dave ricketts Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 Can anyone help with info on this officer's career? Looks to me from the London Gazette that he was a pre-war Territorial. I think he was awarded the M.C. but haven't been able to make the Gazette search engine spit him out. Thanks, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 This would be Captain Frank Mackenzie Dick. The name's not familiar to me but I'll look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 Looks like a Birthday Honours MC. Probably no Citation in the Gazette. London Gazette 4-6-1917 Capt. Francis Mackenzie Dick, Notts. & Derby. R. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType= Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brown Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 15.6.17 newspaper Derby Mercury Under the heading Military Cross Winners. "Captain Dick who has been wounded is now at home on light duties , and is Adjutant of the 2nd battalion Derbyshire Volunteers. Before the war he was assistant engineer to the Staveley Company." Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 So I wonder who he was with at the time of wounding and when it happened? He will almost certainly get a mention in one the relevant war diary. I can rule out the 10th Battalion for certain as I've got a comlpete listing of every officer mentioned in the war diaries. I'll trawl the 9th battalion's diaries at some point this evening for any clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brown Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 Same paper but 14.7.16...... "Captain F.M.Dick held a commission in the Derbyshire Territorials for two years prior to the outbreak of war and was given command of his company in October 1914". Appears that he was 1/6th NDR as he is listed in the MC winners in Cliff Housley's "Men of the High Peak." LG 4.6.17 Stebie is correct concerning Birthday Honours .... 8.6.17 "The following local officers appear in the second instalment of military decorations which is published on Tuesday in connection with the King's Birthday Honours List for distinguished service in the field" Cpt FM DIck Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenwoodman Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 Housley's "Gallantry Awards" states the following:- Dick, Frank Mackenzie: Capt: 6th and 1/5th Battalion: London Gazette, 4.6.17, On 1.7.16 in the attack by 139th Inf Brigade, this officer led the leading platoon of his carrying Company over the parapet of the old front line trench, following the carrying Company of the assaulting Battalion (7th Sherwoods). There was a heavy barrage and rifle fire. Just past the wire he was wounded and most of his men were hit. He crawled back into the trench and for two hours carried on with the orders and materially assisted to restore order in the fire trench. Throughout the whole of his service in the field (13 months) he has rendered most valuable service. There is a photograph - appears to have been cropped from a photograph of a unit's officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 7 January , 2006 Share Posted 7 January , 2006 Well done Stuart and Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebriggs Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 Not a great picture but this is Capt Dick, later a Colonel of the Regiment (see Christmas Card scan) cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebriggs Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 should also add:- "At 8.45 a.m. the right of the Company ["A" Coy] endeavoured to advance up No 3 sap and "C" C.T. The Barrage was very heavy . . . . . . there were many casualties and the men withdrew for shelter to the saps and other trenches. The same thing happened on my left when my "B" Coy was kept back by the 7th Carrying party. Capt F.M. Dick Commanding my Company was hit in the leg as soon as he got over the parapet and his Coy Sergt Major (160158 C.S.M Goddard) was killed at his side. The survivors accordingly took cover." hope that helps Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 8 January , 2006 Share Posted 8 January , 2006 Well done Mike. Another high score for the Sherwood Forester Pals methinks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave ricketts Posted 11 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 11 January , 2006 Gents, What can I say, other than thanks very much indeed. My interest is that he was detached to the East Midlands area (Notts, Leics and Derbys), after his period as Adjutant of the Derbyshire Volunteers, to oversee training of the area's Volunteer Regiments, and was with the Leicestershire units in mid 1918. Cheers to one and all. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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