WW1 Medal list to be destroyed

[deadants]

It made the national news in Australia today.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1327117.htm

deadants

[tabitha]

Sadly it doesn't seem important enough for UK news 

tabitha

[joboy]

I looked into both the Canadian and New Zealand ex service websites and not a 'peep' about ths subject.
So I sent them all the detail gathered so far.
joboy

[hlbradd]

Good for you Joboy - the more fuss kicked up the more the MOD will have to reconsider.

Tabitha - apparently it was mentioned in the newspaper as my Dad saw it - but it was only a small piece - he reckoned a 3-column spread - by about an inch !  Not surprising that most people missed it then.

Still fuming about the MOD  - but feeling a little more confident that an alternative will be found

Helen

[joboy]

News just in from soc.australia+nz as follows;
News on the Internet follows up on the story by Paul
Reed about the WW1 Index Cards.

Quote from here -
http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/medal_index_cards.htm

I am pleased to say that since this was written, the
Western Front Association have agreed to take on the
care of the records and are currently putting in an
application to the Ministry of Defence, which is
supported by the National Archives. Early negotiations
are proving fruitful: the eventual aim is to make the
records available to the public, possibly via the
Internet.

If you support the Western Front Association then you
can email your support to:

enquiries@westernfrontassociation.com


GOOD NEWS!!

[Valslater]

Sent mine too - and to some friends doing their trees to send on also!!

Valerie