List of Scots Guardsmen who were Mentioned in Despatches during WW2. Another thread for all GG gallantry awards & honours Scots Guards: Gallantry Awards & Honours
(There is no list published in SG History Appendices. However, it is recorded there that the following numbers were awarded a Mention). 112 Officers 135 ORs (It is not clear if the numbers referred to awards or to individuals, ie men who were Mentioned in Despatches twice [MiD*] could have been counted either once or twice.) The History of 6th Guards Tank Brigade does list individual Mentions for HQ and for 3 SG in Appendices and they are included in the index below.
Scots Guards, Mentioned in Despatches, WW2 2696482 W ALEXANDER, MiD, Scots Guards 2695452 J H ANGUS, MiD, Scots Guards 241225 (2688219) Leonard Costella ARCHER, MBE, MM, MiD, Scots Guards 2694478 W ARNOTT, MiD, Scots Guards 132224 Francis Henry Rivers ASTLEY-CORBETT, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 165035 Peter Edward Gerald BALFOUR, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 52488 Thomas Lamplugh BALLANTINE DYKES, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 165040 David Lindsay BANKES, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2694944 H BARKER, MiD, Scots Guards 2691262 A BARNSTAPLE, MiD, Scots Guards 3854609 G BARTON, MiD, Scots Guards 2698675 G BECKETT, MiD, Scots Guards 2699003 J M BELL, MiD, Scots Guards 207670 David Allan BETHELL, MC, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2692396 F T BLOGG, MiD, Scots Guards 2694150 E T BROMFIELD, MiD, Scots Guards 144954 Alan Brock BROWN, MiD, Scots Guards 545548 G F BROWN, MiD, Scots Guards 74477 Bernard BRUCE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 142580 Ian Stuart Rae BRUCE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 2699606 W BRUCE, MiD, Scots Guards 138631 Christopher Richard Sandford BUCKLE, MiD, Scots Guards 58436 Robert Arthur Henry RIVERS-BULKELEY, MiD, Scots Guards 67097 Thomas Foster Rivers BULKELEY, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 2690554 F W BURCHELL, MiD, Scots Guards 142581 Clive Stuart Saxon BURT, MiD, Scots Guards 200106 Patrick Henry Stanley Danvers BUTLER, MID*, 1 Scots Guards 2699790 J CALDER, MiD, Scots Guards 169344 Leslie Duncan CAMBRIDGE, MiD, Scots Guards 58543 Angus Ewan CAMERON, MC, MiD*, 2 Scots Guards 233961 Geoffrey CAMERON, MC, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 39101 Ereld Boteler Wingfield CARDIFF, CB, CBE, MiD**, Scots Guards 165041 Raymond Alexander CARNEGIE, MiD, Scots Guards 2700733 W CARSWELL, MiD, Scots Guards 106720 Alan CATHCART (Earl CATHCART), DSO, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 6464 Philip Herbert CATT, MiD*, Scots Guards 2693713 H E CHARD, MiD, Scots Guards 85598 John Robertson Stephenson CLARKE, OBE, MC, MiD*, Scots Guards 2693674 David M COCKBURN, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 17717 Charles Archibald Richard COGHILL, OBE, MiD, Scots Guards 2696369 A COWE, MiD, Scots Guards 24215 Archibald Douglas Brodie CRABBE, OBE, MiD, Scots Guards 34706 John Aymer DALRYMPLE, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 36692 D R DALY, MiD, Scots Guards 2698465 F DEAN, MiD, Scots Guards 262115 Donald Humphry DEANE, MiD, Scots Guards 2699051 J DICKSON, MiD, Scots Guards 154935 William James DORMAN, MBE, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2696683 W DOUGLAS, MiD, Scots Guards 2695796 Geoffrey DOWNES, MM, MiD, Scots Guards attached 1 SAS 38695 