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September 11, 1940.
REWARD
con-
at the top of the ribbon.
*
M
similar acts whilst flying "though not There are two medals of the Order in active operations against the of the British Empire, each, like the enemy", and also to persons not be Order, having a Military and a Civil longing to the RAF, who render Division, which have been awarded distinguished service to aviation in during the present war. The ribbon actual flying. The ribbon is of red commissioned officers and men of the and white diagonal stripes one-eighth Royal Marines for acta of con-
spicuous gallantry in action. of an inch wide.
The medal has the King's bead on one side and the appropriate inscrip- tion on the other, and has a whito
cipients นสด the latters "C.G.M."
APART from the Victoria laurel, who a in clasp appears
Cross, which is only bestowed "for most
The Distinguished Flying ribbon with narrow blue edges. Re- spicuous bravery or some Companions of the D.S.O. who Medal and Air Force Medal are after their names. Only gas re- daring or pre-eminent act have been awarded bars wear on awarded to non-commissioned cipient has over received a bar,
the ribbon, when it alone is worn officers and men of the R.A.F. of valour or self-sacrifice or
The Distinguished Service Medal, in undress uniform. 4 small in conditions similar to the which is also purely naval, has a extreme devotion to duty in silver rose; one or more accord- grant of the D.F.C. and A.F.C. ribbon of deep blue with the two narrow white stripes down the cen- the presence of the enemy," ing to the number of bars to officers.
tre. It was established in October, there are various othen awarded.
The medals are oval with the for the Civil Division is of rose pink awards which can be grant- The purely naval decoration of the King's effigy on the obverse, and up with narrow grey edges, while the Distinguished Service Cross was la propriate design on the reverse. The Military Division has an additional ed to officers and men of stituted as the Conspicuous Service ribbons are of violet and while, and narrow grey stripe in the centre.
Britain's Royal Navy, Army Cross in 1901 for recognising meri red and white diagonal stripes, re- The EG.M. (Empire Gallantry and Royal Air Force for war fore the enemy on the part of wide.
service.
To-
FOR
Medal) can be awarded to men or women of any rank or station, and to offleers and men of the fighting services, for acts of courage in pence or war. It was
a posthumously award- ed to Commander R. F, Jolly, R.N. of H.MS. "Mohawk", who though mortally wounded when his ship was bombed, inslated upon remain- ing at his post of duty on the bridge until his ship was safely alongside.
torious or distinguished services be- spectively, one-sixteenth of an Inch
warrant or subordinate officers of
The Army Disingulahed Conduct the Royal Navy.
Medal, with its crimson, blue, crim The Knight Commandership
In October 1914, the name of the son ribbon, was established in 1854 of the Order of the Bath may be decoration wna altered to the "Din- conferred upon Flag or General unguished Service Cross", and its officers for outstanding feats in award extended to all naval and war, and was bestowed upon murtue officers below the relative
rank of lieutenant-commander, Rear Admiral Sir Henry Har- wards the end of last year, during wood for the defeat of the Ger- the present war, the award was man battleship, "Admiral Graf again extended to cover all noval Spee", at the battle of the River and marine officers of and below the for rewarding non-commissioned of- fvers and men for gallantry. It has Plate, and upon Vice Admiral relative rank of commander,
It was also awarded to Cor- The decoration is a plain silver the effigy of the King on the obverse, poral (now Assistant Section Sir Bertram Ramany for the withdrawal of more than 335,000 truss pattee convexed with the Im and on the reverse the words "For Officer) Joan Pearson of the Allied troops from Dunkirk and its neighbourhood.
Ita bluc.
for the ribbon in undress uniform. About
perial Crown and cypher on the Distinguished Conduct in the Fleld". obserse. Khungs from
Bars may be awarded for subsequent Women's Auxiliary Air Force, white, blue ribbon by means of a services, and the, silver roms worn on when an aeroplane crashed, ring. Bars may be awarded
The pilot was seriously injured, The Companionship of the Order further acts of gallantry, when the 23,000 D.C.M.'s were awarded during of the Bath, sundlarly, may be con- some regulations apply as for the the war of 1014-18.
another officer was killed outright, and two airmen ferred upon officer of lusa senior DS.O.
were slightly in- The Naval Conspiruous Gallantry jured. Though the aircraft was rank for conspicuour services in Eighteen hundred and thirty-three action, and was so bestowed upon D.S.C.'n were awarded between 190; Medal is rarer than the DC.M., only burning and Corporal Pearson knew Captains Woodhouse, Parry and Bell and the last day of 1938.
of
the British cruisers "Ajax"
"Achilles" and "Excler" for the River Plate battle; and upon Captain
| J. A. Collins, Royal Australian Navy.
of the "Sydney", for the destruction
The Military Cross, instituted
of the Italian cruiser "Bartolomeo on December 31, 1914, can only
be earned by officers of or below
VALOUR
The Distinguished Service Order the rank of major in the Army, 110 naval ratings having received it there
THE prata "Special to the Telegraph" | Colleoni," in owed by the "tongkong Telegraph" to Indicats news which bị rfrictly "copyright ander the provisions of the Telecommuni rations Ordinance, 1936 Buch news a bears the indicatión “Up" in received in Hongkong as the dats of publication by the United Prem Arsociatíone, who re- serve all rights and forbid republication, either wholly or to part without previous arrangment.
