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Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27023/pages/6688. Captain Nevill Maskelyne Smyth, 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays). On 2nd September 1898 at the Battle of Khartoum, Sudan, Captain Smyth galloped forward and attacked an Arab who had run amok among some War Correspondents. Captain Smyth received the Arab's charge, and killed him, being wounded in the arm while doing so, but he saved the life of at least one of the War Correspondents. COMPANION OF THE BATH,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29438/supplement/564. PROMOTION TO K.C.B.,:https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31395/pages/7420. GAZETTE ISSUE 31395, KNIGHT COMMANDER, ORDER OF THE BATH; Awarded for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France and Flanders. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29664/supplement/6943. GAZETTE ISSUE 29664, MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES, With reference to the despatch published on the 10th April (London Gazette No. 29541), the following is mentioned for distinguished and gallant services rendered during the period of General Sir Charles Monro's Command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29890/supplement/253. GAZETTE ISSUE 29890, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, by General Sir Douglas Haig, G.C.B., Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies in France, to the Secretary of State for War, for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30072/supplement/4752. GAZETTE ISSUE 30072, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, Field Marshal, D. Haig, Commander-in-Chief, The British Armies in France, has the honour to give a special mention to those under his command who has given distinguished and gallant service and devotion to duty. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30421/supplement/12920. GAZETTE ISSUE 30421, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, This Officer has been mentioned in despatches for his distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 26th February 1917 to midnight of 20th/21st September 1917. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30706/supplement/6200. GAZETTE ISSUE 30706, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, Sir D. Haig has submitted names deserving of a special mention. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31077/supplement/14933. GAZETTE ISSUE 31077, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, D. Haig has the honour to submit a list of names of the mentioned officers, ladies, non-commissioned offices and men serving, or who have served, under his command during the period 25th February, 1918, to midnight 16/17th September, 1918, whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty deserve a special mention. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31435/supplement/8499. GAZETTE ISSUE 31435, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, Despatch received from Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, K.T., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., K.C.I.E., Commander-in-Chief, the British Armies in France. I have the honour to submit the name of this person, who served under my command during the period 16th September, 1918, to 15th March, 1919, whose distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty I consider deserving of special mention. LÉGION D'HONNEUR,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31150/supplement/1446. CROIX DE GUERRE,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30568/supplement/3097. GAZETTE ISSUE 30568, CROIX DE GUERRE, His Majesty the King of the Belgians has conferred this Decoration for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission to wear the Decoration. ORDRE DE LEOPOLD,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30202/supplement/7590. GAZETTE ISSUE 30202, ORDRE DE LEOPOLD, COMMANDEUR; Awarded for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign.
Fold3_Team · 31 Oct 2023
More Information: Further gazette dates: 11/01/1916 (C.B.); 06/06/1919 (Promotion to K.C.B.); 11/07/1916 (MiD); 02/01/1917 (MiD); 15/05/1917 (MiD); 07/12/1917 (MiD); 24/05/1918 (MiD); 17/12/1918 (MiD); 04/07/1919 (MiD); 28/01/1919 (Légion d'Honneur); 08/03/1918 (Croix de Guerre); 24/07/1917 (Ordre de Leopold) Further gazette pages: 564 (C.B.); 7420 (Promotion to K.C.B.); 6943 (MiD); 253 (MiD); 4752 (MiD); 12920 (MiD); 6200 (MiD); 14933 (MiD); 8499 (MiD); 1446 (Légion d'Honneur); 3097 (Croix de Guerre); 7590 (Ordre de Leopold) Further gazette issues: 29438 (C.B.); 31395 (Promotion to K.C.B.); 29664 (MiD); 29890 (MiD); 30072 (MiD); 30421 (MiD); 30706 (MiD); 31077 (MiD); 31435 (MiD); 31150 (Légion d'Honneur); 30568 (Croix de Guerre); 30202 (Ordre de Leopold)