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Wiltshire Regiment LSGC records from 1920
« on: Saturday 27 September 25 10:48 BST (UK) »
Can anyone point me in the right direction to see LSGC records for the Wiltshire Regiment. Medal was awarded in 1920. Could not find it on Nat archives!

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Re: Wiltshire Regiment LSGC records from 1920
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 27 September 25 11:30 BST (UK) »
Jack, I suspect there will be no centralised list of LS&GCs awarded to a particular Regiment. The medal (in its different forms) is awarded as and when an individual qualifies for one and so it something the Regimental Manning and Record Offices routinely monitored (today this is done by the Army Personnel Centre (APC) in Glasgow). Once a man qualified for a medal his details were passed to the Army Medal Office who arranged for the inscribing and dispatch of the medal and ribbon to the man's unit. The medal is usually awarded to the man (and now women) on a formal occasion such as a parade, often when a senior officer or dignitary is visiting the unit. 

So a record of the award would have been held in two places: on the soldier's record card and at the Army Medal Office (as was). 

LS&GC awards are not routinely notified in the London Gazette.

Since the Wiltshire Regiment hasn't existed (in that name) since 1959, I doubt if making a Freedom of Information request to the APC is going to be fruitful. You may have better luck FoIing the Defence Medal Office.

I assume you are only interested in regular soldiers with the Wiltshire Regiment.  The TA etc had different awards for long service and efficiency. Also you may need to differentiate between the LS&GC awarded prior to September 1930 when it was known as the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (sometimes with the word Silver at the beginning) and after 1930 when it was known as the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military). The abbreviation LS&GC applies to both.

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Re: Wiltshire Regiment LSGC records from 1920
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 27 September 25 11:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks Andy.
I found a reference to this particular soldier in FindMyPast, it states October 1920 with gratuity and references LSGC medal 1898-1920, so I assumed they must have got this record from a list??

The soldier is TP Daley. no: 6360 and 36624. LN Lancs and Wiltshire regt.

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Re: Wiltshire Regiment LSGC records from 1920
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 27 September 25 12:53 BST (UK) »
As you had already checked the National Archives I didn't bother. However it seems they do hold the registers compiled by the then Army Medal Office, listed by regiment, at least for the period 1913-19. Obviously this doesn't cover 1920 when TP Daley was awarded his LS&GC, so I will keep looking. However for the benefit of anyone else looking for Wiltshire Regt LS&GC awarded for the period 1913-19, the Wilts Regt entries are on pages 60-62 of Vol 3 of WO 102/18 which can be downloaded.

The registers for 1901-1912 are in WO102/17


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« Reply #4 on: Saturday 27 September 25 13:01 BST (UK) »
It seems that the registers for 1920-1932 are in WO 102/27, but sadly these haven't been digitised (or at least not by TNA).

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Re: Wiltshire Regiment LSGC records from 1920
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 27 September 25 16:05 BST (UK) »
Thanks again Andy, I suppose someone must have looked at them to get them put on FindMyPast?