Co-ordinating War Effort
Sir Alexander Rogers' misalon to India, arranged by the Ministry of Supply in Lundon, which is to lo clude a meeting at Delhi of delegates from India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Southern Rhodesia
735 well
Eastern Afrkan terrt- Lories. Ceylon, Burma, Malaya and Hongkong, has been found necessary towards ensuring Kreater co-ordina- tion of these cruntries in the produc- tive caprily of munitione and war stores generally
of
meritorious
were
bombs on board, she
was established its 1888 for rewarding Indian Army or Colonial Forces. between 1914 and the end of 1938, stood on the wreckage, roused the Individual instances If
It is really the military counter- Originally established for the Crime stunned pilot, and assisted in getting No part of the DS.C., and more than on war only, it was reinstituted in him clear, releasing his parachute no! 17,000 M.C's were bestowed during 1874 for rewarding petty ofcers and hamess in doing so.
The decoration
| 1"
In
men
or distinguished service in wer pernon
eligible who does
of the Royal Navy and non- actually hold
A commission the the war of 1814-18. Royal Novy. the Army,
When he was on the ground about Royal consists of an ornamental cross with 1914, for award to petty, non-com-
missioned officers and Jen of the thirty yards away Marines, the Royal Air Force, and the Imperial cypher the centre Royal Navy and Royal Martae who and Corporal Pearson at once threw
bomb exploded,
their various Reservra, or in one of and crown upon ench artn. the departments of these services hangs from its white, purple, white may at any time show themselves herself upon the pilot to protect him entllling him to honerary or relative ribbon of watered silk by means of the tore in action, and set an from blast and splinters, mank
n
Burs straight sliver clasp. awarded for further services as the ease of the D.SO.
10
No person can be nominated to the Order unless bis hathe lins been mentioned in despalebes by
are example of bravery and resource
The other medal of the Order of in under are, but without performing
acts of such pre-eminent bravery as the British Empire can be awarded would render them eligible for the for more ordinary meritorious ser- vices in peace or in war in both the The Distinguished Flying Cross, C.G.M"
BY "TAFFRAIL," FAMOUS BRITISH NAVAL WRITER
Vice
Ira
Military and Civil Divisions, with the appropriate ribbon. No letters are used after the name of the re-
✩ ✩ ✩
The Military Medal, confined ciplent, and no special embellish- in as a rule to non-commissioned ment appears on the ribbon.
Admiral or General commanding for established in 1919, is peculiar to the Royal Air Force, and is awarded to "distinguished services under fire, or under conditions equivalent to ser- officers and warrant officers for "an the act or nets of valour, courage, or actual combat
whilst ying "heny." Bars ny be awarded for devotion to duty
active operations against the enemy." officers and men of the Army,
The Empire Gallantry Medal is of subsequent acts of gallantry.
but available also to women on rather different design to that just The probable Intensifration
It is an ornamental silver cross, to the recommendation of a Com- mentioned, while a spray of laurel in tary netivity in the Mediterranean The badge consists of a gold cross, complicated to describe In detail,
violet is bringing the enamelled white with gold edges, worn from a ribbon of and Egyptian areas.
and mander-in-Chief in the field for silver in worn upon the ribbon, and a recipient is entitled to use the having on une side in the centre, white stripes one-eighth of an inch devotion to duly under fire, was letters E.G.M. after his or her name. WALT aslep nearer to the uuter 14
within l tuural wreath enamelled wide running diagonally across it. instituted in March 1916. of the British Empire, and therefore ret
green.
an Imperial Crown in gold The usual rules hold good as to the within reasonable reach of the sup-
OTA JI red enamelled ground. The award of bars and the wearing of plies which these countries are able reverse has the Royal cypher on a the silver rose on the ribbon in un- to produce--if organised in suffetent similar ground, and within the summe dress uniform.
The badge hangs from Ha
wreath
The ribbon is dark blue, having in
The EG.M. is one of the most de-
the centre three white and two crin- mocratie of awards: but a very high son stripes alternating. The same stundard of bravery is required to conditions apply as to bars, and the qualify for its bestowal.
