Sammmyc Posted 14 January , 2006 Share Posted 14 January , 2006 goodfellow1.docHello I would be so grateful if anyone could help with any further information with interpretating a medal card. An old friend has had the medals since childhood and hopes to return the medals to the rightful family. With help from the soldiers forum of this site we have been able to find and download the medal card and need help in understanding it??? anything is gratefully received! Thanking you. Avril The attachment is quite poor quality and so I think the Victory :Roll is H/2/102B45 Page 7(?)314 British : " " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 14 January , 2006 Share Posted 14 January , 2006 Hi Avril. Not much to go on here I'm afraid, it's a very "Ordinary" MIC. MIC for: 358299 Pte (private) William Goodfellow, Liverpool Regt. The "Codes" in the column marked ROLL are the codes for the actual medal rolls in which his entry appears. These rolls are NOT available online, and a visit to the NA in Kew is required should you wish to view them. The code shown here H/2/102B is the code for the Liverpool Regt, so that fits nicely. The number in the column "Page" is simply the page number within said roll. The "do-do" remarks under this are simply "Ditto". The Card shows he was entitled to the BWM (British War Medal), and the VM (Victory Medal). That's all the info on the card. Hope this helps. Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammmyc Posted 14 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 January , 2006 Thank you so much for your help! I am so grateful to you for taking time to look up the details! Once again Many thanks Avril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 15 January , 2006 Share Posted 15 January , 2006 The number is one for a Territorial battalion. This number "belongs" to the 10th King's Liverpool battalion. This means that at 1-3-1917 (or thereabouts) he was serving with one on the 10th Battalion TF units. This could be the 1/10th (overseas from november 1914) or 2/10th (overseas from February 1915) or 3/10th (only in the UK). He would probably have gone overseas after that time considering his lack of an earlier 4-digit number on his MIC (though this is not conclusive). As many questions as answers there, but I hope it helps rather than hinders you. I believe these units had strong Scottish connections (at least early in the war) Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammmyc Posted 16 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 16 January , 2006 Thank you ever so much! All your help is invaluable! It is so kind of people to help out strangers. Thank you Avril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 17 January , 2006 Share Posted 17 January , 2006 It is so kind of people to help out strangers. There's NO strangers on this forum Avril... Only "Pals". Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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