Lieutenant Colonel
LINDSAY SIDNEY DANIELS
Royal Engineers
by
Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis ©2008
Outline of Service
20 October 1915: Promoted Temporary Lieutenant.
13 December 1915: Arrived in France.
12 December 1916: Promoted Temporary Major. On the staff as Deputy Assistant Director Inland Water Transport (graded Class BB).
11 December 1917: Mention in Despatches.
17 March 1918: Promoted Temporary Lieutenant Colonel. Appointed Assistant Director Inland Water Transport (graded Class X).
11 November 1918: Returned to England. Awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal for service in the Great War.
3 June 1919: Awarded the Order of the British Empire. Award for "valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in France."
5 July 1919: Mention in Despatches.
1920: Relinquished commission.
21 December 1921: Presentation of the Order of the British Empire made by the Governor of Gibraltar.
REFERENCES:
1. LANGRIDGE, C. March 1977.
2. CRAWFORD, R. 1977.
3. Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, May 1977.
4. London Gazette, 11 December 1917.
5. London Gazette, 3 June 1919.
6. London Gazette, 5 July 1919.
7. Monthly Army List, October 1920.
8. Monthly Army List, November 1920.
9. Monthly Army List, December 1920.