Recipients of The Military Medal – During The Second World War
The Military Medal was instituted in March 1916 as an award for NCO’s and men of the Army for acts of bravery and was later extended to women who showed bravery under fire. There was also a provision for the award of a bar for each further act of bravery.
| Name | Rank | Number | Regiment | Theatre of Comat or Operation | Citation | Date in London Gazette |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos, John Horace | Lance Corporal | 408439 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Available | 21 Oct 1941 |
| Atkins, TJ | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 554861 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 18 Feb 1943 |
| Austin, Frederick David John | Sergeant | 553891 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 01 Apr 1941 |
| Barnet, LT | Sergeant | 556674 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 12 Feb 1942 |
| Beet, John Henry | Sergeant | 552555 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 08 Mar 1945 |
| Bell, John | Trooper | 854960 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 09 May 1941 |
| Brennan, William | Trooper | 554921 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 12 Feb 1942 |
| Broadfield, William George | Corporal | 555909 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 19 Mar 1942 |
| Brodrick, Harold Joseph | Lance Corporal | 7934052 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 14 Oct 1943 |
| Brown, John Thomas | Squadron Sergeant Major | 536227 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 13 Aug 1942 |
| Browne, Herbert Maurice | Trooper | 859810 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 25 Apr 1941 |
| Burton, Arthur | Sergeant | 7885019 | 3rd Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 09 May 1941 |
| Campbell, Archibald | Trooper | 7889198 | 7th Hussars | Burma | Available | 09 Mar 1943 |
| Campbell, Cecil | Sergeant | 408851 | 7th Hussars | Burma | Available | 28 Oct 1942 |
| Campion, Arthur James Vyse | Trooper | 7903708 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| Carpenter, Edmund | Sergeant | 7908019 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 28 Jun 1945 |
| Carsley, John Dennis | Sergeant | 7886361 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 24 Jan 1946 |
| Chambers, George | Lance Corporal | 7916271 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 11 Mar 1943 |
| Childs, W J | Squadron Sergeant Major | 7817021 | 3rd Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Available | 31 Oct 1941 |
| Clarkson, G | Sergeant | 556732 | 3rd Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Available | 21 Oct 1941 |
| Collins, Douglas Reginald | Trooper | 822530 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 21 Jun 1945 |
| Corley, R | Trooper | 7939621 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 14 Oct 1943 |
| Cowley, Andrew Victor | Corporal | 837554 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 29 Nov 1940 |
| Cowley, MM, Andrew Victor | Sergeant | 837554 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 20 Jan 1942 |
| Crewes, William Arthur | Trooper | 7945827 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 23 Aug 1945 |
| Cummin, Edward | Sergeant | 555740 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 24 Sep 1942 |
| Curd, Robert George | Sergeant | 7899596 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 28 Jun 1945 |
| Davies, Norman Seymour | Corporal | 7912058 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 28 Jun 1945 |
| Didsbury, Frederick | Sergeant | 7905899 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 28 Jun 1945 |
| Dovison, Lawrence | Trooper | 320337 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 19 Mar 1942 |
| Fittall, Charles Desmond Lloyd | Sergeant | 553201 | 3rd Hussars | Italy | Available | 07 Dec 1944 |
| Gallop, Kingsley Malcolm | Sergeant | 7943515 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 19 Jul 1945 |
| Glendinning, Edwin | Sergeant | 552572 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 26 Sep 1940 |
| Glenn, Thomas | Trooper | 410520 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 12 Feb 1942 |
| Gordon, James | Lance Corporal | 7940217 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 05 Jul 1945 |
| Harding, Frederick William | Sergeant | 317689 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 18 Jul 1941 |
| Harris, Arthur Dennis | Sergeant | 7896471 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 24 Jan 1946 |
| Harris, Bernard Wilfred | Corporal | 556290 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| Harrold, Lionel Victor | Squadron Sergeant Major | 545690 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 08 Jul 1941 |
