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Introduction

This page contains a roll of honour for the Middlesex Regiment in World War Two 1939-45 and The Korean War 1950-53.

The information is based upon details contained in "The Middlesex Regiment 1919-1952" by Lieutenant-Commander P.K. Kemp, RN (Ret) and information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

While I have tried to ensure that the information is correct, it should not be treated as a definitive roll of honour for the regiment.

Gallantry Awards

The following gallantry awards were presented to Officers, Warrant Officers, NCOs and other ranks in the Middlesex Regiment during World War Two.

Gallantry Award

Number awarded in the period 1939-46

George Cross (GC)
1
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
16
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
11
Military Cross (MC)
65*
George Medal (GM)
1
Military Medal (MM)
70*

* shows the total includes multiple awards of the medal to the same person.

For more details on the posthumous George Cross awarded to Colonel Newnham click here.

The George Medal was awarded to Captain J.M. Ratcliffe, DSO, for his bomb disposal work whilst a German POW at Offlag 79 POW Camp, Brunswick, Germany on 24 August 1944. The award was published in the London Gazette on 21 February 1945 (page 1048).

The Second World War 1939-45

Click hereto read about the medals awarded to UK personnel for service in the Second World War.

Summary of figures

The following table lists the number of Middlesex Regiment casualties commemorated in each country.

Country Officer OR Total
China (HK) 15 303 318
France 12 245 257
Italy 19 136 155
UK 7 142 149
Belgium 5 54 59
Japan 2 55 57
Netherlands 4 48 52
Germany 5 45 50
Egypt 5 30 35
Tunisia 2 31 33
Libya 2 7 9
Myanmar 4 2 6
Poland 0 4 4
Austria 0 3 3
Iceland 0 3 3
Algeria 0 2 2
Greece 2 0 2
Kenya 1 1 2
Thailand 2 0 2
India 1 0 1
Nigeria 0 1 1
South Africa 0 1 1
Unknown* 2 5 7
TOTALS: 90 1118 1208

Note: "Unknown*" refers to soldiers of the Middlesex Regiment whose cemetery or memorial I have been unable to locate.

Officers

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Warrant Officiers, NCOs and Other Ranks

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The Korean War 1950-1953

For the purpose of the roll of honour, officers of other regiments who were attached to the Middlesex Regiment at the time of their death, have been treated as members of the Middlesex Regiment.

This roll of honour lists both Officers, NCOs and Other Ranks of soldier in the Middlesex Regiment.

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Click hereto read about the medals awarded to UK personnel for service in the Korean War.


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