Are you looking for recipients of the Imperial Service Order or the Imperial Service Medal? Two different classes of awards which were treated quite differently. Recipients of the Imperial Service Order would likely be found in the Royal Gazette, although I'm not certain of that. As far as I know, there was no formal listing of Imperial Service Medal recipients. However, local newspapers often published the lists at time of award. The Imperial Service Medal was, I believe, granted to civil servants and other government employees for 25 years of service. In Canada, because the railways ended up being government-owned, many railroad employees were entitled to receive this medal. In the Maritimes, therefore, the largest number of recipients were amongst railroad employees. I had a laugh once during correspondence with a distant relative from the States. Her grandfather had been a railway employee in Moncton. His daughter (my correspondent's mother) married a fairly well-off New Englander and became rather adept at finding ways to demonstrate or improve upon their social status. Her mother wrote in her memoirs that her father had been "decorated by the King for services to the nation." In fact, he was a foreman at the ICR shops in Moncton and had, like many of his fellow employees - brakemen, conductors, engineers, coal-shovellers and mechanics - received the Imperial Service Medal for 25 years of service. So much for the Royal honours! Regards, Dan MacDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: TOlfert To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:51 PM Subject: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where found? Hi List, Would anyone happen to know where the information may be found on who received the Imperial Service Order Medal? Shirley

Dan... you totally answered my question. Much appreciated. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan MacDonald" <brikwall@nbnet.nb.ca> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 6:31 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where found? > Are you looking for recipients of the Imperial Service Order or the > Imperial Service Medal? Two different classes of awards which were treated > quite differently. > > Recipients of the Imperial Service Order would likely be found in the > Royal Gazette, although I'm not certain of that. > > As far as I know, there was no formal listing of Imperial Service Medal > recipients. However, local newspapers often published the lists at time of > award. > > The Imperial Service Medal was, I believe, granted to civil servants and > other government employees for 25 years of service. In Canada, because the > railways ended up being government-owned, many railroad employees were > entitled to receive this medal. In the Maritimes, therefore, the largest > number of recipients were amongst railroad employees. > > I had a laugh once during correspondence with a distant relative from the > States. Her grandfather had been a railway employee in Moncton. His > daughter (my correspondent's mother) married a fairly well-off New > Englander and became rather adept at finding ways to demonstrate or > improve upon their social status. Her mother wrote in her memoirs that her > father had been "decorated by the King for services to the nation." In > fact, he was a foreman at the ICR shops in Moncton and had, like many of > his fellow employees - brakemen, conductors, engineers, coal-shovellers > and mechanics - received the Imperial Service Medal for 25 years of > service. So much for the Royal honours! > > Regards, > > Dan MacDonald > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: TOlfert > To: newbrunswick@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:51 PM > Subject: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where found? > > > Hi List, > > Would anyone happen to know where the information may be found on who > received the Imperial Service Order Medal? > > Shirley > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEWBRUNSWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message