James “Tug” Wilson
Sergeant · #318000 · G2 Patrol · MM
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Service number | #318000 |
| Patrol | G2 Patrol |
| Regiment | Scots Guards |
| Known as | “Tug” |
| Honours | MM |
What this roll records
HIS MILITARY MEDAL, CONFIRMED AND DATED. London Gazette, 12 October 1943, Supplement 36209, page 4547, under “The Military Medal.”: “No. 318000 Corporal James Wilson, Scots Guards.” He was a CORPORAL. He is one of five Scots Guardsmen the 2026 Gazette passes identified on this roll, with Fraser, Welsh, Duncalfe and Easton. Source: The London Gazette.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Medical orderly
Honours added from LRDG Honours & Awards list (Middle East 1940–43): MM. Source: W.B. Kennedy-Shaw, “Long Range Desert Group” (original honours & awards list, comp. D. Buxton).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- Murzuk Raid roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy)
- LRDG Nominal Roll, 28 Dec 1940 – Jan 1941 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy) — roll lists as Gsm. Wilson C, no. 3180000 — roll rank: Guardsman
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