GJW Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 Hi again, I cannot seem to find medal card and roll for this soldier - Service number 14111. Military Medal winner and killed in a train crash in France, March 1919. I have his effects register and Pension card but cannot find much else. Must be missing a trick here for sure. All help appreciated. Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 It's here http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D6185332 free to download once you have an account. I couldn't find it on ancestry either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 26 May , 2020 Share Posted 26 May , 2020 I think that's just the MM card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 16 minutes ago, IPT said: I think that's just the MM card. I have had a look: you are right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJW Posted 27 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Thanks Lads. I have checked to the best of my current ability before I posted this up. I take this is rare enough? Is it because he was drafted from elsewhere to the Munsters at the end of the war? Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 I tried searching Ancestry, the NA and Findmypast, by number only and by different spellings, without any success, Have you tried looking on the medal roll for an adjacent number, (e.g. 14112 Edward Loftus), to see what's there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Was he moonlighting with N.Lancs ?, this is a MM notification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraG Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 (edited) Could this be him - LAWLOR Don't think any connection here - sorry Edited 27 May , 2020 by BarbaraG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 (edited) On 27/05/2020 at 14:11, davidbohl said: Was he moonlighting with N.Lancs ?, this is a MM notification That seems quite likely. The Service battalions of the Irish regiments really struggled with recruiting replacements after 1916, in part because there was no conscription there for political reasons, as a result large numbers of men from English regiments were sent in reinforcement drafts to make battalions up to strength. Many of these were from Northern English conurbations. Edited 10 October , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 1 hour ago, davidbohl said: Was he moonlighting with N.Lancs ?, this is a MM notification Good thinking, but this man was discharged from the Labour Corps 24/8/1919. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 ForcesRecords seem to reconnect with him in 1919 after a 5 year break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraG Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 His name does not seem to appear on the Medal Rolls for the Royal Munster Fusiliers (Ancestry). Victory and British Medals Piece No. 1705 - 270 of 329 Laws - Lawes / 273 of 329 Layton / 321 of 329 Little - seem to be alphabetical. 1914 - 1915 Star Piece No. 2816 231 to 246 of 297 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 A few of the reports from the British Newspaper Archive 7/8 March 1919, sound horrendous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraG Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 TNA Military Medal Details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbohl Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 London Gazette entry says he was 2nd Btn (Castledermot) 13th May 1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraG Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 War Diary entry (TNA WO-95-2837-1 May 1918 - May 1919) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJW Posted 27 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2020 Thank you all. Excellent contributions. Unfortunately I am still stumped as to where to go from here. Did this man serve in another regiment and was brought back to the Munsters? He vanished from all records bar his military medal success. I was sent this from a family member - dont know if it helps any. Military medal was stolen years ago I was told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 27 May , 2020 Share Posted 27 May , 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, GJW said: Thank you all. Excellent contributions. Unfortunately I am still stumped as to where to go from here. Did this man serve in another regiment and was brought back to the Munsters? He vanished from all records bar his military medal success. I was sent this from a family member - dont know if it helps any. Military medal was stolen years ago I was told What is inscribed on the edge of the medal with the ring suspension? Edited 27 May , 2020 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJW Posted 27 May , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 May , 2020 I will check with my friend. Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staunton Posted 28 August , 2020 Share Posted 28 August , 2020 RMF Serial numbers in the 14000 series were transfers from the Connaught Rangers mid-1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJW Posted 10 October , 2020 Author Share Posted 10 October , 2020 Thank you for this as it might help me uncover more about him. Aologies for delayed response as took a month off this project - for sanity reasons Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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