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  • Medal cards for CEF

    Are these available online and, if so, can anyone give me a link please?

    I'm trying to find out if Arthur Abel (born England 1882) who emigrated to Canada & served with the CEF from 1915 until his death at the Somme in 1916 was awarded the British war & Victory medals.

    I have his service record and the info about the circumstances of his death, but am missing info about medals.

    Jay
    Janet in Yorkshire



    Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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    I think the medal card usually appears within the service record images - but there doesn't appear to be one for Arthur although there is a mention for his eligibility for the 1914-15 Star.


    Not sure if you have seen this link which explains the criteria for medal awards
    Elaine







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    • #3
      Just checked one of mine and the medal card (as per the example in the link) is included in the service record.
      Elaine







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      • #4
        Thanks Elaine - I wondered if that was the case. So, it seems like the card is probably "lost." :(

        I'll put a note to that effect in my book of remembrance, and add a memo that there is mention of his entitlement to the star and that he would have qualified for the War and Victory medals too.

        Jay
        Janet in Yorkshire



        Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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        • #5
          I believe you can claim unclaimed war medals from the MOD ?

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          • #6
            Thanks Val.

            Not sure whether or not it would be the MOD if he lived in Canada and fought with the Canadians???
            His medals (if entitled to any) may well have been despatched to England to his father (his financial effects certainly were - enough to buy, or assist in buying, a house!) It's the medal index card which seems to have gone missing. His youngest sister still lived at home with the father, so anything there was would have eventually gone to her. She married but had no children - so it would have been up to a range of nephews and nieces to sort out her estate. One great-niece has passed on a photo of Arthur which was originally in the possession of her grandmother - another sister of Arthur.

            Jay
            Last edited by Janet in Yorkshire; 16-07-16, 14:41.
            Janet in Yorkshire



            Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree

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            • #7
              have you looked in the soldiers wills ?? maybe he is in there

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              • #9
                ignore that dont know what I was thinking

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