Thanks ShaunJ, that had not occurred to me. Under what kinds of circumstances do you think the War Office might have retained a medal? Perhaps if a soldier had gone missing or deserted? 2217 was probably born in 1822. If he did not draw a pension, could that perhaps mean that he died, went missing, stayed enlisted or did not live to whatever age was required before he could draw it? I am stumped about where to go next.
