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« on: Sunday 30 July 17 12:57 BST (UK) »
I'm tracing the award of the Military Medal to a F. Nightingale (of Ennis, County Clare). He was a Private serving with 139 Field Ambulance. I found this recorded in the Edinburgh Gazette 13 May 1919. I then looked at the War Diary for the 139th Field Ambulance (on Ancestry) which records that on 28 October 1918;
Under authority delegated by the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, the Corps Commander has awarded the following decorations for gallantry and devotion to duty in action. The Military Medal.
67822 Pte. Nightingale F. is listed along with a Sgt. and 3 other Privates.
I'm wondering is this all I will find? Will there be a record in the diary of the action which prompted the award to these men? If so how long prior to the award would it be, I've been back as far as July without finding anything, is it worth me pursuing it further? Or is there some other record I could look at?