I am trying to find details of my Grandfather, Edwin James Allen b. c1882. He served 22 years in the Royal Garrison Artillery, rising to the rank of WO!. Regimental No 239008. He joined the army before his 16th birthday and was serving in South Africa by the time he was 16. He then went on to serve in the Great War. During his service he was awarded the MC, Mons Star, Transvaal Medal ( 3 bars) 3 further medals and the LS&GC Medal. I am particularly keen to find details of his citation for the MC. Any information would be very much appreciated. Regards, Jim Talbot.

On Sun, 7 Jan 2007 20:44:18 -0000, "Mavis Talbot" <mavisandjim@btconnect.com> wrote: > I am trying to find details of my Grandfather, Edwin James Allen b. c1882. >He served 22 years in the Royal Garrison Artillery, rising to the rank of >WO!. Regimental No 239008. > I am particularly keen to find details of his citation for the MC. Any >information would be very much appreciated. Since he was a Warrant Officer when he received the Military Cross, he is listed in "Recipients of Bars to the Military Cross 1916-1920, to which is added MCs to Warrant Officers 1915-1919" by J V Webb, 1988. The entry shows his Regimental Number as 23908, rather than 239008, and states that his MC was announced in the London Gazette of 1 Jan 1918 without a citation. It also states that no separate citation appeared later. An award on 1 January normally indicates a periodic award, and the lack of a citation would be quite normal. The author says the following: -------------- The "periodic awards" mentioned earlier were those for continuing gallantry over a period, usually about six months, where no specific act could be cited... The "periodic awards" were published in the New Year's Honours List, the London Gazette of 1st January, and in the Birthday Honours, celebrating the King's birthday on 4th June. If this date fell on a Sunday, the List appeared on the 3rd June. --------------- The relevant page from the London Gazette can be seen at <http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?IssueNumber=30450&pageNumber=30&SearchFor=&PageDuplicate=n&selMedalType=&selHonourType=> Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher