WW1 Medal

[Marian Brown]

  I must apologise for the delay in replying to the all the helpful messages i received.  Thank you all very much.

In answer to some of the points made - there is definately nothing else on the medal but the name - Alfred H Britton.

None of the names suggested that may have been his wife rang any bells but i shall keep them in mind for future reference.  He is definately not a known relative.

As my father Charles Davies was in the Royal Naval Reserve 1914 - 1918 I wonder if he was a friend of my father. Can anyone tell me whether or not  the medals for the RNR have a number engraved  on them?

[neil1821]

A medal to the RNR would have number, name, rank, RNR
So for example "123456 J.Bloggs, A.B, R.N.R."

So I'm still going with Mercantile Marine/Merchant Navy for Alfred H Britton.
But with a Hull connection (Hull being a large port of course), it sounds likely enough.

 

[mmm45]

Is it Silver?

[scrimnet]

Here's a thought...

One of the Quakers or such like not attached to regular units, but their own ambulances which were on the various fronts of WW1

Would be nice to know what the actual medal is though....

What does the front and back say???

[Marian Brown]

Thanks again for your interest in Alfred's medal.  I have tried to add a photograph but haven't been successful so i will try and describe it.
On one side we have The side view of the head of King George V facing left with the words
GEORGIVS V BRITT. OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:
On the reverse we have a naked man riding a sadddleless horse with a short sword in his right hand
The horse has one foot on what appears to be a shield on the ground next to a skull and cross bones.
There is a sun above the horse's head and 1914   1918
The medal is silver in colour.

[scrimnet]

British War Medal...

Most definitely...

Now then, to whom and why was it issued!!!

It was initially issued to commemorate the end of the war...

6.5 million were issued in silver, and the period of 1919-1920 was included for participation in ops in North and South Russia, The Baltic, Siberia, the Black Sea and the Caspian (White Russian and Allied Army against the Soviets), as well as service in mine clearance .