A/S/L, DFM - MBE - ACSEA HQ - RAF
SNOOK, Byron Arthur Alfred, Warrant Officer - MBE - 26 Group HQ, Bomber md - RAF
STOBART, Thomas Douglas, Warrant Officer - MBE - 1 School of Technical Training - RAF
TEED, Nancy Sinclair, Senior Sister - MBE - 7 RAF Hospital, Med/Mid East Cmd - PMRAFNS
TEMPLEMAN, Charles Edward Arthur, FL - MBE - School of Admin and Accountancy - RAFVR
THOMPSON, Cooper Hodgeson, SL - MBE - Burnham - RAFVR
THORPE, Wallace Edgar, FL - MBE - West Kirby - RAF
TOD, Jean Alison, Flight Officer - MBE - 1 Group HQ, Bomber Cmd - WAAF
TROTT, Charles Edmund, SL - MBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAFVR
VENABLES, William Aubrey, Warrant Officer - MBE - ACSEA - RAF
VICARY, Arthur, SL - MBE - Central Gunnery School - RAF
VIVEASH, Joseph Francis, FL - MBE - 206 Group HQ - RAF
WADE, Mary Margaret, Squadron Officer - MBE - D/ Director of Training - WAAF
WAND, Stanley Philip, FL - MBE - Methwold, Bomber Command - RAF
WATKINS, Alfred, Warrant Officer - MBE - 10 Air Gunners School - RAF
WHEATLEY, Francis Austin, SL - MBE - ACSEA HQ - RAFVR
WHITTINGTON, Leonard, FL - MBE - East Sussex, Air Training Corps - RAFVR
WOOD, John Horace, Warrant Officer - MBE - China, RAF Mission to - RAFVR
WOODS, Kenneth William, Warrant Officer - MBE - ACSEA - RAF
WOOLEY, Frederick Charles, SL - MBE - South Africa, Maintenance - RAF

