EmmNic Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 I would just like to know what these medals are my father recently died and I have inherited my Great Grandads medals and my Grandads medals  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 11 November , 2022 Admin Share Posted 11 November , 2022 Welcome to the forum. In haste as I’m off out to my local war memorial very soon, but you have medals from both wars. The top photo medals explained here. https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/campaign-medal-records/the-british-campaign-medals-for-the-great-war/ WW2 is outside of our remit, but ww2talk.com will be the place to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 11 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2022 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 (edited) Great Grandfather's WW1 medals are the 1914 Star with clasp and rosette, the British War Medal (silver) and the Victory Medal. To have the clasp on his Star he must have been a pre-war regular. I am not an expert but the fourth medal appears to be RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes). BillyH. Edited 11 November , 2022 by BillyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 11 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2022 Brilliant thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 Interesting that he’s described as a bomber, a rôle normally seen in infantry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 26 minutes ago, PhilB said: Interesting that he’s described as a bomber, a rôle normally seen in infantry? He’s actually a Bombardier not a bomber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 Makes more sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted 11 November , 2022 Share Posted 11 November , 2022 pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueburden Posted 12 November , 2022 Share Posted 12 November , 2022 A wonderful inheritance. Treasure them and take care of them. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 12 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 12 November , 2022 Thank you x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanBro Posted 14 November , 2022 Share Posted 14 November , 2022 On the WW2 ones, the medal on the extreme right needs to swap ribbon with the Star third from the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 15 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 15 November , 2022 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 Good to see the Mons Bar on his 1914 Star as confirmed by his Medal Index Card - entered theatre early on, on 15.08.1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 Looking at the WW2 Group the 3rd Queens were indeed part of the 8th Army in North Africa. This was a Tank Unit that fought in the breakthrough at El Alamein in 1942. These events left it so short of men that it was transferred to Syria and Lebanon until April 1944, when it joined the Italian campaign. It may have been at that point when he joined the Irish Hussars. The 8th Irish was also an armoured unit that fought in North Africa before it returned to Britain to prepare for the invasion of Europe. It landed with its Cromwell tanks two days after D-Day (June 1944), fighting throughout the North West Europe campaign before ending the war near Hamburg. It then joined the occupation forces. (Hence his France and Germany Star). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 23 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2022 Woe thank you I love hearing the history of my Grandads my mother's father was a Pathfinder they were certainly very brave men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 6 hours ago, EmmNic said: love hearing the history of my Grandads Ernest Nichols will have originally joined the Royal Horse Artillery in 1905 (actually joining at Woolwich in March/April 1905), volunteering to serve 3 years with "the Colours" (ie full time) followed by 9 years in the Reserve,( during which time he could be recalled in the case of an emergency). So at the very least he will have been recalled, 'mobilised' on 5th August 1914 when war was declared. Within 10 days he had landed in France! It is possible that he extended his original Colour Service and was still actively serving in 1914? If you could give us his date and place of birth we could try and see if he appears on the 1911 census- unless you already have this, perhaps for the military? Because his service record seems to have been destroyed in WW2 we cannot be sure where and when he served, nor his battery. But maybe we can make a couple of further deductions. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Anderson Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 1914 star roll off Ancestry confirms date of entry to war theatre as 15 Aug 1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 (edited) As the Medal index card and the medal roll show, he was part of 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery. This comprised D and E Batteries, and presumably an ammunition column. It was E battery that fired the first round of the British Artillery in the war, wasn't it?** **Yes, D sub. Edited 23 November , 2022 by charlie962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 23 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2022 Wow that's amazing 10 hours ago, Kitchener's Bugle said: Looking at the WW2 Group the 3rd Queens were indeed part of the 8th Army in North Africa. This was a Tank Unit that fought in the breakthrough at El Alamein in 1942. These events left it so short of men that it was transferred to Syria and Lebanon until April 1944, when it joined the Italian campaign. It may have been at that point when he joined the Irish Hussars. The 8th Irish was also an armoured unit that fought in North Africa before it returned to Britain to prepare for the invasion of Europe. It landed with its Cromwell tanks two days after D-Day (June 1944), fighting throughout the North West Europe campaign before ending the war near Hamburg. It then joined the occupation forces. (Hence his France and Germany Star). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 54 minutes ago, Ivor Anderson said: date of entry to war theatre as 15 Aug 1914 This was actually the date they embarked at Dublin, sailing for Le Havre where they landed 17/8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmNic Posted 23 November , 2022 Author Share Posted 23 November , 2022 Neither of my Grandads ever spoke about their time in the Army and RAF I love learning about their service x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan1892 Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 10:08, BillyH said: I am not an expert but the fourth medal appears to be RAOB (Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes). Agreed -- several available to buy on well known web sites including Etsy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullybrone Posted 23 November , 2022 Share Posted 23 November , 2022 In addition to the need to swop 2 WW2 medal ribbons already mentioned the WW2 Medals are in the wrong order. They ought to be rearranged in the same order as shown in the WW2 medal ribbons. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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