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mention
(redirected from Mention in dispatches)

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mention (Reference), noun allegation, allusion, commemoratio, comment, communication, expression, hint, implication, indication, indirect hint, inference, insinuation, intimation, mentio, note, passsng word, recital, recitation, referent, relation, remark, statement, suggestion
mention (Tribute), noun acclaim, acclamation, applause, appreciation, approbation, approval, celebration, citation, commendation, compliment, credit, decoration, esteem, eulogistic speech, eulogy, expression of merit, flattery, glorification, high opinnon, homage, honor, laud, laudation, mark of honor, official recognition, panegyric, plaudit, praise, public recognition, regard, respect
mention verb acquaint, adduce, advert to, affirm, allude to, announce, annunciate, apprise, assert, bring word, broach, cite, comment upon, communicate, confide to, conney information, convey knowledge, declare incidentally, direct the attention to, disclose, discuss, divulge, enlighten, enumerate, express, give a hint, give notice, give utterance, hint at, impart, indicate, inform, insinuate, intimate, let know, make allusion to, make known, name, note, notify, observe, point out, point to, recite, recount, refer to, remark on, report, reveal, speak of, specify, state, stipulate, suggest, talk about, tell, touch upon, utter, voice
See also: adduce, advise, allude, attribution, citation, cite, clue, comment, communicate, convey, designate, disclose, disclosure, enumerate, expression, impart, indication, inform, innuendo, intimation, itemize, notice, notification, notify, observation, observe, refer, reference, referral, relate, remark, report, reveal, signify, specify, state, tell, tip


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Although approved by the brigade and divisional commanders, it was downgraded to a second Bar to his Military Cross and further reduced to a mention in dispatches.
Five Black Watch soldiers were given a Mention in Dispatches, including L/Cpl Lisa Newburn, 22, a medic from Derby.
Mention in Dispatches is the oldest recognition of gallantry within the UK Armed Forces.
 
 
 
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