Shirley: I can end you a photo of the Imperail Service Medal, as awarded to a railwayman, if you wish. Jay Underwood Elmsdale NS > > From: "TOlfert" <conolf@telus.net> > Date: 2007/05/12 Sat AM 09:37:01 EDT > To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where found? > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > >From Railfare-DC Books: http://www.railfare.net/From%20Folly%20to%20Fortune.html http://railfare.net/builtforwar.html Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Hall of Fame: http://www.nsrwyhalloffame.com/ Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society: http://novascotiarailwayheritage.com/

Jay... that would be just great... thank you. S. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jp.underwood@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where found? > Shirley: I can end you a photo of the Imperail Service Medal, as awarded > to a railwayman, if you wish. > Jay Underwood > Elmsdale NS >> >> From: "TOlfert" <conolf@telus.net> >> Date: 2007/05/12 Sat AM 09:37:01 EDT >> To: <newbrunswick@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [ NB ] Imperial Service Order Medal - recipients where >> found? >> >> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > >>From Railfare-DC Books: > http://www.railfare.net/From%20Folly%20to%20Fortune.html > http://railfare.net/builtforwar.html > Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Hall of Fame: > http://www.nsrwyhalloffame.com/ > Visit the Nova Scotia Railway Heritage Society: > http://novascotiarailwayheritage.com/ > > > ------------------------------- > 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