mentioned in dispatches how to find this plz

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Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	karen in the new forest	Report	5 Dec 2009 00:13
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	hi my husbands great grandfather was in royal engeneers in ww1 and we found his details and 12 pages of info on ancestry and fantastic reading it was but it says he was mentioned in dispatches so was wondering were to look for this ?if any one can help would be great . thanks karen
Member Since: July 2006 Posts: 21,823 Send Message	brummiejan	Report	5 Dec 2009 00:18
	Have you tried a google search? Try "mentioned in dispatches records". This entry re. national archives came up and might help: The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| Recommendations for ... For some records the date will refer to the date of announcement in the London Gazette; ... He was mentioned in dispatches for gallantry and later, in 1947, ... www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
	Researching: Myatt, Hanks, Eccleston, Powell, Clungunford, Birmingham
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	karen in the new forest	Report	5 Dec 2009 00:22
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 845 Send Message	many thanks will try that karen
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	5 Dec 2009 05:01
	And of course the London Gazette is at: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/home.aspx?geotype=London Maureen