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Goldie Gardner, Alfred Thomas

Date of birth:
May 31st, 1890 (Woodford Green/Essex, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
August 25th, 1958 (Eastbourne/Sussex, United Kingdom)
Service number:
80003
Nationality:
British

Biography

14 October 1914: Second Lieutenant (temp.)
1922: Major (honorary)
28 October 1939: Second Lieutenant
1944: Lieutenant Colonel

1944-1945: 21 Army Group

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1915
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
March 14th, 1917
Military Cross (MC)
Awarded on:
1938
"For attaining the class G land speed record of 186.6 miles per hour (300.3 km/h) in a 1100cc MG Magnette on the German autobahn."
Awarded on:
1939
Awarded on:
1947
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
June 9th, 1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Awarded on:
1949

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