Should this airman have his bar to the AFC listed on his memorial?

More recent additions to CWGC gallantry awards :-

Albert Medal

Lt Douglas Mortimer CONNOR RNVR DOAS 5-3-1944

DFM

621058 F/SGT Harold WATSON RAF KIA 3-10-1941 7 SQN

Mark

 

Lt Douglas Mortimer CONNOR RNVR DOAS 5-3-1944
A Second War 1944 Posthumous Albert Medal for Sea group of five awarded to Lieutenant D. M. Conno

TD

 

Recent foreign award additions :-

D/JX155686 L-TEL R. HULL RN 2-8-1943 MTB345 ST OLAV MEDAL - Norway (1945)

CAPT B.A WARBURTON-LEE V.C RN 10-4-1940 WAR-CROSS - Norway (LG 13-10-1942)

LT CDR C.M.B CUMBERLEGE DSO BAR RD RNR 10-4-1945 - GREEK WAR CROSS (LG 7-8-1942)

SKIPPER JACK WILLIS DSC RNR 24-5-1942 - GREEK WAR CROSS (LG 7-8-1942)

Mark

 

Wiki says:

naval history net:
MTB 345, captured by the enemy, six Norwegian and one British crew executed as saboteurs
ANDRESEN, Alv Haldor, Lt
BIGSETH, Agnar, Fyrbøter II
HALS, Kjell Øistein, U/mm
HANSEN, Hans Thorvald Bærevahr, U/dm
KLEPPE, Bernhard, Kvm II
KLIPPER, Jens, Matros II
plus British crew
HULL, Rennie, Leading Telegraphist, P/JX 155686

Warburton-Lee's VC action at Narvik is probably well known 10 April 1940: Warburton-Lee wins VC at first battle of Narvik

Cumberlege was quite a character, captured by the Germans whilst attempting to block the Corinth canal Lt. Cdr. C.M.B. Cumberlege RN DSO

Jack Willis commanded the acoustic minesweeping trawler HMS MUROTO based on Port Said. naval history net simply has "Muroto, drowning WILLIS, Jack, Ty/Skipper, RNR, died" but for an award to be made by the Greeks presumably there is more of a story behind that?

 

UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960
Name: Rennie Hull
Event: Death
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1921
Birth Place: Blackpool, Lancs.
Death Date: 2 Aug 1943
Death Age: 21


Under cause of death it just reads 'At Sea' - hmmmm


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56696882

TD

 

A better clarification as to the events, if not already known..
The Loss of MTB 345 | Coastal Forces Veterans

 

More recent additions to CWGC gallantry awards :-

British Empire Medal

925148 LAC S.W CLARK RAFVR Died 16.7.1944 Italy

345161 W/O R. GOWLAND RAF DOAS 9.4.1941 UK

Medaille Militaire - France

516606 SGT J.H VICKERS RAF DOW 5.10.1939 103 Sqn

Mention in Despatches

J/22448 F/O H.FREEMAN RCAF KIA 24.5.1944 198 Sqn (Recommended for the Victoria Cross)

J/35387 F/O W.E McLEAN RCAF KIA 2.2.1945 514 Sqn (Recommended for the Victoria Cross)

NX5009 PTE W.J LINDLEY 2/3 Btn AIF Died 30.5.1942 (Shot escaping ? - buried Krakow CWGC)

NX22837 PTE W.D PITT 2/13 Btn AIF Died 26.1.1943 (Shot/executed escaping Campo 78 ? - buried Moro River CWGC)

NX14286 PTE A.E WRIGHT 2/1 Btn AIF Died 1.9.1944 (shot escaping ? - listed Athens memorial)

VX63100 CPL R.E BREAVINGTON AAOC Died 2.9.1942 (Executed for escaping - Kranji CWGC)

421543 F/O J.S NOTT RAAF Died 9.7.1944 (Shot by Germans while evading capture - Runnymede Mem)

Mark

 

Marks, VX63100 was the number of Australian Army who enlisted in Victoria.
He was actually born in England in 1904.

Great effort Marks - Thank you.

 

Hi,

Back to Bars to awards, recent CWGC updates :-

Distinguished Service Order + BAR

LT COL Matthew Reginald STEEL GREEN HOWARDS DSO, MC, TD 19.9.1941 UK

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34975/supplement/6113
Military Cross + BAR

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31680/supplement/15307


13594 MAJ GEN J.C CAMPBELL VC,DSO,MC RHA 26-2-1942 Traffic accident

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35144/supplement/2345

https://www.snwm.org/roll-search/?id=2036023&searchid=efea67f2075ff173202a3e0af8041098&page=3


LT GEN W.H.E GOTT CB,CBE,DSO, MC 7.8.1942 KIA Egypt Bristol Bombay shot down

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35396/page/7332


LT GEN H. LUMSDEN CB, DSO, MC 6.1.1945 KIA USS NEW MEXICO Pacific Kamikaze attack

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35665/page/3543



Military Cross + BAR


83047 F/O Noel Murray PEARSON MC RAFVR 30.6.41 UK

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31583/supplement/12251


85989 F/L Charles GLOSSOP MC RAFVR 16.9.1944 UK

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31875/supplement/4693


NX3065 BRIG Arthur Leslie VARLEY MC AIF 13.9.1944 KIA POW Japanese Hell Ship sunk by US Submarine

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30997/supplement/13144

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10678875


22794 CAPT William Maurice HARRINGTON OBE,MC,MM Cameronians 23.1.1940 UK

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31745/supplement/920


Also come across 60+ bars missing from WW1 Military Cross casualties !

Mark

 

More recent CWGC additions :-



Mentioned in Despatches

All listed on the Brookwood Memorial

30112 CAPT R.M.C BENOIST 14-9-1944 GEN LIST (SOE)

257470 CAPT J.K MacALISTER 14-9-1944 INT CORPS (SOE)

294481 CAPT G.A WILKINSON 5-10-1944 GEN LIST (SOE)

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37349/supplement/5574 LG 15-11-1945



Under Additional Information


King's Commendation for Brave Conduct


F/15 ENSIGN V.E LEIGH 6-7-1944 FANY (SOE)

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37743/supplement/4900 LG 1-10-1946



F/23 ENSIGN E.S PLEWMAN 13-9-1944 FANY (SOE)

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37693/supplement/4176 LG 20-8-1946

Mark