Military Chat

Det here is an extract from that site about the info written next to the medal entry on a medal card

There are references alongside them: CC/103/B3 page 117 and CC/7 page 13. These are references to the places where Jesse is entered in the rolls. The Victory Medal and the British War Medal are on one roll, and the Star on another. Note that the “do…do” against the British War Medal means “ditto…ditto”. The rolls are not available on line. They are held in original form at the National Archives in Kew. For thorough research it is essential that they are examined, for they often include more information about the soldier – this is certainly the case for men of the infantry, cavalry or yeomanry. Sadly, for men in the larger corps like the Royal Engineers, Royal Artillery, Machine Gun Corps, Army Service Corps, Army Veterinary Corps, Army Ordnance Corps and Labour Corps there is usually no information about the man’s unit unless he went overseas very early.

I did say in my earlier post,

"You can also see from the medal card what qualified him for those medals, It's very long winded but if the image is clear? you can check other sources on the National archives " or go to the 1914-1918 forum where they will be able to decipher that info,

Roy

Thanks for the suggestions - probably the next step is to explore the 1914-1918 forum, and to research about the Silver War Badge which is a new one to me!

Thank you for your advice.
DET

Have a look on this site

http://www.1914-1918.net/soldiers/interpretmic.html

Roy

The SWB list/RA/3974. is probably the Silver War Badge, plus why he was awared it.

Not up on the medal card codes abbreviations

I would say that the RFA was his regiment, the 233B page 26572 not sure but i would say its refering to an army form?

Roy

The image says -

Driver Arthur B Taylor awarded the Victory, British and 1915 Star having entered the theatre of war in (1) France on 21 Sep 1915. A note in the Remarks sections reads ‘Dis’.

Against Victory and British is Roll RFA/233B page 26572
Against 15 Star RFA/10A&B page 6899

An additional entry to wards the bottom of the card reads
SWB list/RA/3974.

Any ideas??

They are

1914/15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Other possible medals are

Territorial Force Medal

Silver War Badge

If he was awarded any Gallantry medal then look for him in the London Gazzette,

Gallantry awarded medal were announced in the London Gazzette, although not all? I have come acoss some for sale down the local market and on researching one or two i found they never appeared in the Gazzette or at least i could not find the entries

Roy

also see
http://www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm#alliedvictorymedal

Det, Although most army service record were distroyed in WW2 the medal cards were stored in a separate location so in the main they did survive

You need a look-up on Ancestry, on ancestry you can look at the medal card image to see what medal he was awarded, You can also see from the medal card what qualified him for those medals, It's very long winded but if the image is clear? you can check other sources on the National archives or go to the 1914-1918 forum where they will be able to decipher that info, The abbreviations used need to be looked up in the Kings regulations in order to work them out

If he had 3 medals then it's a good chance they were the stanard medals issued to all service men who served from 1914/15 upto the end of the war

Roy

Arthur Bernard Taylor was born Plumstead Kent in 1898. During WW1 his parents Joel & Eliza lived in Northumberland Heath Kent.

Apparently Arthur enlisted while under age with the RFA in Woolwich.
Arthur wore a steel corset for much of his life, supposedly due to a war injury - although it could have been due to a later occupational injury.

His descendent remembers playing with 3 medals.

Can anyone work out if the following record card might be relevant, or at least dismiss it please? Yes - I know over 60% of records were burnt ;-)

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 about Arthur B Taylor
Name: Arthur B Taylor
Regiment or Corps: Royal Field Artillery
Regimental Number: 95569

Thank You