| Surname: | Barnden |
| Initials: | P |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | P/270 |
| Notes: | MMP. One of the 1st MSM's to MMP. Later Sgt A/SSM. The first MOBE to Military Police Corps. Former Brighton Police. Awards, 1915 Star, Victory and War Medal. First served abroad (1) France, 10/1/1915. Discharged class Z reserve 17/7/1919. Later A/WOII. Percival Barnden. Extract from Army and Navy Gazette 5 April 1916. Awarded the French Medaille Militaire:- Military Mounted Police. Sergts. P Barnden, A. Ivens (actg), Mr. J. B Price, formerly Cpl, R.F.A. Police Review 1917. Brighton, The MSM has been conferred on another member of the Brighton Force, Sergeant-Major P Barnden, Military Mounted Police, his distinction being gazetted on October 18th. Police Review 10/11/16, page 455. The Medaille Militaire Sgt P Barndon (Barnden), who is on service in France with the MMP, has been awarded the Medaille Militaire, and was decorated recently by one of the French Generals. he saw service in the Boer War, and gained two medals. He subsequently joined the Brighton Police Force, and was attached to the Fire Brigade. He rejoined the Army at the start of the War. Police Review 1917. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | French Medaille Militaire (London Gazette: 29486 Page: 2071 Feb. 24, 1916) |
| Citation: | |
| Decoration: | Meritorious Service Medal (London Gazette: 29788 Page: 10041 Oct. 18, 1916) |
| Citation: | France. Devotion to duty. First MSM to MMP. Sgt (a/SSM). |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 30711 Page: 6338 May 30, 1918) |
| Citation: | Italy. |
| Decoration: | Medal of the Order of the British Empire (London Gazette: 31750 Page: 964 Jan. 23, 1920) |
| Citation: | France & Flanders. |
| Decoration: | Queen's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/165 Page: 178 Feb. 7, 1903) |
| Citation: | Clasp: Transvaal. Awarded as L/Sgt P Barnden, No. 1183, 2 Scots Guards. Clasps Cape Colony and Orange free State awarded on WO 100/165, page 109, dated 25/10/01. |
| Decoration: | King's South Africa Medal (London Gazette: WO 100/318 Page: 321 Jan. 12, 1902) |
| Citation: | Clasps: South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Awarded as L/Sgt P Barden, No. 1183, 2 Scots Guards. |