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From: "V & A Taylor" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] WW1 Pension Records
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:05:48 +0100
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Partially correct Ray,
Those entitled, had to notify War Office of their entitlement and if correct the
medals were then ISSUED by post to the confirmed address.
The method of ISSUE was different for commissioned officers to that for the
Other Ranks.
Alan...

-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:] On
Behalf Of Ray Tomlinson
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:17 PM
To: Trena
Cc:
Subject: Re: [CHS] WW1 Pension Records

Just to play devils advocate, my father served in the second world
war and never received his medals. Aparantly they weren't ISSUED you
had to write and claim them. His attitude was that they found him
soon enough when they wanted him to serve so why couldn't they take
the trouble to send him the medals when his service was over.
Ray

On 27 Sep 2007, at 15:15, Trena wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "V & A Taylor" Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 7:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHS] WW1 Pension Records
>
>
>> Let us not demean the AWARD of Gallantry medals or the ISSUE of other
>> Service,
>> War and Campaign medals;
>> by referring to them as WON, the only WINNERS of medals are those
>> gambled
>> in a
>> card game or put into auction.
>>
>> I know many people refer to medals being WON when they actually
>> mean for:-
>> A]. CAMPAIGN & WAR MEDALS which are ISSUED to the deserving
>> recipitants'
>> B]. GALLANTRY MEDALS which are AWARDED to the deserving recipitants
>>
>> I hope this information is taken in the spirit it is offered.
>
> Thank you Alan, for clarification in the above. This has always
> been a 'bone
> of contention' with me, the daughter of two WWll Vets. My father
> was ISSUED
> 10 Campaign medals, plus AWARDED one (11 in total). One of the ISSUED
> medals has an AWARDED bar/star on it. That particular medal was
> for Korean
> War Campaign (issued), and includes a Presidential Citation, which
> the whole
> Batt. (2-PPCLI) was AWARDED, in I believe 1952. The 11th medal was
> AWARDED
> long after the Korean Campaign, to all surviving Canadian Korean
> War Vets,
> for their Peacekeeping duties in that undeclared war.
>
> My parents never referred to any of their medals as having been WON
> and
> would correct us [younger years] if we used that word. Always ISSUED,
> though once in awhile I will refer to the medals having been EARNED,
> particularly the Korean one(s), as Dad was wounded in the battle
> for which
> the Presidential Citation was awarded.
>
> Toni ~ Ontario

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