Officer, Order of the British Empire

ACFIELD, Hubert Edmund Joshua, WC - OBE - Air Headquarters, Egypt - RAF
ATKINSON, Walter Warner, SL - OBE - Tiger Force Headquarters - RAFVR
BARKER, John Lindsey, GC - OBE - Shield Force, Hong Kong - RAF
BARTON, Edward Leslie Thomas, WC - OBE - 3 Group HQ - RAF
BRAITHWAITE, Fenton, WC - OBE - RAF Hospital Raucesby - RAFVR
BRANSON, Robert Lauret Carroll, WC - OBE - 16 Group HQ - RAF
CARTER, William Keith Collier, Major - OBE - 31 Squadron SAAF - SAAF
CHALMERS, Leonard Suttie, SL - OBE - 431 Equipment Park - RAFVR
CLARKE, Frederick Charles, WC - OBE - Air Ministry - RAF
CLEMENTI, Cresswell Montague, WC - OBE - Empire Air Armament School - RAFVR
COOTE-ROBINSON, Robert Algernon Rokeby, GC - OBE - Air Headquarters, India - RAF
COTTERELL, Frederick Percy, WC - OBE - 41 Group Headquarters - RAF
COTTON, John Charles, WC - OBE - ACSEA - RAFVR
CRAIG, Richard Michael, WC - OBE - 45 Group Headquarters - RAF
DARLING, Victor Charles, GC - OBE - Air Ministry - RAF
DAY, Arthur Hilton, SL, DFC - OBE - Campton - RAFVR
DAY, Michael Dorrington, WC - OBE - Tiger Force HQ - RAF
DERRY, Arthur Llewellyn, WC - OBE - Air Headquarters, West Africa - RAF
DOW, Alexander John, GC - OBE - AMSO Air Ministry - RAF
FLINT, William Henry, WC - OBE - Alness, Coastal Command - RAF
FREEMAN, Sidney Thomas, WC, MBE - OBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production RAF
GARDNER, Charles Joseph Thomas, WC - OBE - Supreme Allied Cmd SEAC - RAFVR
GIBBINGS, Percy Henry, GC - OBE - 88 Group Fighter Command - RAF
GILLMAN, Frederick Charles, GC - OBE - D/Public Relations, CAS - RAFVR
GOMERSALL, Frank, GC - OBE - ACSEA HQ - RAF
GREAVES, Ronald George, WC - OBE - Transport Command HQ - RAFVR
GRIFFITHS, Percival, WC - OBE - Base Admin Office, Bombay - RAF
HARTLEY, Clifford, GC - OBE - Air Member/Supply & Org - RAF
HAWKINS, Herbert, WC - OBE - DG/Ground Defences, CAS - RAF
HEATH, Noel Mervyn, GC - OBE - Brighton, Flying Training Cmd - RAAF
HODGSON, Isaac, GC - OBE - 43 Group Headquarters - RAF
HUTTON, John, WC - OBE - Tiger Force Headquarters - RAFVR
KERSHAW, Harry, WC - OBE - 1 School of Tech Training - RAFVR
KEY, Gordon Cooper Cliff, GC, DFC - OBE - Meiktila, South-East Asia - RAF
McDIARMID, Pierce, GC - OBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAF
McKAY, James Bowen, SL - OBE - Weston, Tech Training Cmd - RAFVR
McLAREN, David, WC - OBE - AHQ Malaya - RAF
McLEAN, Robert, WC - OBE - Transport Command HQ - RAFVR
MUIR, Samuel, WC - OBE - 159 Maintenance Unit - RAF
ODBERT, Norman Cyril, GC - OBE - D/Oper’ Requirements, CAS - RAF
ORR, John Sim, SL - OBE - AHQ, Netherlands East Indies - RAF
OTTER, Victor Charles, WC - OBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAF
PARRY, Ernest Gordon, WC - OBE - 75 Wing - RAF
PARSONS, John Frederick, SL - OBE - 84 Group Headquarters - RAFVR
PATON, Arthur, WC - OBE - School of Admin Trades - RAF
PEXTON, Harry Vivian, SL - OBE - DG/Signals, CAF - RAFVR
POTTER, Patrick Brunton Lee, GC, MD., CH.B., DPH - OBE - Maintenance Command HQ - RAF
PRIOR, Cecil George, GC - OBE - ACSEA - RAF
PRYER, Frank William Thomas, WC - OBE - Mediterranean and ME AF - RAF
ROGERS, Geoffrey Francis, SL - OBE - Record Office, Gloucester - RAF
ROWE, Ernest Leslie Jack, GC - OBE - Flying Training Cmd HQ - RAF
SAWKINS, George William, WC - OBE - Air Headquarters, Greece - RAF
SEARLE, Frederick St.Leger, WC - OBE - Mediterranean and ME HQ - RAFVR
STANBROOK, James Arthur, SL - OBE - Inspector of Recruiting - RAF
SWEET, Richard Stewart, WC - OBE - 102 Personnel Dispersal Centre - RAF
WARBURTON, James Leslie, SL - OBE - 2750 Squadron, RAF Regiment - RAFVR
WATTS, George Arthur Saxon, WC - OBE - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAFVR
WHITAKER, Frank Howard, SL - OBE - 28 Grp HQ, Tech Train Cmd - RAFR
WHITE, George Halford, GC - OBE - DG/Personnel, CAS - RAF
WILLIAMS, Gwilym Trevor, SL, DFM - OBE - 60 Staging Post - RAF

Other awards (incomplete)

BIRKINSHAW, George William, AC - CB - Ministry of Aircraft Production - RAF

COOPER, William Charles, Air Commodore - CBE - Royal Aeronautical Establishment - RAF
HUTTON, Walter Howard, GC - CBE - Pembroke Dock - RAF
SKOULDING, Francis Arthur, AC - CBE - BAFO - RAF
VINTRAS, Roland Eugene de Trevieres, Air Commodore - CBE - CAS Plans - RAF

WATKINS, Frank Vernon, WO - MiD - 156 Squadron - RNZAF

[jonny]

Hugh,

May I ask you to provide Sgt L.H.T. Rowe's BEM rec please my friend?

