Recommendation for Award of Distinguished Conduct Medal to H.C. Russell

Recommendation for Award of Distinguished Conduct Medal to H.C. Russell

History of the DCM

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Reference:WO 373/29/271

Description:

Name	Russell, Harold Cecil
Rank:	Company Serjeant Major
Service No:	M63
Regiment:	1 Gold Coast Regiment
Theatre of Combat or Operation:	Middle East: East Africa and Madagascar
Award:	Distinguished Conduct Medal
Date of announcement in London Gazette:	30 December 1941

Date: 1941-1943
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record

Catalogue Reference: WO/373/29
Image Reference: 656

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The D.C.M. is no longer awarded. Since 1993 the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross has replaced it: