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Hello,

I am thrilled that i have managed to find through the national archives what i believe is the medal certificate for my great uncle Henry Charles Williams who served in the army around 1920 in India. Can anybody please suggest who i could ask to decipher it as a lot of the information is difficult to understand. Many thanks.

Not sure what you mean by medal certificate. What does it say? What is the reference from the National Archives site for the record?

Medal card of Williams, Henry C
Lancers L/4491 Private
Lancers L/4491 Corporal
Lancers 312059 Corporal

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm

(could be above?)

Chris :)

All British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 (Ancestry)

Herry C Williams
21 Lrs, 1 Lrs L/4491,312059

(and)

All UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 (Ancestry)

Henry C Williams
Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line L/4491 British War Medal and Victory Medal

Henry C Williams
Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line L/4491 British War Medal

Hello Anita and welcome to the Community boards





(I'll let Anita know how to find her replies) :-)

Hello,
Thank you for your replies.
Chris, you are correct with regard to the details you gave me.
The medal card details IND.GS.AFGN.NWFF.1919 which i know is the unit that served in the afghan/Anglo conflict.
Do you know if it is possible that more than one medal ie different conflicts are on the same medal card? My Great Uncle joined the army when he was 15 years old so i feel he must have been involved in other conflicts prior to 1919. There are other entries but i am not sure if they are related to the Afghan one or seperate.
Many Thanks
Anita

You need the Service Record to help, but sadly, not all survived.

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php

(perhaps ask on above, if nobody here can decipher Medal Card)

Chris :)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/medal-index-cards-ww1.htm

When & where was he born? If he joined the Army before WW1 there might be a record on FMP.

Found some more details for him on FMP under the Royal Tank Corps:

Joined at Dover on 31/12/1912, age 15yr25 days; musician; b Barnet, Middelesex; had a brother, Bertie, who was in the KRR (Kings Royal Rifles?); was awarded the British War Medal and died as the result of a riding accident in Meerut on 2/03/1922.

I will PM you the image

Thank you so much everyone!
Chris, now i can see on the medal card it has hand written BW Med and V Med so i know this is the British War Medal and the Victory Medal you mentioned above. I am going to have a look at the service record to see what else i can find.
Potty, thank you for the recorded death details, Henry was born in 1897 in Barnet.
Again i will try and find out more about his duties whilst in the Royal Tank Corps from 1912 from the service records.
I will let you know how i get on!

Anita

As he was still in the Army in 1922, his service record might still be with the MOD. The link below will give you info on how to get it.

Potty - did you get distracted? Is this the link you meant to add?

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html

Thanks, Det! Senior moment! Yes, that is the link.

No - not a senior moment, you were multi-tasking :-D :-D

:-D

Thank you everyone,
I have looked on the veterans site and the Commonwealth War Graves site and found no records so i think i will pay the money and apply to the Ministry of Defence for the service record.