{"id":2568,"date":"2018-02-28T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T09:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:37:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:37:53","slug":"mentioned-in-dispatches-100-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/mentioned-in-dispatches-100-years-ago","title":{"rendered":"Mentioned In Dispatches 100 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2572\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"wp-image-2572 size-large\" title=\"The notice Harvey's Grandad received advising him of his Mention In Dispatches\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-620x510.jpg\" alt=\"The notice Harvey's Grandad received advising him of his Mention In Dispatches\" width=\"620\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-620x510.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-500x411.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The notice Harvey&#8217;s Grandad received advising him of his Mention In Dispatches<br \/>(click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harvey&#8217;s Grandad, then <strong><a title=\"Temporary Observer Sub-Lieutenant C N Ellen\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hibbitt.org.uk\/barnesfamilytree\/fam2420.html\">Temporary Observer Sub-Lieutenant C N Ellen<\/a><\/strong>, was mentioned in dispatches in 1918. The M.I.D. citation appeared in the London Gazette on 11 June 1918 and was &#8220;For Gallant Conduct and Distinguished Service during the Period from 21st September, 1917 to 28th February 1918&#8221;, a period which ended exactly 100 years ago today. He received it &#8220;for Salonika&#8221; whilst serving in the Aegean with the Royal Naval Air Service, soon to become part of the RAF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Wing Commander who signed the original notice was F W Bowhill who became Air Chief Marshall Sir Frederick Bowhill during World War II.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2575\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2575\" class=\"wp-image-2575 size-full\" title=\"The clipping from the London Gazette kept by Harvey's Grandad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-gazette.jpg\" alt=\"The clipping from the London Gazette kept by Harvey's Grandad\" width=\"464\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-gazette.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-gazette-331x500.jpg 331w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-gazette-411x620.jpg 411w, https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/mid-gazette-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The clipping from the London Gazette kept by Harvey&#8217;s Grandad<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvey&#8217;s Grandad, then Temporary Observer Sub-Lieutenant C N Ellen, was mentioned in dispatches in 1918. The M.I.D. citation appeared in the London Gazette on 11 June 1918 and was &#8220;For Gallant Conduct and Distinguished Service during the Period from 21st &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/mentioned-in-dispatches-100-years-ago\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-2568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ancestors-corner","tag-ellen"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2576,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568\/revisions\/2576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}