EDWARD1 Posted 5 February , 2012 Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Would a forum member kindly identify the medal ribbon of the unknown Yorks & Lancs soldier? Thanking you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 5 February , 2012 Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 5 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 5 February , 2012 Thank you roughdiamond Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 6 February , 2012 Share Posted 6 February , 2012 Looks later with Collar Dog being worn,..Africa Star..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staffsyeoman Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 Not in that jacket. I'm going to be left field and suggest that I think the central stripe is too narrow for a DCM and that it is in fact a British War Medal. And that the picture was taken in the period after wear of the ribbon was authorised (in early 1919) and before the Allied Victory Medal was instituted. A mixture of the light and the type of film have bleached out the edge stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 (Very) Wild card - Military Cross to a warrant officer? Any sign of rank badges? The watch chain bar in the breast pocket buttonhole might indicate a soldier of some position - hardly usual Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 7 February , 2012 Share Posted 7 February , 2012 Even more off the wall: Y&L WO II MC, before 1919 when BWM and VM ribbons issued, he did not go over until 1916. [evidence: we know some Y&L wore collar dogs [see thread] and the more senior you were, the more likely to get away with it. No 1914 or 14-15 ribbon. All WO could be considered for MC or MM [again, a thread here]. Very short period between BWM and Victory medals, so unlikely BWM] I rest my shaky case. Any advance? Can we see the whole shot, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 11 February , 2012 Author Share Posted 11 February , 2012 Here is the the full photo. It is from a friends album which has his father posing with other WW1 soldiers and about 8 other postcard/photos of soldiers from the Yorks & Lancs and Northumberland Fusiliers, none of which he can identify. Plus a few silk pocket postcards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 No way he's a WO Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 DCM? it must be a very silky, shiny ribbon to cause that effect. You can see faint lines down the edges, BWM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 Temperance Medal. It's pinned on rather than stitched, and in wrong place for a single ribbon. Quote "Temperance organizations typically issued medals or badges to their members to mark a given number of years of <br soft="">good standing with the organization. These medals were not officially approved by the British Crown for wear on <br soft="">uniforms but it is not uncommon to see them appear unofficially in photographs such as this one. They would have <br soft="">been removed after the photographic session. Often ignored my present day medal collectors these medals none <br soft="">the less offer an insight into the lives of the soldiers who often proudly wore them. Look at first ribbon in this link. http://www.stewartbo...rance_Medal.htm And of course his regiment recruited in the heartland of the Temperance Movement, Band of Hope founded in Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 11 February , 2012 Share Posted 11 February , 2012 (edited) No way he's a WO Sam Agreed - unlikely (though, like policemen, they seem to look younger these days), now we have seen the full photograph but I thought it was a suggestion worth making (and still think so on the basis of the evidence then available). Pre-war Regular Army? India General Service Medal 1908? The 1st Bn Northumberland Fusliers (see #8) were there but not the Y&L . However, if that's a WW1 photo, he doesn't look quite old enough to have put on six years or so since service on the North West Frontier. Edited 11 February , 2012 by Ian Riley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 Rather hoping for some comment on my opinion about it being a temperance medal ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 17 February , 2012 Share Posted 17 February , 2012 I am afraid that I don't know anything about temperance medals but I think that I have seen other (authorised) ribbons being worn to justify with the inner seam of the breast pocket. rather than in the centre Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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