Citations for Honours and Awards For

List of Awards and the Citations from after the First World Warfor men who at any time served in units of

The [Royal] Leicestershire Regiment, and in the Leicestershire elements of Battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment

Originally compiled in 2011by Colonel M K Goldschmidt (late The Royal Leicestershire and The Royal Anglian Regiments)

Notes: Each award has an Award serial number (1-856). Where that award is supported by a citation, the Citation file serial number is shown in bold to the right of a ‘/’(1-312A). Awards are listed in London Gazette (LG) date order, in order of seniority of award and then seniority of recipient.

(last updated 18 Jan 2016)

Srl / Rank and Name / Regiment/
Corps / Award and
LG date / For service in which Unit and dates / Remarks
1. / Maj Cecil Power Bellwood / Leicesters (TF) / OBE
3 Jun 1919 / DAQMG, for valuable services rendered in connection with Military Operations in North Russia (Murmansk Command) / No citation. Later awarded MID 3 Feb 1920 and 11 Jun 1920.
2. / Lt John Barradale Melhuish / Leicesters (TF) / Croix de Guerre
(Belgium)
7 Oct 1919 / attached Royal Engineers / No citation.
3. / Lt Col Cecil Morgan Ley Becher DSO / R Irish Regt / Ordre de Leopold w Croix de Guerre (Officer) (Belgium)
24 Oct 1919 / Attached Leicesters in France and Belgium / No citation. Previously awarded DSO 1 Jan 1917 as CO 6th R Irish Regt, and MIDs 19 Oct 1914 and 6 Dec 1916.
4. / Lt Col Alec Walter Saumarez
Brock CMG DSO / Leicesters / Order of the Nile (4th Class) (Egypt)
26 Nov 1919 / Egyptian Expeditionary Force / No citation. Previously awarded DSO as a Company Commander 2nd Leicesters at Neuve Chapelle 1 May 1915 (LG 24 Jul 1915), four MIDs (1 Jan 1916, 15 Aug 1917, 27 Aug 1918 and 5 Jun 1919), and CMG 1919.
5. / LSgt George Adkins
(17450) / Leicesters / Medal of Honour (w bronze swords) (France)
12 Dec 1919 / 2nd Leicesters / No citation.
6. / Pte Norman Henry Moss (202103) / Leicesters (TF) / Medal of Honour (w bronze swords) (France)
12 Dec 1919 / 1/4th Leicesters (TF) / No citation.
7. / Major Peter Hubert Creagh DSO / Leicesters / Order of the Nile (4th Class) (Egypt)
16 Jan 1920 / 2IC 2nd Leicesters, Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine Jan-Oct 1918 / No citation. Previously awarded DSO 8 Nov 1915 as Adjt 1/7th Manchesters (TF) at Gallipoli and three MIDs (5 Nov 1915, 28 Jan 1916 and 22 Jan 1919).
8. / Lt Col Charles Stewart Davies DSO / Leicesters / CMG
3 Feb 1920 / CO, 45th Bn The Royal Fusiliers, military operations in Archangel, North Russia, in 1919 / No citation. Previously awarded DSO 26 Nov 1917, French Croix de Guerre avec Etoile en Vermeilon 7 Jan 1919, five MIDs, and later the Russian Order of St Anne 1921.
9. / Maj Herbert Charles Vivian Porter / West India Regiment / OBE
3 Feb 1920 / Military operations in Bushire, Persia / Later transferred to Leicesters with whom he served 1921-24.
10. / LSgt BenjaminBolton
(11258) / Leicesters (TF) / MM
3 Feb 1920 / 3rd Leicesters (TF)“in recognition of gallant conduct and determination displayed in escaping or attempting to escape from captivity” during First World War / No citation.
11. / Maj Cecil Power Bellwood OBE / Leicesters (TF) / MID
3 Feb 1920 / DAQMG, for valuable and distinguishedservices rendered in connection withthe Operations in North Russia 1 Mar-12 Oct 1919 / No citation. Previously awarded OBE 3 Jun 1919 and later MID 11 Jun 1920.
12. / Maj Cecil Power Bellwood OBE / Leicesters (TF) / MID
11 Jun 1920 / DAQMG, Northern Russian Expeditionary Force, operations at Archangel, 1919 / No citation. Previously awarded OBE 3 Jun 1919 and MID 3 Feb 1920.
