War Medals Of The British Army And How They Were Won
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| Author | : Peter Duckers |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2013-09-16 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473829836 |
Fully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
| Author | : Robert W. D. Ball |
| Publisher | : Antique Trader |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780930625641 |
Here's a complete reference that will appeal to collectors of militaria, or anyone interested in world or military history. Fascinating glimpses of the British Empire unfold in this detailed study of medals awarded to British Army troops over more than two centuries. Covers military battles and campaigns waged from 1791 through the Gulf War.
| Author | : Thomas Carter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 732 |
| Release | : 1893 |
| Genre | : Medals |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Peter Duckers |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2011-10-20 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 0747811717 |
Britain has issued medals rewarding war service since at least the early nineteenth century, and increasingly through the period of its imperial expansion prior to 1914, but examples of many of the early types are now scarce. However, few families escaped some involvement with “the Great War” of 1914 18, and many still treasure the medals awarded to their ancestors for wartime service. Today, with a growing interest in British military history and particularly in family history and genealogy, more and more people want to trace their ancestors' past. This book looks in detail at the origin, types and varieties of the British medals awarded for general war service between 1914 and '18, and gives advice on researching the awards and their recipients.
| Author | : Thomas Carter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 642 |
| Release | : 1861 |
| Genre | : Decorations of honor |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Thomas Carter |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 1861 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy) |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Decorations of honor |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : William Spencer |
| Publisher | : National Archives UK |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2008-07-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
The National Archives' celebrated First World War holdings include personal files of officers and other ranks, campaign medals, gallantry and meritorious service awards, courts martial and casualty lists. Its remarkable collection has records of Dominion forces and the Indian Army, the WAAC, the Royal Flying Corps and RAF, as well as auxiliary and nursing services. Over 10,000 individual unit war diaries cover all operational theatres of the British Army, while original trench maps illustrates areas from the Western Front to Salonica, Gallipoli to Mesopotamia, Palestine to Italy.
| Author | : Peter Warrington |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 652 |
| Release | : 2014-08-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781783311385 |
Instituted in March 1916 as an award for NCOs and men of the Army for acts of bravery. Later extended to women who showed bravery under fire. There was also a provision for the award of a bar for each further act of bravery. All MMs issued to British personnel are named, usually in impressed capitals, During the First World War some 115,000 awards were made, with 5,800 first bars and 180 second bars. There was one award of the MM and three bars. All issued MMs have a notification in the London Gazette. It is rare to find a citation for the Military Medal in the Gazettes It is possible that the reasons for the award will be found in the war diary of the man's unit. (available @ http: //www.nmarchive.com/ and on CD-ROM ). Also some details can appear in Regimental Histories and very rarely an original Divisional citation document that was given to the recipient will have survived. This register does NOT include Imperial troops, and Navy personnel.
| Author | : William Augustus Steward |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 586 |
| Release | : 1915 |
| Genre | : Military decorations |
| ISBN | : |
