British Army Medals: August 2014

28 August 2014

Indian Mutiny medal roll

Findmypast has recently published Kevin Asplin's Indian Mutiny medal roll: 56,608 officers and men who were awarded this medal and the various clasps.

This is at least the third version of this roll that now appears online and there are differences with each.

1. Dix Noonan Webb publishes a free version HERE which is a transcript that does not include regimental numbers. But it is free.
2. Ancestry publishes the images and a thin index which you need to pay to see. In my opinion, this is the best version.
3. FindmyPast's version is also accessible only if you have a sub or Pay Per View Credits but like Ancestry you can search for free. The FindmyPast version has been augmented with information from sources other than the medal rolls and could arguably be said to be the most complete version - although you don't get images.

The image above appears on the North East Medals website.

21 August 2014

Reeman Dansie - militaria auction 28th August

Lot 487 (above) also includes a death plaque. The soldier, 301617 Rifleman William Frederick Tindley of the London Rifle Brigade was killed on 1st July 1916 so you can probably add a 0 to the £100-£150 estimate.

The Reeman Dansie catalogue is here.

Update 4th September 2014. Hammer price on the above was £620. Add seller's premium of 20% (£124) plus VAT on that (£25) and you get an overall price of £769.

6 August 2014

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred

As everyone goes First World War commemoration-crazy (and rightly so), a reminder that you'll find information on the ubiquitous WW1 trio on the following British Army Medals pages:

1914 Star
1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

Also see this post which details dates of issue for the 1914 Star, 1914/15 Star, BWM and VM.

Finally, don't forget the Territorial Force War Medal.

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Essential data 1760-1913

British Army Service Records 1760-1913

1851 Worldwide Army Index

156,000 records of British Army soldiers at home and abroad. This is an index compiled from papers at The National Archives.

1861 Worldwide Army Index
Can't find him on the 1861 census? Was he in the army? This index contains the names of over 245,000 British soldiers at home and abroad.

1871 Worldwide Army Index
Nearly 208,000 British Army officers and men at home and abroad. A census surrogate for 1871.

Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
Close to 300,000 men and a casualty list of over 60,000. The most comprehensive Boer War register on the web.

Essential data 1914-1945

Soldiers' medical records from MH 106

Images and transcripts relating to over 930,000 soldiers treated as casualties between 1914 and 1918. Accept no Forces Poor Records substitutes.

Widows pensions 1914-1920

A sad collection of just under 10,000 records in PIN 86. These women were all widowed during the First World War.

WW1 Pension & Service Records 1914-1920
Search WO 363 and WO 364 in a single search on Findmypast. Contains c400,000 results not found on Ancestry.

WW1 Medal Index Cards 1914-1920
First World War campaign medal entitlement details for close to 5 million men. You'll find ALL of a man's regimental numbers indexed here. Ancestry's search is limited to the last number a man was issued with; a serious failing.

Soldiers Died in The Great War 1914-1919
Essential record of WW1 British Army deaths. Most records for other ranks give place of birth, place of residence and place of enlistment details.

Bond of Sacrifice: WW1 officer casualties
Biographies of British Army officers, many of these including photos, up until June 1915.

De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924
Biographies, many with photos, of over 26,000 WW1 casualties.

Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942

An incomplete collection of attestations for the Royal Artillery. The vast majority of these entries are for the period 1919-1942.

Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1920

Comprising just over 50,000 records.

Honourable Artillery Company 1848-1922

Various records for over 71,000 men who served with this oldest of British regiments.

British Army Infantry Regiments 1881-1918

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Bedfordshire, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), Border, Buffs (East Kent), Cambridgeshire, Cameron Highlanders, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Cheshire, Connaught Rangers, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Derbyshire, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding), Durham Light Infantry, East Lancashire, East Surrey, East Yorkshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Gordon Highlanders, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Highland Light Infantry, Honourable Artillery Company, Inns of Court, Irish Guards, King’s (Liverpool), King’s Own (Royal Lancaster), King’s Own Scottish Borderers, King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire), King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Lancashire Fusiliers, Leicestershire, Leinster, Lincolnshire, London, Loyal North Lancashire, Manchester, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, North Staffordshire, Northumberland Fusiliers, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey), Rifle Brigade, Royal Berkshire, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Irish Regiment, Royal Irish Rifles, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Scots, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Royal Sussex, Royal Warwickshire, Royal Welch Fusiliers, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Royal West Kent, Seaforth Highlanders, Sherwood Foresters, Shropshire Light Infantry, Somerset Light Infantry, South Lancashire, South Staffordshire, South Wales Borderers, Suffolk, Welsh, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, York and Lancaster.

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