Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

BEANY wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2019 4:43 pm There had been some missing details of my service and only last year 2018 did I finally receive my service medal with King George on it. I had joined as a Portsmouth rating and transferred to Devonport during my service days Googling PMX739377 will find me.OR DJX739377 that's where the records got mixed up!......

sejintenej wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:29 pm
Trying to find my father's WW I record I found it very confusing. Not only was he awarded Merchant Marine medals but also those befitting someone in the trenches. In the end I was able to dismiss the trenches medals and follow his service on HMS / RMS Medina. Two sets of letters? She was the Royal Yacht taking the King to India for a Durbar and then became commercial UK - India. Torpedoed and sunk 1917 off Devon. Terrible trouble trying to trace and obtain his wartime and even civilian awards which I had not known about. ..

loringa wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:30 pm
The basic medals awarded to members of the armed forces on active service and those of the merchant marine were the same: the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal, the Squeak and Wilfred of the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred triumvirate. The Pip was the 1914 or 1914 / 15 Star, only awarded to those who saw active service from 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. Your father may, however, been eligible for the Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914 to 1918 in addition to the BWM and Victory Medal. I don't know if one could be eligible for both the 1914 /15 Star and the Mercantile Marine War Medal but that may well be the case. The following IWM link may be helpful: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-wo ... ice-medals

loringa wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:30 pm
The basic medals awarded to members of the armed forces on active service and those of the merchant marine were the same: the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal, the Squeak and Wilfred of the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred triumvirate. The Pip was the 1914 or 1914 / 15 Star, only awarded to those who saw active service from 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. Your father may, however, been eligible for the Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914 to 1918 in addition to the BWM and Victory Medal. I don't know if one could be eligible for both the 1914 /15 Star and the Mercantile Marine War Medal but that may well be the case.

J.R. wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:46 pm We are going OFF TOPIC.

loringa wrote: ↑Mon Aug 23, 2021 3:31 pm

loringa wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:30 pm
The basic medals awarded to members of the armed forces on active service and those of the merchant marine were the same: the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal, the Squeak and Wilfred of the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred triumvirate. The Pip was the 1914 or 1914 / 15 Star, only awarded to those who saw active service from 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915. Your father may, however, been eligible for the Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914 to 1918 in addition to the BWM and Victory Medal. I don't know if one could be eligible for both the 1914 /15 Star and the Mercantile Marine War Medal but that may well be the case.

David, I owe you an apology - the Victory Medal was only awarded to members of the Armed Forces and not to merchant mariners who qualified for the Mercantile Marine War Medal and the BWM only.

https://www.mortonandeden.com/wp-conten ... /02/56.pdf lot 237. this includes 1914-1915 Star (erased) and Victory Medal (erased) whereas my father never served in the forces on land, The posted citation is abbreviated. My brother died over Germany a few months later

I missed this auction but got them (without those two) many years later.

As for the name I was later adopted (twice) but always kept aware of my blood parents and have contact with his other relatives.