1320 William Thomas Phillips MM 1st Welsh Guards

[Phill Jones]

I am trying to obtain details of the Military Medal awarded to the above soldier  , his  attestation papers state that he joined the Welsh Guards on the 1st May 1915  , entered theatre of war France  on the 17th Aug 1915 , the award of the MM was Gazetted on the 24th Jan 1919 , so i am guessing the action  for which the award was given was possibly  around Sept / October 1918 although nothing is recorded in the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards War Diary during this period , his attestation papers also record the following awarded MM  R.O.185 19/9/18  can anyone advise where i might find out more on this . Thank you  

 

Phill Jones 

[DavidOwen]

Hi Phill

 

Strangely enough the Gazette seems to jump from those being awarded a Bar to the MM to those presumably being awarded the medal for the first time without the usual paragraph stating "His Majesty...." (on p 1207). https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31142/supplement/1214

I'm left wondering if it was a New Year's honours list for general bravery in the field rather than for a specific act?

 

Then again....

 

Regards

David

[Coldstreamer]

Never knew new years honour for the military medal.

 

I have a mm awarded in late 18, will see when gazetted to give you rough idea as I know exact date won

Edited 11 February by Coldstreamer
Typo

[DavidOwen]

Sorry, I should have noticed you had the date for the action in your original post of 19/9/18, so ignore my suggestion re NY (I know some were awarded later in 1919+ on a general bravery basis).

Does the WD not suggest any actions on that date? 

Might the Brigade WD have any clues in it?

[Coldstreamer]

An action on 9.11.18 that resulted in mm was submitted 11.11.18 and gazetted 23.7.19

 

Rule of thumb is 3 months from action to gazette but as war went on this got longer 

 

Another,  mm won 27.8.18 gazetted 11.2.19

Edited 11 February by Coldstreamer

[Coldstreamer]

Have you looked on the British medal forum, hundreds if not thousands of "citations " collected from local papers; these being best source for mms

[DavidOwen]

5 minutes ago, Coldstreamer said:

Have you looked on the British medal forum, hundreds if not thousands of "citations " collected from local papers; these being best source for mms

What a great tip!

[Coldstreamer]

https://britishmedalforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=53195&hilit=Military+medal

 

To save people having to find it 

[Phill Jones]

Thank you to all who have replied to this thread , i have found today a local  Newspaper cutting dated 10/10/18 announcing the award , i have checked the 1st Batt 3 Welsh guards war diary from start to finish nothing recorded , i will try the 3rd Guards Brigade War Diary  

Edited 12 February by Phill Jones
typo

[Coldstreamer]

 war diaries often don't mention other ranks