MM London Gazette - Help wanted

[dunmore44]

Hi

I have been trying to find out about how G-10741 Walter Davis Sjt MM 4/Royal Fusiliers, originally served with the 11 btn, won his MM, unfortunately I can't even find his London Gazette entry.

Any help from any of your ole pros out there would be gratefully received.

[welshdoc]

Hi

I have been trying to find out about how G-10741 Walter Davis Sjt MM 4/Royal Fusiliers, originally served with the 11 btn, won his MM, unfortunately I can't even find his London Gazette entry.

Any help from any of your ole pros out there would be gratefully received.

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType=

Hit 1 of 1 in this gazette edition

Gazette Issue 31173 published on the 7 February 1919. Page 20 of 66

got one for once Gareht

Found by doing a simple number search but ignoring the G and the dreaded -

Sometimes works, Ive learnt some tricks from the other chaps and chapesses on the forum. Pity it never works for my searches, still LG searching is certainly a chalenge. Hope you did not take more than a couple of fruitless hours> Cheers Gareth

[dunmore44]

Welshdoc,

Excellent, many thanks for your assistance, and so quick

Just one more question, if the LG date was Feb 1919, do you believe that he would have gained the award, sometime during the last months of the war? Also after his name rank and battalion the was (Hanley) what would this represent

regards

Dunmore44

[Andrew Hesketh]

Just one more question, if the LG date was Feb 1919, do you believe that he would have gained the award, sometime during the last months of the war?

That would be a reasonable assumption. There are others here with more experience of the LG than I, but I tend to have found a 'lag' of about 6 months (ish) between the event and the gazette, especially in the 1918-1919 era.

[Stebie9173]

Hanley would be the place given on his Records of his next of kin.

Timing the award of a Military Medal is an inexact science. Isn't it all?

However, a lot of MMs were awarded after a delay of some months. Up to early 1918 the delay was about 3 months, but late in 1918 the delay grew considerably.

Several confirmed MMs to 12th Division were won on the 5th September 1918, shown in the Signal company War Diary on the 16th October 1918 and in the Gazette on the 13th May 1919. Meanwhile, MMs won in April 1918 appeared in the July 1918 Gazettes.

So a (very) estimated date could be July/August 1918, but only in my opinion.

I have a few other details somewhere but not to hand.

Steve.

[dunmore44]

Andrew, Steve (old sweats) many thanks

also many thanks again to Welshdoc

cheers Dunmore44

[welshdoc]

Hi, glad to of been a little help, its fun to beat the expert LG hunters for probably the only time. Dont know if you have looked at the national archives but a screen download follows

Description

Medal card of Davis, Walter

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Fusiliers 10741 Serjeant

Date 1914-1920

Catalogue reference WO 372/23

Dept Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies

Series War Office: Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, First World War

Piece Women's Services, Distinguished Conduct Medals and Military Medals

Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

If you didnt know the cat reg of 372/23 indicates for a man an award such as MM or DCM etc. These are always listed beforethe alphabetical christian names for that surname if you follow. Cheers Gareth