26558 Captain William Earle EDWARDS, MBE, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

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    Personal Number: 26558
    Rank: Captain
    Name: William Earle EDWARDS, MBE
    Unit: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment


    London Gazette : 5 December 1946
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37808/supplement/5947/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to give orders for the following promotion in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, in recognition of gallant arid distinguished services in the field: —
    To be Additional Members of the Military Division of the said Most Excellent Order:—
    Captain William Earle EDWARDS (26558), The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

    London Gazette : 21 April 1950
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38889/supplement/1938/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to confer "The Territorial Efficiency Decoration" upon the following officers.
    Queen's Own Royal West Kent R.
    Lt. (Hon. Capt.) W. E. EDWARDS (26558).
     
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    Name: William Earle Edwards . Date of Birth: 2/7/1905 . Place of Birth: Cobham, Kent... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/109/421
    Name: William Earle Edwards.
    Date of Birth: 2/7/1905.
    Place of Birth: Cobham, Kent.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Captain.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Royal West Kent Regiment.
    Service Number: [26558].
    Date of Capture: 20 May 1940.
    Theatre of Capture: Albert.
    Camp Name/Number: Oflag IXA Spangenburg.
    PoW number: 561.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 2.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
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