13. / Sergeant Major John George I Hackett (6166) / Leicesters / MSM
20 Oct 1920 / 2nd Leicesters (Extra Regimentally Employed), Assistant Station Master, India / No citation.
14. / Sergeant Major WilliamPhillips (5631) / Leicesters / MSM
20 Oct 1920 / 2nd Leicesters (Extra Regimentally Employed), India / No citation.
15. / Brig-Gen Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC / RE / Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Officer) (Italy)
29 Oct 1920 / For ‘distinguished services rendered during the course ofthe campaign’[First World War] / No citation. Previously served 7th Leicesters 1914-15. Prev-iously awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 Jun 1918 and 3 MIDs in First World War, and CBE 1919. Later awarded FRS 6 May 1926, Knight Bachelor 1 Jan 1928, KCVO 1 Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan 1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967.
16. / Major Walter Carandini Wilson
DSO* OBE MC / Leicesters / Medal of Honour w Swords (silver gilt) (France)
3 Dec 1920 / Staff Officer, France 1917-18 / No citation. Previously awarded DSO as Company Commander in 2nd Leicesters in Sep 1915 (LG 4 Nov 1915) and Bar as BM 70 Inf Bde in France 4 Jun 1917; also MC 1917 and OBE 1919 and five MIDs (17 Feb 1915, 27 Jan and 15 Jun 1916, 15 May 1917, and 20 May 1918). Later as Gp Capt RAF awarded CBE 1 Jan 1944.
17. / LCpl Herbert Roger Cantrill (4850180) / Leicesters / BEM
18 Feb 1921 / Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Lough Rea, County Roscommon, Ireland, October 1920 / No citation.
18. / Lt Col Edward Lacy Challenor CB CMG DSO / Leicesters / CBE
1 Jan 1923 / CO, 1st Leicesters, Ireland 1919-22 / No citation. Previously awarded DSO as CO 6th Leicesters 21 Dec 1916, four MIDs (15 Jun 1916, 27 May and 11 Dec 1917, and 20 Dec 1918), CMG 1918 and CB 1919.
19. / Lt Simon Fraser McKay / Leicesters / MBE
1 Jan 1923 / Not known / No citation.
20. / Sgt Henry E Harley MSM
(6454569) / Royal Fusiliers / DCM
30 May 1924 / Working in a Signals capacity,Waziristan, India,
Jan 1922 to Apr1923 / No citation. Previously served 2nd Leicesters in Palestine (48558) and awarded MID 5 Jun 1919 and MSM 12 Dec 1919.
21. / Col Claude Henry Haig DSO / Leicesters / CBE
3 Jun 1925 / CO, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 1923-24 / No citation. Previously awarded 4 MIDs [10 Sep 1901, 29 Jul 1902, 1 Jan 1916 and 1 Jan 1917] and DSO as CO 9th Leicesters 1 Jan 1917.
22
/00A / Capt (Retd) George Stuart Carter / Leicesters (Retd) / Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
9 Mar 1925 / Lecturer in Zoology at Glasgow University / Served 6th Leicesters 1914-17.
23. / Lt Carlton Sykes / Leicesters / MC
20 Oct 1925 / Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov 1924 / No citation.
24. / LCpl Thomas Baden Percival (4850397) / Leicesters / MM
20 Oct 1925 / Section NCO, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov 1924 / No citation.
25. / Pte Joseph Jones
(4850700) / Leicesters / MM
20 Oct 1925 / Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Khartoum, 27/28 Nov 1924 / No citation.
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0A. / Brig-Gen (Retd) Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC / late RE (Retd) / Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
6 May 1926 / For his investigations in physical and mineralogical chemistry, and contribution to the building up of a notable school of physico-chemical research at Oxford. / Previously served 7th Leicesters 1914-15. Previously awarded Previously awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919 and an Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920. Later awarded Knight Bachelor 1 Jan 1928, KCVO 1 Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan 1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967.
27. / Maj-Gen Henry Leycester CrokerCB CMG / late Leicesters (Retd) / KCB
3 Jul 1926 / Service to the Regiment and the Army / Previously awarded CB in 1915 as CO 1st Leicesters 1910-15 and CMG in 1917.
28/1. / Col Clive Gerard Liddell CMG CBE DSO / Leicesters / Royal Humane Society’s
Bronze Medal
12 Oct 1926 / Saving the lives of three people from drowning at St Lunaire, France,
26 Aug 1926 / Previously awarded MID six times (LG 17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, 4 Apr 1917, 6 Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, CBE in 1919, Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr 1919, and later CB 1 Jan 1935 and KCB 2 Jan 1939.
