Jim Strawbridge Posted 16 January , 2014 Posted 16 January , 2014 Languishing in my medal collection is a single victory medal impressed to :- 241583 SPR. T.L. POTTER. I.S.C. I had always assumed that this was an Englishman serving in the Indian Service Corps. I recently purchased a pair to an Indian in the I.S.C. so thought that on upgrading to a pair I would dispose of the singleton. Having it in my hand, and knowing sometimes that some medal information cards exist for oversea's units, decided to check and sure enough found :- Medal card of Potter, Thomas L. Corps: Royal Engineers. Regiment No: 241583. Rank: Sapper.... War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War. Medal card of Potter, Thomas L. Corps Regiment No Rank Royal Engineers 241583 Sapper. Royal Engineers 344652 Acting Corporal. Royal Signals 1858877 Signalman. Collection: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Date range: 1914 - 1920 Reference:WO 372/16/53350 Subjects:Medals | Armed Forces (General) | Army | Operations, battles and campaigns | Conflict So what I am asking from some knowledgeable soul on this Forum is what the I.S.C. is all about. To me the medal should be named to the R.E.
kenmorrison Posted 16 January , 2014 Posted 16 January , 2014 Jim - this is from Wikipedia After a notification was issued as a Special Army Order dated February 3, 1911, for the organisation of the signal companies, the corps was formed on February 15, 1911, when 31st and 32nd Divisional Signal Companies, the first Signals units, were raised at Fatehgarh in present Uttar Pradesh. Lt Col SH Powell, Royal Engineers, was the founder and first head of the Indian Signal Service which later became the Indian Signal Corps ISC????? Ken
Jim Strawbridge Posted 17 January , 2014 Author Posted 17 January , 2014 Ken, I am aware of that but thank you for reminding me. But the Medal Card mentions nothing about the I.S.C. yet the medal is so designated.
eairicbloodaxe Posted 17 January , 2014 Posted 17 January , 2014 Perhaps it was a misstrike... supposed to be RSC? Regards Ian
Jim Strawbridge Posted 17 January , 2014 Author Posted 17 January , 2014 Perhaps it was a misstrike... supposed to be RSC? Regards Ian R.S.C. is not a WW1 abbreviation. Nor should it be muddled with the A.S.C. (Arny Service Corps). It looks as if it should be R.E. (Royal Engineers) but that doesn't account for the I.S.C. that it actually shows.
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