durbar medal

[tom compton]

hello pals. i have a great uncle who was a royal marine bandsman and in 1911 sailed on the royal yacht to india for the durbar in delhi .i think he may have been given the durbar medal ? any pal have a image /photo of the medal or the durbar event .thanks tom

[gnr.ktrha]

Hello,

There is a roll for the medal which has been published in book form. I'm sure a forum member must have a copy.

Regards,

Stewart

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Tom

Medal images here:

http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishgu..._medal_1911.htm

Durbar images here:

http://meerutup.tripod.com/durbarmain.html

Dave

[tom compton]

thank you stewart and a BIG thanks to you dave .i will dive into it after my tea .i am very proud of my great uncle royal marine bandsman george tristram and hope to find a picture of him at portsmouth or delhi. he may even be in some old black and white film marching ? i wonder what he did on board the royal yacth medina on the way to india .i know he played the piano clainett and base so he may have played in a dance band on the yacht .thanks again tom

[punjab612]

Tom

Have looked up your gt uncle in the published book of the Durbar medal roll and unfortunately he was not awarded one. The system of allocation was intended to allocate only six medals per regiment. This however was not the case with many more medals being allocated to regiments who were presented with new colours by the King. In total 4,171 medals were awarded to British units (905 to Officers and 3,266 to ORs).

In total the Royal Navy, Royal Marine Light Infantry and Royal Marine Artillary were awarded 131 medals (22 Officers and 109 OR's). Not possible to give you a list of them as the roll is orgainised alphabetically not by unit.

My Grandfather was there with the 1st Northumberland Fusiliers he too was unlucky. They got 115 (8 Officers and 107 ORs)

Peter

Peter

[tom compton]

thanks peter .thats a shame perhaps he used the royal toilet on the way over .tom

[kinsalegreg]

Peter

Any chance of looking up my grandfather - I have his RATA 1911 Coronation medal marked India and what looks very much like a Delhi Durbar medal ribbon but no medal. He was Sergeant Frederick J Baker of the 1st Battalion The Connaught Rangers. I know they had new colours presented so there were more medals available to the Battalion ?

Many thanks

[punjab612]

Any chance of looking up my grandfather - I have his RATA 1911 Coronation medal marked India and what looks very much like a Delhi Durbar medal ribbon but no medal. He was Sergeant Frederick J Baker of the 1st Battalion The Connaught Rangers. I know they had new colours presented so there were more medals available to the Battalion ?

Sorry he's not listed despite the Bn having new colours presented. Total for 1st Connaughts was 6 Officers and 113 ORs.

I believe from a previous thread on this subject that the Coronation and Durbar medals had the same, or very similar ribbons, though I'm no expert in this field.

Peter

[kinsalegreg]

Thanks for the info Punjab 612. Disappointing but the RATA medal suggests he was there at the time.