Military Medal

[JayEffBee]

Can anyone help in my search for a citation for the following MM recipient:
Fred Smith, Private, 9th Bat Essex Regiment service no 40699 or 40697. Can`t find it in London Gazette 18 July 1917 which is where something should be. Have seen Gazette 25 April 1918 when Bar added. Fred was killed in 1918.

[GrahamSimons]

From (limited) experience you may struggle. MMs were often awarded in the field and, perhaps in consequence, all you'll get in the Gazette is a date of award and no detail. Might be worth looking at the War Diary for the unit with which he was serving at the time. Have you asked the Essex Regt Museum? http://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/essexregimentmuseum

[Harlem]

Hi

The London Gazette can be a few weeks late. Also look on military boards here on RC, and the Long Long Trail website, where there are often great experts who are willing to help, in my experience.

[JayEffBee]

Thanks for replies. Regiment do not have any citation and are of course interested. Can not find the Gazette entry.Will try Long Trail.

[jess5athome]

Hi, as far as I am aware citations were not published for the award of the Military Medal, your best bet would be to see if there is any mention of it in the unit war diary, there are some diary's on Ancestry but I'm not sure which.

As already mentioned, all you may get in the Gazette is something along the lines of:-

"His majesty is pleased to award the Military Medal to the following men......................"

and that would be followed by the names of all the recipients for that time frame.

Regards
Frank.

[mmm45]

Local papers often had MM write ups.Howard Williamson has done a lot of MM research for a forthcoming book.

Ady

[jess5athome]

Local papers often had MM write ups.Howard Williamson has done a lot of MM research for a forthcoming book.

Ady

Hi Ady, not wishing to hijack the thread  but is that book by Howard Williamson "For Bravery in the Field"?

Regards
Frank.

[mmm45]

No it's not....Howard's book on MM isn't due until Dec 16.
He is regular contributor on British Medal Forum.

Ady

[jess5athome]

Apologies Ady, I got mixed up  I look forward to the release of it in 2016.

Frank.