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Military Cross
Articles are added to categories by adding the category name to the article, not by adding names directly on the category page. Please ask if you need help. David Underdown (talk) 09:28, 12 December 2007 (UTC)


 * John, you still don't quite seem to have got the hang of creating a new article. If you click on this link: Kalman Berelowitz you should be taken to a blank page where you can add the info, I've copied and pasted this below for your convenience.  If you also add Category:Recipients of the Military Cross at the end of the article (without the initial colon), the new article will than be listed on the category page.  However, I should tell you that it is most unlikely that Kalman will be considered sufficiently notable for his article to survive long.  To be notable as a military person, the person normally has to have been awarded the Victoria Cross or the George Cross, or commanded a significant number of personnel in combat, neither of which seem to be the case here.  To give the article the best possible chance, you also need to provide sources, so that the information can be independently verified (I think you may also need to be aware of the poicies on conflicts of interest too, it's not considered a good idea to write about members of your own family for example).  Given his miltary service, he should appear in the London Gazette at his initial commissioning, promotions, and for the award of the MC, try searching on his surname here: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearch.aspx?geotype=London to enter info in a consistent format in wikipedia, you can use this template LondonGazette.


 * Here's the info you added

Lieutenant Kalman Solomon Berelowitz, MC (15 June, 1915, Rondevlei, George District, Cape, - 25 December, 1971, De Aar, Cape Province,  was a [[South African] tank commander.

He fought as a member of the 7th Armoured Division 3rd County of London Yeomanry in the Second World War. He was awarded the Military Cross (United Kingdom) during 13th June 1944 at the battle of Villers Bocage in France.


 * David Underdown (talk) 16:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)