Military Medal Winners

[John Johnson]

Please point me in the correct direction Ladies and Gentlemen. An old lady at my branch 178 RCL has asked me to find any information on her Grand Fathers winning of the Military medal, sometime in 1918.

John M (Mays) Ely

I take this opportunity of thanking anyone who replies to this message. Thanks John

[welshdoc]

Firstly get the name rank serial number and regiment, post it on the forum and wait as one of the residents finds the london gazette entry. This will also give you the home town . then try the local library for details from old newspapers, You might be lucky.

[Stebie9173]

There are four ways to find MM details:

1. Medal cards.

Medal card of Ely, John Mays

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Garrison Artillery 283356 Signaller Gunner

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...;resultcount=14

These will give date of London Gazette and often exact unit served with. However.....

2. London Gazette

LG 23-7-1919

283356 Sig. Ely, J. M., 109th Siege By. (Portsmouth) .

http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...;selHonourType=

Since the London Gazette entry is post war, then all the information that is likely to be on the medal cards is given in the Gazette, so you probably wouldn't get any more info for your £3.50.

3. War Diaries. These will possibly state when a MM was won (probably only to the month rather than a specific day). On some occasions, I have seen a specific mention and on rarer occasions a full citation.

Date-wise I think we are looking at the last month or two of the war, or else a much delayed earlier award for some reason.

4. Unit histories.

These will often mention gallantry medal winners, but there are not many Artillery Brigade histories around.

5. Local newspapers. Scanning the local newspapers around the time of his medal (late 1918 to even early 1920, in this case as it may have been presented to him some time after the war) can often produce a short piece on his medal, which can mention the act. Some libraries have indexes of WW1 newspapers.

Hope this helps,

Steve

[Stebie9173]

His campaign medals MIC, by the way:

Medal card of Ely, John M

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Garrison Artillery 12279 Gunner

Royal Garrison Artillery 283356 Gunner

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...;resultcount=14

Steve.

[Pete L]

Hi Johno

John Mays Ely is listed in the 1901 census, as a school boy, aged 12, in the Duke of York’s Military Asylum in Chelsea. It says his place of birth was Southampton.

There is a John M Ely, aged 2, in the 1891 census, living in Millbrook, Southampton. Parents John M and Mary A. Father was a Sergt. Instructor in the 2nd VB Hampshire Regiment, plus two sisters. It looks as if he had the army in his blood.

This time he is listed as being born in Winchester. And there is a birth registered to a John M Ely in Winchester in the Dec (qtr) 1988

PM me with an email address and I will send you the images to pass on.

Pete

[John Johnson]

Pete L, many, many thanks my email address is Bowmanvillejohn@hotmail.com................to all who found the time to reply a BIG thank you. John

[mmm45]

Steve

Is there any chance you can find this ranks gazette entry for the MM

242871 Pte Walter Hey

1/5th West Ridings

gazetted sometime in 1917 would the entry show his town of residence?

Thanks

Ady

[SteveE]

Steve

Is there any chance you can find this ranks gazette entry for the MM

242871 Pte Walter Hey

1/5th West Ridings

gazetted sometime in 1917 would the entry show his town of residence?

Thanks

Ady

Here it is although in this instance there is no residence shown, London Gazette#30234, dated 16th August 1917.

242871 Pte. W. Hey, W. Rid. R.

Link to the Gazette is Here

Hope this helps.

Steve (#2)

[mmm45]

Here it is although in this instance there is no residence shown, London Gazette#30234, dated 16th August 1917.

242871 Pte. W. Hey, W. Rid. R.

Thank you

Ady