Long Range Desert Group Read online

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Low, Pte, K. T.

  Rhodesia.

  Mclnnes, Cpl. I. H.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Sadler, Cpl. W. M.

  Rhodesia.

  Sanders, Gnr. E.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Sturrock, Pte E. C.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Tighe, Pte. A.

  R.A.O.C.

  Tinker, Cpl. R. A.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Tippett, Tpr. K. E.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Waetford, Cpl. C.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Welsh, Gdsmn. M. A.

  Scots Guards.

  Wilcox, Tpr. L. A.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Wilson, Sgt.

  Scots Guards.

  B.E.M.

  McLeod, S/Sgt. A. R.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

  Ames, Sgt. S. R.

  R.A.S.C.

  Arnold, Cpl. G.

  R.C.S.

  Arnold, Lt. P. L.

  General List.

  Ashdown, Capt. T. W.

  R.A.O.C.

  Atkins, Sgmn. R.

  R.C.S.

  Bagnold, Lt.-Col. R. A.

  R.C.S.

  Ball, Sgt. C. G.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Ballantyne, Capt. L. B.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Barrett, Lt. D.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Beech, Pte. R. F.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Bevan, S.Q.M.S. H. D.

  Welsh Regt.

  Carningham, Sgt. J. W.

  Warwickshire Yeomanry.

  Cave, Cpl. A. H.

  R. Wilts Yeomanry.

  Clarke, Sgt. H. R.

  R.A.S.C.

  Croucher, Lt. C. H.

  General List.

  Davies, Sgt. A. M.

  Intelligence Corps.

  Davidson, Cpl. G. L.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Denniff, Lt. A. S.

  R.A.C.

  Dugan, Cpl. W. F.

  R.E.M.E.

  Gravil, Dvr. M.

  R.A.S.C.

  Hammond, Tpr. M. E.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Harcourt, Tpr. D.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Hickey, Cpl. G.

  R.A.M.C.

  Hough, Sgt. W. R.

  Middlesex Yeomanry.

  Hughes, Cpl. W.

  R.C.S.

  Hunter, Capt. A. D. N.

  R. Scots Fusiliers.

  Jackson, Sgt. C. H.

  Rhodesia.

  Kendall, Cpl. F.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  King, Cpl. A. T.

  R.E.M.E.

  Leach, Cpl. F. A.

  Scots Guards.

  Mather, Tpr. L.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  McInnes, Pte. D. J.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  McNeill, Pte. T. B.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  McQueen, Lt. R. B.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Moore, Tpr. R. J.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Murray, Cpl. J. R.

  R.E.M.E.

  Penfold, S.S.M. M.

  Coldstream Guards.

  Pritchard, Pte. B.

  R.A.M.C.

  Searle, Sgmn. A. D.

  R.C.S.

  Shaw, Capt. W. B. Kennedy

  Intelligence Corps.

  Shepherd, Sgt. J. R.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Spottswood, Pte. R. O.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Steele, Major D. G.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  Stocker, Sgt. J. P.

  R.T.R.

  Tatton, Sgt. F. W.

  R.A.O.C.

  Tighe, Pte. A.

  R.A.O.C.

  Timpson, Capt. J. A. L.

  Scots Guards.

  Tinker, Cpl. R. A.

  2 N.Z.E.F.

  APPENDIX 4

  PATROL COMMANDERS

  L.R.P. Patrols.

  R (New Zealand)

  Capt. D. G. Steele.

  T (New Zealand)

  Capt. P. A. Clayton.

  Capt. L. B. Ballantyne.

  W (New Zealand)

  Capt. E. C. Mitford.

  L.R.D.G. Patrols.

  G1 (Guards)

  Capt. M. D. D. Crichton Stuart

  Capt. A. M. Hay.

  Capt. J. A. L. Timpson.

  G2 (Guards)

  Capt. J. A. L. Timpson.

  Lt. Hon. R. B. Gurdon.

  Lt. K. H. Sweeting.

  Lt. Hon. B. Bruce.

  R1 (New Zealand)

  Capt. J. R. Easonsmith.

  Capt. A. I. Guild.

  Capt. L. H. Browne.

  Lt. K. F. McLauchlan.

  R2 (New Zealand)

  Lt. C. H. Croucher.

  Lt. J. R. Talbot.

  Capt. K. H. Lazarus.

  S1 (Rhodesian)

  Capt. C. A. Holliman.

  Capt. J. R. Olivey.

  Capt. K. H. Lazarus.

  S2 (Rhodesian)

  Capt. J. R. Olivey.

  Lt. J. Henry.

  T1 (New Zealand)

  Capt. L. B. Ballantyne.

  Lt. J. Crisp.

  Capt. N. P. Wilder.

  T2 (New Zealand)

  Capt. C. S. Morris.

  Capt. N. P. Wilder.

  Lt. A. R. Crammond.

  Capt. R. A. Tinker.

  Y1 (Yeomanry and other units)

  Capt. P. J. D. McCraith.

  Capt F. C. Simms.

  Capt. D. Lloyd Owen.

  Y2 (Yeomanry and other units)

  Capt. D. Lloyd Owen.

  Capt. A. D. N. Hunter,

  Capt. E. F. Spicer.

  Indian Long Range Squadron.

  Indian 1

  Lt. J. E. Cantlay.

  Indian 2

  Capt. T. J. D. Birdwood,

  Indian 3

  Capt. A. B. Rand.

  Indian 4

  Lt. G. W. Nangle.

  APPENDIX 5

  L. R. D. G. RATION SCALE

  Daily

  Bacon, tinned

  2 ½ ozs.

  Bread

  16 „

  Biscuits

  12 „

  Cheese

  1 ½ „

  Chocolate

  2 „

  Curry Powder

  ⅛ „

  Fruit, dried

  „

  Fruit, tinned

  4 „

  Herrings

  1 ¼ „

  Jam, Marmalade, or Golden Syrup

  1 ½ „

  Lime Juice

  (bott.)

  Margarine

  1 ½ ozs.

  Meat, Preserved

  6 „

  Pickles

  1 „

  Chutney

  ¼ „

  Meat Loaf or Ham and Tongue

  1 ¼ „

  Meat and Vegetable Ration (“M. & V”)

  2 „

  Milk, tinned

  2 „

  Mustard

  „

  Oatmeal or Flour

  2 „

  Onions

  2 „

  Pepper

  „

  Potatoes, tinned

  3 „

  Salt

  ¾ „

  Salmon, tinned

  1 „

  Sardines

  1 „

  Sausages

  1 „

  Sugar

  3 ½ „

  Tea

  ¾ „

  Vegetables, tinned

  4 ozs.

  Ascorbic tabs.

  1 tab.

  Marmite

  oz.

  Rum1

  1 „

  Tobacco or Cigarettes

  2 ozs. per week.

  Matches

  2 boxes per week.

  Total daily weight (less containers)

  4 lbs. 2 ozs.

  With containers, say

  5 lbs.

  1 To be issued only under the authority of a Division
al or equivalent Commander. (In the first year or so, till supplies in the Middle East ran short, the rank of a Patrol Commander seldom fell below that of a Major-General!)

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