John Drury Boteler DRURY-LOWE, MiD*, Scots Guards 2694747 Daniel DUFF, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2695886 S DUNCAN, MiD, Scots Guards 131773 Thomas Calderwood DUNDAS, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 3054349 John EASTON, MiD, Scots Guards attached Long Range Desert Group 15319 Ian David ERSKINE, CBE, DSO, MiD*, Scots Guards 176762 John Francis Hervey ERSKINE, MiD, Scots Guards 28067 Brigadier Malcolm David ERSKINE, DSO, MiD, 2 Scots Guards: 27/10/1949 130301 Vernon Forbes ERSKINE-CRUM, CIE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 75604 Charles O’Meara FARRELL, MC, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2700475 K FARRON, MiD, Scots Guards 2697313 Eric FEATHERSTONE, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 71887 Michael FITZALAN HOWARD GCVO, CB, CBE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 156077 Michael John FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, MiD, Scots Guards 293471 Archibald Ian Douglas FLETCHER, MiD, Scots Guards 2697064 J R FORBES, MiD, Scots Guards 219061 John Digby FORRESTER, MiD, Scots Guards 2697517 Allan Dunbar FORSYTH, MiD*, 2 Scots Guards 41121 Patrick STEUART FOTHRINGHAM, DSO, MiD*, Scots Guards 253913 Ian James FRASER, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 2695302 W FRASER, MiD, Scots Guards 2701455 Archibald GARLAND, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2696513 Harry M GARDEN, MiD, Scots Guards 2696795 W GARDINER, MiD, Scots Guards 2701455 Archibald GARLAND, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2694774 R GARNER, MiD, Scots Guards 2697483 D W GIBSON, MiD, Scots Guards 2696160 George Henry GILL, MiD*, Scots Guards 2696233 Charles GLENDINNING, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 2695455 W L GLOVER, MiD, Scots Guards 138627 Charles Spencer Richard GRAHAM, MiD, Scots Guards 6853 Colonel Herbert Leslie GRAHAM, CBE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 2699892 A GRANT, MiD, Scots Guards 123875 Mark OGILVIE-GRANT, MiD, Scots Guards 2973665 A GREENWOOD, MiD, Scots Guards 248020 Alexander O'Conner GREENWOOD, OBE, MiD*, Scots Guards 2693149 Charles John GREIG, BEM, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2696187 H GRIFFIN, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2688932 W HANSON, MiD, Scots Guards 62070 John Leslie HARVEY, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 112983 Sir Stephen Lewis Edmonstone HASTINGS, MiD, Scots Guards 253916 Fred McLean HAYWARD, MiD, Scots Guards 3128429 H HENRY, MiD, Scots Guards 2694727 D HERD, MiD, Scots Guards 2698598 J S HIRST, MiD, Scots Guards 207671 Anthony Robert Alwyn HOBSON, MiD, Scots Guards 2693820 W J HODGE, MiD, Scots Guards 56890 John Henry HOLDEN, MBE, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 56244 John Adrian Louis HOPE, MiD*, Scots Guards 15028 W G HORTON, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 76672 Henry Hamilton HOULDSWORTH, MiD, Scots Guards 2696010 A HUGHES, MiD, Scots Guards 2695266 Joseph HUGHES, MBE, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 295073 (2701390) John Hampden INSKIP, MiD, Scots Guards 2696407 Ernest JACKSON, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 2694218 H JACKSON, MiD, Scots Guards 28480 George Frederick JOHNSON, DSO, MiD, Scots Guards 219067 Henry Shanks KEITH, MiD, Scots Guards 2694409 W P KELLY, MiD, Scots Guards 2699467 G KENNEDY, MiD, Scots Guards 2695463 Guardsman W KINGHORN, MiD, Scots