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Decorations

187 decorations and awards were bestowed upon Old Bristolians during the War. 169 of these were British, while 18 were from 5 other countries involved in the War. A number of the OBs achieved more than one award, with G.S. Blake, H.E. Grace, E.H.M. Hardiman, R.S. Hardman, F.S. Lumsden, A.L.W. Newth, W.J.J. Olpherts, A.H. Protheroe, and V.H.T. Weekes receiving four or more recognitions each. The awards have been broken down into the nation they were awarded by, but a complete list of the awards is given below.

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Roll of Decorations
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Abrahams, Kenneth Duncan - Military Medal

Alford, Kenneth Field - Mentioned in Despatches

Atchley, Shirley Clifford - Order of the Redeemer

Barnes, Archie Fairbairn - Military Cross

Barnett, Percy John - Military Cross

Barry, Archibald Hastings - Mentioned in Despatches

Bennett, Charles Elson - Mentioned in Despatches

Bennett, Charles Elson - Military Medal

Bethell, Lionel John - Mentioned in Despatches

Black, Geoffrey Heslop - Distinguished Conduct Medal

Black, Geoffrey Heslop - Military Medals

Blake, George Shearsby - Greek Military Cross, 3rd Class

Blake, George Shearsby - Member of British Empire

Blake, George Shearsby - Mentioned in Despatches

Blake, George Shearsby - Mentioned in Despatches

Blake, George Shearsby - Mentioned in Despatches

Booker, Stanley Charles - Military Cross

Brown, Harold Bainbridge - Military Cross

Brown, Harold Bainbridge - Military Cross 1st Bar

Burdett, John Head - Mentioned in Despatches

Burnett, Donovan - Military Cross

Castle, Gilbert Stacey - Croix de Guerre (French)

Castle, Gilbert Stacey - Military Cross

Cavendish, Hugh Crawford - Mentioned in Despatches

Cavendish, Hugh Crawford - Mentioned in Despatches

Cavendish, James Robert Carnegie - Distinguished Service Medal

Cole, Aubrey du Plat Thorold - Military Cross

Cook, Walter Kingsmill - Mentioned in Despatches

Cooke, Reginald Charles - Military Cross

Davis, Francis Madensfield - Mentioned in Despatches

Davis, Harold Charles Edward - Military Cross

Day, Richard - Military Cross

Day, Richard - Military Cross 1st Bar

Denniss, William Calvert - Mentioned in Despatches

Esbester, Ernest Henry - Mentioned in Despatches

Fisher, Henry Francis Thornhill - Medaille de l'Assistance Publique (en Bronze)

Fonseca, Honoris Jose Muschamp d'Assis - Mentioned in Despatches

Gardner, Bertie Charles  - Military Cross

Geake, Frank Henry  - Croix de Guerre (Belgian)

Geake, Frank Henry  - Mentioned in Despatches

Gedye, Nicholas George - Order of the British Empire

Gilbert, John Wesley - Military Cross

Gill, Ernest Walter Brudenell - Mentioned in Despatches

Gill, Ernest Walter Brudenell - Mentioned in Despatches

Gill, Ernest Walter Brudenell - Order of the British Empire

Golding, Herbert Melhuish - Distinguished Flying Cross

Gore, Robert William - Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gough, Donald Lansdown - Military Cross

Gould, Henry Leon - Distinguished Conduct Medal

Grace, Henry Edgar - Order of the Redeemer, Commander

Grace, Henry Edgar - Croix de Guerre (French)

Grace, Henry Edgar - Mentioned in Despatches

Grace, Henry Edgar - Mentioned in Despatches

Grace, Henry Edgar - Mentioned in Despatches

Grant, Gerald Gordon - Distinguished Service Cross

Grant, Stuart - Military Cross

Griffiths, Cuthbert Cyril - Military Cross

Hall, John Stanley - Meritorious Service Medal

Hall, Vincent Bingham Bingham- - Military Cross

Hall, Vincent Bingham Bingham- - Military Cross 1st Bar

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi - Distinguished Service Order

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi - Military Cross

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi - Mentioned in Despatches

Hardiman, Edgar Henry Malachi - Mentioned in Despatches

Hardman, Reginald Stanley - Distinguished Service Order

Hardman, Reginald Stanley - Mentioned in Despatches

Hardman, Reginald Stanley - Mentioned in Despatches

Hardman, Reginald Stanley - Mentioned in Despatches

Haskins, Harold Stanley - Military Cross

Haskins, Harold Stanley - Mentioned in Despatches

Hellyar, Richard Percival - Mentioned in Despatches

Hemmings, Frederick George - Mentioned in Despatches

Hiley, Wilfred Edward - Order of the British Empire

Hill, Frederick Stanley - Military Cross

Hill, Frederick Stanley - Military Cross 1st Bar

Hobbs, Francis Bromley - Military Cross

Holdsworth, Joseph Arthur - Military Cross

Hutchings, Harold Frederick - Military Medal

Hutchings, Harold Frederick - Military Medal 1st Bar

James, Edward Francis - Distinguished Conduct Medal

James, Edward Francis - Mentioned in Despatches

James, Edward Francis - Meritorious Service Medal

James, Manley Angell - Military Cross

James, Manley Angell - Mentioned in Despatches

James, Manley Angell - Victoria Cross

Jenks, John Charles Alphonse - Croix de Guerre (French)

Jones, Charles Herbert - Companion of St. Michael and St. George

Jones, Charles Herbert - Legion of Honour, Officer

Just, Leonhardt Wolfgang - Military Cross

Just, Norman Wolfgang - Military Cross

Kelly, Francis Henry - Companion of the Bath

Kelly, Francis Henry - Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Third Class

Keniston, Frederick Claude - Military Medal

King , Leonard - Military Cross

Lambert, Robert Blackie - Croce di Guerra

Lees, Charles Henry Brownlow - Companion of St. Michael and St. George

Lees, Charles Henry Brownlow - Croix de Guerre (French)

Lees, Charles Henry Brownlow - Mentioned in Despatches

Littleton, George Henry - Croix de Guerre (French)

Lowe, Richard - Military Cross

Lumsden, Frederick William - Companion of the Bath

Lumsden, Frederick William - Distinguished Service Order

Lumsden, Frederick William - Distinguished Service Order 1st bar

Lumsden, Frederick William - Distinguished Service Order 2nd bar

Lumsden, Frederick William - Distinguished Service Order 3rd bar

Lumsden, Frederick William - Victoria Cross

Machin, Lionel Gilbert - Mentioned in Despatches

Machin, Stuart Edward  - Military Medal

Machon, Roy Ebdon - Military Cross

McKenzie, William George - Military Cross

Merrick, Horace - Military Cross

Moline, Frank Herman - Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Third Class

Moline, Frank Herman - Mentioned in Despatches

Moline, Frank Herman - Legion d'Honneur, Chevalier

Morgan, Ernest Edmund [Leigh] - Military Cross

Morrison, Alexander (Alick) Robert - Croix de Guerre (Belgian)

Moxey, Percy - Mentioned in Despatches

Moxey, Percy - Mentioned in Despatches

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter - Distinguished Service Order

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter - Military Cross

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter - Mentioned in Despatches

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter - Mentioned in Despatches

Newth, Arthur Leslie Walter - Mentioned in Despatches

Newton, Clement Vaughan - Military Cross

Newton, Clement Vaughan - Mentioned in Despatches

Newton, Clement Vaughan - Mentioned in Despatches

Nichols, Jonas Edward - Military Cross

Nichols, Sidney Kenneth - Military Cross

Nichols, Sidney Kenneth - Mentioned in Despatches

Nichols, Sidney Kenneth - Mentioned in Despatches

Nichols, Sidney Kenneth - Mentioned in Despatches

Olds, Cyril Austin Patt - Distinguished Conduct Medal

Olpherts, Wybrants Joseph John - Distinguished Service Order

Olpherts, Wybrants Joseph John - Distinguished Service Order 1st bar

Olpherts, Wybrants Joseph John - Distinguihed Service Cross

Olpherts, Wybrants Joseph John - Mentioned in Despatches

Olpherts, Wybrants Joseph John - Decoration for Officers of the Royal Navy Reserve

Openshaw, Thomas Horrocks - Companion of the Bath

Openshaw, Thomas Horrocks - Order of St. John of Jerusalem

Pakeman, Frederick Joseph - Croix de Guerre (Belgian)

Pakeman, Frederick Joseph - Military Medal

Pakeman, Sidney Arnold - Military Cross

Parkinson, Leslie Gerald - Military Cross

Parsons, Cyril Gordon - Military Cross

Parsons, Kenneth Owen - Military Cross

Pickles, Reginald Clarence Werrett - Military Cross

Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray - Military Cross

Pickthorn, Charles Edward Murray - Mentioned in Despatches

Protheroe, Arthur Havard - Order of the British Empire

Protheroe, Arthur Havard - Military Cross

Protheroe, Arthur Havard - Mentioned in Despatches

Protheroe, Arthur Havard - Mentioned in Despatches

Protheroe, Arthur Havard - Mentioned in Despatches

Ridler, Frederick Arnold - Military Cross

Rose, Herbert Edward - Mentioned in Despatches

Rose, Herbert Edward - Mentioned in Despatches

Rose, Herbert Edward - Military Medal

Salter, Thomas Frederick - Military Medal

Sandy, Walter Fawkes - Military Medal

Sherlock, William Whitaker - Mentioned in Despatches

Sherlock, William Whitaker - Mentioned in Despatches

Slade, Ernest Cowper - Distinguished Service Order

Slade, Ernest Cowper - Military Cross

Small, Reginald George Douglas - Mentioned in Despatches

Stallon, Percival Vere - Military Cross

Stone, Frederick James - Military Cross

Stradling, Reginald Edward - Military Cross

Strickland, Denys Joseph - Mentioned in Despatches

Strickland, Denys Joseph - Military Medal

Veater, Arthur William - Legion of Honour, Chevalier

Waldron, Reginald George - Meritorious Service Medal

Watling, John Basil - Croix de Guerre (Belgian)

Watling, John Basil - Member of British Empire

Watling, John Basil - Mentioned in Despatches

Watson, Kenneth Charles Forrester - Military Cross

Watson, Stanley Herbert - Military Cross

Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas - Companion of the Bath

Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas - Companion of St. Michael and St. George

Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas - Mentioned in Despatches

Weekes, Victor Herbert Thomas - Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class

Westlake, Harold William Guy - Military Cross

Westlake, Harold William Guy - Mentioned in Despatches

Wilcox, Alfred George - Mentioned in Despatches

Williams, Frank Henry  - Mentioned in Despatches

Wilson, Clifford Llewellyn - Military Cross

Wise, William Henry - Mentioned in Despatches

Wreford-Glanvill, Heyman Wreford - French Silver Medal, 2nd Class

Wreford-Glanvill, Heyman Wreford - Mentioned in Despatches

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