Many thanks in advance

Jonny

[HughAHalliday]

ROWE, Leslie Henry Thomas, Sergeant (1204922, RAFVR*) - No.1 Mechanical Transport Repair Unit, Middle East, Middle East Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

"Sergeant Rowe is Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of the Equipment Section of his unit which has six important sub stores and the Vehicle Park at Mariut to administer. This Non-Commissioned Officer has worked with conspicuous efficiency in spite of shortage of staff. During the last six months this Non-Commissioned Officer has closed two stores and reorganized the main store so efficiently that the unit has continued to produce the Mechanical Transport Vehicles essential for the Command requirements. No.15 Supply and Transport Column arrived at the Mariut Vehicle Park from Italy and in the subsequent reduction of this unit and the changing of its system of accounting a tremendous amount of work ensued which was tackled by Sergeant Rowe with great initiative and unselfish devotion to duty. The example set by this Non-Commissioned Officer has been an inspiration and encouragement to all who have worked with him."

[jonny]

Hugh,

Very many thanks. It is much appreciated.

Kind rgds

Jonny

[24dave]

Hi Hugh

Could you provide the recommendation for Edgar Whittaker Burrow please?

Many thanks

Dave

[HughAHalliday]

BURROW, Edgar Whittaker, Warrant Officer (505255, Royal Air Force) - No.298 Squadron, Transport Command - Member, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

"This Non-Commissioned Officer has held the post of First Class Fitter since March 1944 and has, from the firrst, contributed much to the efficiency of the unit. He contributed much to the efficiency of the unit. He contributed largely to its ability to produce a maximum number of serviceable aircraft for such glider-towing operations as D Day, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing. He has also made numerous flights in aircraft under test. Warrant Officer Burrow has invariably been chosen to proceed on mass glider flights and, in recent months, he was chosen a Squadron Airborne Halifax for Transport Command duties, a task which he accomplished successfully. He has at all times set a fine example to those working with and under him."

[24dave]

Hugh

Thanks very much indeed

Dave

[Jutland]

Hello Hugh

Would it be possible for you to provide the MBE recommendation for S/Ldr Thomas Roberts please? Many thanks.

regards,

Peter

[HughAHalliday]

ROBERTS, Thomas, A/S/L (43741, Royal Air Force) - Royal Air Force Transit Section, Westlake, South Africa - Member, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

"Squadron Leader Roberts has commanded this unit since December 1945. In October 1941 he was posted to the transit camp at Pollsmoorto act as Assistant Adjutant. Owing to his experience of administrative work, he was eventually selected to fill the post of Royal Air Force Liaison Officer to the Commanding Officer, a post he held until the formation of the Royal Air Force Transit Section, Westlake, where he assumed the duties of Reception Officer. Later, he was chosen to command the unit. He is held in the highest esteem in the Capetown area by all units dealing with the embarkation and disembarkation of personnel. He has also assisted Union Defence Force personnel. Squadron Leader Roberts has worked many hours of overtime in order to cope with shipping requirements, accepting all demands on his time in a very cheerful manner. By his devotion to duty this officer has set a splendid example."

[Jutland]

Hello Hugh,

Thanks very much indeed. I bought his MBE/RAF Long Service Medal group in Spink's auction last week (couldnt afford the £100,000 for Oxby's DSO/DFC/DFM* group... ;-) ). From Roberts' original service number, 332986, I gather he joined the RAF around March 1919. The medal group also comprised a 39/45 star, Africa star, Defence and War medals, but unless he was in North Africa before being posted to Pollsmoor (Capetown) I'm not convinced of the entitlement to the Africa star, or possibly even the 39/45 star. Unfortunately I assume none of his service records will be available so difficult to confirm WW2 medal entitlement one way or another?

Many thanks again,

Peter

[jeffskea]

Hello Hugh,

May I request the recommendation for GC Percy Henry Gibbings, OBE. Thank you very much.

