warrior1981 Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 hi all, i have recently purchased a military medal group to- crosby rfa (2538452 re) thats what on the rim of the mm. it also arrived with his sons medals who was kia in burma in ww2 (nice because the father had them engraved) My question is how can i find out what crosby did to earn the military medal please i have looked on the gazette and it confused the hell out of me. any help would be great thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 A seven digit number indicates ww2 What name and number are impressed on the 14 star BWM and VM ? Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior1981 Posted 29 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 29 April , 2020 hi, thanks for the reply i have just checked the ww1 medal index card and all 3 of his numbers are on there. on the military medal its number 2538452 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 Is it this man? If so, there’s an erroneous “2” on the end of the number you’ve quoted. Name: John M Crosby Regimental Number: 253845 Regiment: Royal Engineers Battalion: 4 Divisional Signal Company Rank: Corporal Medals: Military Medal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 His MIC? https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000392-03158?pid=2536832&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1262%26h%3D2536832%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DAWj2%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=AWj2&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.242195015.479242447.1588193783-657475548.1588193783 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 1 minute ago, wandererpaul said: Is it this man? If so, there’s an erroneous “2” on the end of the number you’ve quoted. It is, John M Crosby 253845 2nd CPL that's where the erroneous 2 has crept in MM listed Edinburgh Gazette March 17 1919 HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docchippy Posted 29 April , 2020 Share Posted 29 April , 2020 MM John M 253845 Royal Engineers, 4th Divisional Signal Company. London Gazette 11 March 1919 War dairy 4 Div Sig COy RE https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60779/43849_1471_0-00000?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return#?imageId=43849_1471_0-00630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior1981 Posted 30 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 April , 2020 hi all sorry for late reply i am still at work , yes the number on the side is John M 253845 Royal Engineers but it says 2 cpl i thought the 2 was a miss engrave could someone tell me if i am wrong please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 30 April , 2020 Share Posted 30 April , 2020 1 hour ago, warrior1981 said: hi all sorry for late reply i am still at work , yes the number on the side is John M 253845 Royal Engineers but it says 2 cpl i thought the 2 was a miss engrave could someone tell me if i am wrong please ? No you are correct His service number is 253845 (2nd Cpl RE) = 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers) you inadvertently added the 2 to his service number in your initial post hope this clarifies things Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior1981 Posted 30 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 30 April , 2020 omg what a idiot i am lol thank you so much for everyones help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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