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« on: Monday 11 July 11 20:53 BST (UK) »
(Hello) can you tell me please if all soldiers of the 1st World War had their names on the rim of their medals or was it just officers I have medal with just name no more information

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Re: medal information
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 July 11 22:01 BST (UK) »
hi mallow,

all ranks were entitled to a medal of some sort although it appears that officers had to apply for theirs!

if the medal shows king george V on the front is is the war medal and usually engraved on the edge was name, rank, unit and service number.

6.5 million such medals were issued which gives an indication of the commitment to that awful war.

caveat emptor as the roman's said, there are a lot of fakes out there so if you bought one you should google the various websites to check authenticity.

tony

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Re: medal information
« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 July 11 22:23 BST (UK) »
(Hello) can you tell me please if all soldiers of the 1st World War had their names on the rim of their medals or was it just officers I have medal with just name no more information

All soldiers had their names, number, rank and unit around the rim of the medal.
But perhaps this particular person wasn't a soldier, several other possibilites. Can you give us the name?
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Re: medal information
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 July 11 20:07 BST (UK) »
Thank you for reply on the medal I have there is only name (Michael Tyrrell) no other information I dont know why?


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Re: medal information
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 13 July 11 22:44 BST (UK) »
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8545468&queryType=1&resultcount=3

Could be this guy from Arklow in the Merchantile Marine?

Their medals didnt have numbers just name?

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Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 19 July 11 16:05 BST (UK) »
Thanks Andy  always thought Michael Tyrrell was a soldier? will have to research the navy now

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Re: medal information
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 06:45 BST (UK) »
Hi

Perhaps a description, or better still a picture, of the medal and any ribbon would help.

The Mercantile Marine medal was bronze with the wording 'For War Service, Mercantile Marine, 1914-1918' under an image of steamer in rough seas.

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Re: medal information
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 20 July 11 11:33 BST (UK) »
Other ranks had their units impressed on all their WW1 medals (1914 or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal). However, for some reason unknown to me, army officers only had their unit included with their name on the stars. Their British War Medals and Victory Medals had only their rank and name. This can make researching WW1 medals to officers with a common name difficult as there would have been multiple issues to, for example, Lieut. J. Wilson or Capt. W. Smith.

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Re: medal information
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 21 July 11 18:25 BST (UK) »
Thank you Martin my medal is definitely not Mercantile Marine  it is 1914-1918 Silver  medal of King George on one side and man on horse on the other it has no ribbon( must have got lost) and as I said only name" no rank or number"