Jeff

[HughAHalliday]

GIBBINGS, Percy Henry, G/C (34068, Royal Air Force) - No.88 Group Headquarters, Fighter Command - Officer, Order of the British Empire. - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Group Captain Gibbings holds the appointment of Staff Officer in charge od Administration at this Headquarters. He was posted to 13 Group Plans in December 1943 and was employed in planning the operation APOSTLE for the initial entry into Norway in which capacity his unsparing efforts, perseverance and devotion to duty played an important part in the smooth functioning of both the entry and withdrawal in Normandy of No.88 Group. In April 1944 Group Captain Gibbings was placed in command of RAF Station Peterhead, in which role his remarkable drive did much to improve the operational efficiency and the amenities of the Station. During this time he was still employed on all the conferences at Headquarters, Scottish Command, in connection with the Operation APOSTLE. Owing to the lack of Wing Commanders with the necessary planning experience, he was posted back to No.13 Group Plan in December 1944 with which he continued to serve until the entry into Norway in May 1945. Since August 1945, Group Captain Gibbings has carried out the duties of Staff Officer in charge Administration, No.88 Group, Norway.

[jeffskea]

Thank you Hugh, very much appreciated.

Jeff

[marylynn]

Do you have a citation for Sergeant Harry Jones BEM. He was listed on 13th June 1946. The national Archive say they have lost the RAF file relating to my father's medal.

Appreciate any help
Marylynn

[HughAHalliday]

JONES, Harry, Sergeant (646516, Royal Air Force) - No.81 Signals Wing, Bomber Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

"Sergeant Jones is a wireless operator mechanic at the Air Ministry Wireless Telegraph Station, Winstone. He has rendered outstanding service and by his personal efforts achieved results far in access of those anticipated when he was engaged on a special assignment involved in the jamming of enemy wireless transmissions. This Non-Commissioned Officer displayed outstanding zeal and initiative whilst engaged on this work and by his devotion to duty, has achieved creditable results in radio counter-measure activities."

[marylynn]

Dear Hugh
Thank you so much for your quick response! I am really pleased to know at last why Dad received his medal.

Best wishes
Marylynn

[AndyBaldEagle]

Hugh
Would it be possible for you to provide the citations for the awards shown below;
BURROW, Edgar Whittaker, Warrant Officer - MBE - 298 Squadron – RAF
JEVONS, Philip William, FL - MBE - 1 Parachute Training School – RAFVR

PRESCOTT, Annie Nicol, Acting Senior Sister - ARRC - Down Amphey Hospital – PMRAFNS

EDWARD, Douglas, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Netheravon – RAFVR
FLINT, Joseph Leslie, Corporal - BEM - 575 Squadron, Transport Command – RAFVR
HODGSON, Harry, Sergeant - BEM - 271 Squadron – RAF
MAY, George William, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 298 Squadron – RAFVR
WALSH, James, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 3 Parachute Training School - RAFVR

Thanks in anticipation
Regards
Andy

[HughAHalliday]

BURROW, Edgar Whittaker, Warrant Officer (505255, Royal Air Force) - No.298 Squadron, Transport Command - Member, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This Non-Commissioned Officer has held the post of First Class Fitter since March 1944 and has, from the firrst, contributed much to the efficiency of the unit. He contributed much to the efficiency of the unit. He contributed largely to its ability to produce a maximum number of serviceable aircraft for such glider-towing operations as D Day, Arnhem and the Rhine crossing. He has also made numerous flights in aircraft under test. Warrant Officer Burrow has invariably been chosen to proceed on mass glider flights and, in recent months, he was chosen a Squadron Airborne Halifax for Transport Command duties, a task which he accomplished successfully. He has at all times set a fine example to those working with and under him.

EDWARD, Douglas, Flight Sergeant (5911529, RAFVR*) - Station Netheravon, Transport Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Flight Sergeant Edward is a Clerk, General Duties, who has been Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of the Station Headquarters Orderly Room for two years. He has proved himself exceptionally capable and keen in his work. He is willing, efficient and cooperative and his devotion to duty has set an unparalleled example to all ranks. This station has had eight Commanding Officers and has been transferred between three different Commands in the past two years. Throughout this difficult transition period Flight Sergeant Edward has maintained a very high standard of efficiency. On many occasions he has deputized as Assistant Adjutant and proved himself to be extremely capable in this capacity. In spite of great difficulties, caused by constantly changing staff on account of releases, Flight Sergeant Edward by his forceful personality has kept the Orderly Room running smoothly. He has worked far in excess of normal hours to ensure continuity and efficiency. His energy and determination reflect great credit both to himself and to the Service.

