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Hi! I have just downloaded a MIC and noticed a Killed in action on it but also the abreviations Ret,(1743 KR) and also 7956 and either Ost or Qst on the card? can anyone help with these abevations please?

Many thanks.

Chris.

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It means the medals weren't deliverable - they were retained by the medal office for 10 years I belive.

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http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/mic.htm

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http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...mp;#entry763290

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are you sure it's Ost? A mystery entry is a number/Adt e.g 3601/Adt in the absence of any other explanation (as yet) I speculate this refers to an amendment to the rolls by a clerk in the Medal Office.

So the medals would have been sent to the soldier's next of kin (included was a note requesting their return if undelivered) they may have moved, for example. As explained above the relevant King's Regulation 1743 explained how they should be dealt with. (Kings Regulations in force can be found at the IWM

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Ken

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http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/mic.htm

and

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...mp;#entry763290

may help

are you sure it's Ost? A mystery entry is a number/Adt e.g 3601/Adt in the absence of any other explanation (as yet) I speculate this refers to an amendment to the rolls by a clerk in the Medal Office.

So the medals would have been sent to the soldier's next of kin (included was a note requesting their return if undelivered) they may have moved, for example. As explained above the relevant King's Regulation 1743 explained how they should be dealt with. (Kings Regulations in force can be found at the IWM

site.

Ken

It may well be Adt but is writen in lower case and is very hard to read

many thanks to you both.

Chris.

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