Mercantile Marine WW1 Medal Cards

Post by **daggers** » 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

Post by **germaine cowell** » 19 May 2010 22:05

This may help
Germaine
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... 3_1972.pdf

Post by **Katie** » 21 May 2010 19:05

DIS A stand for Discharge Number. A must when looking in other series of the BT series

BT 349
BT 350
BT 351

Post by **daggers** » 21 May 2010 21:17

Thanks for those tips.
D