davidbohl Posted 21 February , 2020 Share Posted 21 February , 2020 Did these figures change much over time ? Clip from the Sheffield Independent 14th Oct 1920 on the British Newspaper Archive Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin kenf48 Posted 21 February , 2020 Admin Share Posted 21 February , 2020 Read on:- Yorkshire Post 2 September 1922, most provincial newspapers simply lifted such reports from the Times of London Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 21 February , 2020 Share Posted 21 February , 2020 (edited) David Chronology of Events Connected with Army Administration from 1919 onwards contains all the information you need. It covers all the information contained in your post up until 1939. They can be found in the National Archives library at Kew. TR Edited 21 February , 2020 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 23 February , 2020 Share Posted 23 February , 2020 The indication in the 14 October 1920 issue of the Sheffield Independent that only 959 Victory Medals had been issued is interesting as a report dated 19 June 1920 indicates that 37,100 VMs had been received by that date, 33,900 had already been named and of these 33,000 were packed ready for issue. All of these have to be the Type I (dark chocolate) VM. The first Type II (the normal issue) VM were not issued until January 1920. The delay most likely was due to the realization that the Type I VM had suspension problems and the dark color hid much of the design. Interestingly on 26 July 1920 the Adjutant General indicated that 627 VMs had been issued including one to the King and 100 at the Staff College. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 23 February , 2020 Share Posted 23 February , 2020 (edited) Re my post number 3. Running totals for 1922 and 1924: Edited 23 February , 2020 by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 23 February , 2020 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2020 Thanks Terry, the march of time did significantly change the figures from the newspaper report in 1920, nearly 10k extra MC's alone. The process of getting the figures from Kew looked a bit convoluted, I think my question has been well and truly answered now, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 23 February , 2020 Share Posted 23 February , 2020 In the October 5th, 1927 edition of the Newcastle Journal the numbers of medals issued to that date: 14 star - 365,662 14 star - 2,078,183 BVM - 5,123,403 WM - 5,670.174 TWM - 33,440 MM - 130,241 DCM - 33,159 MSM - 29,499 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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