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Combatant Gallantry and Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: Arabian Peninsula 1948-1956...
Catalogue reference: WO 373/125
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This record is about the Combatant Gallantry and Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: Arabian Peninsula 1948-1956... dating from 1941-1965 in the series War Office and Ministry of Defence: Military Secretary's Department: Recommendations.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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WO 373/125
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1941-1965
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Combatant Gallantry and Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: Arabian Peninsula 1948-1956 and 1957-1960. Non-Combatant Gallantry Awards: 18 Nov 1941. Former reference: 68/Gen/7342. Combatant Gallantry Awards: Burma, 27 July 1945 (VC). Meritorious Service Awards: Services while Prisoners of War, 6 June 1946. Miscellaneous Awards: Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill 16 Feb 1965. Former reference: 68/Ord/2508. Foreign Awards to British: not gazetted. Former reference: 68/Ord/2383. Foreign awards to British: Berlin Air-lift, 12 Oct 1951. Foreign awards to British: Netherlands Floods 1953, 29 Mar-2 Sept 1955. Meritorious Service Awards: Cyprus 1963-1964, 9 Feb 1965. Former reference: 68/Ord/2502.
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Includes: 68/Gen/7342; 68/Ord/2508; 68/Ord/2383; 68/Ord/2502
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WO 373
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