FLINT, Joseph Leslie, Corporal (1440073, RAFVR*) - No.575 Squadron, Transport Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Corporal Flint is a Fitter II (Engine) who has served with his present squadron since its formation. His outstanding keenness has been a fine example to other airmen. His willingness to work long hours under trying conditions has on many occasions been instrumental in enabling aircraft to take off on operations when they would otherwise have been unserviceable. When the squadron was detached to Antwerp, Corporal Flint’s courage in the face of almost continuous flying bomb and rock attacks was most marked and greatly helped in the maintenance of morale of the ground crews. His cheerful courage and willingness to accept hard work and responsibility have been of the greatest assistance in the squadron.

HODGSON, Harry, Sergeant (533292, Royal Air Force) - No.271 Squadron, Transport Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Sergeant Hodgson is Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of the servicing of a flight of No.271 Squadron. He is consistently efficient both as a tradesman and Non-Commissioned Officer. He joined his present unit in August 1940 and since then has been responsible for maintaining three detached flights at Blakehill Farm, Northolt and Croydon. These detachments have been administered most efficiently, Sergeant Hodgson has shown unremitting keenness and has consistently worked long hours to ensure that the maximum number of aircraft may be available for service at the time. His enthusiasm, loyalty and willingness to do more than his duty have set a high example and had a beneficial effect upon the spirit and morale of his subordinates, especially through the Arnhem and Rhine operations.

JEVONS, Philip William, A/F/L (105243, RAFVR*) - No.1 Parachute Training School, Ringway, Transport Command - Member, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This officer is employed as a parachute instructor, a post he has held since March 1942. He has made 206 parachute descents, and has flown on three operational sorties with the S.A.S. Many of his descents were of an experimental nature, involving more than the normal hazards of parachuting, and contributing in no small degree to the successful development of the “X” type parachute and airborne equipment. Flight Lieutenant Jevons has supervised all the training films made at No.1 Parachute Training School and has carried out the additional work of compiling a history of parachuting and technical publications on the same subject. His work has been of immense value and benefit to all the schools.

MAY, George William, Flight Sergeant (364137, RAFVR*) - No.298 Squadron, Transport Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This Non-Commissioned Officer is a Fitter IIA who has served in his present squadron for the past six months. During the recent move of the squadron by air from Raipur to Digri considerable extra work was thrown on the section which this Non-Commissioned Officer controls, but by his untiring efforts Flight Sergeant May successfully completed every task in the minimum time. This involved working continuously for 20 hours per day. This Non-Commissioned Officer’s technical ability is outstanding and his flair for improvisation has been most noteworthy in the servicing of Halifax aircraft without the necessary equipment and spares. It is largely due to Flight Sergeant May’s efforts that the squadron has been able to operate with success. His keenness, initiative and determination have been a fine example and an inspiration to all ranks.

PRESCOTT, Annie Nicol, Acting Senior Sister (5073, Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service) - Royal Air Force Station Down Amphey, (C.A.E.C.), Transport Command - Associate Royal Red Cross (Second Class) - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

During the period January 1945 to October 1945, during which over 30,000 casualties were evacuated from the Continent, Senior Sister Prescott was in charge of the nursing sisters and she was very largely responsible for the smooth functioning of the nursing arrangements as well as of the welfare and comfort of the patients. This Senior Sister has worked hard and never spared herself during the periods of intense activity, which have occurred during te more violent battles on the Continent. She has attained outstanding success in obtaining the cooperation of all members of the staff, by whom she is held in great affection.

