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.
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 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