East Yorkshire Regiment awarded Territorial Decoration London Gazette 25 June 1940 , East Yorkshire Regiment Awarded Mentioned in Despatches for Gallant and Distinquished service in the Middle East during period July 1941 , October 1941 , Reported Prisoner of War captured in LIbya June 1942 Hull Daily Mail , Photo and Write Up , Reported Prisoner of War at Campo 75 PM 3450 Italy August 1942 , Prisoner of War number 1943 Oflag 79 Brunswick Lower Saxony , East Yorkshire Regiment to be Lieutenant Colonel (Quartermaster) 18 April 1947