- SURNAME
Barton
- FORENAME
Bernard James
- UNIT
2 Commando
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
134120
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order
- PLACE
Yugoslavia 1943
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 44 Recce Regiment,R.A.C.
born 29.07.1920
Grenadier Guards 1938 (nco)
Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (Lt) 1940
44 Recce Regiment,R.A.C. 1943
award M.C.
2 Commando 1943 (Captain)
1 Special Force SOE 1944 (Italy) (Major)
awarded bar to DSO
also awarded M.C. (unit/date ?)
to Kenya postwar
WEB LINKS:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7361805 (MC 44 Reconnaissance Regiment)https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7350405 (DSO)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376207 (Bar to DSO)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10599270 (SOE Personnel File)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7361805 (MC 44 Reconnaissance Regiment)https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7350405 (DSO)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7376207 (Bar to DSO)
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10599270 (SOE Personnel File)
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