BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 I have just 're-discovered' an MM won by 10147 L.Cpl W E Martin of 9th Royal Sussex. I have owned this for the best part of 30 years and forgot I had it. I 'moved on', and started to collect identity discs and flashes instead. When I first got this MM I wrote to the Royal Sussex's Regimental Museum. I was told that this medal was won at "Fosse 8" at Loos. Some years later I showed it to a well known Sussex Regiment collector who told me that it could not possibly have been won where/when the Museum said. What do the "Baker Pals" say? Can his enlistment date be told from his number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 When was it awarded? Which London Gazette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2006 That was quick Papineau From his medal card I see that his name was William E Martin and he made Serjeant with the number 11897. I was wondering what can be told from the numbers? Am just off to try the London Gazette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Am just off to try the London Gazette I will have to try later/tomorrow. I am having problems with the "London Gazette" "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e14' [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver] Syntax error occurred near 'E'. Expected ''''' in search condition '""William E Martin""'. /at/archiveSearchResultsLogic.asp, line 102 " All Greek to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John84 Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Beppo, if you havent got it yet here is his MM in the gazette John. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Beppo, if you havent got it yet here is his MM in the gazette John. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType= Thanks for that John. I was just going to have another try! When was it awarded? Which London Gazette? Papineau It was published on the 2 June 1916. Page 41 of 52 Do you think Ypres? Hooge would suit me down to the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 It could well be for Loos then; that was the first MM Gazette and many of them were awarded for periods or acts of bravery back to the 1914 campaign. Some were also for Loos; so it is possible that this included your man. Have you tried Sussex local newspapers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2006 It could well be for Loos then; that was the first MM Gazette and many of them were awarded for periods or acts of bravery back to the 1914 campaign. Some were also for Loos; so it is possible that this included your man. Have you tried Sussex local newspapers? Not yet. Other than the letter to the museum this item is totally unresearched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papineau Posted 19 February , 2006 Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Could be interesting then; pity you didn't buy a tin hat load of them 30 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeppoSapone Posted 19 February , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 February , 2006 Could be interesting then; pity you didn't buy a tin hat load of them 30 years ago! Also a pity that I traded off most of the Victory medals I got cheap. I used to buy them in quantity because they were cheap - no-one wanted them. I kept a few medals, including a New Zealand pair. Once the CWGC came on line I found out that the Kiwi had been killed in France in 1916. I suppose that, if it was difficult to research the medals, they had little value. People I knew collected 'one of everything'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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