Coldstreamer Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Hello Could you get a MID if you spent the war in the UK? Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Dont see why not as you can be awarded all other gallentry medals, dependent of course on circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 There are specific MID Gazettes for ones in the UK. I'll find the reference but Dinner calls! Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGWR Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 During WW2 my grandfather (RM) was MID for work in the UK. I don't imagine that it was any different during WW1. Regards, AGWR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 I thought I had another one or two marked up but this is definitely UK: UK Anti-aircraft (30439) 20-12-1917 (18-12-1917) http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType= Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBettsMCDCM Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Certainly & if no medals awarded the Emblem would be worn directly on the Coat{or more usually a Uniform coloured piece of material of equal size to a Medal ribbon. I too have a RFC/RAF WW1/2 group of a Sergeant Clerk Skillington from Peterborough {who had served in the RFC in WW1}@ RAF Peterborough who was Mentioned in Dispatches twice for his Clerical duties in the 1940s.[including one with a citation] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 In World War I Class B Mentions were also awarded, mostly for home service. These were published in The Times rather than the London Gazette and did not carry the right to wear an Oak-Leaf Emblem. Dick Flory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 8 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Cheers all just wondered as have seen a group for sale with a MID but he isnt recorded in the CG records as being MID - and always found the records accurate Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 Regarding Dick's comment on the Class B Mention, I have a war/victory medal pair to Captain.W.A.Fowler, Canadian Army Pay Corps, who earned both types. As a pay sergeant at HQ in London in 1917, his name was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War in 1917 (a "B" List mention); then, in 1918 he was Mentioned in Despatches as the pay officer for the 2nd Bn., Canadian Machine Gun Corps (an "A" List award). He was entitled to wear the MID oakleaf device on his victory medal for his "A" mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Hello any one know how to access these class B MID's ? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 21 January , 2006 Share Posted 21 January , 2006 I can access the Times Online. Anyone in particular? The search engine is not as good at the Gazette's though!! (It's a little more flexible, but even more hit and miss due to the Times' typeface. No wonder a font like "Times New Roman" never caught on!) So no guarantees... Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Hello No one special - just wondered if any Coldstream Gds mentioned - I know at least one was How do you access the times ? Do you need to subsribe as only seen it in use once during some promo week when you could get on it. Found some great articles too ... Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 21 January , 2006 Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Ian Are you a member of Cambridgeshire Libraries? If you are then you can access the Times online through their website as they subscribe to it. If not then I suggest you pop down to your local library and join, it's definitely worth it for the access alone. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Steve I will dig out my card and get it sorted out Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 21 January , 2006 Share Posted 21 January , 2006 I agree 100% with Steve. Best money I've never spent! http://infotrac.london.galegroup.com/itweb/cam_earl?db=TTDA Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Hello I am in! Luckily the missus is out and left her cards .. a quick nosey and hey presto a library card Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 21 January , 2006 Share Posted 21 January , 2006 We'll see you in a few weeks then.... Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 21 January , 2006 Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Result! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 21 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2006 Hello Just need broad band now...so still plenty of time between pages Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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