Medal card of Coe, A E and Coe, Archibald Edward

[Bob Bedward]

Hello - More help and advice needed please.

The MICs below are clearly for the same man from "My" village.

The first would seem to suggest that he has a DSO or MM.

The second that he was commisioned and also changed his Corp from RE to RGA.

Sadly I am unable to order the cards and any way they would not tell me why he was

awarded a gallantry medal.

Is anyone able to help with any information?

Thank you

Old Jack

Medal card of Coe, A E

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Engineers 12340 Corporal Acting Corporal

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

Medal card of Coe, Archibald Edward

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Engineers 12340 Corporal

20th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery Second Lieutenant Acting Captain Lieutenant

Date 1914-1920

Catalogue reference WO 372/4

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 Campbell H - Cooke W E

Image contains 1 medal card of many for this collection

[HarryBettsMCDCM]

He is not recorded in Walker's DCM Book so I expect he was awarded the Military Medal,or MiD,in which case there will be no Citation details in the London Gazette,just the Promulgation notice {ie his Name & Details Regt etc in a list of MM Winners,or those "Mentioned in Despatches"}It will however give you a Date to use in your search,the best avenue will be the Local paper for the area he lived in often they published press releases giving brief{& they are usually very brief} details of his award.

unfortunately MM Citations were rarely published or even entered into Service Records.just occassionally a War Diary might contain a recommendation.

His MM is announced in the London Gazette of 12th [14th] September 1916 Page 8999:~

Included in the list of names is:~

12340 2nd Corporal A.E.Coe RE.

If you enter "A. E. Coe"[note space after full stops]into the online LG search for WW1 he will show up as LG 12th September 1916

[Bob Bedward]

Hello HarryBettsMCDCM - Thank you for the invaluable information. I have been able to

download the LG.

I have read all of the local newspaper and found no mention of his MM. I might have missed

it of course.

I only found him in the first place by a report of his enlistment in the newspaper

as he is not recorded on the Roll of Duty and Honour in our village - which was the

starting point for my project. He will be now!

Thank you again

Old Jack