Guards 268992 Hector LAING, MiD, Scots Guards 2698988 T LANGLEY, MiD, Scots Guards 2694110 J LANGSTONE, MiD*, Scots Guards 2693634 Alexander LAW, MiD, Scots Guards 2695524 W LAW, MiD, Scots Guards 2696900 Serjeant Frank Arthur LEACH, MiD*, 1 Scots Guards & Long Range Desert Group: POW 2690815 Francis George LEIPER, MiD, Scots Guards 56013 Rainald Gilfrid LEWTHWAITE, OBE, MC, MiD*, Scots Guards 2695160 John LUNN, MBE, MM, MiD, Scots Guards 2698426 H MacDONALD, MiD, Scots Guards 15510 Reginald Narcissus MacDONALD-BUCHANAN, MBE, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 69649 Sir Charles Hector Fitzroy MacLEAN Bt., MiD, 3 Scots Guards 53165 John Donald Christopher Stuart MacRAE, DSO, MiD, Scots Guards 9503 John Charles Oakes MARRIOTT, CVO, DSO & Bar, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 2697524 Hugh Lambie MARSHALL, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 136716 Frederick Alfred de MARWICZ, MiD, Scots Guards 2697169 R N MATHIESON, MiD, Scots Guards 22906 Brian MAYFIELD, MiD, Scots Guards 2697506 A McCALLUM, MiD, Scots Guards 2691639 F McDONALD, MiD, Scots Guards 555071 Edward Duncan McINROY, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 2695467 G R McKIRDY, MiD, Scots Guards 2698737 Duncan McLAREN, MM, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2695273 T MELLIS, MiD, Scots Guards 2696593 John MITCHELL, MiD, Scots Guards 176770 Thomas Richard EDWARDS-MOSS, MiD, Scots Guards 2695434 E MORRIS, MiD, Scots Guards 174881 Edwyn Inigo Lloyd MOSTYN, MC, MiD, Scots Guards 2696925 A MURDOCH, MiD, Scots Guards 2697222 Michael MURRAY, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 121342 David Rickards Baskerville MYNORS, MiD, Scots Guards 2980161 David NEIL, MiD, Scots Guards 2690502 J B NELSON, MiD, Scots Guards 165048 Henry Nicholas NEVILE, MiD, Scots Guards 2700980 J NICOL, MiD, Scots Guards 2698500 Samuel Smith NISBET, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2699716 W OGILVIE, MiD, Scots Guards 2694106 S PAGAN, MiD, Scots Guards 2693262 L PARKES, MiD, Scots Guards 2693647 G PARKINSON, MiD, Scots Guards 2697519 J PATERSON, MiD, Scots Guards 2985909 John Alexander PATERSON, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2700554 Ronald PERKS, MM, MiD, 2 Scots Guards 2696102 R PICKARD, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 149137 Arthur Harry PIPER, MiD, Scots Guards 2697572 William PORTER, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 2818159 R S POWER, MiD, Scots Guards 2701504 G PRIMROSE, MiD, Scots Guards 65383 William Digby Manifold RAEBURN, CB, DSO, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 2697937 J D RALSTON, MiD, Scots Guards 240640 George Patrick Maule RAMSAY, MiD, Scots Guards 79648 James Sylvester BURN-CLARK-RATTRAY, MiD, Scots Guards 2694604 G RATTREY, MiD, Scots Guards 85910 Robert Anthony READMAN, MiD**, Scots Guards 2693589 S K REEKIE, MiD, Scots Guards 2696915 C A RICHMOND, MiD, Scots Guards 2692436 R RICKETTS, MiD, Scots Guards 156069 Alasdair Newton Bethune RITCHIE, MiD, Scots Guards 2700573 J RITCHIE, MiD, Scots Guards 2698583 James ROBERTSON, MiD, 1 Scots Guards 73837 Hugh Lancelot St. Vincent ROSE, MiD, Scots Guards 2697534 R P ROSE, MiD, Scots Guards 107155 Alexander ROSS, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 243511 John Vincent ROWE, MiD, Scots Guards 50868 George Campion RUSH, MiD, Scots Guards 132235 George Anthony Augustan RUSSELL, MC, MiD, Scots Guards, SAS & SOE 2699365 R G RYMER, MiD, Scots