On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:28:04 -0500, "Joan ******" <jenny4275@hotmail.com> wrote: >I am searching for further information on my grandfather's service in WW1. >His name is James Henry Cowsill... >(Aug 1916) Unfortunately C.S.M. Cowsill went down with dysentery. >For the work done while the Company was at Nieuport, C.S.M. Cowsill was >awarded the Belgium Croix de Guerre... >I can't see him in the London Gazette. Can anyone please offer me advice? Foreign awards are very difficult to research, and you are very lucky to have a reason for the award. These awards weren't always published in the London Gazette, however in this instance he appears on page 4530 of the London Gazette of 15th April 1918, towards the bottom of the left-hand column: -------------------- <http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveViewFrameSetup.asp?IssueNumber=30631&pageNumber=10&SearchFor=&PageDuplicate=n&selMedalType=&selHonourType=> War Office, 15th April, 1918. The following are among the Decorations and medals awarded by the Allied Powers at various dates to the British Forces for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign:— His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission in all cases to wear the Decorations and medals in question. Decorations conferred by HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. Croix de Guerre. 442054 Company Serjeant-Major J. H. Cowsill, Royal Engineers (Manchester). -------------------- His Regimental Number is from a batch allocated to the 3rd Field Company of the East Lancashire Royal Engineers (Territorial Force). Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher