21953 Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Leo Victor MAPEY, OBE, MiD, TD, Cambridgeshire Regiment

Personal Number: 21053
Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel
Name: Ernest Leo Victor MAPEY, OBE, MiD, TD
Unit: Cambridgeshire Regiment


London Gazette : 1 August 1946
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The KING has been graciously pleased to confer the "Efficiency Decoration" upon the following officers of the Territorial Army.
The Cambridgeshire Regiment.
Maj. (T/Lt.-Col.) E. L. V. MAPEY (21953).

London Gazette : 12 September 1946
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The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services while Prisoners of War:—
Suffolk Regiment
Maj. (temp.) E. L. V. MAPEY, T. D. (21953).

London Gazette : 5 November 1946
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TERRITORIAL ARMY.
INFANTRY.
Camb. R.
Maj. E. L. V. MAPEY (21953) relinquishes his commn. on account of disability, 4th Nov. 1946, retaining the rank of Maj.

London Gazette : 23 January 1947
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The London Gazette (No. 37720) of 12th September, 1946.
For Major E. L. V. MAPEY (21953), Suffolk R.,
Substitute Major E. L. V. MAPEY (21953), Cambridgeshire R.

London Gazette : 4 June 1954
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ARMY CADET FORCE.
Cambridge and Isle of Ely.
A/Lt.Col. E.L.V. MAPEY, O.B.E., T.D. (21953)

London Gazette : 21 May 1957
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Suffolk.
Lt. E. L. V. MAPEY, O.B.E., T.D. (21953), resigns his commn., 20th Dec. 1956, and is granted tine hon. rank of Lt.-Col.

 

London Gazette : 12 September 1946
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37720/supplement/4574/data.pdf

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37720/supplement/4575/data.pdf

 

Recommendation for Award for Mapey, E L V Rank: Major Service No: 21953 ... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 373/104/36
Name Mapey, E L V
Rank: Major
Service No: 21953
Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment
Theatre of Combat or Operation: The London Omnibus List for Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field
Award: Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 23 January 1947

 

See also:

• Life as a POW
  
• 2nd Battalion - Cambs Regiment | COFEPOW
• Wherever fate led them, Cambridgeshire men stuck together and the strong did their utmost for the sick and dying. They also learned a loyalty which was not limited to their own Regiment alone; many took it upon themselves to suffer that others might have better treatment and of these the name of Lt. Col. E.L.V. Mapey, O.B.E., T.D. will be remembered.
  
• Epilogue
• M [Japanese POW Index Cards]
• POW in the Far East