31st Battalion
Awards given to members of the 31st Battalion, Bell's Bulldogs, during the Great War
Summary
The following summarizes the awards given to the 31st Battalion
Victoria Cross
79152 E. DeWind
Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
Lieutenant-Col Arthur Henry Bell
Order of the British Empire
696344 Major H. S. Hewgill
Captain Arthur Egbert Myatt
Major John Douglas R. Stewart
Member of the British Empire
79578 Captain F. M. Holden
Distinguished Service Order and Bar
Lieutenant-Col Edward Spenser Doughty
Distinguished Service Order
Lieutenant-Col Arthur Henry Bell
Lieutenant J. A. Cameron
Major Patrick Joseph Daly
Captain H Kennedy
79183 Captain H Norris
Lieutenant-Col N. Spencer
Military Cross and Bar
79003 Major Charles B. Hornby
Major Walter Jewitt
Captain John Hamptonne L'Amy
79966 David Robertson
Military Cross
H/Capt E. Appleyard (Chaplain)
Lieutenant W. T. Bannan
108082 Lieutenant Wilfred R. Barnes
Lieutenant H. C. C. Beaumont
183892 Lieutenant W. N. Bradley
80109 Lieutenant E. S. Brett
Lieutenant J. H. Carson
79157 Harry Percy Crittall*
80015 Lieutenant W. B. Curtis
79322 Lieutenant R. O. Edgar
Lieutenant Norman Franks
79225 Lieutenant W. H. French
183002 Lieutenant J. H. Gainor
183027 Lieutenant W. McC. Gilbert
Captain W. N. Graham
80137 Lieutenant J. S. P. Guy
Captain W. M. Harris
79091 Captain Patrick Hunter
79845 Lieutenant J. C. Hutchinson
79270 Lieutenant W. K. Jull
79100 Lieutenant G. Lawson
Lieutenant F. S. Long
231054 Lieutenant D. N. MacKenzie
Lieutenant W. A. McGregor
79195 Lieutenant A. E. Metcalfe
79014 Lieutenant J. Millington
406 Lieutenant F. P. D. Newland
14617 Lieutenant J. O'Hara
79186 J. S. Park
Lieutenant N. C. Pearce
79872 Lieutenant H. N. Petty
79189 Captain Raymond Pouncey
79742 Donald Robertson
Captain D.C. Robertson
Lieutenant G. H. Scott
79719 Major William Fallis Seaton
101303 L. G. Shillinglaw
Lieutenant A. J. Toole
Captain Park Benjamin R. Tucker
79692 Hon. Captain George Wainwright
79655 Lieutenant W. G. West
Lieutenant W Whyte
Lieutenant W. H. Williams
H/Capt George Wright (Chaplain)
Captain L. B. Yule
Distinguished Conduct Medal
80004 D.J. Avison
161077 G. Bell
446923 T. Campbell
79230 W Dalziel
79390 A. B. Davies
79399 A. J. Gunning
160144 H. Horwell
79311 A. H. Jackson
808065 W. J. Loader
79953 C. R. MacKinnon
79113 D. MacRae
79862 J. McIntosh
79119 Donald McLeod
183513 E. McNieve
80265 j. W Muncaster
430094 U. Nurse
79873 J. A. Profit
79437 S. Rees
160027 J. Roberts
425266 F. J. Rodwell
467019 M. Rowden
425275 W. Rumford
79969 H. G. Sheasby
101744 C. Simmons
883210 C. Stewart
464002 H. Thompson
79639 I. Tidswell
696928 G. E Westover
Meritorious Service Medal
79909 R. Calder
19052 E. G. Cole
100989 F. W. Debenham
79026 H. J. G. Exton
79833 Joseph Fairley
80181 M. W. Fraser
79751 J. MacDonald
79740 A Wakelyn
Military Medal and Bar
79359 Lieutenant Norman Appleby
79174 F. C. Bennett
696376 M. E Collins
80015 Lieutenant W. B. Curtis
895139 G. F. Hill
184126 A. H. Holmes
809158 K. H. MacPhee
252147 C. C. Maynard
183513 E. McNieve
696997 C. H. Park
101327 H. W. Parker
809085 J. L. Ross
184189 J. A. Sparrow
Military Medal
625015 A. E. Adams
2621964 C. L. Anderson
696807 C. W. Arber
79287 L.H. Ashton
80098 S Atherton
79246 W Avery
80004 D.J. Avison
883386 G.E. Bainbridge
79166 Lieutenant A. W. Bannard
883080 B. J. Barnes
79282 E. Barnes
79035 W. Barrons
79372 J. W Bateman
79809 B Beaumont
446592 G. Bell
696033 M.J. Bennett
438933 F. J. Bicknell
101287 H. H Black
808300 C. T. Boucher
101069 C. A. Broderick
79807 A. E. Brown
184248 E. J. Brown
430208 G. Bruce
79821 Lieutenant R Calvert
231810 J.A. Cameron
79516 D. Campbell
79568 A. Carter
100367 A. H. Clegg
79023 Lieutenant W. F. Clement
101493 A. Cohen
696378 W. L. Collins
79154 H. Colson
696896 A. F. Connor
115874 J E Cook
434147 W. J. Corp
80201 H. S. Cressey
79815 H. Croft
226549 C. T. A. Cross
446600 E. Cutmore
79569 G. O. Day
80019 G. Decastro
183603 J. Dey
183501 J. F. Dixon
466522 W. Dryburgh
231166 F. G Dunbar
472076 H. Durieux
79920 D. M. Dyet
446248 P. J. Ede
80023 J Emslie
895176 C. G. Ferrier
100225 J. Findlay
79777 R. G. Flemoas
696686 P. D. Forbes
424797 H. V. Foster
883590 J. E. Fraser
2109884 W. F. Fudge
430089 E. Garrett
79928 H. Garrison
79524 L. F. Gayton
183027 Lieutenant W. McC. Gilbert
2109873 L. Gillilan
624932 W. E. Girling
50467 W. G. Given
79836 W. Gleghorn
883646 A.A. Glynn
860105 W. J. Grieve
79399 A. J. Gunning
79087 E. W. Gush
115378 J. W Haigh
895231 I. Harrison
425626 J.E. Harrod
231762 W. . Harrow
161022 W. D. Hart
402525 D. W Hastings
808126 H. Hawkins
696430 A. J. G Hawthorne
115512 R. J. Hayes
424907 E Hicks
80121 V. Hollyfield
466006 L Huckelsbee
101425 E. R. Huguet
446126 W. J. Hunt
2109844 A. J. Hushagen
430069 A. M. Jardine
101234 N. Johnston
444765 O. J. Keith
258514 F. Kelly
79096 A. Kerr
160713 J. T. Kerr
79947 Lieutenant W Langtry
808824 G. Leadbeater
Lieutenant A. R. Leek
183535 J. Leitch
231518 L. L. Lent
161021 A. J. Lewis
402344 J Llewellyn
808239 C. H. Lockhead
696222 W. S. Lovette
447125 T. A. Lowe
422654 R. P. Lowes
231412 E Lumby
696897 F. A. MacBean
435807 D. MacKay
231054 Lieutenant D. N. MacKenzie
80074 M MacLean
50469 G. P. Macqualter
446178 G. H. Mann
80118 W Mapstone
809065 G. Martin
602469 R. S. Martin
696067 G. B. Mathews
79355 J. M McAlpine
696675 H. McArthur
808432 A. A. McCaskie
811536 T. McCormick
79995 Lieutenant A. McCormick
3130529 A. N. McCreery
435824 T McCulloch
401283 A. P. McDonald
231100 E. McDonald
80104 A. McGarrachie
79118 A. N. McIlveen
430007 N. McKay
79258 M. A. McLean
160225 T McLean
425148 W. McLean
79421 D. A McLeod
811430 W. McMillan
895349 J. McMurchie
435393 S. McNintch
472359 W. McQuade
79948 A. Metcalf
80285 J. Miller
79419 E Milton
467094 D. Mitchell
808677 J. Mitchell
895305 N. A. Moore
808909 C. M Morgan
79754 Lieutenant H. P. Morgan
