Award of DFC and bar to Harold Southgate
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Award of DFC and bar to Harold Southgate
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Two cuttings, the first from the Essex County Telegraph 16th October 1943 announcing the award of a Bar to Harolds D.F.C. The other records the award of the D.F.C. No dates or publication.
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1943-10-16
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Two newspaper clippings
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Colchester D.F.C.’s Record
MANY RAIDS WITHOUT A SCRATCH.
The skilful airmanship and exceptional efficiency of a Colchester pilot is acknowledged this week in an Air Ministry bulletin which announces the award of the Bar to the D.F.C. to Flight-Lieut. H.W. Southgate R.A.F.V.R., No. 50 Squadron. He won the D.F.C. in November last year.
Flight-Lieut. Southgate, says the official citation, has completed a highly successful tour of operations, and throughout his many missions, he has displayed a keenness and efficiency well above the average. His attacks have invariably been completed with gallantry and determination, and in spite of enemy opposition he has always returned to base with his aircraft undamaged as a result of his skilful airmanship and exceptional efficiency.
Flight-Lieut. Southgate, an Old Colcestrian, was a keen sportsman, playing both cricket and Rugger for the Colchester Royal Grammar School. An attractive batsman, he had several good seasons with Colchester and East Easex [sic], and was also a tower of strength in the field. He had played Rugby for the Old Colcestrians.
Southgate, who is married, and whose home is in Nayland Road, Mile End, was before joining the Services an assistant master, prior to enlistment being on the staff of the East Ward School. At the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Navy when there was a demand for schoolmasters in the Senior Service, but later returned to his scholastic duties under the Colchester Education Committee for a few months. He subsequently enlisted in the R.A.F., and as a bomber pilot took part in the thousand-bomber raids.
[inserted] Essex County Standard Telegraph
October 16th 1943 [/inserted]
[page break]
[remnant of previous article]
D.F.C. FOR COLCHESTER MAN. – The D.F.C. is awarded to Flying Officer Harold William Southgate, born in 1914 at Colchester, where his home is. The citation states that he, as captain of aircraft, has consistently shown the greatest determination in seeking out his targets, and no matter how fierce the opposition he has attacked at low altitude, thereby persistently scoring hits which have been confirmed by photographs. Another D.F.C. winner is Pilot Officer Thomas Bernard Crowfoot, who was born at Roydon, Diss.
MANY RAIDS WITHOUT A SCRATCH.
The skilful airmanship and exceptional efficiency of a Colchester pilot is acknowledged this week in an Air Ministry bulletin which announces the award of the Bar to the D.F.C. to Flight-Lieut. H.W. Southgate R.A.F.V.R., No. 50 Squadron. He won the D.F.C. in November last year.
Flight-Lieut. Southgate, says the official citation, has completed a highly successful tour of operations, and throughout his many missions, he has displayed a keenness and efficiency well above the average. His attacks have invariably been completed with gallantry and determination, and in spite of enemy opposition he has always returned to base with his aircraft undamaged as a result of his skilful airmanship and exceptional efficiency.
Flight-Lieut. Southgate, an Old Colcestrian, was a keen sportsman, playing both cricket and Rugger for the Colchester Royal Grammar School. An attractive batsman, he had several good seasons with Colchester and East Easex [sic], and was also a tower of strength in the field. He had played Rugby for the Old Colcestrians.
Southgate, who is married, and whose home is in Nayland Road, Mile End, was before joining the Services an assistant master, prior to enlistment being on the staff of the East Ward School. At the outbreak of war he joined the Royal Navy when there was a demand for schoolmasters in the Senior Service, but later returned to his scholastic duties under the Colchester Education Committee for a few months. He subsequently enlisted in the R.A.F., and as a bomber pilot took part in the thousand-bomber raids.
[inserted] Essex County Standard Telegraph
October 16th 1943 [/inserted]
[page break]
[remnant of previous article]
D.F.C. FOR COLCHESTER MAN. – The D.F.C. is awarded to Flying Officer Harold William Southgate, born in 1914 at Colchester, where his home is. The citation states that he, as captain of aircraft, has consistently shown the greatest determination in seeking out his targets, and no matter how fierce the opposition he has attacked at low altitude, thereby persistently scoring hits which have been confirmed by photographs. Another D.F.C. winner is Pilot Officer Thomas Bernard Crowfoot, who was born at Roydon, Diss.
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“Award of DFC and bar to Harold Southgate,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed October 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39663.
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