World War I Military Medal

[Tim Fellows]

Hi, I've just put the name into the National Archives site and there looks to be a couple of hits for James Whittaker Nottinghamshire and derbyshire regiment

4008 Private

201297 Private

That's just 2 out of quite a few possibles, further information would be needed as mentioned.

Regards always.
Frank.

Frank

Just heard back from my mum - we think that his number is 201297 as it, and his name, is on his Military Medal.

[SmallTownGirl]

Hi, I've just put the name into the National Archives site and there looks to be a couple of hits for James Whittaker Nottinghamshire and derbyshire regiment

4008 Private

201297 Private

That's just 2 out of quite a few possibles, further information would be needed as mentioned.

Regards always.
Frank.

The medal card on Ancestry for him quotes both those numbers (i.e. two numbers, one man), but nothing's coming up for any service/pension records. 

STG

[jess5athome]

The medal card on Ancestry for him quotes both those numbers (i.e. two numbers, one man), but nothing's coming up for any service/pension records. 

STG
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Hi, no, I can't find any either  looks like they were part of the 60% that were destroyed during the blitz.

Frank.


ADDED, Didn't Jim find his records?

[SmallTownGirl]

The medal card on Ancestry for him quotes both those numbers (i.e. two numbers, one man), but nothing's coming up for any service/pension records. 

STG

Hi, no, I can't find any either  looks like they were part of the 60% that were destroyed during the blitz.

Frank.


ADDED, Didn't Jim find his records?
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Apparently, the one Jim found is the wrong James Whittaker

STG

[Tim Fellows]

Thanks to everyone for their help. The main thing is, we have the medals and my mum is having them re-ribboned and mounted. It seemed like the appropriate thing to do at this time.

If anyone has any more info, I'll happily take it. I might talk to the regiment and see if they have anything about deployments etc. that could be useful in giving us a more detailed picture of where he served. 

[jim1]

If memory serves the 4 digit no. was replaced by a 6 digit no. in 1916.
The docs. I found were for James Whittaker b. Brassington.

jim

[Tim Fellows]

If memory serves the 4 digit no. was replaced by a 6 digit no. in 1916.

Presumably that was in response to the numbers of men requiring to be given a number.

[jim1]

Response to new Battalions being created.

[mmm45]

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6293447

Here's his MM medal card its not on ancestry. He was a Territorial soldier went to war Nov 1915.
So he would've served with either 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th or 1/8th battalion going out as a casualty replacement in late 1915.

Ady