WALSH, James, Flight Sergeant (942934, RAFVR*) - No.3 Parachute Training School, Air Command South-East Asia - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Flight Sergeant Walsh is a Parachute Instructor who was one of the original instructors employed in India. The quality of his instruction throughout has been an example and inspiration to his fellow instructors. His patience, tireless energy and devotion to duty have contributed in large measure to establish the fine reputation of No.3 Parachute Training School. This Non-Commissioned Officer has completed nearly 100 parachute descents. He has also acted as despatcher on several operational flights. He was employed as a parachute and jumpmaster instructor on operation DRACULA and assisted in training American crew chiefs and Canadian jumpmasters to despatch Gurkha paratroops. In the short time available and with inadequate training facilities, his untiring efforts in a large measure succeeded in producing most efficient despatchers who gained the complete confidence of the troops. He himself acted as a jumpmaster on both lifts of this highly successful operation.

[AndyBaldEagle]

Hugh
Thank you very much for those, they are much appreciated
Regards
Andy

[LostMedals]

Hello to all.

I was wondering if you could possibly provide me with the recommendation for :
HOWARD, Thelma, Flight Sergeant - BEM - Oakington, Transport Command - WAAF
British Empire Medal, 13th June 1946.

Thank you in Advance, John.

[HughAHalliday]

HOWARD, Thelma, Flight Sergeant (421039, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) - Station Oakington, Transport Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

"This Non-Commissioned Officer is employed on administrative duties for the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force at Oakington, where she has served for 2 ½ years. Due to her hard work and keenness she has maintained a very high standard in the smooth running of domestic and administrative Women’s Auxiliary Air Force matters. By her initiative and hard work during her spare time she was largely responsible for the heating of the ablution rooms on the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force site during last winter. During the intensive operations last winter, Oakington was the only station in the group to have running water on the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force site throughout the season. This was largely due to Flight Sergeant Howard’s efforts, By her interest in the welfare of the airwomen and their problems she has done much to maintain a high standard of morale at her station."

[LostMedals]

Brilliant & Thank you very much for the information.

If there's anyway I can help you with anything, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Regards John.

[Dragon1960]

Hi Hugh, I am a new member and wondering if you might be able to help with any details for:

PRICHARD, Wilfred Augustus, SL, MC - MBE - Judge Advocate General’s Dept - RAFVR from the list of 13th June 1946 please? He is a family descendant on my late mother's side of the family and I am keen to find out about his award of the MBE to go with his 1st World War Military Cross. Many thanks in advance for any help that you can give. Ceri (Dragon1960).

[HughAHalliday]

PRICHARD, Wilfred Augustus, S/L, MC(78249, RAFVR*) - Judge Advocate General’s Department - Member, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This officer is a Barrister at Law, who joined the Air Force Department of the Judge Advocate General’s Office in April 1940. He has acted as Prosecutor at a large number of Courts Martial, and in all circumstances has performed his duties conscientiously and with fairness. Squadron Leader Pritchard served in the war of 1914-1918 when he was awarded the Military Cross.

My apologies for such a late response; I have not been monitoring the site with the same frequency of past years.

[jonny]

Hugh,

Would it be possible to obtain the Rec for 'PEACOCK, Cyril Henry, Flight Sergeant - BEM - 216 Maintenance Unit - RAFVR'

VMT in advance

Jonny

[HughAHalliday]

PEACOCK, Cyril Henry, Flight Sergeant (1172239, RAFVR*) - No.216 Maintenance Unit - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Flight Sergeant Peacock is Non-Commissioned Officer in charge of the Orderly Room of his unit, an appointment which he took up in September 1942, after successfully forming the Control Registry. In the Orderly Room he had to train an entirely inexperienced staff. He has succeeded throughout nearly four years in continually training new staff to replace those posted away and he has achieved and maintained a high standard of administration at the station. In the last three years there have been no less than 16 Administrative Officers at the station, most of them with no previous knowledge of similar units. This has necessitated Flight Sergeant Peacock exercising initiative and assuming responsibilities above that of his rank. His advice and guidance on service and personnel matters has been at the disposal of all ranks and his tact and resourcefulness have earned the esteem of his officers. He has worked long hours with a cheerful and eager spirit and with an extremely [last words missing from mutilated document].

[jonny]

Thanks Hugh.

