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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: diverden on Monday 08 July 19 20:41 BST (UK)

Title: medals records
Post by: diverden on Monday 08 July 19 20:41 BST (UK)
is there a list of ww2 medals awards to each service person the same as in ww1
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: MaxD on Tuesday 09 July 19 09:36 BST (UK)
If you are meaning a general list then:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_campaign_medals

If you mean those awarded to a particular individual then you need that person's service record.

The above relates to campaign medals.  Medals for gallantry and distinguished service were published in the London Gazette.

MaxD
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: diverden on Wednesday 10 July 19 16:52 BST (UK)
If you are meaning a general list then:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_campaign_medals

If you mean those awarded to a particular individual then you need that person's service record.

The above relates to campaign medals.  Medals for gallantry and distinguished service were published in the London Gazette.

MaxD
thanks for the reply, yes i did mean awarded to individuals I have tried for the service record but was told no trace of the person ,just thought that if there was a list a may be able to get her service number
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: MaxD on Wednesday 10 July 19 16:58 BST (UK)
Did you have her date of birth and death certificate.  A service number is not needed if you have the dob (and the other requirements of the application).

MaxD
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: diverden on Wednesday 10 July 19 17:09 BST (UK)
yes have all that and sent to mod records but they insist there is no such person , I think that she may have lied about her age . she was only 15 in 1939 but there is no trace of her in the 1939 register so thats why I think she may have lied
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: MaxD on Wednesday 10 July 19 17:16 BST (UK)
Oh dear.  MoD, rightly, go on the info they have and, again rightly,  don't do any research if it doesn't add up.  She wasn't WRAF by any chance?

MaxD
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: diverden on Wednesday 10 July 19 17:45 BST (UK)
no she was ats radar operater
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: MaxD on Wednesday 10 July 19 17:51 BST (UK)
Shame, RAF numbers are on line but not easy if the name is relatively common,

I don't use ForcesWarRecords but if her name is distinctive enough it may come up in a search with a number.  They don't have her records though.

MaxD
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: GR2 on Wednesday 10 July 19 19:16 BST (UK)
While other things are often thrown out, the little New Testaments given to servicemen/women often survive with the name and service number written inside. Is there any sign of one of them? I discovered my grandfather's original RFA number from WWI and my mother's WRAF number from WWII that way.
Title: Re: medals records
Post by: diverden on Wednesday 10 July 19 19:42 BST (UK)
hi max d and dr2 ,a big thanks for your suggestions but no luck on the bible  I can not ever remember seeing it and no luck on forces war record  ,her name is Frances Doreen howse dob 05/0801924 I have tried all the name variants of house I can think of but no luck its one of those brick walls .