29. / Brig-Gen (Retd) Harold Brewer Hartley CBE MC FRS / late RE (Retd) / Knight Bachelor
1 Jan 1928 / Senior scientific adviser to the Gov-ernment on the future of chemical weapons 1920-28 / No citation.Previously served 7th Leicesters 1914-15. Previous-ly awarded MC 11 Jan 1916, OBE 4 Jun 1918, 3 MIDs in First World War, CBE 1919, an Italian decoration 29 Oct 1920, and FRS 6 May 1926. Later awarded KCVO 1 Jan 1944, GCVO 1 Jan 1957, and CH 10 Jun 1967.
30. / Colonel (Retd) John Edward Sarson OBE VD TD DL / late Leices-ters (TF) (Retd) / CB (Civil)
4 Jun 1928 / Honorary Colonel, 4th Leicesters / No citation. Previously awarded OBE 1919.
31. / SQMS (WO2) Aubrey Oswald Sibbald (S/28774) / RASC / MBE
4 Jun 1928 / Not known / No citation. Laterserved in The Leicesters and awarded the OBE 1 Jan 1946.
32. / Capt Geoffrey Reddaway King MC / Leicesters / OBE
3 Jun 1929 / 4th (Uganda) Bn King’s African Rifles / No citation. Previously awarded MC in MG Corps in First World War.
33. / Lt Col Roland Le FanuMC
(4301) / Leicesters / Order of Al Rafidain (4th Class) (Iraq)
1 Nov 1929 / Service on the Staff of the Military Mission in Iraq / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, and later MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO and MID 16 Aug 1938, and MID 16 Oct 1939.
34. / Police Superintendent Godwin Edward Banwell MC* / Leicesters (Retd) / OBE
15 Dec 1930 / Officiating District Superintendent of Police, Pegu, Burma / No citation. Served 1/5th Leicesters 1916-19; awarded MC as a 2Lt 25 Aug 1917 and Bar as an A/Capt 14 Feb 1919. Later awarded KPM 1 Jan 1931 and CBE 9 Jun 1955.
35/
1B / Police Superintendent Godwin Edward Banwell OBE MC* / Leicesters (Retd) / King’s Police Medal
1 Jan 1931 / For actions after an earthquake and fire at Pegu, Burma, 5 May 1930 / Served 1/5th Leicesters 1916-19; awarded MC as a 2Lt 25 Aug 1917 and Bar as an A/Capt 14 Feb 1919). Previously awarded the OBE 15 Dec 1930 and later the CBE 9 Jun 1955.
36/2. / Pte William Henry Foster
(4854105) / Leicesters / Albert Medal
30 Oct 1931 / 1st Leicesters, Punjab, India,
1 June 1931 / A civilian award equating to the modern George Cross, for valour in saving the life of a comrade.
37. / Maj Reginald Strelley
Moresby White (26104) / Leicesters / OBE
29 Apr 1932 / Attached to the Iraqi Army during operations in Southern Kurdistan,
Oct 1930-May 1931 / No citation. Later awarded CBE1 Jan 1942.
38. / Capt John TheodoreHarley TD / Leicesters / OBE
29 Apr 1932 / Station Staff Officer, India, 1928-32 / No citation.
39. / Lt Col (Retd) Charles Frederick Oliver TD DL / Leicesters (TF) (Retd) / Knight Bachelor
2 Jan 1933 / For political and public services
in Leicestershire / No citation. CO 4th Leicesters (TF) 1909-13 and 2/4th Leicesters (TF) 1914-16.
40. / CSgt (BQMS) M Campbell / Leicesters / MSM
1934 / Service to The Royal Leicestershire Regiment / No citation.
41 / Maj-Gen Clive Gerard Liddell CMG CBE DSO / late Leicesters / CB
1 Jan 1935 / General Officer Commanding (designate), 47th (2nd London) Division (TA) / No citation. Previously awarded MID six times (LG 17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, 4 Apr 1917, 6 Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, CBE in 1919, Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr 1919, and Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 26 Aug 1926, and later KCB 2 Jan 1939.
42. / Lt Col (Retd) Sir Iain Colquhoun Bt DSO* / Scots Guards (Retd) / Knight of the Thistle
11 May 1937 / Services to Scotland / No citation. Previously commanded 2/4th Leicesters 1917-18. Previously awarded DSO 20 Oct 1916 and Bar to DSO 26 Jul 1918.