Guards 2700676 F SADLER, MiD, Scots Guards 2697602 G A SCOTT, MiD, Scots Guards 121417 Adrian John Conway SEYMOUR, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 1699104 G SHARP, MiD, Scots Guards 26951875 R W SHARP, MiD, Scots Guards 99638 David Verner SHAW-KENNEDY, MiD, Scots Guards 314990 John Charles Johnston SHEARER, MiD, Scots Guards 2696115 E SIMPSON, MiD, Scots Guards 243512 Harold Wyatt Llewellyn SMITH, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 2693610 A SPENCER, MiD, Scots Guards 72647 Archibald David STIRLING, DSO, OBE, MiD, Scots Guards attached SAS 2693955 J St. JOHN, MiD, Scots Guards 219065 Robert Livingstone STUART, MiD, Scots Guards 2698350 J SUTHERLAND, MiD, Scots Guards 132237 Alexander Henry Moncaster THAVENOT, MiD, Scots Guards 2696069 John THREADINGHAM, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 124473 John Alastair Livingstone TIMPSON, MC, MiD*, Scots Guards attached Long Range Desert Group 2694683 John TODD, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 403928 D H TOLMIE, MiD, Scots Guards 240643 David TRAILL, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 149141 Peter Humfrey TUNNARD, MiD, Scots Guards 49956 Major Hugo Douglas TWEEDIE, MiD, Scots Guards: 08/04/1945 2691643 Frederick George WALL, MiD, Scots Guards 2693013 A WALLACE, MiD, Scots Guards 2697074 C WAUGH, MiD, Scots Guards 2700294 C WEBSTER, MiD, Scots Guards 2698103 W WELSH, MiD, Scots Guards 2700819 S R WHITEHILL, MiD, Scots Guards 89506 William Stephen Ian WHITELAW, MC, MiD, 3 Scots Guards 823376 A WHYTE, MiD, Scots Guards 2696770 W WILLIAMSON, MiD, Scots Guards 156079 Raymond Allan WILLIS, MiD, Scots Guards 2688914 E WILSON, MiD, Scots Guards 14241779 Hector WOOD, MiD, Scots Guards 2689841 William WOODFORD, MBE, MiD, Scots Guards 2701720 J YOUNG, MiD, Scots Guards 156066 John Mclntosh YOUNG, MiD, Scots Guards
Scots Guards, Mentioned in Despatches, PALESTINE 85910 Robert Anthony READMAN, MiD**, Scots Guards 2694494 Robert Hair THOMSON, DCM, MiD*, 1 Scots Guards [as A.A.C.]
Scots Guards, Mentioned in Despatches, MALAYA (15 Officers; 14 Other Ranks) 262114 Simon Claud Michael BLAND, MiD, Scots Guards 58543 Angus Ewan CAMERON, MC, MiD*, 2 Scots Guards 312967 (14510934) John Bovill DENHAM, MiD, Scots Guards 2705368 W M FARRER, MiD, Scots Guards 88234 William Edward Harry LAWSON, MiD, Scots Guards 397349 Neil Gordon RAMSAY, MiD, Scots Guards
London Gazette : 27 April 1951 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39214/supplement/2384/data.pdf
London Gazette : 13 January 1944 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36327/page/258/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36327/page/264/data.pdf
London Gazette : 27 April 1944 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36486/supplement/1927/data.pdf https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36486/supplement/1928/data.pdf
Army Number: Rank: Name: Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 19 May 1950 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38916/supplement/2488/data.pdf The KING has been graciously pleased that the following be mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malaya during the period 1st July 1949 to 31st December 1949.
London Gazette : 1 June 1944 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36539/supplement/2520/data.pdf
London Gazette : 13 December 1949 https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38782/supplement/5906/data.pdf
