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From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] WWI DCM award - QO Cameron Highlanders
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:34:04 +0100
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Ken - the DCM index cards are the first port of call after RW Walker's lists
have been checked, and before the boring trawl of the London Gazette indexes
begins. I know, in this case, that it was a pointless search. Thanks for the
thought.

regards
--
Tom Tulloch-Marshall
Great War Military Research

http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wilson-Wheeler" <>
To: <>
Sent: 08 August 2001 08:13
Subject: Re: [WW1] WWI DCM award - QO Cameron Highlanders


> Tom,
> This is not a printed source and may seem rather obvious, but I presume
that
> you are aware of and have checked
> the DCM index cards at the PRO?
> Ken.
> (in West Sussex, UK)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Great War" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: 06 August 2001 23:19
> Subject: Re: [WW1] WWI DCM award - QO Cameron Highlanders
>
>
> > Alas Tom I cannot help with positive data which is a great shame for you
> > help so many others that it is unfortunate that your own query goes
> > unanswered. I have a 'complete' copy of 'all' the QOCH DCM citations but
> > there is not one for Charles Neaves Robertson. I notice that both your
> > suspect battalions were 15 Division. That unit had a very good history,
> "The
> > Fifteenth (Scottish) Division 1914-1919" (alas I do not have a copy)
> written
> > by Lt/Col J Stewart & John Buchan; published by William Blackwood & Sons
> in
> > 1926. It has detailed appendices including honours & awards. Good
hunting.
> >
> > Geoff Bridger
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: 03 July 2001 18:06
> > Subject: [WW1] WWI DCM award - QO Cameron Highlanders
> >
> >
> > > Does anyone have any printed references for DCM awards to the QOCH's
> (79th
> > Foot) during WWI, other than RW Walker's lists ? - I'm looking for one
> that
> > may have "slipped through the net" and not made it to the London
Gazette -
> > either that or the man's demobilisation certificate has been tampered
with
> > (!?)
> > >
> > > ROBERTSON, Charles Neaves, Pte S/32186, either 6th or 7th Battalion
and
> > the award is reputedly a 1918 one - his service medal records check-out
> ok.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > > --
> > > Tom Tulloch-Marshall
> > > Great War Military Research
> > >
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> > >
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