Memorial Plaque.

[roselyn2]

How rare are Memorial Plaques issued as the only entitlement. No medals.   Lyn.

[Chasemuseum]

I would have thought that there would always be an entitlement to the British War Medal 14-18 if the individual qualified for a memorial plaque.

 

 

[Andrew Upton]

2 hours ago, Chasemuseum said:

I would have thought that there would always be an entitlement to the British War Medal 14-18 if the individual qualified for a memorial plaque.

Not at all - in a nut shell an individual had to serve overseas before he became entitled to the BWM as a minimum, whereas the NOK of everyone who died serving (or from the results of service) in uniform should have got the Memorial Plaque. So a British man accidentally killed on his first day of training in the UK for example would be entitled to no war medals for it but would have the plaque issued.

[Cheshire22]

3 hours ago, roselyn2 said:

How rare are Memorial Plaques issued as the only entitlement. No medals.   Lyn.

Hi, 

have a look at this chat in the medals section of this forum 

Memorial Plaque query

 

 

[roselyn2]

6 hours ago, Cheshire22 said:

Hi, 

have a look at this chat in the medals section of this forum 

Memorial Plaque query

 

 

 

Thank you all for your help.   All the best.      Lyn.

[chaz]

the strange thing  is, you would expect the victory to be the least medal to be issued with a plaque , but if serving in India soldiers would only receive the BWM, no Victory.

so a Plaque and BWM is seen but not the Plaque and Victory unless its a plaque and pair.