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Besley Derek Peter Temporary Captain 235197 Headquarters 34 Armoured Brigade Foreign...
Catalogue reference: WO 373/111/823
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- WO 373/111/823
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Name
- Besley, Derek Peter
- Rank
- Temporary Captain
- Service number
- 235197
- Regiment
- Headquarters 34 Armoured Brigade
- Theatre of combat or operation
- Foreign to British: Belgium
- Award
- Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with palm and Croix de Guerre 1940 with palm
- Date of announcement in London Gazette
- 08 December 1945
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/D7399057/
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