10690 Brigadier Ralph Carson COONEY, DSO, OBE, MiD, Royal Tank Regiment

Personal Number: 10690
Rank: Brigadier
Name: Ralph Carson COONEY, DSO, OBE, MiD
Unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers ; Royal Tank Regiment


London Gazette : 22 June 1917
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The undermentioned to be acting Capts.:—
4 Mar. 1918.
2nd Lt. R. C. Cooney (R. Sc. Fus., Spec. Res.) to be temp. Lt. 1 June 1917.

London Gazette : 8 April 1918
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TANK CORPS.
Lt. R. C. Cooney (2nd Lt., R. Sc. Fus., Spec. Res.) to be actg. Capt. while empld. as Adjt., with pay and allces. of Lt. 12 Feb. 1918.

London Gazette : 9 December 1920
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R. Sc. Fus.—
Lt. Ralph Carson Cooney, O.B.E., from 3rd Bn., Spec. Res., and from temp. Capt., Tank Corps, to be Lt. 10th Dec. 1920, with seniority from 28th Feb. 1918, and to be seed, for service as an Executive Officer with the Tank Corps.

London Gazette : 3 February 1925
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33017/page/779/data.pdf
ROYAL TANK CORPS.
The undermentioned are restd. to the estabt. 1st Jan. 1925:—
Lt. E. C. Cooney, O.B.E.

London Gazette : 25 September 1936
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34326/page/6139/data.pdf
The undermentioned relinquish their appts.: —
The British Troops in Egypt—
Capt. & Bt. Maj. R. C. Cooney, O.B.E., R. Tank Corps, as G.S.O. 2nd Grade (temp.). 27th Aug. 1936.

London Gazette : 9 October 1936
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34330/page/6432/data.pdf
The British Forces in Palestine and Trans- Jordan.
Capt. & Bt. Maj.R. C. Cooney, O.B.E., R. Tank.Corps, to be G.S.O. 2nd Grade (temp.). 8th Sept. 1936.

London Gazette : 12 January 1937
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34359/page/265/data.pdf
The undermentioned relinquish their appts.: —
British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan.—
Capt. & Bt. Maj. R. C. Cooney, O.B.E., R. Tank Corps, as G.S.O. 2nd Grade (temp.). i7th Dec. 1936.

London Gazette : 5 August 1938
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34538/supplement/5027/data.pdf
The undermentioned Capts. to be Majs. 1st Aug. 1938:—
ROYAL TANK CORPS.
Bt. Maj. R. C. Cooney, O.B.E.

London Gazette : 31 December 1942
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35840/supplement/5665/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East: —
The Distinguished Service Order.
Brigadier (acting) Ralph Carson Cooney, O.B.E. (10690), Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Wareham, Dorset).

London Gazette : 24 June 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36065/supplement/2854/data.pdf
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East during the period ist May, 1942, to 22nd October, 1942: —
R.T.R.
Brig, (actg.) R. C. Cooney, D.S.O., O.B.E. (10690).

London Gazette : 2 January 1945
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36870/supplement/140/data.pdf
Maj. (War Subs. Lt.-Col.) R. C. Cooney, D.S.O O.B.E. (10690) from R.T.R. to be Lt.-Col., on the Employed List, 1st Jan. 1945.

 

Recommendation for Award for Cooney, Ralph Carson Rank: Lieutenant Colonel ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/22/169
Name Cooney, Ralph Carson
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Service No: 10690
Regiment: Royal Armoured Corps
Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Award: Distinguished Service Order
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 31 December 1942

 

London Gazette : 24 June 1943
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36065/supplement/2853/data.pdf

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36065/supplement/2854/data.pdf

 

See also:

• Tank Veteran who served in both World Wars
• Biography of Brigadier Ralph Carson Cooney (1897 – 1975), Great Britain
  
• https://bmh.uk.webeasy.slightlydiff...9/05/Southern-Command-History-Personnel-1.pdf - [SOUTHERN COMMAND HISTORY & PERSONNEL]
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• Life story: Ralph Carson Cooney | Lives of the First World War