Dannemois Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 Can someone please help: A friend emailed me to say she found a WW1 medal with the inscription: R. Erasmus R.A.O.C. Sgt 19039837 and would like to return the medal to the family. I looked on CWGC but no result. This is how she describes the medal. "It has what looks like an angel with wings with a helmet holding a staff, looks like a wreath in the other hand. King George on the other side.Looks like IVF VI. ECRD". Can anyone please help with any details of this soldier and the medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 The number appears to long for WW1 also the ROAC was not formed or granted the title Royal until after the war. So doubt very much she has a WW1 medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 My guess is it is a GSM 1918 - 62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 If it has the head of George V, then it should have a clasp or bar attached which should be one of the following: S.PERSIA; KURDISTAN; IRAQ; N.W.PERSIA; SOUTHERN DESERT, IRAQ or NORTHERN KURDISTAN. The medal was not issued without a clasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannemois Posted 17 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 17 November , 2013 Thanks to both for the information, I'll get back to my friend with the details. Wants the best way forward from here, is there any list I can look-up, would he have a service record? Regards, Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 I think the number, being 8 digits and starting in 19****** were part of the generic blocks issued during WW2, these were rationalised during the early 1950's so I'm guessing a GSM with bar(s) Palestine and/or Malaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 WW2 service records still extant and available via records office in Glasgow to next of kin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 The Medal Rolls for the General Service Medal with Palestine 1945 - 45 bars are available on Ancestry (searchable) and the National Archives (Downloadable free of charge), but Mr Erasmus does not appear. I suspect that this will be a General Service Medal with Malaya bar. Unfortunately the Malaya Medal Rolls have not been released yet. Also his Service Papers will be held by the Ministry of Defence. If you can prove his death, I understand that you can apply for his basic details under the Freedom of Information Act for a cost and a very long wait.http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 Although can we ignore Bomb and Mine Clearance 45-49? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 The Medal Roll for the B and MC is available and regretfully he is not shown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 November , 2013 Share Posted 17 November , 2013 Shame, I have never come across one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony paley Posted 1 December , 2013 Share Posted 1 December , 2013 It is a sad day for me. I am the proud possessor of a GSM, and bar Malaya, issued to me in the 50s. Now it is being featured on this forum, during my lifetime. Honestly I do not feel that old at all. Crumbs, down to the allottment in the morning for a work out! Tony P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 1 December , 2013 Share Posted 1 December , 2013 It is a sad day for me. I am the proud possessor of a GSM, and bar Malaya, issued to me in the 50s. Now it is being featured on this forum, during my lifetime. Honestly I do not feel that old at all. Crumbs, down to the allottment in the morning for a work out! Tony P Obviously a very young boy Soldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony paley Posted 2 December , 2013 Share Posted 2 December , 2013 Obviously a very young boy Soldier Not a 'drummer boy' a young dog handler. Tony P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dink_and_pip Posted 3 December , 2013 Share Posted 3 December , 2013 Letters ECRP at the figures foot are the designers initials E Carter Preston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 5 December , 2013 Share Posted 5 December , 2013 Hi Tony I was also a dog handler at one point in the Army, but I was never a drummer boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 5 December , 2013 Share Posted 5 December , 2013 I think the number, being 8 digits and starting in 19****** were part of the generic blocks issued during WW2, these were rationalised during the early 1950's so I'm guessing a GSM with bar(s) Palestine and/or Malaya The number is post September 1943 and pre-October 1950 just to narrow it down a little. The complete number would indicate nearer to 1943 than 1950 though ... guesstimating an enlistment of circa (mid) 1944. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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