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254302 Pte. George Frederick Claydon British Army 1/4th Btn. Essex Regiment from:Romford My grandfather George Claydon volunteered for the 1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment, Territorial Force on 9th of February 1914 and served throughout WW1 in the Essex Regiment. Towards the end of the war he was in Palestine and Egypt and transferred on 15th of May 1918 to the Royal Air Force with the Egypt Expeditionary Force near Cairo at Abbassia. He spent most of the next 20 years in the RAF and went back on active service at the start of WW2 with the rank of Warrant Officer. He appears to have been evacuated from France on 2nd of June 1940. He was Gazetted MBE on 11th of July 1940 for Distinguished services rendered in recent operations, but always told my mother it was for organising sports and social events at RAF camps! He has, I imagine, the pretty rare distinction of having been at Gallipoli and Dunkirk. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**