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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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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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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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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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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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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1968 Special Honours (Australia) (category 1968 in Australia)
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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 dispatches. After attending HMS Dryad...
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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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He went on to serve as brigade major in north-western Europe 1944–45 where he was mentioned in dispatches. In November 1945, he was appointed an Instructor...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Wilfrid Heighington (category All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English)
Force in World War I. He was twice wounded in and twice mentioned in dispatches. After recuperating from serious wounds he returned to France to fight...
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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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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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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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challenged and removed. Find sources: "1946 New Year Honours" Mentioned in Dispatches – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017)...
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George Harry Wyatt (category Officers in English police forces)
Cross 1914 Star and bar British War Medal Victory Medal (with mentioned in dispatches oak leaf spray) 1937 Coronation Medal 1953 Coronation Medal Cross...
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later.[citation needed] Distinguished Flying Cross 12 June 1942 Mentioned in Dispatches, February 1944. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 2...
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Den Brotheridge (category British Army personnel killed in World War II)
Cemetery in Ranville Churchyard, near Caen, in France. He received a mention in despatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Normandy"...
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Frederick Augustus Smith (category Irish officers in the British Army)
eventually returned to a museum in New Zealand; a relic of the British Army's wars in that country. He was also mentioned in dispatches. He later achieved the...
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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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1972 Special Honours (Australia) (category 1972 in Australia)
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and bar (UK), for his attacks on enemy convoys in June 1942 and September 1943. Mentioned in Dispatches (UK) Notes Hans Houterman; Jeroen Koppes. "Nederlandse...
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1877 Mentioned in Dispatches (MID), 1878 Afghanistan Medal, 1878 Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal 1887, with Diamond Jubilee bar, 1897 Mentioned in Dispatches...
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