To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer...
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Frontier : 22 Special Air Service Regiment in the Borneo Campaign, 1963–1966' (1983) 19 July 1940 – Mentioned in Dispatches – Lieutenant Peter Gerald Charles Dickens...
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Tshumelo Ikatelaho (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
INTERVENTION BRIGADE" respectively. Mentioned in Dispatches - Okhankanyiweyo The Mentioned in Dispatches - Okhankanyiweyo emblem is in the form of the coat of arms...
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Iraq Levies (category Military units and formations in Mandatory Palestine in World War II)
Corporal 55416 Mishu Miro – 1927 Six members of the Iraq Levies were Mentioned in Dispatches Rab Emma Malam Odai – 1929 Rab Khamshi Barkhu Hormis – 1929 Corporal...
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lieutenant colonel in May 1910. During the First World War (1914–18), he commanded the Seistan Force, for which he was mentioned in dispatches and made a Companion...
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1968 Special Honours (Australia) (category 1968 in Australia)
Mentioned in dispatches device...
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mentioned in dispatches posthumously and multiple awards are also possible. A recipient of a Mention in a Despatch is entitled to wear an emblem, in the...
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Battle of New Orleans (category All Wikipedia articles written in American English)
They were placed in a cabin where their conversation could be heard. Shields, having hearing difficulties, talked loudly and mentioned that 20,000 troops...
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Subroto Mukerjee (category Accidental deaths in Japan)
this stint and was mentioned in dispatches. He attended the Staff College, Quetta in 1941 before returning to command No. 1 Squadron in 1942. He commanded...
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Mahar Regiment (category All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English)
service in the Burma Campaign as a part of the 23rd Indian Division, where they suffered 5 casualties and had one officer mentioned in dispatches. They...
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duty. For his service, he was mentioned in dispatches. He fought in World War I, where he was again mentioned in dispatches. He served on the staff of Field...
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challenged and removed. Find sources: "1946 New Year Honours" Mentioned in Dispatches – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017)...
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Chamar Regiment (category Military units and formations established in 1943)
4 Pacific Star 7 Burma Star 4 War Medal 8 Mentioned in dispatches 1 battle honour Brass shoulder title in the form of a curved regimental titile, 'Chamar...
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Battle of Basantar (category December 1971 in Asia)
gallantryawards.gov.in. "Captain Madhu Mahbubani | Mentioned in Dispatches | Gazette of India, No 36, Page 535" (PDF). egazette.gov.in. "Captain Mohan Krishnan...
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the 4th Infantry Brigade, which was mentioned in dispatches. He was made a Companion of the Bath in 1901 and in 1903 he retired from service and returned...
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1851 Light Regiment (India) (category Military units and formations established in 1967)
Bhadoriya was posthumously mentioned in dispatches. Operation Falcon The regiment has won two mentioned in dispatches, and four GOC-in-C Commendation Cards...
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John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (category Deaths from pneumonia in England)
in the Royal Scots Greys from 1944 to 1945, and was Mentioned in Dispatches. He landed in France the day after D-Day. He led a British Army unit in an...
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HMS Cygnet off Northern Ireland in 1982, as part of the patrols for IRA gun-runners. For his services he was mentioned in despatches. After attending HMS Dryad...
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Dispatch (redirect from Dispatches)
Look up dispatch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dispatch or dispatches may refer to: The Columbus Dispatch, daily newspaper of Columbus, Ohio Daily...
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Pratap Chandra Lal (category Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in civil service)
squadron during the Burma Campaign and mentioned in dispatches as well as being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1945, he was absorbed into the permanent...
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Croix de Guerre (category 1915 establishments in France)
of the Croix is marked with extra pins. Mentioned in Dispatches: a bronze star for those who had been mentioned at the regiment or brigade level. a silver...
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Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet (category British military personnel killed in action in the Napoleonic Wars)
was mentioned in dispatches a number of times, most notably for his actions at Talavera, Busaco, Badajoz and Vitoria. Fletcher was twice wounded in the...
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William Hicks (Indian Army officer) (category Articles lacking in-text citations from February 2013)
Bombay Army in 1849, and served through the Indian mutiny, being mentioned in dispatches for good conduct at the action of Sitka Ghaut in 1859. In 1861 he...
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National Defence Medal (category Awards established in 1982)
particularly important to the defence of France When an individual is mentioned in dispatches (citation dans les ordres) for heroism not involving actual conflict...
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Thomas Bland Strange (section Life in Canada)
show he was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal with Clasp and was mentioned in dispatches four times. He was promoted second captain (a now-obsolete rank...
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Edmund Costello (category Lives of WWI ID not in Wikidata)
were holding the sapper lines. In the subsequent fighting he was wounded twice and mentioned in dispatches twice. In November 1900 Costello was appointed...
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2025 New Year Honours (category 2025 awards in the United Kingdom)
Military), as appropriate. Below are the individuals appointed by Charles III in his right as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
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involved in the Battle of Crete and was mentioned in dispatches for his service during the Battle of Cape Matapan, in which he controlled the battleship's...
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Pro Patria Medal (South Africa) (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
part of the medal. A recipient of the Pro Patria Medal who was mentioned in dispatches during the 1966-1989 Border War, was entitled to wear a miniature...
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Korea Medal (South Africa) (category All Wikipedia articles written in South African English)
in reverse order and separated by a 10 millimetres wide light blue band in the centre. A recipient of the Korea Medal who was mentioned in dispatches...
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