Rgds

Jonny

[HarryBiscuit]

Hi Hugh,

Would you have details on the non-flying OBE awarded to
PEXTON, Harry Vivian, SL - OBE - DG/Signals, CAF - RAFVR awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946

We have the medal and paperwork but nothing to indicate why the honour was bestowed. Harry Pexton is a great uncle on my father’s side of the family.

many thanks,
Pip (aka HarryBiscuit)

[HughAHalliday]

PEXTON, Harry Vivian, S/L (75025, RAFVR) - Directorate General of Signals, Chief of the Air Staff - Officer, Order of the British Empire - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

Squadron Leader Pexton has been responsible for the detailed planning, expansion and efficient operation of the Royal Air Force Defence Teleprinter Network continuously throughout the war. At its inception and continuously throughout the war this system has met with many initial difficulties and it has been mainly due to this officer’s untiring efforts and detailed corrective work for long periods - day and night continuously at times - that the Royal Air Force operational and administrative signals traffic has been expeditiously dealt with and kept within the handling capacity of the all too few skilled personnel available. At times his prodigious efforts have been specially noteworthy. In 1942, whilst representing the Air Ministry and War Office in Washington on the compilation of combined signaling procedures, Squadron Leader Pexton so energetically applied himself to the task that when an impasse appeared impossible to avoid, he volunteered to compile, and himself completed in a few days of almost continuous effort, the combined teleprinter signaling procedure so urgently then required for the integration of the British and United Stated forces. This was accepted and is now used by both British and United States forces.

[HarryBiscuit]

Thank you very much. That’s probably the most we now know about Harry Vivian Pexton, my father never mentioned him but given that he himself had a very different war, Harry’s medal probably rubbed salt in a few wounds.

[Ludford101]

Hello Hugh ..
Not sure if you can help with the citation for

SUMMERS, Arthur, Leading Aircraftman - BEM - 43 Squadron, M and ME Cmd - RAFVR

Kind regards

Gary

[HughAHalliday]

SUMMERS, Arthur, Leading Aircraftman (1517464, RAFVR*) - No.43 Squadron, Mediterranean and Middle East Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This airman is a Flight Mechanic (E) who has been with his present unit for four years. Throughout the Mediterranean campaign Leading Aircraftman Summers has worked with cheerfulness and devotion to duty, sometimes under the worst conditions and has set a fine example to his comrades. He was with a servicing party in Sicily at the commencement of the campaign and later at Salerno did sterling work. In April 1944, he volunteered to go to the Anzio beachhead with a small party. Working under the most hazardous conditions he showed great fortitude, and his efforts contributed greatly to the success of the airstrip on that beachhead. In July 1944, Leading Aircraftman Summers proceeded with a detachment of his squadron of the squadron to Corsica. This detachment was short of flight mechanics and this airman again displayed great devotion to duty, working long hours to keep the aircraft in a fully serviceable condition. Since the cessation of hostilities, this airman has been called upon to carry out duties far beyond the normal capacity of a flight mechanic, but he has again displayed his customary consciousness and efficiency and his efforts have contributed greatly to the high rate of serviceability which the unit has maintained although the manpower position has become progressively worse.

[jonny]

Hugh,

A friend of mine would like to obtain Cpl R.L. Evan's citation for his BEM (125 AMES). Can you assist please?

Many thanks in advance

Jonny

[HughAHalliday]

EVANS, Richard Lloyd, Corporal (1067092, RAFVR*) - No.125 Air Ministry Experimental Station, Mediterranean and Middle East Command - British Empire Medal - awarded as per London Gazette dated 13 June 1946. Public Record Office Air 2/9668, courtesy of Tom Thorne, has citation.

This Non-Commissioned Officer is wireless operator mechanic for his unit. He is extremely efficient and shows conscientiously beyond the call of normal duty. In addition to his duties during the day as wireless operator mechanic, he has frequently been found working during the evening and night watch as a wireless telegraph operator in order to ease the burden of his fellow operators. During a previous tour of duty in West Africa this Non-Commissioned Officer contracted malaria. Despite a recent recurrence of this illness Corporal Evans has insisted on carrying out his normal duties against medical advice. He has recently postponed taking leave in the United Kingdom to enable one of the other W/T operators to proceed on local leave first, and because Corporal Evans considers his present duties to be of such importance that taking of leave would not be justified.