Guest Vicki9055 Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 Hello This is my very first post so I hope I am posting correctly and in the right place. 1272 RSM Charles Pryer 1st Battalion Norflok Regiment. I would like some help to confirm that the attached medal index card and photo are the same person. (No service record) I have confirmed via Charles brother's service record and as recorded on the index card that he did make RSM but the photo show him as a Major. I cannot find any information on any promotion after WO1. Would his promotions have been recorded in the London Gazette even after the war? I will be getting in touch with the Norfolk Regt museum in Norwich but I figured if I could identify the medals and find some way of confirming the promotions up to Major it would be highly beneficial to finding out more about his military service. There is a small portion of the index card missing as I had to reduce it to make both images fit! Hope the resolution is OK!! Perhaps slightly too ambitious for a first post :-) It reads: "OC 1st Norfolk Regt Belfast fwds from nom roll of individuals entitled to the emblem ]7.2.20" Any help anybody can give would be most appreciated!! Many Thanks Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggoner Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 Vicki, I suggest you spend some time looking through the on-line archives of the London Gazette. If it is the same man, you should find entries for his commission as well as a MM, MC, and a MID. By the way, the photo shows him as a captain (3 pips). Good luck! All the best, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 So we have a Military Cross, Military Medal, 14 Star plus bar, British War Medal, Victory, Coronation, LSGC and Meritorious Service Medal. Now that is a group to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 His Military Cross citation: For conspicuous gallantry in action. When his company officers had become casualties, he led the company through heavy machine gun fire and reached his objective. He twice returned to Battalion Headquarters under heavy fire to report the situation. http://www.london-ga...pplements/10194 He was commissioned as an officer in 1928: War Office, 15th January, 1928. REGULAR FORCES. INFANTRY. Norfolk R.~R.S.M. Charles Pryer, M.C., M.M., to be Qrmr., with the rank of Lt. 12th Jan. 1928. http://www.london-ga...33347/pages/297 Promoted to Captain in 1936: INFANTRY. R. Norfolk R.— Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) C. Pryer, M.C., M.M., to be Capt. (Qr.-Mr.). 12th Jan. 1936. http://www.london-ga...34242/pages/308 And Major: INFANTRY. The undermentioned Capts. (Qr.-Mrs.) to be Majs. (Qr.-Mrs.): — R. Norfolk R. C. Pryer, M.C., M.M. 12th Jan, 1940. http://www.london-ga...supplements/770 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 His MID in 1914: http://www.london-ga...upplements/8353 and M.M. in 1916: http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29805/supplements/10483 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 His MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 8 February , 2013 Admin Share Posted 8 February , 2013 As he served beyond 1921 his service record should be at the MOD http://www.veterans-...cords/army.html (Historical disclosures) Not sure if you are querying this but the other information simply means his CO forwarded a list of those entitled to the 'emblem' i.e. MiD and the card shows this was issued vide I(ssue ).V(oucher). 4S.S. dated 14.7.20. At the time the Bn was in Belfast. A separate IV was issued for the Clasp and Roses for the 1914 Star (which would have been issued at a different time) See the parent site the Long Long Trail (LLT) http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/themedals.htm and check out the links on the right for interpreting the card and the Gallantry Medals. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 Obviously saw WW2 service too, so presumably his collection of medals must have been extremely impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vicki9055 Posted 8 February , 2013 Share Posted 8 February , 2013 Wow guys Thank you so much to all of you!! I had no idea he had had such a long and distinguished service!! Thank You Kenf48 for pointing me in the right direction regarding the medals Big Thank you to stebie 917 for helping me with the links to the Gazette.....something which would have taken me hours if not days to find Wow Auchonvillerssomme....Thank you for the identification! We are very proud of his younger brother Frank, who was awarded a DCM before losing his life as a POW in Mesopotamia in 1916.....but now we are almost bursting with pride!!! Many Thanks to you all Vicki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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