User:Necrothesp/List of recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal, 1921–1938
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- Indicates that the award was for gallantry.
- Indicates that the award was a bar for gallantry.
Name | Rank/Title | Organisation | Nationality | Conflict/Incident | Gazette[1] |
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Adlam, E. W. | Acting Serjeant | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Anthony, H. A. R. | Acting Lance-Serjeant | Royal Engineers | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Black, G. H., DCM, MM | Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant | Machine Gun Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Boxall, H. | Acting Warrant Officer Class II | Royal Engineers | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Brown, D. J. O. | Acting Serjeant | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Childs, A. W. | Serjeant | King's Royal Rifle Corps (3rd Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Dawson, J. E. H. | Acting Serjeant | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Donohue, J. A., MM | Serjeant | Australian Imperial Force | Australian | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Gaywood, W. H. | Serjeant | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Hartnett, G. W. | Conductor | Indian Miscellaneous List | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Hawkes, J. | Sergeant | Devonshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/12/19)[4] |
Hills, J. | Gunner | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Jackson, W. G. | Acting Sub-Conductor | Corps of Military Staff Clerks | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Massey, B. | Sub-Conductor | Indian Ordnance Department | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Miller, D., DCM | Warrant Officer Class I | Royal Ulster Rifles (2nd Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Pankhurst, G. | Private | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Pettitt, E. R. | Driver | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Playford, J. L. | Saddler Serjeant | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Pont, J. W. | Acting Sub-Conductor | Indian Miscellaneous List | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Sanford, F. | Serjeant | Worcestershire Regiment (9th Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Sexton, W. E. | Acting Warrant Officer Class I (S/Cdr) | Supply and Transport Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Sole, F. G. | Staff Serjeant | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Spiller, W. | Warrant Officer Class I (Cdr) | Supply and Transport Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Stocks, W. K. | Gunner | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Sturgeon, L. A. W. | Serjeant | Royal Artillery | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Taynton, J. H. | Acting Serjeant | Rifle Brigade (1st Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Walker, R. | Acting Mechanician Staff Serjeant | Royal Engineers | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Williams, A. V. | Acting Warrant Officer Class I | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1921/09/09)[2] |
Wilson, G. H. | Serjeant | East Surrey Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1921/02/07 (1922/03/29)[3] |
Biddlecombe, A. W. W. | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | St Thomas's Mount Arsenal fire | 1921/03/15[5] |
Gallagher, W. | Acting Serjeant | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | British | Basra ammunition store fire | 1921/03/15[5] |
Gollop, F. W. G. | Private | Dorsetshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | St Thomas's Mount Arsenal fire | 1921/03/15[5] |
Jewell, W. J. | Acting Lance-Serjeant | Royal Army Ordnance Corps | British | Basra ammunition store fire | 1921/03/15[5] |
Jones, T. E. | Private | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Kantara railway accident | 1921/07/29[6] |
Bennett, F. S. | Serjeant | 7th Hussars | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Dalton, J. J. | Private | King's Royal Rifle Corps (4th Battalion) | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Lilley, A. | Acting Staff Serjeant | Corps of Military Staff Clerks | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Moyse, A. | Corporal | Royal Garrison Artillery (82nd Company) | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Stonehouse, C. | Serjeant | Duke of Wellington's Regiment | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Thorogood, A. J. | Private | Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Wagstaff, J. P. | Serjeant | 7th Hussars | British | Persia | 1921/09/15 (1922/05/08)[7] |
Stonehouse, J. | Acting Serjeant | Royal Engineers | British | Mesopotamian Revolt (Mosul fire) | 1921/09/28[8] |
Barnes J. W. | Acting Warrant Officer Class I | Queen's Royal Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Bowler, E. G. | Fitter Sergeant | Royal Garrison Artillery | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Cornwell, A. | Sergeant | Norfolk Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Cummings, J. T. | Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Francis, L. W. Le'B. | Lance-Corporal | Royal Engineers | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Hollis, L. | Staff Sergeant | Supply and Transport Corps | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Lewis, E. J. | Acting Sub-Conductor | Indian Miscellaneous List | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Lyon, G. | Corporal | Royal Engineers | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Moore, P. | Conductor | Indian Ordnance Department | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Murphy, S. P. W. | Second Class Assistant Surgeon | Indian Medical Department | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Pawson, A. J. | Acting Sergeant | Royal Garrison Artillery | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Phaure, A. E. | Third Class Assistant Surgeon | Indian Medical Department | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] | |
