Date of birth:

September 5th, 1907 (County Durham, United Kingdom)

Date of death:

July 1974

Service number:

72178

Nationality:

British

Captain Heslop was taken prisoner at Dunkirk ans spent the war as PoW.

Promotions:
June 30th, 1937: Lieutenant
June 30th, 1938: Captain

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Medical Section, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, British Army

Awarded on:

July 11th, 1940

Recommendation:
"On 21 May 40 Capt Heslop, assisted by Agent de Liaison Borde, twice brought their Bn Amb truck into Beaurains under heavy fire to evacuate wounded. They then proceeded over an open ridge under enemy shell fire to bring in a wounded man. Capt Heslop subsequently searched the ridge to ensure that no wounded were left there."

WO 373/15/121
LG 34893/4262

• - Copy of the original recommendation for the Military Cross - STIWOT archive
  - The London Gazette Issue 34413 published on the 29 June 1937
  - The London Gazette Issue 34533 published on the 19 July 1938
  - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 34893 published on the 9 July 1940
  - WW2Talk