LT COL GEORGE VERE TAYLOR DSO OBE MC
16TH BATTALION RIFLE BRIGADE
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NORFOLK REGIMENT
CAMPAIGNS
WWI - FRANCE AND BELGIUM 23/2/1916 - 11/11/1918
IRAQ - 31/8/1922 - 30/9/1926
DECORATIONS
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER GAZETTED 3/6/1919
ORDER BRITISH EMPIRE (MILITARY) GAZETTED 2/6/1923
MILITARY CROSS GAZETTED 4/1/1918
BRITISH WAR & VICTORY MEDAL (MIDx2) 4/1/1917 & 19/7/1919
GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1918-62 (with KURDISTAN CLASP)
BREVET LT-COL JAMES ALEXANDER GREEN OBE MC
2ND BATTALION TRANSVAAL SCOTTISH, LATE SCOTTISH HORSE
James Alexander Green was born in the parish of St.Georges, Edinburgh, Scotland, on 26 May 1879. He was educated locally at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. At the age of 22 years and 5 months he volunteered for ‘One year with the Colours’ when he joined the 1st Scottish Horse. James Green (Union Reserve of Officers) enrolled on the 6 October 1914, being appointed a Lieutenant in ‘A’ Company, of the 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish Regiment – an additional war raised battalion that was created in September 1915. On 22 October 1914 he was promoted Captain. The South African ‘Northern Force’ including the ‘kilted’ 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish landed un-opposed at Walvis Bay, German South West Africa on Christmas Day 1914. Captain Green went on to serve with distinction in the G.S.W.A. campaign. The award of his M.C.(one of only two awarded to 2/TS in the Great War) very probably stemming from the action fought by his Battalion at 'Trekkopjes' on 26 April 1915, when the enemy pounded the South Africans with between four and five hundred shells. In this the major action fought in G.S.W.A. by the 2nd Transvaal Scottish (or, 8th Infantry), the German losses were 7 dead, 14 wounded and 13 POW, against the South African 3rd Brigade's’ loss of 9 killed in action and 32 wounded, of which 2/TS lost 2 men killed and 11 wounded. Included in the list of the South African dead was Lieutenant Cameron, one of Captain Green’s subordinate officers in ‘A’ Company who was shot by an enemy sniper. Following the German surrender on 9 July 1915, 2/TS embarked at Walvis Bay on 18 July for the return journey home. Not being liable for active service outside of Southern Africa, the 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish Regiment was disbanded at Johannesburg on 7 August 1915. Captain Green’s Military Cross was published in the London Gazette of 22 August 1918, as an award; ‘For distinguished services in the Field in connection with the campaign in German South-West Africa 1914-15.’ Captain Green, continued to offer his services, and in September 1915, he was was attached for 'special duties', embarking for the United Kingdom on 25 September 1915. He was made a Temporary Major from 1/9/1916. Research with the medals cites his ‘excellent work’, not least in July 1916 following the horrendous casualties sustained by the South Africans at Delville Wood, when his commanding officer wrote ‘nothing would give me greater pleasure than if his services could be officially recognised by the War Office.’ Major Green was duly gazetted for the O.B.E. in the New Year’s Honours of 1918 (Ref LG 1/1/1918). Having relinquished his commission in March 1920, he was permitted to retain the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel (which he had been awarded 3/6/1919 (ref His Majesty’s Birthday Honours). After leaving the South African Military it would appear that James Green returned to his native >Scotland, where he resided at East Lassintullich Lodge, Perthshire, Scotland.
RSM J. MATHIESON D.C.M., 71st Foot
5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
Awarded DCM for exceptionally good work throughout the campaign. He set a fine example to all ranks (London Gazette 19th August 1916)
Mention in Despatches by General A. J. Murray Commander-in-Chief Egyptian Expeditionary Force (London Gazette 25th September 1916)
MAJOR ERIC LINES MM
1921-1977
AIRBORNE ARTILERY
His MM citation reads: This NCO has displayed the greatest gallantry through the whole of the NWE-campaign.
Because of his well-known aggressive spirit he has been allotted in each deployment the most dangerous position for his gun, and on each occasion he has more than justified the confidence placed in him.
Immediately on landing in Jun 44 his gun was deployed in defence of PEGASUS bridge over the river ORNE at BENOUVILLE. The position was directly exposed to short range artillery fire, so that movement outside the gun-pit was impossible by day, and all food and ammunition had to be brought up by night. Nevertheless his gun engaged enemy armoured convoys coming within range with steady and accurate fireregardless of the covering fire given by the enemy artillery.
At NIJMEGEN in September 1944 his gun was in a similar position on the NORTH bank of the WAAL river beside the EAST fort, when the regiment deployed in defence of the town a few days after its capture, and at the RHINE crossing his gun was the first to cross TWIST bridge on D-day.
AT BELSEN in Apil 1945 Seargent Lines took a leading part in organisation of the female reception camp of some 10,000 women. He was i/c reception, and his sypathetic handling of the thousands of forlorn creatures rescued from the Concentration Camp evoked a personal letter from the Military Governing Commander recommending his outstanding work for recognition.
Whatever job was allotted to him, Sgt LINES has always maintained the highest personal standards - his steadiness under fire, his cheerfulness, his physical fitness, and his aggressive spirit have been a magnificent example to everyone in his battalion.
LT. COL. CHARLES MARSHALL AINSLIE D.S.O. (1874 - 1940)
Army Service Corps, late Connaught Rangers and 13th Imperial Yeomanry.
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SIR ADMIRAL EDMOND JOHN WARRE SLADE, KCIE, KCVO (1859-1928)
Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade was
born in March 1859 and entered the Navy in 1872, becoming Lieutenant in 1879.
During the Egyptian War he served aboard HMS Hecla, he was promoted to Commander in 1894 and then Captain in 1899. In 1903 he was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order on the occasion of Edward VII's visit to Malta (London Gazette, 2 June 1903). In 1908 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and was aboard HMS Hyacinth during the Somaliland campaign.
He was Commander-in-Chief East Indies, 3 March 1909 to 3 February 1912, introducing measures for the suppression of the contraband arms trade between Muscat and Mekran and other regions of the Persian Gulf, and was aboard HMS Highflyer during the campaign.
He was made KCIE in the 1911 New Year's Honours and created a KCVO in December of that year on the occasion of the voyage of the King and Queen to India.
In April 1912 he was employed on special services in connection with oil and fuel supplies and was nominated as a director by the Admiralty of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in May 1914, having been promoted to Vice-Admiral the previous month.
He retired in 1917 and died in 1928. His legacy lives on with three portraits at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
He also was the father of the daughter (Margaret Slade) who became famous for her work with Ghandi and she left her lavish lifestyle to be with him in 1925.
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AIR CHIEF MARSHALL SIR RODERICK MAXWELL HILL, RAF
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Captain WRD IRVINE - RMS lACONIA when it sank by a German U-Boat (U-50) February 1917 with the loss of 6 lives.
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Lt-Col. Percie Cyril Cooper T.D., (No. 1 Honourable Artillery Company)
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Brigadier-General Sir Henry Maybury, KCMG
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Col. John Sydney Hand 82nd & 44th Foot
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Major Ernest Saunders RAMC
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Captain John William Grimston, (1886-1962) RD, RNR - Coastal Motor Boats (Full Size group with miniatures)
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