- Other Entry
- SURNAME
Tait
- FORENAME
Duncan Robert (Bob)
- UNIT
L Detachment SAS
- RANK
Corporal (A/Sergeant)
- NUMBER
2888693
- AWARD
bar to Military Medal
- PLACE
North Africa 1942
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Gordon Highlanders (London Scottish)
born 19.02.1911
11 Commando 1941 (L/Cpl - Cpl)
M.M. 1941
L Detachment SAS 1941-42 (Cpl-Sgt)
1 SAS 1942-43 (Sgt)
2 SAS (G Squadron) 1944 (WOII)
HQ SAS Brigade (Brigade S.M.) 1945 (WOII)
died 1975 (Aged 64)
London Gazette 35316, 17th October 1941, Page 6088 (MM)
London Gazette 35799, 24th November 1942, Page 5142 (MM Bar)
CITATION:
Military Medal : LITANI RIVER (SYRIA) 9-10 June 1941
L/Cpl TAIT showed considerable initiative and enterprise throughout the action. When his section was attacked by A.F.Vs he himself set one of them on fire and he and his detachment drove off 5 others.
When his detachment was eventually surrounded and surrendered on the orders of an officer L/Cpl TAIT made good his escape, swam the river and rejoined his battalion.
Military Medal (Bar) : Sgt. TAIT, under an officer and with two ORs destroyed, 37 aircraft on AGEDABIA aerodrome. The party showed the highest degree of skill in arriving undetected on the aerodrome and great determination in fighting their way out on the completion of their task. The same party, on their next raid in the MARBLE ARCH area, succeeded, in spite of not being picked up at their R.V. in returning to our lines 180 miles distant. On this occasion their officer was sick and they were obliged to hold up enemy trucks on two occasions to provide transport for the party. They returned with information on enemy dispositions and minefields most valuable at the time. This NCO has since taken part in many raids.
L/Cpl TAIT showed considerable initiative and enterprise throughout the action. When his section was attacked by A.F.Vs he himself set one of them on fire and he and his detachment drove off 5 others.
When his detachment was eventually surrounded and surrendered on the orders of an officer L/Cpl TAIT made good his escape, swam the river and rejoined his battalion.
Military Medal (Bar) : Sgt. TAIT, under an officer and with two ORs destroyed, 37 aircraft on AGEDABIA aerodrome. The party showed the highest degree of skill in arriving undetected on the aerodrome and great determination in fighting their way out on the completion of their task. The same party, on their next raid in the MARBLE ARCH area, succeeded, in spite of not being picked up at their R.V. in returning to our lines 180 miles distant. On this occasion their officer was sick and they were obliged to hold up enemy trucks on two occasions to provide transport for the party. They returned with information on enemy dispositions and minefields most valuable at the time. This NCO has since taken part in many raids.
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35316/supplement/6088 (MM)• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35799/supplement/5142 (MM Bar)
NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7362547 (MM)https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C19394882 (MM Bar)
SERVICE HISTORY:
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