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The First Buckinghamshire Battalion 1914-1919

APPENDIX III HONOURS AND DECORATIONS GAINED BY OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION

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C.M.G.

Lieut.-Col. F. O. Wethered, attached 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

Bar to D.S.O.

Lieut.-Col. L. L. C. Reynolds.

Lieut.-Col. A. J. N. Bartlett, attached 1/4th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.

D.S.O.

Gained while serving with the Battalion

Lieut.-Col. C. P. Doig, Seaforth Highlanders (attached).

Lieut.-Col. L. L. C. Reynolds.

Major P. A. Hall.

Major P. L. Wright.

Capt. E. V. D. Birchall.

Capt. N. S. Reid.

Gained while serving with other Units

Lieut.-Col. A. B. Lloyd-Baker, attached 1/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Lieut.-Col. A. J. N. Bartlett, attached 1/4th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry.

Major C. J. Mitchell, G.S.O.3, 48th Division.

Major H. V. Combs, 23rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps.

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Bar to Military Cross

Gained while serving with the Battalion

Capt. B. C. Rigden.

Military Cross

Gained while serving with the Battalion

Capt. N. S. Reid.

„ H. V. Combs.

„ P. A. Hall.

„ P. L. Wright.

„ E. Nichol.

„ J. E. Firminger.

„ H. J. Pullman.

„ A. P. Darby (Essex Regiment, attached).

„ L. E. Hughes (R.A.M.C., attached).

„ N. S. Flint.

Lieut. M. Bowen.

„ A. D. B. Brown.

„ G. W. Higlett.

2/Lieut. B. C. Rigden.

„ J. F. Arnott (Wiltshire Regiment, attached).

„ G. A. Johnston.

„ C. G. Reeves.

„ D. Fallon.

„ G. B. Baker.

„ F. P. Bates.

„ F. W. Blackmore.

„ W. G. Butler.

„ C. B. Ellwood.

„ P. T. Herbert.

„ F. J. Wilcox.

Capt. H. Noke, C.F.

Gained while serving with other Units

Major G. R. Crouch, attached 1/5th Gloucestershire Regiment.

Capt. G. E. W. Bowyer, attached 61st Division.

„ B. Green, attached Machine Gun Corps.

„ F. L. Wright, attached 11th Division, G.S.O.3.

174Capt. J. B. Hill, attached 144th Infantry Brigade (Staff Captain).

„ J. B. Hales, attached 48th Division, G.S.O.3.

2/Lieut. F. M. Passmore, attached 2/1st Bucks Battalion.

„ C. E. Clothier, attached 145th Trench Mortar Battery.

Order of the British Empire

Capt. J. B. Hill, attached 144th Infantry Brigade (Staff Captain).

Mentioned in Dispatches

While serving with the Battalion

Lieut.-Col. C. P. Doig (Seaforth Highlanders, attached).

„ L. L. C. Reynolds (five times).

Major A. B. Lloyd-Baker (twice).

„ P. A. Hall.

„ P. L. Wright (twice).

Capt. E. V. D. Birchall.

„ N. S. Reid.

„ H. V. Combs.

„ G. R. Crouch.

„ R. Gregson-Ellis.

„ J. E. Firminger.

„ B. Green.

„ G. L. Troutbeck.

„ J. B. Hales.

„ C. G. Reeves.

„ L. E. Hughes (R.A.M.C., attached).

„ H. S. Thomas (R.A.M.C., attached).

„ A. P. Darby (Essex Regiment, attached).

Lieut. W. Maggs.

„ L. McCracken.

„ G. V. Neave.

„ E. Nichol.

2/Lieut. F. J. A. Corfield.

„ F. M. Passmore.

175While serving with other Units

Lieut.-Col. A. B. Lloyd-Baker, attached 1/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Lieut.-Col. P. A. Hall, attached 1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

Major C. J. Mitchell, attached 48th Division, G.S.O.3.

Major H. V. Combs (twice), attached 23rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps.

Capt. E. L. Wright (twice), attached VIIth Corps, G.S.O.3., and 2nd Division, Brigade Major 6th Infantry Brigade.

Capt. J. B. Hill (twice), attached 144th Infantry Brigade (Staff Captain).

FOREIGN DECORATIONS

French Croix de Guerre avec Palme

Lieut.-Col. L. L. C. Reynolds.

Italian Silver Medal for Valour

Lieut.-Col. L. L. C. Reynolds.

Capt. J. E. Firminger.

2/Lieut. L. W. G. Lorns.

Italian Bronze Medal for Valour

Capt. N. S. Flint.

2/Lieut. L. R. Curram.

Gained while serving with other Units

Lieut.-Col. P. A. Hall, attached 1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment.

Italian Croce di Guerra

Gained while serving with other Units

Lieut.-Col. A. B. Lloyd-Baker, attached 1/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.

Capt. J. B. Hill, attached 144th Infantry Brigade (Staff Captain).

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