Toms girl Posted 30 September , 2007 Share Posted 30 September , 2007 This is first contribution, please be gentle. Has anyone information on the attck of Coxhaven Port where Zepalins were used to attack our ships, which were carrying planes to the attack. Toms girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 30 September , 2007 Share Posted 30 September , 2007 Hi Toms girl, there's lots of information here on the forum...plenty there to keep ya going, cheers, Jon ps.....and welcome to the forum ...we're always gentle...well most of us anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms girl Posted 30 September , 2007 Author Share Posted 30 September , 2007 Hi Toms girl, there's lots of information here on the forum...plenty there to keep ya going, cheers, Jon ps.....and welcome to the forum ...we're always gentle...well most of us anyway... Many Thanks Jon I was obviously spelling it wrongly should be cuxhaven, info very interesting. I am writting a book on my grandfathers life in navy 1903-1927 then 1939-1945 so far have got to cuxhaven. I appreciate your help. Think the site is great. Toms girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionia Posted 30 September , 2007 Share Posted 30 September , 2007 This is first contribution, please be gentle. Has anyone information on the attck of Coxhaven Port where Zepalins were used to attack our ships, which were carrying planes to the attack. Toms girl R.D. Layman's book "The Cuxhaven Raid" would be a good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 30 September , 2007 Share Posted 30 September , 2007 Welcome to the forum Toms girl The Cuxhaven Raid has not had the write up it deserves. What was your grandfather's role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historydavid Posted 1 October , 2007 Share Posted 1 October , 2007 Margarette, I sent you a PM with some info from the OH. Best wishes David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms girl Posted 4 October , 2007 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2007 Welcome to the forum Toms girl The Cuxhaven Raid has not had the write up it deserves. What was your grandfather's role? He was a yeo of signals RN from 1903-1927 -1939-1945 and was at cuxhaven Regards Toms girll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 4 October , 2007 Share Posted 4 October , 2007 If he has Traced Medal or traced med on his service document, that is when he received a long service good conduct medal, due to a glitch in the regulations it is unlikely he received the bar for extra long service. Have you checked to see if he served in any of the smaller colonial wars? Yeoman of Signals at this time served with flags and manual signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms girl Posted 5 October , 2007 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2007 If he has Traced Medal or traced med on his service document, that is when he received a long service good conduct medal, due to a glitch in the regulations it is unlikely he received the bar for extra long service. Have you checked to see if he served in any of the smaller colonial wars? Yeoman of Signals at this time served with flags and manual signals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toms girl Posted 5 October , 2007 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2007 Thank you every one who answered. Grandad did receive a BEM but I have no record of a long service medal. Looks if he should have one though due to his return for the 2nd WW Toms girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 5 October , 2007 Share Posted 5 October , 2007 If he was not caught out the earliest he would have qualified for it was after 15 years adult service. There are several threads which give the award criteria. The BEM could have been in lieu of the second award bar for the LSGC, but there should have been an admiralty file to give the details of award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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