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The Second World War

Typed telegram

Description:

Typed copy of the telegram from Lt.Col. Mayne to Cecil Riding on the awarding of his Military Cross.

 

Captain Cecil Riding (Jock) grew up near Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire. In 1940 he joined the Coldstream Guards before transferring to the Highland Light Infantry in 1941. In February 1944 Cecil Riding was selected for the newly formed Special Air Service (SAS) and was posted on special duty throughout occupied Western Europe in 1944 and 1945 for which he was awarded the Military Cross.

Source:
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Accession number:
DUMFM:2012.18.60
Digital Number:
DMCR038n
Copyright:
Dumfries and Galloway Council