Matlock1418 Posted 8 May , 2021 Share Posted 8 May , 2021 (edited) Another gap in my knowledge ... Image courtesy of Ancestry - with thanks Hoping the forum could perhaps help explain the "Guarantee" bit please. [Not to sell them ??? - got that somewhere in the back of my brain but not at all sure where from] ??? :-/ M Edited 8 May , 2021 by Matlock1418 Added the image of the MIC that was intended/under question - it probably helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 8 May , 2021 Author Share Posted 8 May , 2021 (edited) From a similar enquiry thread of mine in this sub-forum: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/290690-does-not-sign-renunciation-ralph-goss "The MIC for Frank Goss, also BRCS, has "Medals scrapped. Guarantee not signed" written on it. Both Ralph and Frank Goss were members of the Friends Ambulance Unit, so were possibly Quakers. There is further information about them (including photographs) on the website https://fau.quaker.org.uk " Thank you @tootrock I had also fleetingly wondered about Quakers, or similar Non-Conformists, as a possibility [as potentially likely to renounce any medal reward for their services] = Still, not seen these sort of declarations on MIC before - so still seeking further info, as I trust of likely interest to others too. In hope ... :-) M Edit: Thanks to the FAU website we can see that Frank Goss had an Absolute Exemption as a Conscientious Objector - thus his Quaker FAU service it would seem. Valuable service, but in a different way. Doesn't look like he wanted his medals whichever way. :-) M Edited 8 May , 2021 by Matlock1418 Edit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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