royal navy medal cards

[MYMONSTAR]

hi all , ive another bit of advise to ask.i normaly stick to buying soldiers medals but I bought a trio of WW1 naval medals, awarded to H E Clayton Ord RN Serial Number J 36354, problem is I tried on ancestry and the search just came back saying that the navy number did not exist. the number on the medals was the exact number I entered so I don't know what has went wrong. coul anyone shine a bit of light on this for me . thank you

[spof]

Naval medal rolls aren't on Ancestry. You need to download them in large chunks from The National Archives in ADM 171

[horatio2]

The RN Medal Roll only records that he was issued with the trio you hold, sent to him post-war while serving in HMS VICTORY. His service record is here:-

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6935295. His enlistment papers are held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.

[MYMONSTAR]

that's great thanks Horatio2 ive just paid for and received the page.

[Sepoy]

They may not be Medal Cards, but Ancestry does have access to the Royal Naval Medal Rolls, detailing the issue of World War One Medals, including the Royal Naval issued Silver War Badges.

These can be searched, by name, here

http://search.ancest....aspx?dbid=1687

This also gives access to many Naval issue medals awarded between 1793 and 1972.

As mentioned by SPOF in quote 2 these Medal Rolls (ADM 171) can be download, for free, from the National Archives, but they are not search-able by name.

Sepoy

[MYMONSTAR]

many many thanks sepoy just got his stuff of your link, good stuff . Davy

[MYMONSTAR]

Well fancy that he was only 12 years old when he joined the navy. what would a 12 year old boys job be on a ship then . here is his page

--bia-filer2.web.local-DODelFiles2-ADM-188-719-0-354.pdf

[ARABIS]

He was 15 when he joined the RN as a Boy II, born in 1899, his adult service started in 1917 for a twelve year engagement.