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From: "Kathleen Donnelly" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] Were his medals claimed or not?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:23:38 -0800
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Hello Tom, if a medal index card is issued does that mean that a medal was
issued. How did the soldiers get these medals? I mean were they mailed to
them, or were they given out during a ceremony. What happened to them all?
Kathleen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: [WW1] Were his medals claimed or not?


> Helen - on the face of it it looks like JR Blacker's medals were issued,
but
> you need to establish if a medal index card was raised, and see if there
is
> an issue note in his service record.
> regards
> --
> Tom Tulloch-Marshall
> Great War Military Research
> Website > http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "helen charlesworth" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:43 PM
> Subject: [WW1] Were his medals claimed or not?
>
>
> > Hello Listers,
> > After the wonderful response I recieved the the question I posed a few
> days ago I am hoping (!!) that you lovely lot will be able to help me just
> as much with another quandry......
> > I have for the past couple of years been trying to find out if the
family
> ever recieved the medals for an Officer of the Coldstream Guards, and
having
> tried so many avenues always seem come up agaist a brick wall.
> > I read through the Coldstream Guards medal book at the PRO and came up
> with the following information.
> >
> > 2Lt JR Blacker N/W/5/19788 BM&VM I.Vx4758
15/5/22
> >
> > Now, from the above information I gather my chap was awarded the British
> War medal the Victory medal ( and hopefully the 14/15 Star as he was
killed
> during the battle of Loos.) I gather the medals were awarded or ready for
> collection as from 15th May 1922 ?
> >
> > As far as we know the medals were never claimed by the family ( they had
> by now moved to France.) The brother of the deceased Capt C.P Blacker's
> medal information is interesting.....
> > Capt C.P Blacker MC N/W/1/22771 BW VM and emblems 1VB/802
> 2/6/1931
> > from the date stated we would assume the medals were collected or
applied
> for in 1931? We know the medals were recieved as they are now housed in
the
> Coldstrean Guards museum along with the medals Capt Blacker was awarded
> during WWII.
> > So back to 2nd Lt Blacker.......... does the information above give any
> indication as to wether the medals were recieved by the family or simply
> were available on the date mentioned? .............and, the medals were
NOT
> claimed is it still possible for the nephew (as the next of kin) to claim
> the medals from the Army medlas office?
> >
> > Thank you in anticipation .
> >
> > Regards Helen Charlesworth Hants UK
> >
> >
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