Randolph Hashim

Captain Randolph Hashim, MC, DCM was an English officer of the British Army who served during the First World War.
He was born in 1885, in Chorlton, the son of Syrian-born cotton merchant Khalil and Mary Henrietta Hashim (née Chandley), of Stockton Heath. Hashim was a pre-war territorial who resigned his commission in the 7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment on 21 January 1914.The London Gazette (28794), p. 503. 20 January 1914, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
After the outbreak of war, Hashim enlisted as an other rank, in the 1/6th Manchester Regiment, and served with the battalion in the Gallipoli Campaign. His time in Gallipoli saw him awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and receive a mention in despatches. On 8 September 1915, Hashim was commissioned as a second lieutenant, and rejoined the Cheshire Regiment.The London Gazette (29287), p. 8882. 7 September 1915, thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2015. He went to the Western Front, where he was awarded the Military Cross. His citation reads:
During operations near Jenlain on 3rd and 4th November, 1918, during an enemy withdrawal, he led his company in pursuit with great skill and made ground and captured prisoners, pressing forward in advance of the Division on his life. Afterwards, under intense shell fire, he reorganized his company and led them in another attack with complete success.Crookenden, Arthur (1939/2012), The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War, p. 302.
Like his father, Hashim was in the cotton trade, and was impacted by the industry's post-war slump. He married in 1921, to Molly Rust. Their son, John Randolph, served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Hashim died in 1942, of tuberculosis. His wife died two years later.Interview with John Randolph Hashim, calms.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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