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Mentioned in Dispatches

British commanders-in-chief of a theatre of war or campaign were obliged to report their activities and achievements to the War Office in the form of dispatches, which were published in The Gazette.
In several occasions also persons were mentioned in these dispatches without them having received a decoration for the mentioned action. By adding a specific item to a certified decoration the recipient could show the mentioning.

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NameDate of birthDate of deathAwards
Wadeson, Roy Aylmer 00-05-1944
Wainwright, Thomas James "Tom"  
Waite, Albert Henry12-01-191802-06-1999
Waite, Arthur Geoffrey27-10-191003-03-1945
Waite, W.J.  
Walenn, Gilbert William "Tim"24-02-191629-03-1944
Walker, Alexander  
Walker, Clive Barton  
Walker, Frederick John03-06-189609-07-1944more
Walker, Ronald Arthur 09-07-1944
Wallace, Brian Adair  
Wallace, John Henry04-11-1909 
Waller, Hector Macdonald Laws "Hard Over Hec"04-04-190001-03-1942more
Waller, James06-09-1911 more
Wallis, Charles Brian Berry 24-07-1942
Walsh, William James "Billy"20-01-191707-10-1971more
Walsham, Arthur Frank17-08-190801-11-2001
Walton, Bernard William John  
Warburton, Robert William  
Ward, Frank  
Ward, Joshua Alfred  
Ward-Perkins, John Bryan03-02-191228-05-1981
Ware, Cameron Bethel09-08-191321-01-1999
Wareham, Harold Alwyn  
Wares, Donald  
Wark, Blair Anderson27-07-189413-06-1941more
Warre, John Anthony04-12-1912 
Warren, Charles15-11-191819-10-2005
Warren, Percy Alfred  
Watkin, Cyril Frederick  
Watkins, Vincent Evan Morgan 08-06-1944
Watkins, William David Gordon "Four-Run"11-09-190826-06-1965more
Watkinson, Alfred Henry William  
Watson, Anthony  more
Watson, George 21-02-1945
Watson, Henry "Doc"  
Watson, John Henry  
Watson, William  
Watt, Alexander James  
Watts, Clifford30-03-1923 
Watts, Douglas Edward Kitchener23-11-1920 
Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell05-05-188324-05-1950more
Wcislicki, Waclaw  
Webb, Cyril Henry  
Webb, Geoffrey Fairbank09-05-189817-07-1970
Webb, George Clifford 14-04-1945
Webb, Gordon Geoffrey Henry00-04-192000-02-1991more
Webb, Nelson Henry 20-12-1940
Webb, Richard Henry Lumley25-11-190406-06-1979
Webber, Frederick  
Weber, Eugene Haydn 02-03-1944
Webster, Bertram 00-00-1988more
Webster, Howard Henry  
Webster, Kenneth  
Wedd, William Basil01-05-189006-11-1966more
Weir, John Walter  
Weir, Norman William McDonald06-07-189311-07-1961
Wells, Richard John 16-03-1942
Welsh, Ivan Dudley  
Welsh, William Lawrie10-02-188102-01-1962more
Wernham, James C. 30-03-1944
West, Violet Dorothy Annie  
Westbrook, George  
Westcott, Federick William Herbert  
Westlake, George Herbert21-04-191818-01-2006
Westnutt, Frank Holden  
Wheaton, Arthur  
Wheeler, Allen Henry27-09-190301-01-1984
Whelan, Richard Percy 31-10-1944
Whistler, Lashmer Gordon "Bolo"03-09-189804-07-1963more
White, Claude Edward  
White, Cyril Brudenell Bingham23-06-187613-08-1940more
White, Leslie James  
White, Matthew Russell  
White, Robert Hamilton  
White, Thomas Emmanuel00-09-192109-09-2000
Whitehead, David Adie "Torpy"30-09-189623-10-1992more
Whitley, William Marriner 22-09-1943
Whitmee, Brian Andrew Condor  
Whitney-Straight, Wellard06-11-191205-04-1979
Whittam, Lionel Barnett 22-09-1943
Whitworth, Arthur  
Whitworth, John Nicholas Haworth10-01-191213-11-1974
Wicks, Bryan John00-00-192012-10-1942
Widdowson, Dudley Robert  
Wiggins, Sidney  
Wightman, William Taylor Forest "Freddie"03-05-1909 
Wiley, George William 31-03-1944
Wilkins, Richard Dennis  
Wilkinson, George Alfred "Étienne"31-08-191305-10-1944
Wilkinson, Harry Lightower  
Wilkinson, Reginald Eric 27-11-1944
Williams, Bernard Arthur05-01-1918 
Williams, Dennis Robert  
Williams, Edmund Douglas 00-00-1998
Williams, Fredrick Charles  
Williams, George  more
Williams, John Edwin Ashley "Willy"06-05-191929-03-1944
Williams, John Eurwyn  
Williams, John Francis07-07-191706-04-1944
Williams, Owen Upcott29-05-191803-07-1945
Williams, Richard Arthur  
Williams, Thomas Garton  more
Williams, Thomas Ivor  
Williams, Wycliff Stuart28-09-192021-10-1940
Williams-Thomas, Reginald Silvers  
Williamson, John Albert George  
Willink, Henry Urmston, 1st Baronet07-03-189420-07-1973
Willis, Algernon Usborne17-05-188912-04-1976more
Willmott, Alfred Ernest  
Wilson, Arthur Thomas16-04-192113-12-2001
Wilson, Bernard Alexander  
Wilson, Donald Fraser27-08-191600-11-1996
Wilson, George Arthur William  
Wilson, Guy Greville19-05-187701-02-1943more
Wilson, Henry Maitland "Jumbo", 1st Baron Wilson05-09-188131-12-1964more
Wilson, Robert04-11-191100-04-2002
Wilson, Robert Kenneth  
Wilson, Robert Wanless26-07-191911-06-2010
Winchester, John Chisholm 08-04-1942
Windeyer, William John Victor28-07-190023-11-1987more
Windham-Wright, Patrick Joseph Stewart  
Windsor, Edward VIII Edward Albert Christian13-06-189428-05-1972more
Windsor, George VI14-12-189506-02-1952more
Windsor-Lewis, James Charles00-00-190727-10-1964more
Wingate, Orde Charles26-02-190324-03-1944
Wingfield, Charles Mervyn Hunt 28-05-1944
Winthrope, William James 28-03-1942
Winton Kitcat, de, Charles Arthur13-07-1904 
Wisden, John Patrick14-10-190129-08-1940more
Wiseman, Donald John25-10-191802-02-2010
Witt, Arthur George  
Wolfe, Edward Chatham09-11-191100-04-1994more
Womersley, Albert Leslie24-09-191103-10-1984
Wood, Bertram00-00-189725-04-1942more
Wood, Charles Frederick  
Wood, Clifford Sinclair Farquhar 22-10-1943
Wood, Edward Askey00-00-190001-11-1945
Wood, Edward Frederick L., 1st Earl of Halifax16-04-188123-12-1959more
Wood, Hector  
Wooldridge, Bertie Charles 18-09-1941
Wootten, George Frederick01-05-189331-03-1970more
Worrall, John19-04-191114-01-1988
Worsley, Richard Stanley 04-05-1917
Worthy, Harold Victor  
Wortley, Charles23-03-190312-06-1973
Wright, Jerauld George31-08-1917 
Wright, Kenneth Wynn19-04-191600-00-2001
Wyatt, Woodrow Lyle  
Wyness, Frederick  
Wynter, Henry Douglas06-06-188607-02-1945more

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