I have been looking for several years to track down my grandfather`s WW1 medals, and yes, I do appreciate what an impossible task this is ! My question is this - did medals sent to the widows of soldiers who died, have their names already engraved around the rim, or was it up to the family to get this done ? I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. It is also very sad to see medals listed for sale by family members, when I would be so thrilled to track down just one of mine ! Barbara

Greetings, Just to say that there were others who were awarded medals, my mother got a medal for Air Raid Warning, and fire watching, 1939---1945 Now displayed in a picture frames with my father and step fathers pictures and medals. Peter Barbara Short wrote: >I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. It is also very sad to see medals listed for sale by family members, when I would be so thrilled to track down just one of mine ! > >Barbara > > > >

On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:59:14 -0000, "Barbara Short" <b.short@virgin.net> wrote: >I have been looking for several years to track down my grandfather`s WW1 medals, and yes, I do appreciate what an impossible task this is ! Token Publishing, who produce the Medal News magazine, have a service called Medal Tracker, where you can list medals you are after. See http://www.medaltracker.com/about.asp >My question is this - did medals sent to the widows of soldiers who died, have their names already engraved around the rim, or was it up to the family to get this done ? For the British Armed Forces in WW1, the campaign medals were sent out with the recipient's details already inscribed on them. This did not happen in WW2, when the campaign medals were sent without an inscription. >I ask this question because I search regularly on eBay and several medals are listed as `genuine un-named original medals`. Do you have a link to any such medals from WW1? Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher

My grandfather was in the 1st/4th Bn Queens Own. He died in India in July 1917, Would there be a Medal Card for him? How can I find out if my grandmother actually received any service medals he might have been entitled too? Trust someone can help a newbe Ted

Well Ted, if you was to give your grandfathers name & rank people would be able to help you. The short & curly is that if he served overseas there will be a MIC and a listing on the CWGC. Alan... > -----Original Message----- > From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > EDWARD SOUTHWICK > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 3:15 PM > To: GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] WW1 medals > > My grandfather was in the 1st/4th Bn Queens Own. He died in India in July > 1917, Would there be a Medal Card for him? How can I find out if my > grandmother actually received any service medals he might have been entitled > too? > Trust someone can help a newbe > Ted > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with > the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ted - do you mean that he served with the 1/4th Bn Royal West Kent Regiment ? Was his name Thomas Alfred Bennett ? If so, died (natural causes) 28/7/17. Commemorated on the Kirkee Memorial nr Poona. Previous service number 5005 (still 4th Bn RW Kent but could be 1/4th, 2/4th, or 3/4th, though the latter is unlikely). There is a medal card for him at The National Archives Kew (see online database on TNA website). Medal qualification may result from service prior to India - check medal records. British WW1 service Medals were issued to nok of deceased Other Ranks by default, - if they were undeliverable then the medal card & roll should be notated to that effect. regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html

Hi Tom, Are you a thought reader? Yes that is my grandfather. While you state he died of natural causes, my Mother told me that he was guarding a Well and was attacked by a local independence group. Needless to say I have no proof of this and when my sister tried some years ago to get his service record from Kew, she was told that all of the records had been destroyed in a WWII fire. So as far as I am concerned it is still a bit of a mystery. Regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <prosearch@btinternet.com> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] WW1 medals > Ted - do you mean that he served with the 1/4th Bn Royal West Kent > Regiment > ? > > Was his name Thomas Alfred Bennett ? > > If so, died (natural causes) 28/7/17. Commemorated on the Kirkee Memorial > nr > Poona. Previous service number 5005 (still 4th Bn RW Kent but could be > 1/4th, 2/4th, or 3/4th, though the latter is unlikely). There is a medal > card for him at The National Archives Kew (see online database on TNA > website). Medal qualification may result from service prior to India - > check > medal records. British WW1 service Medals were issued to nok of deceased > Other Ranks by default, - if they were undeliverable then the medal card & > roll should be notated to that effect. > regards > - > Tom Tulloch-Marshall > WW1 Military Research > website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/694 - Release Date: 20/02/2007 > 13:44 > >