Greetings from the Antipodes I am new to the list and would be very grateful for any help or advice anyone is able to give me. I had a look at the website for the Dunkirk Veterans' Association and note that it was having its last meeting back in 2000. I am endeavouring to discover something of the service history of my late mother's late first cousin who, I believe, was at Dunkirk and earned the Military Medal for his action in swimming from beach to craft with injured personnel. Sadly I do not know his rank or service number or regiment. He was born and lived in Oldham, Lancashire, which may have some bearing on the regiment he joined, and I would very much like to know if there is a list of the recipients of Medals awarded after Dunkirk? With many thanks in anticipation. Regards Cynthia Tauranga, New Zealand

Hi Cynthia, Can you please tell us what his name was ? I will then look for him in Seedy's, " Roll of Naval Honors and Awards 1939 1959 " to see if he was in the Royal Navy. Once you have his name you will also be able to look for him on the London Gazette on line web site which published the name and date awarded for recipients of the MM. Good luck. Patrick. Perth, Western Australia. Cynthia Kimpton wrote: >Greetings from the Antipodes > >I am new to the list and would be very grateful for any help or advice anyone is able to give me. > >I had a look at the website for the Dunkirk Veterans' Association and note that it was having its last meeting back in 2000. > >I am endeavouring to discover something of the service history of my late mother's late first cousin who, I believe, was at Dunkirk and earned the Military Medal for his action in swimming from beach to craft with injured personnel. Sadly I do not know his rank or service number or regiment. > >He was born and lived in Oldham, Lancashire, which may have some bearing on the regiment he joined, and I would very much like to know if there is a list of the recipients of Medals awarded after Dunkirk? > >With many thanks in anticipation. > >Regards > >Cynthia >Tauranga, New Zealand > > >==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== >Please do not send virus warnings to the list. If you have concerns about a virus, contact your list admin or join VIRUS-DISCUSSIONS-L@rootsweb.com subscribe in the subject line. We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > >

Hello Patric across the Tasman Many thanks for making contact and for your offer of help. He was Hanley FORD, and he was born January 1911, son of Joe and Hannah (Annie) FORD. Again, my thanks. Cheers Cynthia