Michael Johnson

The quick answers are: The 2nd Garrison Battalion served in Salonika http://www.1914-1918.net/rifus.htm He did earn the British War Medal - the " " on that line means that the information was the same as the line above. You couldn't get the Victory Medal unless you had the British War Medal. I have no ideal why the person stamping the medal added an extra period after FUS.

Fluently. And I'm pretty good at 20th C French orthography. Forward the email to mmurphy9"at"sympatico.ca (use the @ symbol instead of "at", and I'll try to get you a translation before my son and I take off tomorrow for France and Belgium. Michael

My wife's late godfather Don Molloy was PPCLI in Korea, later Metro Tornto Police. A great guy. Pity he couldn't have lived to see the centennial.

Try archives04@cg04.fr I'm a Lieutenant in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Scout Brigade of Fort George, and a former member of the Fort York Guard.

Bonjour para38. Voici un lien en francais http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/souvenir/sub.cfm?source=collections/decorations/menu Cordialement Michael

Assuming that it was a posthumous award it would probably be along the lines of "Brave soldier. Gave his life at (location) (date)." I don't think there is any online source. Best approach is to request his service record (matricule) from the archives of the Departement where he was living when he turned 20 and commenced his military service. No guarantees that there will be a citation entered. Edmond Charles Troccaz - born 22 janvier 1887 03839 classe 1908 Basses-Alpes email archives@cg04.fr Emile Jean Baptiste Troccaz - born 20 septembre 1881 13705 classe 1901 Savoie email archedep@cg74.fr Turnaround time for these requests is usually quite fast. Some archives will email you an electronic copy, and some will send you a photocopy, so best to put a mailing address in your request. I've never been asked for any fee.

A beautiful collection! I remember back in 1981 Peter Monahan and I stopped for breakfast in Regina. Shortly afterwards about a dozen Mounties came in, tossed their caps on the coat rack, and went to a table further into the restaurant. I counted about three different patterns of cap badge, and only the realization that Peter and I would be unlikely to outrun the Mounties kept me from starting my own collection. :cheers:

The Memoire des Hommes site gives two TROCCAZs "Mort pour la France" Edmond Charles TROCCAZ 111 R.I. Died of wounds January 22, 1915 b. Basses-Alpes 1887 Emile Jean Baptiste TROCCAZ 4th Regiment Colonial Infantry Died of wounds February 7, 1915 b.Savoie 1881 All those "Mort pour la France" were awarded the Medaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre. Th 1901 Canadian census shows a Charles Troccaz in the Yukon but he is 43 and single. An uncle, perhaps?

I wondered why in the Old Bailey reports the policemen's numbers seemed so low. They are giving the division letter and collar number. Might help with some of the more common names.

And sadly those are the ones which do not indicate the recipient's division.

The Old Bailey Site gives a lot of Met Police officers appearing as witnesses - see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=28284&st=0&p=267256&hl=speak&fromsearch=1&#entry267256

It could also be a means or reuniting some of those split groups - a large number of the Met. Police must have qualified for medals between 1887 and 1910.

Or went from the Services to the Met Police. I have seen two groups with Second Afghan Medals to the 2/7th Royal Fusiliers with Met Police Jubilees.

I just downloaded the MIC for Ernest Dhumez, French Interpreter. No comments, but no medals are noted, either. So it looks like they didn't get them.

I'm working on implanting a USB port in the brain for instant downloads. :speechless:

A little poking about in the National Archives Medal Index Cards has turned up at least these: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browserefine&query=corpname%3dfrench%20army%7cscope%3dinterpreter&catid=10&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=* However on actually looking at the cards, it appears their claims were denied - one actually stating that he was "ineligible for any British medals as he qualified for French awards". It might be interesting to see whether French civilians acting as interpreters received British medals.

Probably had First War service, but there are 208 Medal Index Cards in that name (but 45 did not survive the War). No Alexander Morrisons in the 1901 England census, but tons of them in Scotland.

As I recall in the events following the 1837 rebellion in Upper Canada there was a Militia unit in Niagara which was styled as Lancers. Now whether they in fact were ever armed with lances is an open question. I believe they took part in the so-called "Short Hills Insurrection". Details are a little fuzzy as my recollection goes back to an essay I did in first-year university (1970-71). It would appear unlikely: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/can/1837/batt_short.shtml It was probably Cruickshank's book I used for the essay. He was a prominent Niagara historian a century ago. His works on the War of 1812 are excellent.

The RM MICs aren't online. But from his service record you can work out his entitlement.

Iraq and Persia qualified for the 1939-45 Star within the following dates: Middle East Iraq 10.4.41 31.5.41 Madagascar (with Comoro Islands) 5.5.42 5.11.42 Persia 25.8.41 28.8.41 Syria 8.6.41 11.7.41 (from the 1939-45 Star Regulations at http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/h9-reg.html) After these dates six months' service qualified for the Defence Medal.

The fact that one had to purchase the medals probably greatly reduced the numbers. My grandfather would have qualified for the Victory, the Commemorative, and probably a British War Medal as a French interpreter attached to the BEF. He doesn't appear to have claimed any of them. ANd if he had delayed taking out British citizenship for a few more months my grandmother would have qualified for the Medaille de la Famille in bronze. :banger:

Nice one, Noor. On a quick search, I don't think he was a casualty. He didn't serve in the First World War with the Manchester Regiment. Unfortunately a lot of W. Downs born 1860-1885 even in Manchester. You need to get a researcher at the National Archives to find his service papers.

Perhaps this is him? GARACHE Gilbert, André, Manuel 28/05/1945 http://www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr_compagnon/375.html (but he was never a General)

I only see columns for Alma and Inkerman. There was probably a supplementary roll for Sebastopol. At least some of the 1/14th had a clasp. Several are listed here: http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/Merseysidemilitary.html

Ancestry shows 44 Kenneth E Millers enlisted in the U.S. Army 1941-45. At least 18 of them are buried in Veterans' Graves.