alantyl Posted 17 October , 2011 Share Posted 17 October , 2011 My wifes uncle Lance Corporal Joseph H. Jackson 200235 was awarded the Military Medal 0n the 11-11-1916. He was with the 1st/4th Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. How would I find out why/where he was awarded the medal. I,ve been in touch with the Regimental museum in Lancaster, although very helpful were unable to assist me in my request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron2165 Posted 17 October , 2011 Share Posted 17 October , 2011 Hi, You might get lucky by checking in the local press, around the time of the award. Good luck Cam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 17 October , 2011 Share Posted 17 October , 2011 Beware, Al Sax. 200235 was not his number at the time: it was given to him in a renumbering scheme in 1917. If the 11 November 1916 is the date on which his MM was announced in the London Gazette, the act for which it was given would have been around three months earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 17 October , 2011 Share Posted 17 October , 2011 My wifes uncle Lance Corporal Joseph H. Jackson 200235 was awarded the Military Medal 0n the 11-11-1916. The Service number you quote for him is correct but is from 1917 when Territorial soldiers were renumbered, this explains it http://www.1914-1918...ng_infantry.htm His MM was actually awarded under his pre renumbering Service number 1973 Pte J. H. Jackson R. Lanc. R. the date you quote is the date the awarding of the Medal was printed in the London Gazette, this is an image of it if you don't have it http://www.london-ga...pplements/10925 the action he'd have won it for would have happened around 4 months earlier as a rule of thumb. Your best bet is to go to the reference library to where his family was living during WW1 and check the local newspapers from the 11/11/1916 date, they normally ran "Local boy done good" stories, the London Gazette does not give details of MM winning actions. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantyl Posted 21 October , 2011 Author Share Posted 21 October , 2011 Thanks for all your replies most appreciated, will now act on your advice. Thanks again Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted 23 October , 2011 Share Posted 23 October , 2011 Give us a pm Alan think I can help you a little bit. Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantyl Posted 25 October , 2011 Author Share Posted 25 October , 2011 Give us a pm Alan think I can help you a little bit. Anthony Thanks Anthony, having trouble with the pm, if you could e-mail me at alaan@tiscali.co.uk I,d be grateful for anything you might have on Uncle Joe. Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted 25 October , 2011 Share Posted 25 October , 2011 Thanks Anthony, having trouble with the pm, if you could e-mail me at alaan@tiscali.co.uk I,d be grateful for anything you might have on Uncle Joe. Regards Alan Will do. I realised you needed to make some more posts before you can use the pm system Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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