PhilB Posted 27 February , 2017 Share Posted 27 February , 2017 Is Run the same as Deserted? This sailor ran after the war had ended - would that mean forfeiture of campaign medals? I`ve ploughed through Williamson`s book without success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 27 February , 2017 Share Posted 27 February , 2017 RUN is the standard navy term for a deserter. I would expect his medals to have been forfeited The medal rolls should show this Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 19 March , 2019 Share Posted 19 March , 2019 There seems to have been an amnesty on the part of the War Office after WW1. I think those men who deserted, reenlisted and confessed had their prior service restored postwar, with the result that they could claim for medals. I don't know if the Admiralty had a similar rule for men who re-enlisted and were duly pardoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 19 March , 2019 Share Posted 19 March , 2019 WSC did not seem too keen on a post-war amnesty for deserters. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1920/jul/13/desertion#S5CV0131P0_19200713_HOC_18 I believe the Admiralty effectively granted an early-war amnesty to men who, in desertion, returned to the service to continue their service. They appear to have been handled in the same way as former RN/RM personnel (engagements expired but not being reservists) who volunteered to resume their service in the early weeks of the war. I have not been able to find a reference for this policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 19 March , 2019 Share Posted 19 March , 2019 1 hour ago, horatio2 said: WSC did not seem too keen on a post-war amnesty for deserters. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1920/jul/13/desertion#S5CV0131P0_19200713_HOC_18 I believe the Admiralty effectively granted an early-war amnesty to men who, in desertion, returned to the service to continue their service. They appear to have been handled in the same way as former RN/RM personnel (engagements expired but not being reservists) who volunteered to resume their service in the early weeks of the war. I have not been able to find a reference for this policy. August 1914 https://search.findmypast.co.uk/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0000276%2f19140808%2f122 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 19 March , 2019 Share Posted 19 March , 2019 Thanks. That is what I was searching for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted 20 March , 2019 Share Posted 20 March , 2019 You will also find material at Kew under references ADM 1/8390/257 & 259 and ADM 1/8405/457. I would also assume that there would be more references in ADM 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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