MKC Posted 12 May , 2018 Share Posted 12 May , 2018 All, Looking for information or leads to same, for a Major George Alan Green, who is supposed to have served in the Tank Corps and was awarded an MC. As I'm not familiar with locating British service and medal records, I could use some help, please. I could not see him listed in Stephen Pope's book 'The First Tank Crews', so expect he served at a later date? Thank you, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 12 May , 2018 Share Posted 12 May , 2018 (edited) His MC (dated June 1918) wasn't an immediate award. He is listed n the Book of Honour as being "C of W" which I think is Controller of Workshops. Fuller writes about him saying: There was Colonel F. Searle, C.B.E., D.S.O., Chief Engineer of the Corps, a true civilian with a well-cut khaki jacket and lion-tamer's boots. He could not understand the military ritual, and we soldiers seemed never to be able to explain it to him. Throughout the war, in spite of his immense mechanical labors, I verily believe he had only one wish, and this was to erect a guillotine outside a certain holy place. There was Major G. A. Green, M.C., Colonel Searle's deputy, the father of terrible propositions, the visitor of battlefields, the searcher after shell-holes, the breather of profane words. The Corps owed a lot to Green; a firm believer in seeing things before criticizing them, he was a very great asset Edited 12 May , 2018 by Gareth Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 12 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2018 Thanks Gareth, It looks like he became the Deputy Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Tank Corps, according to a source that I was just directed to, so that would fit with the 'C of W' reference. Would he have a service record buried away in the Nat Archives somewhere? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Davies Posted 12 May , 2018 Share Posted 12 May , 2018 No idea, not my area of expertise. This may help: http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/how-to-find-an-officers-service-reord/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 12 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 12 May , 2018 Thanks Gareth - I used the link to find his record, alas not available on line, but I can order it. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKC Posted 18 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 18 February , 2020 Back in May 2018, someone from the GWF responded directly to me with a newspaper/journal article about Major Green, viz: "... according to a source that I was just directed to, so that would fit with the 'C of W' reference." Unfortunately, I've had a computer glitch and cannot locate the contact,or the article. If whoever it was is reading this, could you please make contact again with the details/link? Thank you Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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