Decorations and Awards to Members of the Reconnaissance Corps

Name David Robert Guthrie
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 262975
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Mention-in-Despatches
London Gazette: 19 March 1946
Reference WO 373/101

 

Name George Kay
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3854428
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: Escape and Evasion and Special Operations
Award: Mention in Despatches
London Gazette: 20 September 1945
ReferenceWO 373/64

 

Name Francis Mann
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 14282186
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: Foreign to British: USA
Award: Distinguished Service Cross
London Gazette: 14 November 1947
ReferenceWO 373/148

 

Name Hubert Ellis Pearson
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 245254
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: Escape and Evasion and Special Operations
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 26 July 1945
Reference WO 373/64

 

Name James Pyper
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 2697025
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre : North West Europe 1944-45
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 21 December 1944
Reference WO 373/49

 

Name Thomas Douglas Victor Swinscow
Rank: Captain
Service No: 188263
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: Foreign to British: Netherlands
Award: Bronze Cross
London Gazette: 08 November 1945
Reference WO 373/144

 

Name John Graham Hilton Wadsworth
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 312500
Regiment: 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron
Theatre: Foreign to British: USA
Award: Bronze Star
London Gazette: 14 November 1947
ReferenceWO 373/148

 

Name George Edwin York
Rank: Craftsman
Service No: 1603588
Regiment: 1st Airborne Division Reconnaissance Squadron, REME
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 13 January 1944
Reference WO 373/4

 

Name James Alison Acland
Rank: Captain
Service No: 95507
Regiment: 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Theatre: Italy
Award: Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: 15 June 1944
ReferenceWO 373/6

 

Name Lawrence Cyril Ashford
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 186298
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 15th June 1944
Reference WO 373/6

 

Paul,

Great stuff to read.

Regards
Tom

 

Name Richard George Arthur Beale
Rank: Lieutenant
Service No: 153997
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Cross
London Gazette: 15 June 1944
ReferenceWO 373/6

 

Name Edward Ashley Spiller Brett
Rank: Major
Service No: 51794
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Distinguished Service Order
London Gazette: 26 October 1944
ReferenceWO 373/8

 

Name Richard Clough
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 3602962
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 26 October 1944
ReferenceWO 373/8

 

Name Joseph Edgar Clubley
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 10601692
Regiment: 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 21 December 1944
Reference WO 373/9

 

Name Alfred Edward Cope
Rank: Trooper
Service No: 5047096
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 15 June 1944
ReferenceWO 373/6

 

Name W Cumber
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 5500045
Regiment:1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 23 September 1943
Reference WO 373/2

 

Name John Houston
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 3248755
Regiment: 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: British Empire Medal
London Gazette: 13 December 1945
Reference WO 373/75

 

Name Kenneth Horace Lance
Rank: Serjeant
Service No: 55 2532
Regiment: 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Military Medal
London Gazette: 26 October 1944
Reference WO 373/8

 

Name George Henry David Loryman
Rank: Corporal
Service No: 5503704
Regiment: 1st Reconnaissance Regiment
Theatre: Italy
Award: Distinguished Conduct Medal
London Gazette: 15th June 1944
ReferenceWO 373/6