susan1962 Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hi, my great uncle died in France on 12/09 1916.On his medal card next to the heading "qualification" is the date 15/4/1915. What does this date usually indicate? Does it mean the date he joined up? Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hello Susan the qualification is for the 1914-15 Star and the date of entry is the date of entry into the theatre of war eg arrived in France & Flanders or other theatre as the case may be. If you post the card here, you may pick up other pointers. Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hi, my great uncle died in France on 12/09 1916.On his medal card next to the heading "qualification" is the date 15/4/1915. What does this date usually indicate? Does it mean the date he joined up? Susan. Hello Susan It means this is the date that he qualified for his 1914-15 Star. i.e. the day he landed in a theatre of war. There should be a box which says something along the lines of "Theatre of war first served in". If there is, what does it say? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susan1962 Posted 17 January , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hello Susan It means this is the date that he qualified for his 1914-15 Star. i.e. the day he landed in a theatre of war. There should be a box which says something along the lines of "Theatre of war first served in". If there is, what does it say? Andy Hi Max, The Box just says "Theatre of War".Next to it says "1 France" Also on the top right in the boxes with the medal names are various numbers and letters.Can you interpret these for me? ROLL ? ? Victory-M/101 B/23 2945 British-d d 15 Star-M/2 714 Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted 17 January , 2007 Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hi Max, The Box just says "Theatre of War".Next to it says "1 France" Also on the top right in the boxes with the medal names are various numbers and letters.Can you interpret these for me? ROLL ? ? Victory-M/101 B/23 2945 British-d d 15 Star-M/2 714 Susan Hello Susan "1 France" means that your great uncle arrived in France on 15/4/1915. The references next to "Victory" and "15-Star" are the index references to the medal rolls proper. The d d next to British just means ditto. Hope this helps Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susan1962 Posted 17 January , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 January , 2007 Hello Susan "1 France" means that your great uncle arrived in France on 15/4/1915. The references next to "Victory" and "15-Star" are the index references to the medal rolls proper. The d d next to British just means ditto. Hope this helps Andy Hi Andy, many thanks, Susan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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