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Wells, Ernest Cecil Claude

Service number:: 2689278 / 159921
Nationality:: British

Biography

Hampshire Regiment

?: Warrant Officer I (R.S.M.)
16 August 1940: Lieutenant
?: Captain
?: Temporary Major

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Rank:: Warrant Officer 1st Class
Awarded on:: September 15th, 1939

"In recognition of distinguished services rendered in connection with recent operations."

Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Major
Unit:: Malta Command, British Army
Awarded on:: October 14th, 1943

"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Malta."

Mentioned in Dispatches

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE, Military Division)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Major
Unit:: Malta Command, British Army
Awarded on:: January 6th, 1944

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE, Military Division)

Sources

- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15 SEPTEMBER, 1939
- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 14 OCTOBER, 1943
- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31 DECEMBER, 1940
- SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 6 JANUARY, 1944
- MBE Recommendation

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