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'His devotion to duty and calm and cheerful manner in and out of action has fostered and maintained a very high spirit of espirit de corps in his Platoon despite many changes due to casualties in his Platoon. I strongly recommend him for a periodic award of a Military Cross.' |
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Recommended by Lieut Col DHC Worrall MC, Commanding 16th Bn The Durham Light Infantry. Date Recommendation received Bde: 19 June 1945. |
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Originally a D Company Platoon Officer, Lt R J Elliott MC was one of the very few officers to remain with the 16th DLI for its entire period of active service in 1943-45, so it is perhaps appropriate that his Military Cross should have been the very last gallantry award assigned to the Battalion. The enlargement above is taken from the 1942 D Company photograph. |