Yeo, Harold Elvery

Date of birth:: October 18th, 1894
Date of death:: July 28th, 1957 (Shurlock Row/Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom)
Service number:: 98068
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Temporary Captain
Awarded on:: June 4th, 1917

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Major
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1941

Bronze Star Medal (BSM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Awarded on:: March 14th, 1947
Awarded for:: Operation Torch

"This officer has been embarkation Commandant for the port of GLASGOW throughout the whole period that American forces have been entering or leaving the United Kingdom. Millions of Americans have disembarked or embarked under supervision and orders with such celerity and dispatch that the build-up of the American forces in the United Kingdom and the embarkation of a large portion of the "TORCH" expedition which sailed from the United Kingdom were successfully accomplished."

Recommendation: Legion of Merit Officer.

Sources

- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38122/supplement/5353/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35029/supplement/11/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30111/supplement/5485/data.pdf
- Recommendation for Award for Yeo, Harold Elvery Rank: Colonel Service No: ... | The National Archives