Recommendation for Award for Ballantyne, John Andrew Rank: Lieutenant ... | The National Archives Reference: WO 373/63/15 Name: Ballantyne, John Andrew Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 229558 Regiment: North Irish Horse 25 Army Tank Brigade Theatre of Combat or Operation: Escape and Evasion Award: Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Date of announcement in London Gazette: 01 March 1945