ANOTHER "TAFFRAIL" be wearing of the silver rose on the
STORY TO-MORROW
quantities in fill the major requires crimson, blue-edged ribbon by means The Alr Force Cross ment of every branch of the armies of 1 gold clasp ornattented with awarded to officers of the R.A.F. for ribbon in undress uniform. operating in the Middle East
India
IN playing # Increush gly important role in the present Euro- pean war There is no doubt that indons of al parties and vreeds have LI de detestation for the principles and methods of Hitler and Mukality There Iran
been any doubt about it though it has somethirA
obscured been
by the passionate determination al Indion
never
Nationalists to secure a full recogni
COMMANDER- IN-CHIEF
-SIR ALAN BROOKE —
tion of their right to decide India's THE appointment of with
future An increasing desire to show
then delestation through active help
the Canadian
fifty-seven year old throughout the war.
He
FUNNY SIDE UP
HAN BERBER
Corps.
was mentioned, in des-
in the war effort is evident and now Lieutenant General Sir patches six times, won a bar to that this activity is to be systemati-Alan Brooke as Com- his D.SO.. and was awarded a cally organised in conjunction with the rest of the Fur East, Africa and mander-in-Chief of Bri-Brevet Lieutenant-Colonelcy. Australasia, even more definite pru-tain's Home Forces ful- After a number of appoint- conference does not in any way in fils the need for a maniments General Brooke became
gress will result. The calling of a
This
has not, for one moment, been con-
cleate that a spur is needed. with first-hand know-successively Commandant of the sidered necessary, but with the ad-ledge and experience of School of Artillery. Army In-
vice of experts and technicians who ure accompanying the mission, a
fighting the Germans.
structor at the Imperial Defence College, an Infantry Brigade
clearly outlined programme can be This, General Brooke possesses Commander, Inspector of Royal set up, thus ensuring no overlapping in full measure, for he com- Artillery, and, in 1935, Director of effort, a more comprehensive
of Military Training.
scheme and a clearer understanding manded the 2nd Corps of the of the problems of each individual B.E.F. in France and during the unit of the Empire. It will also battle of Flanders.
to the eliminate waste and add solidarity of the countries represented A man whose main characteris- at the conference in their struggle tics are enthusiasm and immense against aggression and domination.
Hongkong will be represented by capacity for work and the rare three delegates, who should be able
ability to put proven military. to give the Conference a
clear-cut
Then came his appointment as Commander of the Mobile Divi- sion-an entirely new concep- tion-followed in 1938 by an- other new post, that of Com- mander of the Anti-aircraft Corps. After that, until the
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idea of the part Hongkong could teaching into its modern setting outbreak of the present war, he addressed his Corps Staff before Chief of the Home Forces the best fill in this co-ordination scheme General Brooke has never was G.O.C. Southern Command. going overseas to France he said British Army, and the British To the casual observer there would
lymained very long in one' post. General Brooke who was especially ways, appear a number of
thusiasm, backed with expert. from the dockyard point of view These outstanding qualities have born in France and is not only a this to them "You have all public foo, has a man whose en-
perhaps be so utilised which could cons of 1e over- always made him the one man French scholar, but also a master read your military text books, knowledge and, tempered with Any scheme of this kind would for the new and difficult appoint-of local conversational patois, and don't ever forget what is in sound, judgment, is exactly what crowded building basins in Britain.
should be described as a scien-them; but you must think for is needed for the stage which tific soldier and as one who yourselves, for this is a war of this war has reached, ing Britain with needed bottoms ...Joining the RF.A. in 1902 and played a large part in the me-new methods."
He will organise the defence Nor did General Brooke be-of Great Britain with the know- unhappy labour situation in the after serving in Southern Ireland chanisation of the British Army:
serve the double purpose of supply ment.
while affording some relief in the
Colony.
and South Africa, General Brooke he has a supple mind: his views lieve that the soldier's outloook of the German methods and It is, however, certain that what landed in France In September are broad and he puts a premium should be bounded by the mill mentality, with the knowledge ever is decided upon at Delhi, the
Peturn to their 1914 with the Secunderabad or the ability to think for one-tary horizon, for each week one of the most modern methods and
selfie!
of his Staff Officers was re- weapons, and with that know- delegates should respective countries armed with sug- Cavalry Brigade and served with
quired to produce and deliver a ledge..that is needed to convert gestions and proposals which attem
This story, illustrates these talk on the world situation. defence into offence and final. Inevitably add to the united war
When General Brooke In the new Commander-In-Ivictory. effort of the Empire.
great distinction-
capacities, including
period