27thBN Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 I have 2 chaps with Serbian decorations Order of the white eagle 5th class with swords and a 4th class with swords both men one a captain other a major were awarded along with about 60 men these awards in late September 1922 .ideas as to why so late both are for Salonika the awards are rare only 162 issued, but why so late after the war almost 4 years .Slow paperwork thanks MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Hi MC The last gazetted foreign awards that I know of were in March 1926. This would have been all the end of war awards. Each unit would have been asked to submit names for consideration & the process, I imagine to be very time consuming as the war was finished & most of the troops, including the people who worked out who got what, would have been only to eager to get out of the forces & go home. This is only what I think, someone else may have a different theory. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27thBN Posted 17 November , 2009 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Peter 1926 and i thought late 1922 was late enough .Well i suppose they did have other things to do after the war .Like try and forget it and move on for one .Peter as the foreign gong wizard do you have a 2nd/lt J A Stewart R Scots listed for a criox de guerre french by any chance :unsure: Thanks again MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Hi MC Try this http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/314...upplements/9221 In the "St Andrews University Roll as 18/ KRRC late Pte R Scots" Hope this helps. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Hi again Forgot to mention this is the only JA Stewart I have found Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27thBN Posted 17 November , 2009 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Hi MC Try this http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/314...upplements/9221 In the "St Andrews University Roll as 18/ KRRC late Pte R Scots" Hope this helps. Peter Certainly does you must have a big collection of resources. I didn't even know what the j a initials were i found a J A Stewart R Scots and assumed it was he, hard to do research when do not at least have his full first name thanks yet again MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Given the political and administrative reorganisation (and turmoil) of the time as various countries became Yugoslavia (and Serbia became part, albeit a dominant one, of a larger state) I'm not surprised that the processing leading to the award of Serbian decorations was lengthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 Exchange of medals 1914-1928. Order of the White Eagle 5th Class issue to the British Army 267. 4th Class 231 The last LG I can find for Serbia is the 31st March 1925. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 17 November , 2009 Share Posted 17 November , 2009 In Addition to the Allied Decorations being "late"that there were a raft of UK awards for Salonika that were not promulgated in the London Gazette until 1919/1920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 18 November , 2009 Share Posted 18 November , 2009 Exchange of medals 1914-1928. Order of the White Eagle 5th Class issue to the British Army 267. 4th Class 231 The last LG I can find for Serbia is the 31st March 1925. Hi Themonsstar Is this "Exchange of medals 1914-1928." a reference book, if so what is the full title & author please? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27thBN Posted 18 November , 2009 Author Share Posted 18 November , 2009 Quick one is the higher number of awards with and without swords ??? MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 19 November , 2009 Share Posted 19 November , 2009 Just reseach at the NA Kew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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