| Hatherall, Henry George | Warrant Officer Class 3 | 545795 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 01 Apr 1941 |
| Hayward, Frank | Corporal | 4981206 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 02 Aug 1945 |
| Healey, Herbert Patrick | Sergeant | 409571 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 05 Nov 1942 |
| Henderson, James | Lance Corporal | 7908693 | 4th Hussars | Escape and Evasion and Special Operations | Available | 24 Sep 1942 |
| Hill, John Charles | Corporal | 420307 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 21 Jun 1945 |
| Holmes, Cyril John | Corporal | 7941377 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 13 Dec 1945 |
| Holmes, John | Corporal | 4862714 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 13 Dec 1945 |
| Jefford, Phillip Raymond | Trooper | 11264728 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 05 Jul 1945 |
| Kincaid, James | Lance Corporal | 7943037 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 14 Oct 1943 |
| Knowles, Edgar Ernest | Corporal | 6141567 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 14 Oct 1943 |
| MacMasters, William | Sergeant | 549009 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 08 Jul 1941 |
| Mansell, Arthur Joseph | Trooper | 5190736 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 05 Nov 1942 |
| McAssey, Thomas | Corporal | 553993 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| Milne, James | Trooper | 7937448 | 4th Hussars | Escape and Evasion | Available | |
| Myler, William | Trooper | 420738 | 3rd Hussars | Italy | Available | 07 Dec 1944 |
| Newman, Charles Albert | Trooper | 553265 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| O’Connor, Matthew John | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 7583870 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 28 Jun 1945 |
| Pass, HW | Sergeant | 4973264 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 12 Jul 1945 |
| Peggie, John Herd | Sergeant | 7931315 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 18 Oct 1945 |
| Pegler, Herbert Ronald Douglas | Lance Corporal | 555266 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 26 Sep 1940 |
| Purvis, Allan | Trooper | 558351 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 21 Jun 1945 |
| Reeves, Eric | Trooper | 7948073 | 4th Hussars | Italy | Available | 19 Jul 1945 |
| Roberts, Stanley | Sergeant | 554627 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 08 Sep 1942 |
| Robson, Walter | Trooper | 552933 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| Roper, George | Sergeant | 553252 | 3rd Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 25 Apr 1941 |
| Russell, Arthur | Sergeant | 555690 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 20 Jan 1942 |
| Scrugham, R | Lance Corporal | 555782 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 18 Feb 1943 |
| Sutton, Ernest Thomas | Sergeant | 555723 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 08 Sep 1942 |
| Swain, Lawrence | Warrant Officer Class 3 | 545791 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 29 Nov 1940 |
| Taylor, Jack | Sergeant | 2875649 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 01 Mar 1945 |
| Taylor MM, Jack | Sergeant | 2875649 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Not Available | 21 Jun 1945 |
| Thomas, William Trevor | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 7340821 | 4th Hussars | Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field | Available | 15 Jun 1944 |
| Venables, William Denton | Trooper | 7911803 | 4th Hussars | Gallant and Distinguished Services in the Field | Available | 21 Feb 1946 |
| Vollans, John | Trooper | 320110 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 15 Oct 1942 |
| Widdowson, Arthur | Sergeant | 551819 | 7th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 01 Apr 1941 |
| Willetts, Percy Edwin | Sergeant | 410459 | 8th Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 19 Mar 1942 |
| Williams, David James | Sergeant | 3956303 | 7th Hussars | Italy | Available | 19 Apr 1945 |
| Wilson, Isaac Burnett Henry | Warrant Officer Class 2 | 401408 | 4th Hussars | Middle East (Greece and Crete) | Not Available | 13 Sep 1945 |
| Wilson, Leonard Arthur | Sergeant | 855142 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 01 Mar 1945 |
| Winch, Ronald Walter | Sergeant | 7941860 | 8th Hussars | North West Europe 1944-45 | Available | 01 Mar 1945 |
| Worsdell, Albert Edward | Trooper | 322778 | 3rd Hussars | Middle East (Egypt and Libya) | Available | 14 Oct 1943 |
