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Help deciphering WW1 medal card

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Andrew

Andrew Report 20 Jun 2007 18:19

Kate First the obvious. He served as 024687 Private Harry Alfred Hughes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Enlisted 7 December 1915 and was discharged under paragraph 392 XVI of King's Regulations on 22 June 1919. The cause of his discharge was 'sickness' denoted by the 'S' in this box. He was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal for his service. He also earned the Silver War Badge. The hieroglyphics in the rubber stamped bit denote the volume and page number of the medal roll on which his name appears. Similarly the reference 'List RAOC/506' denotes the volume of the Silver War Badge Roll on which his name appears. The only additional information the SWB roll might give you is the badge number and the date the badge was issued to his records office for onward transmission to him. The Silver War Badge was issued to all those who were discharged as result of wounds or sickness during the 1914-18 War. There is a chance that he was awarded a pension, given the reason for his discharge in which case his documents may be among those released by Ancestry when they get round to the letter 'H'. If not then you have to roll the dice on whether his papers survived the blitz in 1940. As may be obvious I used to work with the 1914-18 medal records on a daily basis many years ago. If you need anything else translating, please come back to me. Good hunting Andrew

Kate

Kate Report 20 Jun 2007 17:00

Hi Diane, No I haven't seen them. I tried with the National Archives site itself but couldn't work it out. I'll take a look at the site - thanks for your help. Is it possible to find out why he was invalided out of the army?

Kate

Kate Report 20 Jun 2007 16:40

I have found my g-grandfather's WW1 medal card, but aren't quite sure what everything means. I know he was discharged with some sort of injury and received the SWB, but there is a stamp added to his card detailing the medals he received and I don't know what it means. I only have his British War Medal. I don't think it says where he first served either, but I know he was in Mesopotamia and possibly India. If anyone can help and tell me what his card says I would be very grateful! It's at [link removed]