Guest griffiths Posted 27 December , 2005 Share Posted 27 December , 2005 HELP - on simple topics. Were all soldiers who fought and died in WW1 awarded post. medals ? I have 4 medals handed down thro' generations and don't know anything about them. Thanx Jillian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 27 December , 2005 Share Posted 27 December , 2005 HELP - on simple topics. Were all soldiers who fought and died in WW1 awarded post. medals ? I have 4 medals handed down thro' generations and don't know anything about them. Thanx Jillian Simple answer is no . It was possible to be awarded just 1 or up to 3 "campaign " medals. Then there may be braveryor long service. If you can scan or photo them add it to a post and someone will tell U all about them. If not describe the words on the medals and post that. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 27 December , 2005 Share Posted 27 December , 2005 Hello medal number 4 could be an interesting one Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 28 December , 2005 Share Posted 28 December , 2005 Read this page: http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/grandad6.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyDick Posted 28 December , 2005 Share Posted 28 December , 2005 Army and RAF personnel who remained in the UK - or remained at home in one of the Dominions - did not receive any campaign medals; had to go overseas and/or enter theatre of war. Exception was the RN & RM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshdoc Posted 28 December , 2005 Share Posted 28 December , 2005 good point explodes a family story that one of the grandfathers served ashore in the war but got the medal pair. He got the medal pair all right cos Ive seen it , I wonder where he went though? Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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