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Deciphering Awards/Medals
« on: Thursday 28 April 22 15:39 BST (UK) »
Could someone help me to decipher the medals/awards on this chaps military card.

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 28 April 22 17:42 BST (UK) »
It would be extremely helpful if we could see more of the card, particularly the upper left corner. Given there are only two lines of entries, I'd hazard a guess that whoever it was received the British War and Victory Medals only.

What you have posted are the references to the volume and page number that he appears on in the associated regimental medal rolls.

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 28 April 22 22:09 BST (UK) »
was he commissioned

R+F is rank and file Roll looks like RGA Royal Garrison Artillery

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Lowe(Lower Gornall-Castleford)
Blackburn (Castleford)
Sidwell(Ledsham)
Fairburn(Hartshead)
Wood(Liversedge)
Tallon (Whittington Lancs/Hartshead West Yorkshire)

Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment.

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #3 on: Friday 29 April 22 11:06 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for your kind help. I have struggled to upload the full image. But here goes...

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #4 on: Friday 29 April 22 11:36 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Scathelock on Friday 29 April 22 11:06 BST (UK)
Many thanks for your kind help. I have struggled to upload the full image. But here goes...

Self explanatory -- Under 'Medal' the first line says 'Victory' and the next line down says 'British' so (like many other soldiers), your man received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

The other entry that you may need an explanation is the bottom left corner of the card -- he entered a 'theatre of war', i.e. France, sometime in March 1916.

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #5 on: Friday 29 April 22 11:40 BST (UK) »
Top right of the image that you have posted -- 'RGA' will stand for the Royal Garrison Artillery and to the right of RGA reads 'Capt' so it looks as though your man was a Captain. If you supply his full name or post an image of the top section of the card, you could well find that someone on the forum could give you further information.

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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #6 on: Friday 29 April 22 12:12 BST (UK) »
The other bit of jargon under "remarks" are the identification voucher number in case they have
to be returned for adjustments. & the date they were issued, in this case Oct. 15th. 1921.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: Deciphering Awards/Medals
« Reply #7 on: Friday 29 April 22 14:48 BST (UK) »
You may find this page on the Long Long Trail useful too in interpreting what is on the card.

https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/campaign-medal-records/how-to-interpret-a-campaign-medal-index-card/

I presume that we are still missing his surname, a quick look at the Army officers' service records at the National Archives produces 39 Royal Garrison Artillery officers with the forenames George Henry.
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