Bala Posted 29 December , 2014 Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Please can anyone identify this medal - A bronze Cross with a dove embossed on it. Also any info from ID Disk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 29 December , 2014 Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Leading Seaman Thomas Henry DAVIS. Enlisted 1902. Survived the war and issued with trio of medals after discharge. Service record here:- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6725005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bala Posted 29 December , 2014 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2014 Many thanks horatio2 for your help. I got the record from the National Archives - which listed his ships but not his medals. You mentioned that he had a trio of medals - is there a medal card for him somewhere? Thanks again bala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 There are no "medal cards" for naval personnel. Naval Medal Rolls are in ADM 171 at Kew. ADM 171/100 for Davis - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C975070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 The cross looks like a religious emblem (dove = Holy Spirit) but he was apparently Church of England. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 Are you implying that the C of E is not religious?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 The cross looks like a religious emblem (dove = Holy Spirit) but he was apparently Church of England. Ron These things were often swapped or given to friends e.g: Father Finn who died at V Beach on 25th April 1915 had previously given a medal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to the Rev Foster, a friend and fellow chaplain, but not an RC It may have helped too, as Foster survived the war regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 Are you implying that the C of E is not religious?? Not at all! I just tend to associate the wearing of religious medals more with the RC tradition.Though it didn't seem to do Father Finn much good. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeldr Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 In any event, the bird is heading in the opposite direction to the medal's hanging loop i.e. it's heading down if it was the dove representing the Holy Spirit, would it not be heading up, towards the loop? [i'm by no means an expert here; like LS Davis, I'm CoE] regards Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alastaircox Posted 30 December , 2014 Share Posted 30 December , 2014 It looks French, like a Croix du Saint Espirit or even a Huguenot Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 31 December , 2014 Share Posted 31 December , 2014 Dove head downwards = descending, it's fine (even in the CofE tradition as far as I know (being a non-conformist myself)). It bears some resemblance to the French Huguenot (Protestant) cross although in that the dove is usually beneath the cross http://www.huguenot-church.org/the-huguenot-cross.html - but it seems the sort of thing that might have been treasured for other reasons than faith, e.g. given by someone met in France, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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