| Surname: | Birks |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Major |
| Army Number: | 385010 |
| Notes: | Provost Officer. Royal Army Service Corps. Joseph Birks. London Gazette 40476, 2787, 13/5/1955. Corps of Royal Military Police. Regular Army. Short Serv Commn. Capt J Birks (385010) from RASC (Emp List 4) to be Capt, 14/5/1955 retaining his present seniority. London Gazette 41235, 6871, 26/11/1957. Corps of Royal Military Police. Territorial Army. Capt J Birks (385010) from Res of Offrs. Cl III. to be Capt, 10/10/1957, with seniority 20/10/1953, and is granted the actg rank of Maj. London Gazette 41861, 6996, 6/11/1959. Corps of Royal Military Police, Territorial Army. Capt (Act Maj) J Birks (385010) to be Maj, 7/11/1959, with seniority 10/10/1957. London Gazette 41056, 2578, 30/4/1957. Corps of Royal Military Police. Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Class III. Short Serv. Commn. Capt J Birks (385010) fro Active List to be Capt, 1/5/1957, retaining his present rank. London Gazette 44283, 3854, 6/4/1967. Corps of Royal Military Police. Territorial & Volunteer Reserve. Maj. J Birks, MBE., (385010) from TA. to be Maj., 1/4/1967, with seniority 10/10/1957. RMP. Enlisted between 11/1950 & 2/1951. Shown on RMP Nominal Roll 11/1953 rank Cpl. London Gazette 44971, 11385, 25/11/1969. Corps of Royal Military Police. Regular Army Reserve of Officers. Class II. Maj. J Birks, MBE. (385010) from T & A V R to be Maj., 31/10/1969. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Member of the British Empire (London Gazette: 42552 Page: 7 Jan. 1, 1962) |
| Citation: | New Year Honour. 385010 Major Joseph Birks, 1 Corps Signals Pro Coy RMP/TA. July 1956 to July 1961.Citation: Major Birks was the Permanent Staff Officer of 1 Corps Pro Sigs Coy during the Suez crisis and was made responsible for all communications covering the South Wales Ports and did a remarkably fine job of work. While he was PSO of this unit he raised it to such a peak that it was sufficiently operational to take to war without further training. When he gave up his extended service commission to take a job with a civilian firm he straight way volunteered to serve on in a TA capacity and very soon after this became Commanding Officer of the Company. Not only has he kept this Unit up to its very high standard but he has doubled its numbers and made it in to an absolutely shown piece Company in the Area. In his capacity of Director of his firm he has done much more than could be reasonably expected o him to promote the interest of the TA and regular army in the district and one can quite truthfully say that he spends a major portion of his leisure time in promoting good will towards the regular and TA Armies and I cannot recommend him strongly enough. In all respects both in civil life and in his military duties he has shown himself to be outstanding.Recommended by: APM Western Command. Chief of Staff, Western Command. GOC Western Command. |
| Decoration: | Efficiency Decoration (T & AVR) (London Gazette: 45060 Page: 3122 March 17, 1970) |
| Citation: | RMP. Maj. J Birks, MBE (385010) now RARO. |
Provost Officer Appointments: | |
| No appointments recorded | |