Kwc27122 Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone here can identify the brave men these medals were awarded to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tankengine888 Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 (edited) 40457 Staff Sergeant G Calcroft [RAMC]'s Victory Medal George Calcroft arrived in France with the Royal Army Medical Corps on September 21st, 1915. Unsure what happened to him; survived the war though. 143155 Private A Bishop [RAF]'s British War Medal Albert Bishop; Born August 29th, 1894 to Edwin Bishop. Enlisted November 15th, 1915; Probably in the RFC [Royal Flying Corps - precursor to the Royal Air Force] Other GWF lads to can try to figure these two out, Zidane. Edited 10 May , 2023 by tankengine888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 This is always a good starting places for medal research https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1262/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16thBNCanScotJim Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 When I saw the A Bishop of the RAF, my heart stopped for a second thinking…was there a W before the A, as in William Avery “Billy” Bishop VC, the Canadian ace fighter pilot. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/billy-bishop#01 Wouldn’t that be nice but I assume all of Billy’s medals are accounted for…. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan1892 Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 Albert Bishop, enlisted on the 15 November 1915 - placed into the Royal Army Service Corps (service number T4/142437) and the the Royal Irish Fusiliers (service number 41575). Transferred into the Royal Flying Corps on the 6 March 1918 (service number 143155) and then into the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. Image of his RFC/RAF service form courtesy of Find My Past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan1892 Posted 10 May , 2023 Share Posted 10 May , 2023 40457 George Calcroft -- image courtesy of Find My Past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwc27122 Posted 10 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 10 May , 2023 OH WOW! Thank you all so much! This is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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