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Title: Imperial Service Medal
Post by: podgeb on Wednesday 06 June 12 13:22 BST (UK)

Hi all,

I have an great uncle who was awarded an imperial service medal. Is there any way to find out when he would have got this and why. He was from Llanelli, Wales.

Thanks in advance

 :)

Title: Re: Imperial Service Medal
Post by: gortonboy on Wednesday 06 June 12 13:43 BST (UK)

Non-managerial civil servants who complete 25 years service are eligible for the Imperial Service Medal (ISM) upon retirement. The medal is a silver circular medal bearing the effigy of the reigning monarch on the obverse, and the motif of a naked man resting after work with the legend 'For Faithful Service' on the reverse.

Title: Re: Imperial Service Medal
Post by: kesannah on Wednesday 06 June 12 14:43 BST (UK)

Hello Podge,

You could try contacting

Central Chancery of The Orders of Knighthood,

St James's Palace

London S.W.1

Title: Re: Imperial Service Medal
Post by: mshrmh on Wednesday 06 June 12 14:54 BST (UK)

I found that given to an ancestor of my OH (he was in the postal service) was listed in the London Gazette - free to search online, which would give you the date. They have used OCR software so if you don't find him it may be that his name has been mangled by this & you would need to use variants:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/

This is a link to the British postal Museum's page on the ISM and their criteria for its award:
http://postalheritage.org.uk/page/ism

Title: Re: Imperial Service Medal
Post by: podgeb on Thursday 07 June 12 08:55 BST (UK)

Thank you for all the replies, will try those links now  :)