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Re: Help finding 1914/15 Star & Service Medal Cards
« Reply #27 on: Friday 01 September 23 17:02 BST (UK) »
4(a) & 4(b) were one in the same.
Egypt:  Code 4 from Jan. 1st. 1916
a 4th/5th November 1914 - 18th/19th March 1916
b 18th/19th March 1916 - 31st October/1st November 1918


OP quoted 4a and 4b?
Why does that Roll Card state Theatre 4a and 4b  ? for 2/10th Middx dates that should have been Palestine

Got my list from:
https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/soldiers/how-to-research-a-soldier/campaign-medal-records/how-to-interpret-a-campaign-medal-index-card/medal-roll-theatre-codes/

However, there is a slightly different list from 1st January 1916:
4A Egypt (up to 18/19 March 1916)
4B Egypt (from 18/19 March 1916)
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: Help finding 1914/15 Star & Service Medal Cards
« Reply #28 on: Friday 01 September 23 18:55 BST (UK) »
My Stupidity wrongly half read the Theatre Codes 4a 4b as Africa - Ooops
Now it all makes sense for Egypt
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Re: Help finding 1914/15 Star & Service Medal Cards
« Reply #29 on: Friday 01 September 23 19:05 BST (UK) »
Africa was coded 4a up till Dec. 1915 but by the time your man got there
the code had been applied to Egypt.
3 months later they changed it again to 4b based on the Army principle
that making something complicated was preferable to keeping it simple.
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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