43. / 2Lt John Darwin Maling
(AI.537) / 11th Sikh Regt / MC
31 Dec 1937 / Company Commander, 1/11th Sikh Regt, Waziristan, India, Oct 1937 / No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters in 1935. Later awarded an MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO in Burma 20 Sep 1945, and MID 19 Sep 1946.
44. / Capt Philip Arthur Bentley Wrixon (12969) / Leicesters / Order of the Nile (Officer) (Egypt)
1 Jan 1938 / Instructor at the Egyptian Military School, Cairo, 1936-37 / No citation.
45. / Col Roland Le FanuMC
(4301) / late Leicesters / MID
18 Feb 1938 / GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Jan-Sep 1937 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 Nov 1929, and later DSO and MID both 16 Aug 1938, and MID 17 Oct 1939.
46. / Lt John Darwin MalingMC
(AI.537) / 11th Sikh Regt / MID
18 Feb 1938 / 1/11th Sikh Regt, Waziristan, India,
Jan-Sep 1937 / No citation. Previously served 1st Leicesters in 1935. Also awarded MC 31 Dec 1937 and later DSO in Burma 20 Sep 1945 and MID 19 Sep 1946.
47. / Col Roland Le FanuMC
(4301) / late Leicesters / DSO
16 Aug 1938 / GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Sep-Dec 1937 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, and MID 16 Aug 1938, and later MID 17 Oct 1939.
48. / Col Roland Le FanuDSO MC
(4301) / late Leicesters / MID
16 Aug 1938 / GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Sep-Dec 1937 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO 16 Aug 1938 and MID 17 Oct 1939.
49. / QMS (ORS) Albert Daffurn Chilton / Leicesters / MSM
1938 / Service to The Leicestershire Regiment / No citation. Later awarded MBE 7 Jun 1951.
50. / Lt-Gen Clive Gerard Liddell CB CMG CBE DSO / late Leicesters / KCB
2 Jan 1939 / Adjutant-General to the
Forces, The War Office / No citation. Previously awarded MID six times (LG 17 Feb 1915, 22 Jun 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 15 Jun 1915, 4 Apr 1917, 6 Jul 1918), DSO in 1915, CMG in 1918, CBE in 1919, Order of the Crown of Italy 4 Apr 1919, Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal 26 Aug 1926, and CB 1 Jan 1935.
51/3. / Capt Samuel Enderby
(39320) / Royal North-umberland Fusiliers / MC
14 Apr 1939 / Company Officer, 1st Royal North-umberland Fusiliers, Sarafand, Palestine, 26 Feb 1939 / Later awarded DSO 24 Feb 1944 as CO 2/5th Leicesters and CVO 11 Jun 1977.
52. / Lt Col (Retd) Robert EdmundMartin CMG JP DL / Leicesters (TF) (Retd) / Knight Bachelor
8 Jun 1939 / Chairman of the Leicestershire County Council 1924-39 (and on until 1960) / No citation. Previously awarded MID twice in First World War and CMG 14 Jan 1916 as CO 4th Leicesters (TF) 1914-15.
53. / Major Frederick James
Diggins MC / Leicesters (TA) / MBE
8 Jun 1939 / QM, 5th Leicesters (TA), Leicester / No citation. Previously awarded MC as a Capt in 2nd Leicesters in Mesopotamia in 1917 and MIDs 15 Aug 1917 and 12 Mar 1918.
54/4. / WO3 George Thomas Hollins (4851979) / Leicesters / MM
8 Sep 1939 / Platoon Commander, C Company, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 24 Jun 1939 / LaterawardedMID 30 Dec 1941.
55. / Lt John Horace Marriott
(67122) / Leicesters / MC
15 Sep 1939 / Intelligence Officer, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 / No citation. Later awardedMID 8 Jul 1941, 30 Dec 1941 and 26 Apr 1945.
56. / Lt Col Mark Kingsley WardleDSO MC (512) / Leicesters / MID
15 Sep 1939 / CO, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 / No citation. Previously awarded DSO 26 Jul 1918, MC, and MID 20 Dec 1918, and later MID 30 Dec 1941.
57. / WO2 Horace Arthur Geoffrey Havilland(113069) / Leicesters / MID
15 Sep 1939 / RQMS, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-39 / No citation. Later awarded awarded MBE 30 Dec 1941, MID 26 Apr 1945, and OBE 2 Jan 1956.
58/5. / LCpl John Farry (4533116) / Leicesters / MM
26 Sep 1939 / Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Razmak, Waziristan, India, Jun 1939
59. / Col Roland Le FanuDSO MC
(4301) / late Leicesters / MID
19 Oct 1939 / GSO1, HQ 1st Division, Waziristan, India, Dec 1937-Dec 1938 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1 Jan 1919, Croix de Guerre 29 Jan 1919, Al Rafidain (Iraq) 1 Nov 1929, MID 18 Feb 1938, DSO and MID 16 Aug 1938.
60. / Lt (Retd) Thomas Percival CreedMC / Leicesters (Retd) / Order of the Nile (Commander)
20 Oct 1939 / High Court Judge in Khartoum, The Sudan / No citation. Previously awarded the MC in 1/5th Leicesters 2 Mar 1917, and later CBE in 1943 as Legal Secretary to the Sudan Government (L.G. 1 Jan 1943) and in same post KBE in 1946 (L.G. 1 Jan 1946).
61/6. / LSgt Harold Blake
(4857405) / Leicesters / DCM
7 Nov 1939 / Platoon Sergeant, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 Aug 1939
62/7. / Cpl Leslie Rawson
(4856949) / Leicesters / MM
7 Nov 1939 / Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 Aug 1939
63/8. / 2Lt Graham Cecil Gordon Taylor (74627) / Leicesters / MC
22 Dec 1939 / Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 3 September 1939 / Later KIA in ME 1941.
64. / Maj Gerard Francis Hood Stayner(14723) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / Staff Officer, Palestine,
Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation. Later awarded three other MIDs (1 Apr 1941 [ME], 30 Jun 1942 [ME], 6 Apr 1944 [ME]), OBE 30 Dec 41, CBE 14 Oct 1943, CB 13 Dec 1945, and US Legion of Merit 14 May 1948.
65. / Capt Graham Edward Page Hutchins(47573) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / Adjutant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation. Later awardedDSO 10 Oct 1952.
66. / Lt Alan William Delaforce Nicholls(62873) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation. Later awarded MC 4 Nov 1941, Order of El Istiqlal
(Jordan) 1954, and OBE 20 Sep 1958.
67. / WO1 Allan Ernest Needham
(4850107) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / RSM, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine,
Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation.
68. / Sgt Leonard William Farley
(4854273) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation.
69. / LCpl Frank Maskery
(4850771) / Leicesters / MID
22 Dec 1939 / Section Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, Apr-Jul 1939 / No citation.
70/9. / Lt Col Richard Nelson Gale MC (20116) / R Inniskill-ing Fusiliers / OBE
11 Jul 1940 / GSO1 (SD), General Staff (Planning Division), The War Office / Later CO 1/5th Leicesters 1940-41.Previously awardedMC 26 Jul 1918 in MG Corps. Later awarded DSO 31 Aug 1944, two MIDs, CB 2 Aug 1945, KBE 8 Jun 1950, KCB 1 Jan 1953, GCB 1 Jan 1954, and five foreign awards.
71. / 2Lt Douglas Robin Dalglish
(746628) / Leicesters / MC
11 Jul 1940 / Platoon Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 / No citation.
72. / Maj Olaf George AbingtonPhillips(23844 ) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 / No citation.
73. / Maj John MyllesSerjeantson
(39490) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Company Commander, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 / No citation. Later awarded MID30 Dec 1941.
74. / Sgt Frederick Bagley
(4853158) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Platoon Sergeant, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine, 1938-40 / No citation.
75. / Pte Douglas Boden
(4858319) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 / No citation.
76. / Pte George Frederick Davenport (4858198) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Rifleman, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 / No citation.
77. / Pte Wilfrid Willetts
(4858116) / Leicesters / MID
26 Jul 1940 / Signaller, 2nd Leicesters, Palestine 1938-40 / No citation.
78/10 / WO2 (RQMS) Harry Halford
(4848713) / Leicesters / MM
6 Aug 1940 / Platoon Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Norway, 21-23 Apr 1940 / Later awarded MSM 20 Oct 1954.
