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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: LewisM on Thursday 07 July 11 16:07 BST (UK)
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Hi My names Matthew
I have recently inherited some family stuff from WW1 Such as medals tins and badges and capbadges and stuff.
I am very intrested in the medals however and To find out more about the people ,what they did and maybe what they where involved in dureing the Great war.
The medals i have are
Pte T. Cunningham 6359 Coldstream Guards- Prisoner of War
The Victory medal
The Defense Medal
1914 Star
Pte G. Lunn 4063 Welsh Guards
Victory Medal
Defense Medal
Pte W. J. Worviell 242981 The Queens Regiment
Vicotry Medal
Defense Medal
Pte D. C. Flavell 19347 Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Victory medal
Defense Medal
Dead Mans Penny
Pte W. C. Flavell 24365 Grenadier Guards
Victory Medal
Defense Medal
Dead Mans Penny
Any Infomation is greatly appreciated :')
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wow what a fabulous collection and how very lucky you are to own them. i will start having a look for some of these peoples war records and get back to you but i just wanted to say how lovely those medals are.
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Hi Matthew,
The Defense Medal
In each case, this is actually the British War Medal (Defence medal is a WW2 medal, in fact you have the ribbon for it alongside the Africa Star, its the green/orange/black one).
First off, do you know if these individuals survived the war at all? If not then check CWGC to begin with. Flavell is obviously one who should be listed there, hence the Dead Mans Penny.
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Here you go:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=247201
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=1632019
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i did find a few of the medal cards for one or two of the gentleman listed but thats not really much help i suppose, but i can PM you the details shoudl you want them
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i did find a few of the medal cards for one or two of the gentleman listed but thats not really much help i suppose, but i can PM you the details shoudl you want them
They would still be useful for Matthew to have if they give any other information other than just medal entitlement. For example, theatre of war first entered, battalion number, remarks all helpful if given. :)
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oh ok, im not very 'up' on my military documents etc, i will await his reply to see if he has them already or not
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You will find a lot of advice about researching WW1 soldiers on this site:
http://www.1914-1918.net/
and this forum discusses nothing but WW1:
http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php
A
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Thankyou all for taking the time to reply to my post!! :') yes i would love any infomation you have :)
once again thank you!!!
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Lewis
You Should be able to get all your Guards Service records from the Guards archives at Birdcage Walk London as they were stored in a seperate place to the ones that were bombed in WW2
unfortunately i think it will cost you £30 for each record :(
The Coldstreamer is a pre war regular( i suspect about 1905 enlistment) ive researched a lad with a similar number.
I would check Ancestry first to see if any records are held on there if not apply to the individual Guards archives for their records.
Cracking set of stuff you have there there is the Princess Mary Christmas tin if you google it you will get something...may have belonged to your Coldstreamer as they were issued at Christmas 1914 and POWs were given them too.
Mustve been very sad for the Flavell family Two sons lost to the War.
Addendum :)
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gl=39&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_f-39&gsfn=thomas&gsln=cunningham&gskw=6359+coldstream+guards&sbo=0&uidh=ip5
£30 saved ;) Thomas Cunninghams pension records on ancestry
http://www.1914-1918.net/bat1.htm
Looks like he was involved in the first battles of Great War and wounded in the thigh at Landrecies then became POW ( his war lasted 14 days! until capture at least he was a lucky one and survived)
4063 George Lunn enlisted Nov 1915 and discharged with sickness to pension in 1918
Cant see his record online so will be in Welsh Guards Archive.
Ady
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my apologies for not sending you the information i have found, but my computer is being a complete pain and just wont co-operate >:(
hopefully someone else will be able to help you if they havent already. if not then i will endever to send you the images this weekend at some point, should my PC decide it likes me again!