jonpolski Posted 18 April , 2013 Share Posted 18 April , 2013 I am looking for some missing medals/death plaques for a relative of mine but unfortunately cannot find his Medal Index card on Ancestry or at the National Archive. I have been able to get a copy of the Medal Roll which shows under the column 'How Issued or disposed of' an entry 'MR'. Can any one advise what this means? In the 'Remarks' column there is an entry 'I.C.9868/1915' which i understand may refer to the soldier's Will. Is this correct and if so is there any way to get a copy of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 18 April , 2013 Share Posted 18 April , 2013 I C = "Internal Communication"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 18 April , 2013 Share Posted 18 April , 2013 What are your mans details? MR could possibly be Medals Returned. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eairicbloodaxe Posted 19 April , 2013 Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Soldiets wills... if he's scottish or irish, many of these are already online at the national archives of scotland and an irish version of the same. Don't have access to the link from here, but just google "soldiers wills scotland" and you'll find it. English soldiers wills are coming online very soon, around 300,000 of them currently being scanned. You can i believe get access now to some detail in person at your local probate registry office. Costs about £5 or 6. Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rksimpson Posted 19 April , 2013 Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Hi Could MR be medal returned and could it be IV - issue voucher? regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 19 April , 2013 Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Just to keep everyone up to date, jonpolski has contacted me by PM. His man was RMLI (Chatham Division) and I have pointed him in the direction of his Register of Services in ADM 159. There is also a more general thread on him here. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpolski Posted 19 April , 2013 Author Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Hi all, thanks for your replies. It's definitely I.C. as it's shown on the rolls for other soldiers. I appreciate MR may be 'medals returned' but what does this actually mean in practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 19 April , 2013 Admin Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Soldiets wills... if he's scottish or irish, many of these are already online at the national archives of scotland and an irish version of the same. Don't have access to the link from here, but just google "soldiers wills scotland" and you'll find it. English soldiers wills are coming online very soon, around 300,000 of them currently being scanned. You can i believe get access now to some detail in person at your local probate registry office. Costs about £5 or 6. Regards Ian Are they coming to the N/A or one of the other sites ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 19 April , 2013 Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Just a thought, could IC be Issue Coupon, as an Admiralty variant of the Army Issue Voucher? What I had in mind was Medals Returned as in non-deliverable, due to the recipient moving away and not leaving a traceable forwarding address etc. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eairicbloodaxe Posted 19 April , 2013 Share Posted 19 April , 2013 Soldiers wills... will be on a new site for the courts and probate service... Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin ss002d6252 Posted 20 April , 2013 Admin Share Posted 20 April , 2013 Thanks Ian - makes a change for it not to have been passed out to one of the commercial companies. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eairicbloodaxe Posted 20 April , 2013 Share Posted 20 April , 2013 A commercial company might have done it faster ;-) Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARABIS Posted 20 April , 2013 Share Posted 20 April , 2013 I.C. refers to Naval Law Issue Certificate number/year, so it was issued in 1915. MR means that his medals were issued to his mother. Being RMLI he would be under the Admiralty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 21 April , 2013 Share Posted 21 April , 2013 Thanks ARABIS, you live and learn and forget. I had read that MR was Mother some time ago, but obviously didn't retain it. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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