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« on: Friday 29 June 12 23:44 BST (UK) »
hi i am trying to source my grandfathers service and medal record.he was George Harris born around 1876.he served with the asc and was stationed at woolwich,i have his service number which is r4-095448.i have tried but had no luck.he was in ww1 and the boer war.also any pension record would be helpful.he came from around the kidderminster area.he received the ww1 service medals of which i have photos and have tracked down but there should be more.many thanks for any info.

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« Reply #1 on: Saturday 30 June 12 00:02 BST (UK) »
Do you have any more information?

I've looked under "George Harris" and the service number and not found anything yet.

Does it give any further information on the edge of the medals?

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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 30 June 12 00:03 BST (UK) »
I Have found one with the service number R4-095418, is that him?

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« Reply #3 on: Saturday 30 June 12 00:18 BST (UK) »
I think it's your man, there's a medal record card for those two medals only and a service record on Ancestry.

He seems to have spent a lot of time in Egypt and survived a bout of Influenza!
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday 01 July 12 23:33 BST (UK) »
hi.i have seen that one.i am not sure as r4-095418 was born in battle and died there,my grandad died in hawhurst.have looked at that record several times and i am not sure.am going to see the medals for myself next week (they are kept at the British Legion in Hawkhurst and will check the details on the rim.thanks

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« Reply #5 on: Sunday 15 July 12 15:24 BST (UK) »
hi.so have checked the medals they have r4-095448 on them.sooo then i searched the number and it came up with a phillip bass.this is so strange.i am beginning to think the one from battle may be the one.

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« Reply #6 on: Monday 16 July 12 13:37 BST (UK) »
onwards.the phillip bass soldier had a number of r4-095442.so thats cleared.however i have since found r4-095448 assigned to william green, this is with the national archives.perplexed as to why the number is different on the medal but it cannot be right.consquently any information about the other george harris r4-09518 would be gratefully recieved. ;)

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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 17 July 12 20:14 BST (UK) »
An interesting one, two possible options are 1 There was a mix up when stamping the medals, 2 He lost them and bought some similar ones to replace them?

Do you access to Ancestry?

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« Reply #8 on: Saturday 28 July 12 01:17 BST (UK) »
looked further and 095448 is attached to william gibb.not quite sure what has happened here.that is a definite its on the national archives.i still access ancestry but cannot find another link to george.on the records for 095418 its got his forwarding address as gills green hawkhurst.my george worked at gills green.have checked the next of kin... a friend.cant really find much about her.i think there is a bit of a cover up here.maybe he wasnt george harris at all.cant find his birth anywhere he was supposedly from kidderminster but nothing matches his wedding certificate.bit of a bump
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