James “Jimmy” Bremner
Signalman · #SR599156* / RH2552926 / X2910 · S (inferred)
| Rank | Signalman |
|---|---|
| Service number | #SR599156* / RH2552926 / X2910 |
| Patrol | S (inferred) |
| Known as | “Jimmy” |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Dodecanese, 17 Nov 1943 |
What this roll records
HE HELD THE MILITARY MEDAL, AND THIS CARD DID NOT SAY SO. The recommendation survives at The National Archives, Kew, as WO 373/146/321: “Bremner, James. Rank: Sergeant. Service No: RH 2552926. Regiment: Long Range Desert Group. Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East (Special Operations and Escapes). Award: Military Medal. Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 June 1946.” The number matches the RH2552926 already recorded here from the Rhodesia Nominal Roll. TWO THINGS WORTH NOTING. The catalogue gives his rank as SERGEANT where this card has Signalman, which is promotion rather than contradiction. And the theatre — “Special Operations and Escapes” — together with the announcement date of June 1946, sits with what this card already records: he was taken prisoner in the Dodecanese on 17 November 1943. Awards to men who escaped from captivity were commonly gazetted only after the war. The citation has not been read. Source: The National Archives, Discovery catalogue, WO 373/146/321.
Patrol S (S1/S2) INFERRED from Rhodesian/South African service number (SR/RH prefix) - the LRDG Rhodesian & S.African squadron formed S Patrol. Specific S1/S2 not individually confirmed.
Additional service number(s) from Rhodesia roll: RH2552926, X2910. Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).
Dodecanese operations, 1943: prisoner of war 17 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.
Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Signalman Bremner, service no. RH2552926; taken prisoner of war, 17 Nov 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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