Barry Russell Posted 19 October , 2017 Share Posted 19 October , 2017 Hi Guys. This is the Medal card of my 3rd Great Aunts Husband. Apart from the obvious details on the top line such as regiment and medals can anyone translate some of the remarks in the lower section? I have no idea. I also have no idea about his service, I can find no reference to him being killed thankfully. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 19 October , 2017 Share Posted 19 October , 2017 When you say lower down, not sure how far you mean. Anyway, the main body of the MIC says that he was a prisoner of war ("P of war"), that he was "eligible" (for the 1914 medal), and that his qualifying date - the date he entered the operational theater, was 14/8/1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Russell Posted 19 October , 2017 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2017 7 minutes ago, Wexflyer said: When you say lower down, not sure how far you mean. Anyway, the main body of the MIC says that he was a prisoner of war ("P of war"), that he was "eligible" (for the 1914 medal), and that his qualifying date - the date he entered the operational theater, was 14/8/1914 Thanks for that, what about the remarks in between? C/468? Elegitte? CIR NW/5/37533 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wexflyer Posted 19 October , 2017 Share Posted 19 October , 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Barry Russell said: Thanks for that, what about the remarks in between? C/468? Elegitte? CIR NW/5/37533 The letters and numbers are probably references to correspondence? What you read as "Eligitte" I think is Eligible. Edited 19 October , 2017 by Wexflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 19 October , 2017 Share Posted 19 October , 2017 C&R = Clasp & Roses His PoW record is here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Russell Posted 19 October , 2017 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2017 7 minutes ago, Bardess said: C&R = Clasp & Roses His PoW record is here Amazing, Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEW Posted 20 October , 2017 Share Posted 20 October , 2017 The C 468 reference is an old folio number for his 1914 Star Medal roll now in WO329/2477 indexed on the card by the 'B5 page 141' in the stamped area. I think the pencil writing C 468 eligible is possibly a check against his 1914 medal roll to see if he was eligible for the Clasp & Roses rather than the 1914 Star. His C&R were issued in March 1931. I had a look at MICs for the other men on the same roll page with later applications for the C&R and none of the others have the C 468 eligible so his is unusual. One would think that the issuing of the 1914 Star which originated from the Medal roll wouln't then need checking against the medal roll but perhaps his application for the C&R did. However, one would then expect to see references to the old folio numbers on lots of MICs. Perhaps him being a POW from OCT 1914 has some relevance? TEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 20 October , 2017 Share Posted 20 October , 2017 Hi Barry, On 19/10/2017 at 01:31, Barry Russell said: I also have no idea about his service... Henry has a set of service papers - here on Findmypast, or here on Ancestry. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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