Name Brought to Notice of War Secretary

[michelle43]

My great-grandfather's British Army Pension Records state that on 24 Feb 1917: "Name brought to notice of the Secretary of State for War [Lord Stanley] for valuable service rendered in connection with the war." Is there anywhere I could look to find out what this regarded?

At the time, he was with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, 6th Battalion. He was 39 years old and serving in England because he had been deemed too old to serve at the Front. By 1917, he had been a soldier for 20 years, having joined in 1897.

[Ashtone]

Searching newspapers is a good start. Lots of those particular mentions in newspapers during WW1.

Here's one such example from August 1917

[michelle43]

Thanks! I hadn't thought of checking there.