3130288 W. T. Mott
101079 R. Murray
80129 Captain D Murray
101525 M. D. Nail
1018628 E. T. Nesbitt
79289 H. Neuroh
447348 P. J. Newman
79868 J. Newton
252739 E. Ofstedahl
808999 E. T. Olsen
252177 A. D. O'Neill
231630 J. E. Orn
2109969 O. H. Otterson
79954 C. Oxley
811599 R. Park
79745 Lieutenant F. G. Parker
808453 W. H. Pendle
696431 M Price
811422 C. Proudlove
446317 G. Ralph
252191 G. R. Reid
425599 W. Richardson
696622 J. W. Roberts
809040 J. H. Robertson
812022 R. Robertson
425266 F. J. Rodwell
80233 T. R. Rogers
231698 W. H. Ross
79618 C. H. Roy
79967 C. Samson
219635 W. J. Sarrasin
79510 G. Simmons
2356113 W. Simpson
2109954 H. A. Smart
101160 C. E. Smith
79545 F. Smith
622145 H. C. Smith
180748 J. E. Smith
79980 P. Smith
79505 T. Solfleet
79549 F. B. Stark
160029 W. Stewart
696888 H. E. R. Strachan
79977 J. A. Strong
2621826 G. S. Sullivan
79696 L. C Swann
697083 H. A. Symonds
447233 Lieutenant A. J. M. Talbourdet
696676 A. F Taylor
2453308 C. A. Thompson
79639 I. Tidswell
696734 H. A. Tooke
79477 C. W. Townsend
79787 W. Tregellas
696850 A. R. Trelford
184073 H. W. Upton
883657 R. M. Velge
79740 A Wakelyn
697007 J. T. Ward
100706 A. W. Watson
101036 C. A. Wear
231504 A. J. Weighill
3205528 R. W. Weiler
79655 Lieutenant W. G. West
696928 G. E Westover
79685 P. Willis
434991 G. F Wilson
101558 J. Wilson
100071 W. C. Witherly
425501 J. R. Wolfenden
186731 J. Wright
808464 R. Wyatt
Croix de Guerre (France)
Lieutenant-Col Arthur Henry Bell
Medaille Militaire (France)
79725 W. Elgar
Medaille d'Honneur avec Glaives en Argent (France)
79985 H. Turner
Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
161077 G. Bell
80123 D. Bradbury
79044 N. Bryden
79730 G. Doull
808046 F. W. Jackson
Lieutenant E. L. Scott
Decoration Militaire (Belgium)
79174 F. C. Bennett
Cross of St. George (Russia)
79311 A. H. Jackson
898405 J. Korchuk
Mentioned in Despatches
Capt. G. Blake
Lieutenant J. A. Cameron
80015 Lieutenant W. B. Curtis
79569 G. O. Day
678107 A. D Dobney
Lieutenant-Col Edward Spenser Doughty
79833 Joseph Fairley
Captain H. B. Forbes
79723 C. A. Friesen
Lieutenant E. G. Grant
696344 Major H. S. Hewgill
Captain H Kennedy
79947 Lieutenant W Langtry
696492 G. A. Linnen
79855 R. S. Lowden
79751 J. MacDonald
Captain Frederick Robert Martin
80129 Captain D Murray
446306 Captain P. S. Murray
79183 Captain H Norris
79290 V. S. Ockenden
79597 E. St. J. O'Neill
79745 Lieutenant F. G. Parker
183595 j. W. Phipps
Lieutenant-Col N. Spencer
John Douglas R. Stewart
79692 Hon. Captain George Wainwright
Major Charles Henry Westmore
Lieutenant B. A. Wood
Captain L. B. Yule
Lieutenant-Col Arthur Henry Bell (6)
Names Brought to Notice of Secretary of State for War
Major John Douglas R. Stewart
Primary Source: History of the 31st Battalion C.E.F., Nov. 1914 to June 1919
*Harry Percy Crittall won the MC as part of the 15th Middlesex BEF. This entry is not listed in Singers history.
