taylorsearcher Posted 13 December , 2019 Share Posted 13 December , 2019 My Great uncle, Reginald Alfred Olney BAKER served with the Rifle Brigade (No. s/8445) and was wounded near Ypres in July / August 1917. He was finally discharged in August 1918 and duly received the Silver War Badge. His Medal Index Card records his award of the VIctory Medal. My question is, as he served overseas, in a theatre of war, why he was not, apparently, entitled to the British War Medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonbem Posted 13 December , 2019 Share Posted 13 December , 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, taylorsearcher said: My Great uncle, Reginald Alfred Olney BAKER served with the Rifle Brigade (No. s/8445) and was wounded near Ypres in July / August 1917. He was finally discharged in August 1918 and duly received the Silver War Badge. His Medal Index Card records his award of the VIctory Medal. My question is, as he served overseas, in a theatre of war, why he was not, apparently, entitled to the British War Medal. Recorded for both on the Medal Roll and looking at the Index Card I would say it is a poor effort of writing the "ditto" as just a line rather than ---------"-------- Edited 13 December , 2019 by jonbem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 13 December , 2019 Share Posted 13 December , 2019 The medal rolls confirm the BWM + VM His index card has a line through the BWM which is probably just a sloppy way of showing ditto? BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorsearcher Posted 13 December , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 December , 2019 Thanks to those above, for clarifying the 'text'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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