Clarence Adcock
Clarence Lionel Adcock Order of the British Empire, CBE (October 23, 1895 – January 9, 1967) was a United States Army officer during World War II. Early life He was born in Waltham, Massachusetts, and attended the United States Military Academy from 1915 - 1918.Association of Graduates USMA (2004). ''The Register of Graduates and Former Cadets of the United States Military Academy West Point''. New York Lucius D. Clay, William M. Miley, Edwin L. Sibert, James C. Marshall, Hugh John Casey were among his fellow graduates. Military career Commissioned into the Corps of Engineers in 1918, Adcock served as G-4 (supplies and logistics) to II Corps (United States), II Corps in the Mediterranean Theater in 1942, before performing the same duties for the Fifth Army. In 1943, he was on the staff of Allied Forces Headquarters and then with the Sixth United States Army Group, Sixth Army Group until the end of the war in Europe. In June 1945, he was appointed Deputy to the Assistant C ...
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Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ...
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