Hi Pat I was going to suggest that the Star medal was the Burma Star campaign medal, but looking at the dates they dont fit, as the Burma campaign was 1942-1944, and the records are 1914-1920. Can I ask where you found the record of correspondence ? Liam On 10 Dec 2010, at 06:07, Pat wrote: > Hi, > > My grandfather, William George Christian Cheeseman was born in > Surrey in > 1889 and joined the Dorset Regiment in 1908. > I realise that a lot of records were burnt in the blitz but I am still > hoping to find out a bit more, > William Cheeseman was a Staff Sargeant Major when he retired about > 1935. > > I have seached Ancestry and The National Archives and have come up > with the > Medal Index. > Does anyone know what it all means or could they suggest where to go > next? > > Medal Index 1914-1920 > Dorset Regiment Pte 8602 > " " " 0733 > > Victory C/2/101B3 Page 149 > Britis " " > 15 Star C/2/2A " 10 > > Theatre of Warfirst served in 5A) Asia > Date of entry therein 6.11.14 > > > Correspondence > > O/C. No 6. Res Bn Pashan Camp. Kirkee, India > submits claims 5.4.19 > > Many thanks > > Pat > nz > > ===== India Mailing List ===== > > Families in British India Society: http://www.fibis.org > > > Archives for this list can be found at: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=INDIA > and at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/INDIA > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

I think the medals queried by Pat for William CHEESEMAN were the three WW1 medals known by the troops as "Pip, Squeak and Wilfred", the star being the 1914-15 Star and the other two the British Defence Medal and the Victory Medal. Regards, Leslie visiting cold Cardiff