Category: Mentioned in Despatches

Categories: Australia, Military Decorations | British Isles and Ireland, Military Decorations

This category contains profiles of recipients of the Mentioned in Despatches

A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which is described his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy.

In a number of countries, a servicemember's name must be mentioned in dispatches as a condition for receiving certain decorations.

United Kingdom, British Empire, and Commonwealth of Nations
  • In the British Armed Forces, the despatch is published in the London Gazette.
Australia
  • Service personnel are no longer eligible to be mentioned in dispatches. Since 15 January 1991, when the Australian Honours System was established, the MiD has been replaced by the Australian decorations: the Commendation for Gallantry and the Commendation for Distinguished Service.
India
  • A recipient of a mention in a dispatch is be entitled to wear an emblem, in the form of a lotus leaf on the ribbon of the relevant campaign medal
South Africa
  • The award is a multiple-leaved bronze oak leaf emblem, worn on the ribbon of the Victory Medal (Union of South Africa).
France
  • There are two kinds of mentions : mentions with cross, for bravery in presence of the enemy, and mentions without cross, for bravery not in presence of the enemy.
    • a bronze star for those who had been mentioned at the regiment or brigade level.
    • a silver star for those who had been mentioned at the division level.
    • a silver gilt star for those who had been mentioned at the corps level.
    • a bronze palm for those who had been mentioned at the army level.
    • a silver palm represents five bronze ones.
    • a silver gilt palm for those who had been mentioned at the Free French Forces level (World War II only).
Nazi Germany
  • During World War II, the Wehrmacht sometimes mentioned individual soldiers in its daily radio report to the public, after January 1944, inclusion on this list was also sometimes rewarded with an honour clasp, known as the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army

See Wikipedia:Mentioned_in_dispatches

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A

18 Mar 1886 - 09 Sep 1964
08 Jun 1890 London, England, United Kingdom - 06 May 1978
18 May 1888 London, England, United Kingdom - 04 Dec 1970
13 Sep 1882 Huntsham, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 24 Nov 1943
24 Nov 1901 Birriwa, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jun 1994 photo
22 May 1880 Upper Grosvenor Street, London, England - 30 Sep 1915 photo
27 Aug 1915 London, England, United Kingdom - 29 Mar 1945
28 May 1842 Wirral, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 1905
03 Aug 1842 Kingsthorpe, Yorkshire, England - 11 Oct 1911 photo
06 Sep 1812 Messina, Sicily, Italy - 01 Jan 1898
09 Jul 1900 King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1983
16 Jan 1888 Wembdon, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - abt 22 Feb 1972
1874 Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Aug 1918
10 Mar 1894 Hurstville, New South Wales (Australia) - 25 Jan 1959 photo
23 Apr 1861 Brackenhurst, Nottinghamshire, England - 14 May 1936 photo
1879 Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 May 1918
25 Jun 1915 Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1945 photo
23 Sep 1889 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 08 Mar 1973
01 Mar 1917 Waikerie, South Australia, Australia - 30 Nov 1975
1906 Claremont, Western Australia, Australia - 03 Nov 1976
06 Aug 1865 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 1940 photo
30 Apr 1893 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 1965
23 Sep 1879 Kensington, London, England - 23 May 1954 photo
04 Jul 1881 Fitzroy, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 09 Nov 1972
31 Aug 1894 Singleton, New South Wales (Australia) - 10 Feb 1973
09 Sep 1877 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 14 May 1959
23 Aug 1843 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland - 20 Jan 1927
24 Sep 1885 - 1988
26 Aug 1872 Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Sep 1914
11 Jul 1881 India - 08 Mar 1916
abt 01 Apr 1867 India - 31 Mar 1941 photo
03 Sep 1876 Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1945 photo
18 Jan 1885 Havant, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Oct 1957 photo
17 May 1875 London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Sep 1950 photo
23 Jul 1873 11 Chichester Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1915 photo
26 Nov 1902 Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Mar 1988
08 Oct 1906 County Cork, Ireland - abt 31 Dec 1996 photo
07 Dec 1915 Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia - 12 Jul 1981 photo
20 Jul 1889 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 1917 photo
26 Oct 1915 Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia
16 Apr 1920 Cheriton Nursing Home, Westlecott Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Dec 1981
21 Jan 1869 Newcastle, New South Wales (Australia) - 1945
01 Nov 1895 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 1968
31 May 1905 Nairne, South Australia, Australia - 07 Dec 2002
19 Jan 1890 Queensland, Australia - 27 Aug 1914

B

25 Feb 1894 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1965 photo
24 Nov 1878 Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, England - 15 May 1962
22 Apr 1864 Blithfield, Stafford, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1927
27 Jun 1891 St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jan 1948
25 Nov 1909 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 15 Apr 2000
24 Feb 1936 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 09 Jul 2007
Sep 1908 Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 1942
29 Jul 1896 Shanghai, China - 09 Sep 1950 photo
29 Apr 1914 Wellington, New Zealand - 23 Oct 1942
05 Dec 1865 - 07 May 1932
13 Sep 1853 Ireland - 20 Apr 1918
15 Oct 1911 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 07 Mar 1965
03 Nov 1894 Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada - 12 Mar 1930 photo
26 Apr 1911 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Apr 1978
31 Jul 1893 Berwick, Victoria, Australia - 21 Oct 1956
23 Jun 1894 Masterton, New Zealand - 04 Mar 1972 photo
17 Mar 1888 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Jan 1942
1872 Glympton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - Apr 1938 photo
05 Jun 1894 Wellington, New South Wales (Australia) - 25 Aug 1985 photo
03 Feb 1882 Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 05 Mar 1935
11 Jun 1892 Gunning, New South Wales (Australia) - 28 Apr 1953
05 Jun 1904 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 23 Nov 1943
18 Nov 1879 Bathurst, New South Wales (Australia) - 30 Aug 1968

B cont.

20 Mar 1890 Auckland, New Zealand - 06 Nov 1968
abt 1849 - 17 Sep 1925
17 Mar 1889 Maryborough, Queensland (Australia) - 1940
abt 1891 England, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1964
29 Mar 1871 Coatham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Nov 1944
16 Nov 1895 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - 03 Sep 1916
07 Dec 1900 Richmond, Queensland, Australia - 1974
28 Dec 1881 Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Jul 1959
15 Jan 1891 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 01 Oct 1918 photo
10 Jan 1865 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales (Australia) - 01 Aug 1946
16 Apr 1887 Balwyn, Victoria (Australia) - 01 Aug 1962
27 Dec 1928 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Aug 2023
30 Apr 1879 Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia) - 07 Dec 1946
11 Aug 1861 Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 28 Dec 1952
30 Jan 1886 Bengal, India - 16 Mar 1916
11 Apr 1894 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 28 May 1981 photo
09 Nov 1923 Kent Town, South Australia, Australia - 06 Aug 2020 photo
29 Sep 1886 Wytham, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1957
03 Sep 1877 Auckland, New Zealand - 03 Aug 1947
abt 12 Dec 1892 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada photo
30 Jan 1899 Kent Town, South Australia (Australia) - 27 Jan 1993 photo
24 Jan 1867 Khadki, Mahārāshtra, India - 14 Apr 1945
11 Feb 1865 - 03 Apr 1932
17 Mar 1872 - 06 Jan 1951
17 Mar 1910 - 27 Nov 1971 photo
28 Sep 1869 Melton Mowbray, Tasmania (Australia) - 14 Jan 1930 photo
12 Dec 1877 Beremboke, Victoria (Australia) - 11 Apr 1917
1876 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England - 24 Mar 1918 photo
20 Jun 1886 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 16 Mar 1964
03 Nov 1884 Geeveston, Tasmania (Australia) - 25 Jun 1967 photo
10 Nov 1887 Prospect, New South Wales (Australia) - 06 Mar 1965
24 Jan 1884 Lake Albert, New South Wales (Australia) - 27 May 1951 photo
05 Mar 1922 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - bef 11 May 2012
28 Apr 1866 Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Jun 1936
25 Feb 1876 Paddington, Greater London, England - 21 Oct 1955 photo
04 Feb 1908 Rotorua, Waikato, New Zealand - 29 Apr 1982
23 May 1876 Canning, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada - 16 Jul 1900 photo
17 Nov 1885 Llanwarne, Herefordshire, England - 01 Jul 1916 photo
04 Apr 1881 Pootilla, Victoria (Australia) - 16 Dec 1937 photo
28 Nov 1885 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Aug 1958 photo
21 Nov 1881 South Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 08 Mar 1959
27 Aug 1891 Clapham Park, London Borough of Lambeth, Greater London, England - 24 Feb 1919
22 Jun 1893 Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England - 17 Apr 1960 photo
04 Feb 1894 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 29 Nov 1978
26 Oct 1880 Forest Gate, London, England - 19 May 1967 photo
31 May 1881 Balmain, New South Wales (Australia) - 23 Mar 1970 photo
22 Dec 1911 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - 14 Mar 1993 photo
31 Mar 1890 Adelaide, South Australia (Australia) - 01 Jul 1971 photo
04 Sep 1873 Ipswich, Queensland (Australia) - 31 Jul 1961 photo
29 Jan 1869 - 04 Sep 1958
13 Jul 1866 Bideford, Devon, England - 04 May 1915
05 Jun 1905 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Aug 1997
14 Mar 1924 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 2006
14 Sep 1894 Alnwick, Northumberland, England. - Nov 1970 photo
24 Dec 1903 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 11 Apr 1977
18 Feb 1861 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 18 May 1915 photo
30 Jan 1890 Mosman, New South Wales (Australia) - 01 Jan 1942 photo
10 Jan 1915 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Mar 1994 photo
09 Jun 1888 County Fermanagh, Ireland - 18 Aug 1973 photo
17 Apr 1906 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 01 Aug 1997
28 Oct 1873 - 15 May 1942
abt 1890 - 20 Jul 1919
27 Sep 1912 Bristol, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
13 Jul 1856 Appin, New South Wales (Australia) - 09 Nov 1943 photo
20 Oct 1896 Kensington, London, England - 14 Mar 1965 photo
11 Jun 1888 - 26 Aug 1964
06 Mar 1873 North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Apr 1961 photo

B cont.

04 May 1875 West Worlington, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 01 Mar 1952
25 Mar 1882 Tabulam, New South Wales (Australia) - 28 Mar 1970 photo
10 May 1877 Newry, County Down, Ireland - 11 Dec 1916
07 Aug 1916 Highbury, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Mar 1944
19 Feb 1916 Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland - 13 Nov 2014 photo
22 Dec 1829 Heydon, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 08 Dec 1910
13 Aug 1904 Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia - 15 Feb 1988
29 Mar 1867 Ontario, Canada - 09 Feb 1949
31 Oct 1894 Reigate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jan 1967 photo
21 Mar 1888 Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 21 Aug 1960
24 Apr 1915 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 14 Jul 2015
22 Dec 1876 Nazeing, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Jan 1954
26 Oct 1920 Windsor, Queensland, Australia - 19 Jul 1985 photo
15 Jul 1918 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Sep 2009
08 Nov 1889 London, England - 28 Oct 1945

C

31 Jul 1890 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 01 Jan 1967 photo
16 May 1909 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 1960
19 Nov 1879 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 19 Nov 1960 photo
17 Jul 1871 Aldershot, Hampshire, England - 27 Aug 1908
27 Jan 1880 Kew, Victoria (Australia) - 09 Feb 1966
16 Oct 1827 Paris, France - 02 Mar 1913
17 Oct 1885 Wee Waa, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Sep 1963
23 Mar 1900 Moss Vale, New South Wales (Australia) - 31 Oct 1997
bef 1880
03 Jul 1870 St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England - 02 Jan 1951 photo
29 Aug 1882 Townsville, Queensland (Australia) - 23 May 1976 photo
04 Jul 1915 - 07 Feb 1994
06 May 1869 - 13 May 1947
02 Sep 1872 Rawal Pindi, Bengal, India - 22 Jan 1951
Living Carroll photo
28 May 1901 Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia - 1970 photo
01 Feb 1875 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 30 Jul 1943
11 Jan 1882 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 04 Jul 1944
29 Aug 1890 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 17 Jun 1976 photo
26 Mar 1870 Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 04 Nov 1939
28 Nov 1921 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 29 Mar 1944 photo
11 Aug 1917 Balmain North, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Mar 2007
27 Nov 1876 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England - 18 Apr 1957
04 Jul 1888 England, United Kingdom - 13 Dec 1980
18 Sep 1898 Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Apr 1969
18 Feb 1915 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Mar 1987
04 Jan 1881 Hobart, Tasmania (Australia) - 25 Mar 1943 photo
21 Dec 1881 Weddington, Warwickshire, England - 02 May 1963 photo
24 Sep 1860 Madras, India - 03 May 1920
14 Nov 1840 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 12 May 1926
18 Jul 1848 France - 03 Dec 1900
16 Apr 1865 Tabulam, New South Wales (Australia) - 04 Mar 1945 photo
27 Sep 1853 Millichope Hall, Munslow, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jan 1900 photo
23 Dec 1876 Avoca, Victoria, Australia - 30 Oct 1965
17 Apr 1868 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 17 May 1931
11 May 1869 Carngham, Victoria, Australia - 10 Jun 1964
15 Jun 1909 Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - abt 1974
1917 Foxton, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - 28 Jul 1961
04 Feb 1880 Phoenix Park, County Dublin, Ireland - 23 Feb 1947 photo
03 Mar 1879 Dunskay, Ayrshire, Scotland - 25 Oct 1961 photo
11 Sep 1906 Haywards Heath, Sussex, England - 23 Aug 1943
03 May 1890 Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Mar 1968
17 Aug 1892 London, England - 09 May 1970
03 Jun 1885 Surry Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 18 Jul 1975
20 Nov 1909 Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand - 04 Jan 2011
28 Jun 1901 Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia - 27 Aug 1975 photo
27 Jan 1886 Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand - 29 Nov 1917 photo
13 Aug 1867 Kensington, Middlesex, England - 11 Sep 1916 photo
abt 1873 London, Middlesex, England - 04 Apr 1918
11 Mar 1892 Warwick, Queensland (Australia) - 19 May 1968 photo
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