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1913 Bootle Royal visit
« on: Sunday 06 May 12 17:06 BST (UK) »
Hi recently found  a bronze medal of Grandads. it says Royal visit to the borough of Bootle july 11th 1913 Queen Mary and king Geogre v. could anyone tell me about this medal and why my grandad would have it.
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The names and places I'm interested in are the Parkers from Forest Of Dean, Wordsley Staffordshire, Ilkeston Derbyshire and Mansfield Notts. Also the Mollatt Family from Staffordshire, Uttoxeter and Mansfield Notts. Lawsons from Doncaster and Mansfield Notts.

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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 06 May 12 17:28 BST (UK) »
HM the King whilst visiting Liverpool went aboard the Mauretania (the wood paneling from her first class dining room is in a wine bar at the foot of Park Street in Bristol). 100 cadets formed a guard of honour on board the liner. The King presented the Gold Medal in person.
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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 06 May 12 20:13 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for that information, I know that my great Grandad was a carpenter,later  he also worked on the Doncaster Railways so i wonder still if he  was in Bootle in 1913 or it was given to him by someone else. thanks again.
The names and places I'm interested in are the Parkers from Forest Of Dean, Wordsley Staffordshire, Ilkeston Derbyshire and Mansfield Notts. Also the Mollatt Family from Staffordshire, Uttoxeter and Mansfield Notts. Lawsons from Doncaster and Mansfield Notts.

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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 15 August 13 13:15 BST (UK) »
Hi Rachael
I also have one of these 1913 coins / medals, which was given to me by a friend due to my Bootle (Lancs) connections and interest in coins. I cleaned mine and it looks like gold, but not sure it is gold. I'd like to know how my friend's grandfather got it - he's from Dundee so could have been in the merchant navy. Did you ever find any more information about it? Tony

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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 17 August 13 08:42 BST (UK) »
The main reason for that royal visit was for the formal opening of Gladstone Dock, the biggest of its day.  There were receptions, displays and a river cruise by the King and Queen.
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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #5 on: Monday 19 August 13 15:07 BST (UK) »
Hi Ainslie
Thanks for this. The King and Queen were very busy during their time in the North-West. Do you know why those particular medals were handed out by the King on the Mauritania as mentioned by lisamc10? Had the recipients done something special? Tony

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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 20 August 13 16:08 BST (UK) »
A medal dealer gave me some interesting background info on the King and Queen's visit to the North-West in 1913, but nothing definite on the medal itself. However, the archived edition of The Bootle Times newspaper for the day says 12,000 (bronze) medals were given out to Bootle schoolchildren to commemorate the royal visit, and the parade route from Gladstone Dock through the centre of Bootle and out to Walton, Everton FC and Knowsley was a festival of colour. The opening of the Gladstone Dock was one of the highlights of the visit. There's no mention of the medals being presented by the King on board the Mauritania, but he certainly boarded it. The medal may be worth much more to descendents of the the original recipients, rather than a medal collector.

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Re: 1913 Bootle Royal visit
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 11 September 13 13:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks ever so much for the information, i will tell my family.
Kind regards
Rachael
The names and places I'm interested in are the Parkers from Forest Of Dean, Wordsley Staffordshire, Ilkeston Derbyshire and Mansfield Notts. Also the Mollatt Family from Staffordshire, Uttoxeter and Mansfield Notts. Lawsons from Doncaster and Mansfield Notts.
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