Richard242 Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 Hi all, Can anyone help me with this medal card please. I am particularly interested in determining which battery my relative belonged to. Of course, any other information the brilliant members of this forum can give would also be welcome. Cheers collins.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 Hi all, Can anyone help me with this medal card please. I am particularly interested in determining which battery my relative belonged to. Of course, any other information the brilliant members of this forum can give would also be welcome. Cheers Welcome. looks like 54th Anti aircraft Company. Hopefully an expert will be along soon. stevem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelPack Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 Hello Richard You are very fortunate in having a MIC for the RGA that actually identifies the unit as well as provides the dates of enlistment and discharge. The next step is for you to either visit or engage a researcher to establish whether the service records exist amongst the lucky 30%. If you search the main forum index for anti aircraft, you will find several threads on mounted and field units. I am guessing but I assume the RGA anti aircraft units were deployed to protect the RGA's HAGs (Heavy Artillery Group). If this is the case then you will need to establish which HAG the 54th Anti Aircraft unit was attached to. I suggest that you post a thread on the UNits and Formations section under the title Artillery Anti Aircraft and see if you can attract the attention of the artillery buffs for advice. Regards Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 I'm not familiar with the RGA, but since his MIC does not have campaign medals on it, it is possible that he was in the UK during the war defending against Zeppelin and Gotha raids. The SWB Medal roll book at the National Archive will have a column in it to reflect whether or not he served overseas. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnreed Posted 29 January , 2007 Share Posted 29 January , 2007 In November 1916 the first 3in 20 cwt transportable guns arrived and an AA Artillery Group Headquarters , with one for the Lines of Communication. Each group was commanded by a Lt. Col. New style 'lettered' batteries were formed, with a variing number of sections in them. 54 Section was part of 'R' Battery and was armed with 13pdrs, and were part of the Second Army. Jophn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard242 Posted 30 January , 2007 Author Share Posted 30 January , 2007 Hello, Thank you all for your excellent responses. Stevem - Yes must be Anti-Aircraft, only someone as daft as me wouldnt realise that there were such units during this war (after all there were spotting planes and bombers). Mel - have taken your advice and posted to units section to see what info I can glean. Steve - Its possible service was in this country - but family history asserts that this person was gassed so probally served over seas. (this is not to say that other family stories i have heard are that reliable). John - wow, where did you find all this info? im still trying to make sense of it all. in short, thanks again everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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