Is it possible on WW1 Army service records and Medal records on the same person to have different Regimental numbers?
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Originally posted by Oakum Picker View PostThe number on the Service Record should be one of the numbers on the Medal Card though, I think.
It's very common to find more than one number, as apart from transfers to other regiments, the Territorial battalions were all re-numbered during the war.
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If it is the same person, you may be able to tell from the information in the detailed record. The medal card record is usually very sparse.
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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OK, well from the service records, it looks like your chap didn't serve abroad, so the medal card can't be his.
I think the only cases where someone with home service only has a MIC, is if they were invalided out, in which case there would normally be a card for the Silver War Badge. But he wouldn't have qualified for any medals if he didn't go abroad, I'm afraid.
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I think you'll find that the Ancestry records are TNA ones.
Not sure what else might be available.
ChristineResearching: BENNETT (Leics/Birmingham-ish) - incl. Leonard BENNETT in Detroit & Florida ; WARR/WOR, STRATFORD & GARDNER/GARNAR (Oxon); CHRISTMAS, RUSSELL, PAFOOT/PAFFORD (Hants); BIGWOOD, HAYLER/HAILOR (Sussex); LANCASTER (Beds, Berks, Wilts) - plus - COCKS (Spitalfields, Liverpool, Plymouth); RUSE/ROWSE, TREMEER, WADLIN(G)/WADLETON (Devonport, E Cornwall); GOULD (S Devon); CHAPMAN, HALL/HOLE, HORN (N Devon); BARRON, SCANTLEBURY (Mevagissey)...
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I don't think so, not campaign medals at any rate. You could qualify for the BWM without serving in a theatre of war, but you still had to serve abroad, eg India.
I'm no expert though - best place to ask is the Great War Forum.
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Blackberry, I agree with you re campaign stars, to be awarded one of those you had to be involved in the overseas campaign.
I'm no military expert either, but I have a chap who was awarded both the British War medal & the victory medal. As far as we know, he was in the labour corps and never went overseas. Similarly, my friend tells me her gd-dad had an eyesight problem and flat feet, lol, but was conscripted and served as a cook on the Isle of Sheppey. He too received war & victory medals.
I think you received the war medal for serving in the forces between 1914 and 1918 and the victory medal for being in the forces 1917 - 1918?????
JayJanet in Yorkshire
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Originally posted by Janet in Yorkshire View PostBlackberry, I agree with you re campaign stars, to be awarded one of those you had to be involved in the overseas campaign.
I'm no military expert either, but I have a chap who was awarded both the British War medal & the victory medal. As far as we know, he was in the labour corps and never went overseas. Similarly, my friend tells me her gd-dad had an eyesight problem and flat feet, lol, but was conscripted and served as a cook on the Isle of Sheppey. He too received war & victory medals.
I think you received the war medal for serving in the forces between 1914 and 1918 and the victory medal for being in the forces 1917 - 1918?????
I think - but really the GWF is the place to go with this. If there are any exceptions or anomalies with this, somebody there will know.
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