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Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette Durham, England
22 Feb 1995

OLD SOLDIERS: Arthur Ord (left) who lent his Military Medal to Robert Erskine for a special photograph
OLD SOLDIERS: Arthur Ord (left) who lent his Military Medal to Robert Erskine for a special photograph. L l&i ! ? ‘ ; |

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? this Arthur Ord lived and married in the north east.................

FMP Tree shows the following

Arthur William Ord
Gender
Male
Birth
9 Sep 1918 ****************
Hackney, Greater London
Marriage
Apr 1940
Hackney, London, United Kingdom

Spouse Gladys Phoebe CRUSE

Living status
Deceased
21 Jan 2000
Waltham Forest, Greater London, England

The man AG has taken the trouble to find is in the OP’s tree on here - as is his wife

What do you know about him?

Birth year?. Birthplace?

Your post is singularly uninformative

It would appear Arthur Ord was awarded the MM for his actions in Dunkirk 1940. Service numbers are different, same name, rank, Corps and date of announcement in the Gazette

If this is your Arthur you can read his recommendation in the National Archives. You will have to register and sign in. The download is FREE

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7357334

National Archives Reference: WO 373/16/458
Description:
Name Ord, A
Rank: Driver
Service No: T/44187
Regiment: 145 Field Ambulance Royal Army Service Corps
Theatre of Combat or Operation: British Expeditionary Force 1939-40
Award: Military Medal
Date of announcement in London Gazette: 20 December 1940
Date: 1940-1942
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

But I imagine you are already aware of the actions in WW2......if this is your Arthur

Why do you think there's a Scottish connection?

As far as I can see, his parents married in Hackney in 1912; his father Charles was born in Hackney in 1887, and his mother Edith Ella Brown was born in Poplar RD in 1887.

Is this Arthur ??

Full Name ORD, Arthur
Nationality
British
Rank Name
Driver
Service Number
T91487
Gazette Info
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35020/supplement/7199
Gazette Date
20 Dec 1940
Gazette Page
7199
Service
British Army
Regiment
Royal Army Service Corps
Service
Army
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award

1939-1945 Star
award

Military Medal (MM) *********
award

War Medal 1939 - 1945
unit

Royal Army Service Corps

In 1939, Gladys was with her parents, William and Phoebe Cruse in Hackney - DOB 10/10/1920.

I don't see Arthur on the 1939 Register - at least not with his full name - which may mean he was in the forces.

Do you know if he actually was in the forces?

Do you know his exact DOB? Is the man born 1918 the right one?

[EDIT:
Yes, I see from births of children, that's the right person.]

WW2 service records are generally not online, and I don't see anything military relating to him, at least not on Ancestry.

No sign of his birth, marriage, or death in Scotland.

Is this his birth in England?

Births Dec 1918 (>99%)
Ord Arthur W (mmn Brown) Hackney 1b 494


Probably the marriage of the 1918 man:

Marriages Jun 1940 (>99%)
Crux Gladys P Ord Hackney 1b 1071
Ord Arthur W Crux Hackney 1b 1071


On the list of service personnel on the 1945 Electoral Register:

Arthur William Ord
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name Arthur William Ord
Electoral Date 1945
Street Address 71 Clifden Road
Ward or Division/Constituency Hackney
County or Borough Hackney, England


Gladys at a different house in the same road ? - on the list of non-service people:

Gladys Ord
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name Gladys Ord
Electoral Date 1945
Street Address 3 Clifden Road
Ward or Division/Constituency Hackney
County or Borough Hackney, England

Any info about in Scotland or anywhere else please