William R. “Bill” Hough

Warrant Officer II · #257762 · MID

Rank	Warrant Officer II
Service number	#257762
Known as	“Bill”
Honours	MID

What this roll records

*** THE SERVICE NUMBER ON THIS CARD BELONGS TO ANOTHER MAN. *** London Gazette, 26 January 1943, Supplement 35880, page 532: “Serjt. Robert Henry EVANS (257762).” No Hough appears under 257762, and searching the name returned nothing military. The number should not be relied on. Source: The London Gazette.

MID per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group" appendices. ("Hough, Sgt. W.R.", Middlesex Yeomanry).

Also recorded as 'Hough, W.R.' on the IWM 1945 roll (LRDG Association member); merged as the same man. Nickname 'Cliff?' noted on the roll as uncertain.

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Where this comes from

AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
Added from IWM 1945 roll (LRDG Association member). Source: IWM Nominal Roll, LRDG Association, July 1945 (Imperial War Museum).
Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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