Most personnel records relating to people who served in the Second World War are yet to be released for public view. Therefore there must be many of those who served who have yet to be given general recognition for their deeds. The following members of the family took part in the Second World War and are known to have been given a military award.
The Military Medal
John Arthur Reffell – 145422 Sergeant, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Tebaga Zemlet, Algeria. Gazetted on 15 May 1943.
The American Bronze Star
John Reffelle Spencer – 113260 Lieutenant Colonel. Citation: ‘For meritous service from 1 March 1944 to 8 May 1945. Lt Col Spencer rendered conspicuous service to the United States by assisting US agencies in the coordination of overseas shipments of petroleum supplies from the UK to US Forces in Northern Europe participating in the war with Germany. His devotion to duty and sympathetic dealings with the problems arising in connection with this work contributed materially to the successful supply of petroleum products to the Allied Forces in Northern Europe.’