Shields, P. E. | Sergeant | Royal Field Artillery | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Sullivan, G. | Warrant Officer Class I | Queen's Royal Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Todd, A. | Sergeant | Norfolk Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Young, P. C. | Acting Sergeant | Lancashire Fusiliers (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1921/10/23 (1923/05/25)[9] |
Cocks, Alfred | Chief Petty Officer | Royal Navy (HMS Hawkins) | British | HMS Hawkins saluting gun misfire | 1921/11/18[10] |
Ankers, H. D. | Lance-Corporal | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Turkish War of Independence (POW) | 1922/03/29[3] |
Carter, H. | Private | Machine Gun Corps | British | Turkish War of Independence (POW) | 1922/03/29[3] |
Leadbeater, R. | Private | Machine Gun Corps | British | Turkish War of Independence (POW) | 1922/03/29[3] |
Banister, V. A. | Acting Staff Sergeant | Queen's Royal Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Byron, F. A. W. | Corporal | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Collins, F. | Corporal | Welch Regiment (1st Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Cooper, V. | Lance-Corporal | Royal Engineers | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Denning, H., MM | Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) | Machine Gun Corps (No.6 Company) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Dunne, J., MM | Sergeant | Machine Gun Corps (No.6 Company) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Harding, E. S. | Acting Conductor | Indian Miscellaneous List | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Lilley, G. | Acting Warrant Officer Class I (MSM) | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Long, A. H. | Acting Sergeant | Machine Gun Corps (No.6 Company) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Morgan, M. J. C. | Sergeant | Queen's Royal Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Smith, F. W. F. | Sub-Conductor | Indian Ordnance Department | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Wilson, J., MM | Acting Sergeant | Royal Engineers | British | Waziristan | 1922/05/24 (1923/06/12)[11] |
Le Marinel, Sidney | Able Seaman | Royal Navy | British | Shanghai bomb disposal | 1922/07/14[12] |
Dathan, T. W. | Sergeant | Green Howards (South Persia Rifles) | British | Persia | 1922/07/14[13] |
Tucker, W. H. E. | Staff Sergeant Instructor | 21st Lancers (South Persia Rifles) | British | Persia | 1922/07/14[13] |
Blight, Samuel Wyatt | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Brooker, Albert Victor | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Figg, Arthur | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Garrod, Frederick | Acting Corporal | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Luscombe, William Phillip | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Mountifield, Cornelius Francis | Sergeant-Major | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Oland, Henry Alfred Charles | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Taverner, George Edwin | Corporal | Royal Air Force | British | Mesopotamian Revolt | 1922/10/10[14] |
Bilton, William | Sick Berth Attendant | Royal Navy (RN Sick Quarters, Yokohama) | British | Great Kantō earthquake | 1923/11/30[15] |
Eyles, Charles Victor | Leading Sick Berth Attendant | Royal Navy (RN Sick Quarters, Yokohama) | British | Great Kantō earthquake | 1923/11/30[15] |
Richards, Alfred Gilbert | Acting Sick Berth Petty Officer | Royal Navy (RN Sick Quarters, Yokohama) | British | Great Kantō earthquake | 1923/11/30[15] |
Chimes, A. R. | Corporal | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Conduit, W. J. | Bombardier | Royal Garrison Artillery (No.12 Pack Battery) | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Flowers, S. | Lance-Sergeant | Royal Garrison Artillery (No.11 Pack Battery) | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Hines, W., MM | Sergeant | Border Regiment (1st Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Housley, W. | Acting Staff Sergeant | Corps of Military Staff Clerks | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Lazarus, M. P. | Conductor | Indian Telegraph Department | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Lister, J. H. | Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Newing, Hugh Ernest | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[17] |
Not, W. J. E. | Sub-Conductor | Indian Army Service Corps | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Philpott, H. R. | Acting Corporal | 4th Hussars | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Runcorn, J. E. | Conductor | Military Works Services | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Shilton, E. D. | Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Wallace, W. | Private | Border Regiment (1st Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Walmesley, H. C. | Sergeant | Indian Army Service Corps | British | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Weston, W. G. | Lance-Sergeant | Royal Garrison Artillery | Canadian | Waziristan | 1924/05/30[16] |
