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Offline haliared

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Help with understanding WW1 Medal Card Please
« on: Tuesday 18 November 08 01:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi there, :D
I wonder if any kind and clever person can tell me what the following mean on a Medal Record Card I have for World War One.
I have the Rank as Gnr (I presume Gunner), and the Corps RFA. (I presume Royal Field Artillery)

Under the medal section I have listed :
Victory : Roll =RFA/152B ; Page 10373
British : Roll = RFA/152B ; Page 10373
Handwritten in red the number 15 by Star: RFA/23 A+B ; Page 7928.
Theatre of War first served in = (5H)
Date of entry therein: 17.8.15

If anyone can decipher the above it would help me immensely. Many thanks for looking, and for any help with this.
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Re: Help with understanding WW1 Medal Card Please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 18 November 08 04:05 GMT (UK) »
HI
Have you had a look at this site

http://www.1914-1918.net/grandad/medals.htm


& at the bottom of the page it gives you a link to the codes used for Theatres of War entered.
Cathy
Sedgwick- George, Thomas, Charles, Eddie, Harry
Wilcockson - Thomas, Joseph, Edward, William Henry
Ruge -Christian, Wilhelm, August, Waldemar. Christian was  from Germany(until 1850 then Sth Australia then NSW)