----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Evans To: ww1 Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 6:05 PM Subject: Medal Card On the medal card of a soldier I'm researching there's a comment in the remarks column which appears to read " Desp; Star returned taken on charge CRN 234 (or 294) d 23.1.20 Auty 734 (or y34). Can anyone explain the remarks, any help will be appreciated. Terry Evans

On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:15:31 +0100, "Terry Evans" <terry_evans@btinternet.com> wrote: >On the medal card of a soldier I'm researching there's a comment in the remarks column which appears to read " Desp; Star returned taken on charge CRN 234 (or 294) d 23.1.20 Auty 734 (or y34). It will be CRV, rather than CRN, and stands for Certificate/Certified Receipt Voucher No 234, dated 23 Jan 1920. When medals were returned to the Army, perhaps by the Post Office as being undeliverable, then a voucher was created to certify their receipt. Auty stands for Authority, and I suspect that the 734 may be 1734 or even 1743, both of which are paragraphs of "King's Regulations and Orders for the Army", and give instructions regarding the issue and disposal of medals. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher