I found my grandpa's info, not very much, as his records among others were burned in a bombing raid. Edwin Thomas Blake (1873-1930) did receive the British War Medal and a Victory Medal. Was in the Army during the WWI in France in the ASC ( Army Service Corps) which was responsible for supplying and transporting the Army. His Army Identification was Private E.T. Blake, A.S.C., (T4-159129) inscribed on the British War Medal, which was approved by King George V in 1919 to commemorate the services rendered by His Majesty's Forces and to record the bringing of the War to a successful conclusion. ( Note: "T" in his number signified Transport Division). Edna, his grand-daughter, has a photograph of the moustached Edwin in his Army uniform taken around 1920; with him is a friend who was in the Machine Gun Corps. Checked his Army record but apparently were in the Burnt Records meaning they were damaged during WWII, in London. There is a card stating RASC, Roll number 101B109, pg. 11049 and that he was a Private. Also proves he received the silver British War Medal (Service Medal) and the Victory Medal. By receiving the Victory Medal it meant that he was in a theatre of war (overseas) so we can be fairly sure that he was in France. The qualification for award of the1914-15 Star was entering a theatre of war before the end of 1915, (rather than entering the Army) so there is a slight possibility that he was in the ASC before 31 Dec 1915. Glad you found the CWGC site handy. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josephine Jeremiah" <jojeremiah@dsl.pipex.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:28 PM Subject: [B&S] BODMAN, William G. and Ambrose, Gloucester Regiment,died 1917 (CWGC) On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:40:35 -0000, liverpud <liverpud-49@rogers.com> wrote: > Bless these brave men and women: > http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp Thanks for this reminder, Edna. I don't think I've used this site before because, in the past, when using my ancient computer, I have found it increasingly difficult to access web sites. I've just looked up, on this site, two BODMAN brothers who were in the Gloucestershire Regiment and who were my grandmother's second cousins. William G. BODMAN , aged 22, died on 3rd. May 1917 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Ambrose BODMAN, aged 19, died on 31st. July 1917 and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. I know that these two brothers are commemorated on the Bitton War Memorial and on the following web page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/GLS/Bitton/WarMem.html The CWGC site gives additional details. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message