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Service in Gibralter wasn't covered by a Star but was covered 3rd September 1939 - 8th May 1945 by the Defence Medal, being classified as a non-operational area but being subjected to or closely threatened by enemy air attack.
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The last medal is the Territorial Efficiency medal, is this a decoration that allows you to have the letters "T.D." after your name?
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Rob, the Territorial Efficiency Medal was replaced by the Efficiency Medal in 1930. The letters TD stand for Territorial Decoration and only applied to officers. Your man must have spent time in the ranks pre-war.
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The Territorial Efficiency Medal was awarded to W.O's N.C.O.'s and men of the T.A. The medal was awarded to Officers and O.R.'s who were serving on the active list as of that force on 2nd Sept 1939, and completed 12 years service, whether wholly in the ranks or partly as an Emergency Commissioned Officer. War service counted as double. The Efficiency Decoration entitles an Officer to use T.D. after his name and was awarded after 12 years efficient Commissioned service on the active list of the T.A. info taken from Ribbons and Medals by Capt H Taprell Dorling DSO, R.N.
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Thanks for the replies, but I have to admit I'm still not getting it.
I found this info in Taylors "The Devons", some of them have DSOs and MCs so I can probably discount them, a couple are described as "RA" Royal Artillery Officers, but there are also a few which say "TD", is that the last ribbon on this uniform or can I discount them too? This Officer could also be from after this list. Rob Devon Shire Regiment Battalion Commanders 1st Bn 1939-1941 Lt Col A H Cope DSO 1941-1943 Lt Col R S J Hartley 1943-1944 Lt Col G A de V Harvest 1944-1945 Lt Col J F Snow 2nd Bn 1939-1940 Lt Col E D Corkery MC 1941-1941 Lt Col R F B Hill 1941-1943 Lt Col A W Valentine DSO 1943-1944 Lt Col C A R Nevil OBE 1944-1944 Lt Col Sir John Carew-Pole Bart DSO 1944-1945 Lt Col P H Brind 1945-1945 Lt Col P A A D'Oyly OBE 4th Bn 1939-1942 Lt Col D D Rutherford MC 1942-1943 Lt Col W P Symonds 1943-1944 Lt Col P A A D'Oyly OBE 1944-1945 Lt Col W F Pugsley TD 1945-1945 Lt Col J L Brind 5th Bn (86th AT Reg RA) 1939-1940 Lt Col G C Wycisk OBD TD 1940-1940 Lt Col E Hakewell-Smith CB 1940-1940 Lt Col M G Beck 1940-1943 Lt Col A N Overall 1943-1943 Lt Col A H C Potter RA 1943-1945 Lt Col R G T Fletcher RA 6th Bn 1939-1942 Lt Col J N Oliver CBE 1942-1944 Lt Col R E K Pain 1944-1945 Lt Col A F Hanks 7th Bn (87th AT Reg RA) 1939-1940 Lt Col L Mills 1940-1945 Lt Col F E C Lewis 8th Bn 1939-1940 Lt Col Gavin Young 1940-1942 Lt Col H Gibbons 1942-1944 Lt Col H F Pugsley 9th Bn 1939-1941 Lt Col D A Bullock OBE 1941-1942 Lt Col G A de V Harvest 10th Bn (later 30th) 1939-1939 His Grace the Duke of Somerset 1939-1942 Lt Col C C Haynes 1942-1945 Lt Col B A E M Hall 1945-1945 Lt Col D B Gaye MC 11th Bn 1940-1942 Lt Col D E Elford 1942-1942 Lt Col R H Creasy 12th Bn 1940-1941 Lt Col R A O Smith MC 1941-1942 Lt Col R G Coates 1942-1943 Lt Col D D Rutherford MC 1943-1943 Lt Col R F B Hill 1943-1944 Lt Col G R Stevens 1944-1945 Lt Col P Gleadell DSO 1945-1945 Lt Col A Tilly |
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The last ribbon is that of the Efficiency Medal. The ribbon of the Territorial Decoration/Efficiency Decoration is dark green with a central yellow stripe. The TD/ED allows the use of the post nominal letters TD. It was only awarded to officers.
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Thanks, I get it now.
Rob |
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Yep - definitely some strange ones - my wife's grandfather got his Defence Medal for his time in Iraq...
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