Mangoman Posted 23 March , 2017 Posted 23 March , 2017 The above award was gazetted on 14.1.1918 but having searched the Gazette for details of why this medal was awarded it only gives his bame, service number and date of the award. How do I go about finding why the MM was awarded to this man?
GWF1967 Posted 23 March , 2017 Posted 23 March , 2017 If you go back page by page through the edition of the LG. you may find a block heading to cover a list of men rather than a citation for each.
Bardess Posted 23 March , 2017 Posted 23 March , 2017 Either local newspapers or War Diary [approx 3 months prior to LG entry]
Mangoman Posted 23 March , 2017 Author Posted 23 March , 2017 On the page in question ts states that details will be printed sometime in future editions so I have no idea where to start looking. Thanks for your help.
MichaelMander Posted 10 January Posted 10 January (edited) 7 years on but I've just found this page. George Ernest Tarling was my great uncle. I don't really know anything about his service other than he was a Royal Artillery gunner and joined up at 18. Does anyone know anything about him? Edited 10 January by MichaelMander Mispelling
Admin kenf48 Posted 10 January Admin Posted 10 January 12 minutes ago, MichaelMander said: 7 years on but I've just found this page. Ernest George Tarling was my great grandfather. I don't really know anything about his service other than he was a Royal Artillery gunner and joined up at 18. Does anyone know anything about him? Welcome to the GWF @Mangoman has not visted us for a couple of years or more but my tag may alert them to your post In the meantime I suggest you look at the Long Long Trail website link top left on how to research a soldier His number was actually 73182 and as you say he enlisted aged 18 in 1913 you are fortunate that his service records have survived in the 'burnt records ' and are available on Find My Past and presumably Ancestry either has a free trial and can usually be viewed for free in your local library if you do not subscribe. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7302649%2F21%2F223&tab=this https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO363-4%2F7315700%2F36%2F779&tab=this (two sets) He was from Mangotsfield which I guess he was being researched by @Mangoman Good luck with your research I'm sure the artillery experts will be along soon
Ivor Anderson Posted 10 January Posted 10 January (edited) Gnr George Ernest Tarling MM, 73182 RFA arrived in France on 17 Jan 1915, and was discharged 24 July 1919. His MM was listed in the LG on 14 Jan 1918: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30476/supplement/843 That LG was mostly awards for the Batttle of Passchendaele/ 3rd Ypres in October 1917. EDIT: his MM card states he was with 106th Bty. RFA in Salonika: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6283297 ref WO 372/23/173345 Edited 11 January by Ivor Anderson Additional Info
Admin kenf48 Posted 10 January Admin Posted 10 January 1 hour ago, Ivor Anderson said: his MM card states he was with 106th Bty. RFA in Salonika: Thank you Ivor His record (which is interesting he received a suspended sentence in 19116 remitted by the Brigadier General on the recommendation of his CO for consistent good work) shows he was serving with 28th Division. I can't see 106 Battery in their ORBAT https://www.314th.org/Nafziger-Collection-of-Orders-of-Battle/917BJSB.pdf but the action was likely the capture of Bairakli and Kumli 16 October 1917 His record merely states he was awarded the medal for bravery. 1 hour ago, MichaelMander said: Does anyone know anything about him? The war diaries for the Salonika Campaign have not been digitised but there is a site dedicated to the Campaign https://salonikacampaignsociety.org.uk which puts him in context. I see like so many in the campaign he suffered from malaria and there is correspondence in his record concerning the presentation of the Military Medal. Might be worth looking in local newspapers.
MichaelMander Posted 14 January Posted 14 January Thankyou Kenf and Ivor. Really helpful as I often find that when it comes to military aspects of my family I always hit a brick wall since I live abroad and can't physically access things. Great piece of history.
David Porter Posted 14 January Posted 14 January On 10/01/2025 at 12:59, kenf48 said: he was serving with 28th Division. I can't see 106 Battery in their ORBAT The documentation for the Remission of Court Martial Sentence says he was in 100th Battery (31st Brigade RFA). So one would assume the 106th Battery on the MM card is written in error. 106 Battery only served in France and Italy.
Ivor Anderson Posted 14 January Posted 14 January 4 hours ago, David Porter said: 106 Battery only served in France and Italy. The Ancestry MM roll says 100th Battery too: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60997/records/12696?tid=&pid=&queryId=83a9fdf3-361a-4797-82d0-0e13ebb3aee8&_phsrc=qzF23230&_phstart=successSource
charlie962 Posted 14 January Posted 14 January 4 hours ago, Ivor Anderson said: The Ancestry MM roll says 100th Battery too: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60997/records/12696?tid=&pid=&queryId=83a9fdf3-361a-4797-82d0-0e13ebb3aee8&_phsrc=qzF23230&_phstart=successSource What is Ancestry source?
Ivor Anderson Posted 14 January Posted 14 January (edited) 3 hours ago, charlie962 said: What is Ancestry source? I suspect it is Peter Warrington's MM Register? It says 100th Bty. Unsure about his source? Edited 14 January by Ivor Anderson
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