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MIDDLETON John Rickards

Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy, WW1

CITATION

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Gazetted

Distinguished Service Order

Gazetted 13 August 1915, p8133

Lieutenant Commander Middleton on three occasions entered the minefield under heavy fire, when he organized and successfully carried out attacks, by means of explosive creeps, on the cables and jack stays. Dardanelles

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Service Order

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Queen’s South Africa Medal

       Defence of Ladysmith

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

       Mention in Despatches

Mention in Despatches in South Africa

NOTES

Born 19 October 1880, London, England

Died 30 July 1982, New Plymouth, New Zealand