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[ivor43]

thanks guys.
as we have 2 Officers wearing the MC then this should,possibly make things a bit easier as this will be on record. if the senior officer is not wearing either star then it would seem to indicate that he may have been UK based until 1916?
Is there an official list of MC holders in the records. If so it may be possible to narrow it down even further. was it a fairly common thing to have 2 Officers with the MC in a HQ unit.
i thought a platoon was 24 men ?


ivor

[Baconwallah]

if the senior officer is not wearing either star then it would seem to indicate that he may have been UK based until 1916?

Correct.

Is there an official list of MC holders in the records.

I wish. I'm working on it, though, Will take time.

was it a fairly common thing to have 2 Officers with the MC in a HQ unit.

Yes, it was.

i thought a platoon was 24 men ?

Not in the Great War.

John

[Baconwallah]

He would have been either of Lt - Capt rank on the award of the MC during the Great War.

Not necessarily, Al. A lot of gongs were handed out in 1919 without a personalised citation. The London Gazette listed the recipients under "General Citation". He may have been a Lt Col by then.

John

[ap1]

Understood John, my point was that his decoration would have been earned in the great war and within that rank range.

[jungle1810]

Hello,
When I done my basic training in Brecon, we had an R.S.M who won the M.C. His name was "Tiny" Evans he won the M.C. during the second world war.I was made to understand the situation was that "Tiny" was in a melee and all the officers were put out of action." Tiny (then took command of the remaining troops and led a counter attack which was successful).He was awarded the M C for this action. I know that today O.R.s can win the M.C. But "Tiny" ( he was about 6 foot 2 inches hence the non de plume) as a W. O. and having a warrant won the M.C. This action took place in France to the best of my knowledge and he was serving with 1/R W F. I came across him in 1950.
Regards jungle1810

[jungle1810]

Hello,
In respect of the number of men in a platoon as Baconwallah mentioned this can vary over the years. When I commanded 10 platoon in Malaya we had 45 men in the platoon.
This largely stems from the fact that at the time the 2nd battalion R W F were a battalion at higher establishment (1200 men and rumour has it 300 + were named JONES.We also had a Major adjutant Major Eggleton. Added to this the R W F placed about 80/100 men in the Welch to make their number up to scratch for Korea. Plus before we went to Korea which later turned out to be Malaya we sent a further 80 men approximately and they went to the 1st Royal Fusiliers and the Liverpool Regiment.
Regards jungle1810