Mercantile Marine WW1 Medal Cards
Posted: 19 May 2010 18:16
The National Archives Documents Online now include downloadable medal index cards for WW1 Mercantile Marine [i.e. Merchant Navy] personnel. They are likely to have earned the MM Medal [not Military Medal!] and British War Medal.
The one I have looked at shows the ribbons were issued on July 1921 and the medals, by post, in March 1922. The address the medal was posted to is handwritten.
Details on the card: Surname, Christian names, place and year of birth, dates of issue for ribbons and medals, 'Certif. or Dis.A' , 'RS2 No.'
No ship details are given.
The cost is £3.50 [by card].
The NA Catalogue reference is BT 351/1.
I do not know what 'Certif.or Dis.A' and 'RS2' mean. Can anyone help?
Daggers
The one I have looked at shows the ribbons were issued on July 1921 and the medals, by post, in March 1922. The address the medal was posted to is handwritten.
Details on the card: Surname, Christian names, place and year of birth, dates of issue for ribbons and medals, 'Certif. or Dis.A' , 'RS2 No.'
No ship details are given.
The cost is £3.50 [by card].
The NA Catalogue reference is BT 351/1.
I do not know what 'Certif.or Dis.A' and 'RS2' mean. Can anyone help?
Daggers