79. / Maj John Hamilton Cubbon
(52600) / Cheshire / OBE
7 Aug 1940 / Adjutant, 7th Cheshire, BEF, France,
1940 / No citation. Later CO 2/5th Leicesters, Italy and Greece 1944-45. Later awarded MID 11 Jan 1945, Distinguished Service Medal (Greece) 15 Aug 1946, R Order of King George I (Greece) 16 Jan 1948, CBE 23 May 1958 and CB 2 Jun 1962.
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10A / LSgt P W S Brown
(906166) / Royal Artillery / MM
27 Aug 1940 / Detachment Commander, 60th Anti-Tank Field Regt RA, Houthem, The Netherlands, 27 May 1940 / Later served in 71 Column of 2nd Leicesters in the Chindits in Burma 1944.
81/11 / Lt Rhodri Grahame Mortimer Green (74671) / Sherwood Foresters / MC
22 Oct 1940 / Platoon Commander, 2nd Foresters, BEF, Tournai, France, 19 May 1940 / Later served 1st R Leicesters 1959-62.
82/12 / Pte Frank Woodward(4791308) / Leicesters
(TA) / MM
22 Oct 1940 / Rifleman, 2/5th Leicesters, BEF, Carvin, France, 26 May 1940
83/13 / Lt Richard Thomas Henry Lonsdale(69129) / Leicesters / MC
25 Oct 1940 / Platoon Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 14 Nov 1939 / Later awarded DSO 23 Dec 1943 and Bar to DSO 9 Nov 1944.
84/14 / Cpl Frank Vincent
(4856474) / Leicesters / MM
25 Oct 1940 / Section Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 14 Nov 1939
85/15 / Pte George Henry Smythe
(4856477) / Leicesters / MM
25 Oct 1940 / Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 21 Aug 1939
86. / Maj Cecil Herbert Vaughan
CoxMC (8410) / Leicesters / MID
25 Oct 1940 / CO, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 1917 and three MIDs in First World War. Later awarded MIDs 8 Jul and 30 Dec 1941, and DSO 30 Dec 1941.
87. / Maj Colin Bishop CallanderMC (10503) / Leicesters / MID
25 Oct 1940 / 2IC, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 / No citation. Previously awarded MC 26 Sep 1916 in 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Later awarded CB 14 Jun 1945, KBE 1 Jan 1952, and KCB 9 Jun 1955.
88. / Maj Augustus Klingner Ferguson(13080) / Leicesters / MID
25 Oct 1940 / Company Commander, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 / No citation. Later awarded CBE1 Jan 1946 and CMG 1 Jan 1952.
89. / Pte Frederick Dawson
(4856840) / Leicesters / MID
25 Oct 1940 / Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 / No citation.
90. / Pte Charles Forrest SeymourLissenberg (4857281) / Leicesters / MID
25 Oct 1940 / Rifleman, 1st Leicesters, Waziristan, India, 1939 / No citation.
91/16 / Capt David Mackenzie Shaw (44209) / R Inniskill-ing Fusiliers / MC
20 Dec 1940 / Company Commander, 2nd R Innis-killing Fusiliers, BEF, Plouvain, Pas-de-Calais, France, 12-31 May 1940 / Later servedRHQ R Leicesters 1959-60. Later awarded DSO 18 Oct 1945 and MID 13 Dec 1949.
92. / Maj Henry Roubiliac Reignier Conder (38590) / R Norfolk / MID
20 Dec 1940 / Brigade Major, HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade, BEF, France, 1940 / No citation. Later awarded OBE
2 Jun 1943 (GB and India), and MID 5 Apr 1945 and 9 May 1946 (Burma and India).Transferred to R Leicesters 1950.
93. / Maj Raymond Johnson GermanTD (33886) / Leicesters (TA) / MID
20 Dec 1940 / Company Commander, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, Norway,
Apr 1940. / No citation.
94. / Maj Philip Dayrell Stewart Palmer (20737) / Leicesters / MID
20 Dec 1940 / Staff Officer, BEF, France,
1940 / No citation.
95. / Maj Edward Askey Wood
(17121) / Leicesters / MID
20 Dec 1940 / DAQMG, HQ 43rd Division, Norway, Apr 1940 / No citation. Later awarded OBE
16 Sep 1943.
96/17 / Capt Reginald George Coleman(76062) / Leicesters
(TA) / MID
20 Dec 1940 / Intelligence Officer, 1/5th Leicesters, Lillehammer, Norway, 21 Apr 1940. / Also awarded Norwegian MC w sword 4 Aug 1942 for same action.