Could that be the Indian General War Medal awarded to those who served on the Indian North West Frontier and in the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919? There were a number of MGC Companies in India. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Chapman" <john@purley.demon.co.uk> To: <greatwar@rootsweb.com> Cc: <GREATWAR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:24 PM Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] Re Medal card > In message <c6f.5afc30d.32aad409@aol.com>, SHAWGILLDAVE@aol.com writes >>Dear Listers, >>I have downloaded the medal card for WILLIAM HENRY CRAMP from the National >>archives online. It contains the following details: >> >>M.G.C. Pt 10116 >>R.War.R 14854 >>M.G.C. 10116 >>M.G.C. Pte 7807399 >> >>I know that M.G.C. = Machine Gun Corps, but what is ' R.War.R', please? > > ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT >> >>Under Medals it states: >> >>M.G.C / 101B 6 (Page) 599 > 10116 - his regimental number >> >>What is 101B 6, please? > ditto >> >>Finally it states: >> >># Ind G S Wa** 1919-21 (Roll 18805.244) >>** could be ps or ys >> >>What does this mean? >> > GENERAL SERVICE WAR MEDAL >>Many thanks in advance >> >> >>Gill Shaw >> >> >>------------------------------- >>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 >> > > -- > John Chapman > > > ------------------------------- > 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