Denny, A. H. J. | Private | Royal Army Service Corps | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/03 (1924/06/10)[18] |
Hannigan, J. | Private | Cameronians (2nd Battalion) | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/03 (1924/06/10)[18] |
McGoochan, A. J. | Private | Cameronians (2nd Battalion) | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/03 (1924/06/10)[18] |
Suter, W. | Sergeant | West Yorkshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/03 (1924/06/10)[18] |
Eason, Francis Edward | Leading Aircraftman | Royal Air Force | British | Iraq | 1924/06/06[19] |
Livingstone, Robert Hugh | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Iraq | 1924/06/06[19] |
Rutland, Cecil Neal | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Iraq | 1924/06/06[19] |
Townshend, Arthur Edward | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Iraq | 1924/06/06[19] |
Bates, William Gordon | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Bell, Robert Leslie | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Catton, Frederick Herbert | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Fotheringham, William Dixon | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Hamblin, Sidney | Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Thomas, Sidney Walter | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Wilkinson, John | Sergeant-Major 1st Class | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Woollard, James Robert | Flight Sergeant | Royal Air Force | British | Kurdish Revolt | 1924/06/10[18] |
Coleman, T. J., MSM | Acting Sergeant | Royal Army Service Corps (British Fire Brigade, Constantinople) | British | Constantinople firefighting | 1924/07/11[20] |
Jones, G. H. | Signalman | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Thrace bandit attack | 1924/07/11[20] |
Desmond, Francis | Acting Warrant Officer Class II (RTSM) | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Doman, Harry, DCM | Serjeant | Rifle Brigade (Indian Corps of Signals) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Greenhalgh, Arthur | Acting Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) | Royal Engineers (13th Company, Madras Sappers and Miners) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Lambert, Noel Victor | Acting Lance-Sergeant | Royal Corps of Signals (No.2 W/T Company, Indian Corps of Signals) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Lane, Wilfred | Acting Sergeant | Worcestershire Regiment (HQ, 21st Indian Infantry Brigade) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Lewin, William James | Acting Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) | Royal Army Service Corps (24th Indian MT Company) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Saunders, Joseph, DCM | Warrant Officer Class II (CSM) | Welch Regiment (1st Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Smith, Jesse | Pioneer Sergeant | Welch Regiment (1st Battalion) | British | Waziristan | 1925/03/13[21] |
Edwards, Henry James, DCM | Sergeant (Company Sergeant Major) | Norfolk Regiment (Iraq Levies) | British | Iraq | 1926/05/28[22] |
Dickinson, E. J. | Lance-Corporal | Royal Corps of Signals | British | Damdil Post magazine fire | 1927/02/15[23] |
Matheson, Murray Boulter | Staff Sergeant | Indian Army Ordnance Corps | British | Ferozepore Arsenal fire | 1927/05/27[24] |
Turner, George Edmund | Sub-Conductor | Indian Army Ordnance Corps | British | Ferozepore Arsenal fire | 1927/05/27[24] |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ In format year/month/day. Note that some awards are backdated. In such instances, the actual date of the award is given first and the gazette date is given in parentheses.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "No. 32452". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 September 1921. pp. 7195–7196.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "No. 32655". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 March 1922. p. 2583.
- ^ "No. 32778". The London Gazette. 19 December 1922. p. 8956.
- ^ a b c d "No. 32259". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1921. p. 2172.
- ^ "No. 32406". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 1921. pp. 6010–4376.
- ^ a b c d e f g "No. 32693". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1922. p. 3616.
- ^ "No. 32471". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 September 1921. pp. 7641–7642.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "No. 32826". The London Gazette. 25 May 1923. p. 3673.
- ^ "No. 32522". The London Gazette. 18 November 1921. p. 9150.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "No. 32833". The London Gazette. 12 June 1923. p. 4134.
- ^ "No. 32730". The London Gazette. 18 July 1922. p. 5358.
- ^ a b "No. 32780". The London Gazette. 18 July 1922. p. 9119.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "No. 32754". The London Gazette. 10 October 1922. p. 7134.
- ^ a b c "No. 32884". The London Gazette. 30 November 1923. p. 8327.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "No. 32940". The London Gazette. 30 May 1924. pp. 4305–4306.
- ^ "No. 32940". The London Gazette. 30 May 1924. p. 4313.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "No. 32945". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 1924. pp. 4663–4664.
- ^ a b c d "No. 32943". The London Gazette. 6 June 1924. p. 4529.
- ^ a b "No. 32955". The London Gazette. 11 July 1924. pp. 5320–5321.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "No. 33029". The London Gazette. 13 March 1925. p. 1769.
- ^ "No. 33166". The London Gazette. 28 May 1926. p. 3455.
- ^ "No. 33248". The London Gazette. 15 February 1927. p. 1046.
- ^ a b "No. 33278". The London Gazette. 27 May 1927. p. 3447.