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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Welsh Jules on Thursday 06 June 24 21:48 BST (UK)
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My grandfather was "mentioned in dispatches" on the 19th April 1945, however, when I use the look up on the London Gazette website I can see entries up to the 17th April then nothing until the 20th - I have attached his certificate for information.
If someone could advise or help it would be very much appreciated - I'm sure it's probably me not using the search properly.
Many thanks
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Miltary awards are published in the Supplement to the Gazette, and these are sometimes issued on different dates to the main Gazette. Further more, the award may have been made on 19th April and the details sent to the Gazette on the same date, but actual publication may have been some days or weeks later, due to the backlog. At the end of the war in Europe, there was a huge list of individuals who received awards such as the MID for their war service.
Don't expect to see much. An MID won't have the actual citation recorded in the Gazette, just the fact that it was awarded, which of course you already know.
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Thank you - I hadn't realised about the publications dates, of course having the name David Davies doesn't help either
I was told that I wouldn't get much information from the Gazette, I just wanted to check in case it said what SWB battalion he was in as I know so little about his service.
I doubt it will, but I'm clutching at straws a bit
My profile picture is my grandmother, and his wife, who died in childbirth in 1943
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I think it is unlikely that his actual battalion will be named. You do know that you can apply for his service record. Details on how to do that here: https://www.apply-deceased-military-record.service.gov.uk/postal-application
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Yes I completed that earlier this week inspired by the D-Day coverage
I was only 10 when he died, but I have a distant memory of watching something on TV and him saying that he was at Normandy
The SWB 2nd battalion landed on D-Day and I'm 95% sure he served in Europe, as on his release book it has place on discharge as B.A.O.R - which I believe is "British Army of the Rhine"?
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If he landed in Normandy and went on to fight in Belgium followed by Germany, he would almost certainly have been with the 2nd Battalion. And yes, you are correct about what BAOR stands for.
2nd Battalion Fact sheet No 1 (https://web.archive.org/web/20060112043612/http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/2.htm)
2nd Battalion Fact sheet No 2 (https://web.archive.org/web/20060112051509/http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/21.htm)
1st Battalion Fact Sheet (https://web.archive.org/web/20060112055437/http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/brecon/fact_sheets/20.htm)
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Thank you for your help - it's very much appreciated