- SURNAME
Gidden
- FORENAME
Ernest Oliver (Mick)
- UNIT
HMS President, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
- RANK
T/Lieutenant
- NUMBER
- AWARD
George Cross, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, George Medal
- PLACE
England 1940 (GM) England 1941 (GC) England 1942 (OBE)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.3.1910 Hampstead, London
son of Herbert Oliver and Henrietta Violet Howe (nee Edwards) Gidden, Hampstead, London
husband of Mary (nee Daniel) Gidden (married 1940) (1 son)
T/Sub Lt,RNVR 1940
HMS President 15.11.1940
T/Lieutenant 30.11.1940
T/A/Lt Commander August 1942
HMS President July 1945
died 20.12.1961 London
Golders Green Crematorium, London
St. John-at-Hampstead Churchyard, Greater London, UK. Plot L 62 (Memorial)
London Gazette 35041, 10th January 1941, Page 259 (GM)
London Gazette 35591, 5th June 1942, Page 2547 (GC)
London Gazette 36188, 24th September 1943, Page 4315 (OBE)
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35041/supplement/259/ (GM)• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35591/supplement/2547/ (GC)
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36188/page/4315/ (OBE)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Gidden
• https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/1662/Ernest-Oliver-GIDDEN
• https://victoriacrossonline.co.uk/ernest-oliver-mick-gidden-gc-obe-gm-direct-recipient/
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8480093/ernest-oliver-giddens
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