Squires, Ernest Ker

Date of birth:: December 18th, 1882 (Poona, India)
Date of death:: March 2nd, 1940 (Melbourne, Australia)
Mentioned on:: Memorial Springvale Crematorium
Plot: Panel 2.
Nationality:: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: No. 21 Company, 3rd Sappers and Miners, Indian Army
Awarded on:: March 27th, 1915

"For conspicuous gallantry, ability, and devotion to duty at Givenchy, on 20th-21st December, 1914, when he continued to carry on his sapping operations for four hours after he had been wounded."

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Awarded on:: December 22nd, 1916

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Rank:: Major-General
Unit:: Directorate of Staff Duties, Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: May 11th, 1937

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Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

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- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3079/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29876/supplement/12555/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30897/supplement/10774/data.pdf

Squires, Ernest Ker

Biography

Military Cross (MC)

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Dispatches

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