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Family Bibles / Unwanted: Langley - Birkenhead / Little Sutton
« on: Friday 14 September 07 14:10 BST (UK)  »
Have just bought a little bible with a few names for the Langley family - one of my junk buys off e-bay.  If anyone's interested you can have it for price of postage.

Page of interest is detached but says Emily Nancy Langley Little Sutton from her loving father October 1919, on the back of this piece of paper is a list of her brothers and sisters and their dates of birth.

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 22 December 06 20:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Bernard

Got book yesterday.....  I nearly fell over there's my (well my husband's great grandfather) man looking right back at me! goodness me and with a picture of the miltary cross too!  Husband can't wait to show his mum, we have pictures of him but from later in life but not from this period in tiem, she's (hopefully) going to be amazed.

Thanks again and a happy Christmas

Christine.

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Sunday 17 December 06 00:17 GMT (UK)  »
thanks all again - funnily enough have ordered the Leics tigers book mentioned before reading this post (xmas present from me to me!)   I think next step Kew...

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 15 December 06 23:01 GMT (UK)  »
Christmas shopping with the husband reminds me of Kipling's famous poem...  If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you... (or another of Kipling's "Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man"!!!)   

But back to Rober Hancock  the reason I downloaded Medal Card was to see if it would reveal any more than I knew from London Gazette and also what I have read on the Somme on line from the day I know he was injured.  This may be another thread for me but does anybody know what a visit to Kew would reveal to me and also what I would need to know.  I have his service no. regt. etc. can I basically turn up and investigate the records (provided there are any I know from reading books that there was extensive damage to records during WWII) or is there a protocol etc.

Thanks again, this has been truly lovely was a bit concerened as a newbie I would be intimidated by people who knew their stuff!!!

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 15 December 06 19:55 GMT (UK)  »
hi Wendi

Thanks for warm welcome.

Husband is going to show me how to do this tomorrow, I showed him what I had posted today (as he is his relative! though would love him to be "on my side")
and he is going to show me tomorrow.... in between all the xmas shopping we have to do....

Ta
Christine

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 15 December 06 19:50 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks to you all for replying to my post - has fathomed out some of the mystery of the MC.  When I had a look to see what it was / is for the site I looked at said was for officers only but clears up with the WO 2.  The edition of the London Gazette I managed to find was on 14th Novemer 1916 and he is listed as Coy S/M.  I know from the memoirs he was injured 14th July 1916.

Thanks again

Christine.

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Armed Forces / Re: help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 15 December 06 14:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Thanks for speedy reply, not sure how I can get this Medal Card on here (no scanner - awaiting it as xmas pressie!).  Have had a look and can't see M.C. after his name (he does it himself on his daughter's marriage certificate which he witnessed)  the only things I can see are as follows:
Name Hancock Robert
corps Leic R
Rank Sgt
Reg no 13609
then underneath there is something illegible possibly his next rank***d II or 11
his Victory, British and 15 handwritten Star roll numbers
theatre of war (1) France
date of entry therin 29-7-15
remarks 'L' res 2/5/19

Thanks

Christine.

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Armed Forces / help re Military Cross & medal card please?
« on: Friday 15 December 06 13:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all and a Merry Christmas

Am new to all of this so please forgive my (extreme) ignorance!

What I have got is some memoirs written by my husband's maternal great grandmother, in the memoirs she talks about his great grandfather being injured in action on the Somme and being awarded the Military Cross. 

I have managed to find on the internet the London Gazette entry of his consipcous gallantry and what he did.  I've just downloaded his medal card (correct regimental no. and correct regiment - Leicestershire Regiment) and the medals listed are the Victory, British and (15 hand written by the side) Star, however there is no mention of the Military Cross.  Should the medal card include the Military cross or is this card for campaign medals only?

Thanks for help in advance.

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